What if the firefly movie does "sucks" at the box office?

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EVILBUNNYJOEY

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 4:11 AM

http://www.chud.com/news/feb04/feb24fireflyin.php3

You hear that guy, "what if firefly bombs", then whats the purpose of making any movie, honestly i love Buffy and Angel but together the have what 246 episodes between them to firefly's 14!!!!!!

And i think firefly would make a better movie then and Buffy angel crossover, not that an angel/buffy would suck i think it would rock.....but anyway the point is that man should go to a special hell.....

JASONZZZ

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 4:22 AM

I don't know, but I am just wondering aloud now.

Do we have proof that the "Serenity" coming soon on the Universal website and the serenitymovie.com is indeed a movie about Firefly?

I mean, Serenity could be the name of a movie with Diane Keaton and Sissy Spacek in it, for heaven's sake. Not even the word Firefly for the title of a movie, by itself, might inspire me to think of *this* Firefly.

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Originally posted by Evilbunnyjoey:
http://www.chud.com/news/feb04/feb24fireflyin.php3

You hear that guy, "what if firefly bombs", then whats the purpose of making any movie, honestly i love Buffy and Angel but together the have what 246 episodes between them to firefly's 14!!!!!!

And i think firefly would make a better movie then and Buffy angel crossover, not that an angel/buffy would suck i think it would rock.....but anyway the point is that man should go to a special hell.....

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DAVCO92

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 4:30 AM

I choose to be optimistic about it - no reason to look for trouble when it always seems to find me anyway LOL. Anyway, it's OUR job to see that it does well, yes? Let's send that guy a copy of Dante's Inferno, just in case he needs a road map.

EVILBUNNYJOEY

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 4:36 AM

If we can make the dvds sell extremely well, of course we can make they movie the hit it will be!

TAMFAMFAN

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 4:42 AM

Let me check on something real fast....
I enjoyed LOTR:ROTK so much I have already seen it six times at the theater... Okay, I LOVE Firefly, so that means at least double that, multiplied by the number of fans on this site alone watching it multiple times, because waiting for DVD SUCKS, and if this flops at the box office (and make no mistake, I've seen enough bad movies that it's no coincidence the initials for it are B.O.), There will be no sequel, and most assuredly no series resurrection. We just got to FORCE ourselves to see it more than once, I know it's a sacrifice (editor's note:sarcasm is hard to emote while typing, please read first half this sentence with this in regard), but ain't we just big damn heroes to do it.

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EVILBUNNYJOEY

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 4:47 AM

Oh my god i forgot why they did make LOTR:ROTK it was such a great work of literature that they could have ruined it oh noooooooo!!!!!!
WHAT WERE THEY THINGKING1111111111

KALATHENA

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 2:41 PM

The "what if it sucks?" argument is really lame. Any movie can have a really great premise and suck. Believe me, they truly can.

I also agree with Jasonzzz that this could be a premature assumption on our part. Yes, there are lots of articles floating about on the net, but they all got their info from optimistic fan sites and NOT from the studio. It would be terrific if the title Serenity referred to a Firefly movie, but I am ready for the possibility that it's something else.

--Kala

BROWNCOAT1

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 4:41 PM

Jason could well be right in the arguement that we are presumptuous that "Serenity" is actually the Firefly movie. Of course if it is not the Firefly movie, it is on heck of a coincidence. Universal owns the rights. TPtB have said that a 2nd script was written, and things were rolling toward production. TPtB have said the tentative title for the movie is "Serenity". Seems like a logical conclusion that the "Serenity" on Universal's website is our Serenity.

I don't doubt the movie will be successful. What they do not make in ticket revenues, they will more than make up for in VHS & DVD sales and rentals. Just look at how well the DVDs are selling, and more fans log on here or the official site everyday. These new fans tell us how much they like Firefly and how they are shocked it was cancelled. Couple that with all the efforts by the fanbase to introduce the show to new people, I am confident the movie will be a success and the show will return to network TV.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

JASONZZZ

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 6:55 PM

So, by 'sucking', it could mean a couple of things. But basically, no one went to see it. It could be mispromoted, mismarketed, lacking (somehow) in universal appeal, opening in the wrong market, wrong tie-ins. I am not sure what else. But what can be in 'our' control to influence.

The question I always ask is "What can I do?". If it's something I have no influence over, then it's just a lot of handwringing. I am not going to get an ulcer over things I have no control over.

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BROWNCOAT1

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 7:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Jasonzzz:

So, by 'sucking', it could mean a couple of things. But basically, no one went to see it. It could be mispromoted, mismarketed, lacking (somehow) in universal appeal, opening in the wrong market, wrong tie-ins. I am not sure what else. But what can be in 'our' control to influence.

The question I always ask is "What can I do?". If it's something I have no influence over, then it's just a lot of handwringing. I am not going to get an ulcer over things I have no control over.

I wondered about that too. What I came up w/ was pretty much what we did w/ the DVD set:

- blanket the boards w/ the release date for the movie

- promote by word of mouth to anyone that will listen

- put up fliers in the windows of book stores, movie rental places, movie theatres, and anywhere else we can to get the word out

- sponsor drives to promote the movie

- call local radio & TV stations to see if they will plug the movie

- get articles about the show, cancellation by Fox, the DVD set and now movie in local papers to generate interest

- point people to the link at Universal for information

- continue to convert as many people as we can w/ the DVD sets until the movies release to get more fans into the fanbase.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

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