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

POSTED BY: Evilbunnyjoey
UPDATED: Tuesday, March 2, 2004 19:00
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BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, February 26, 2004 2:21 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Static:
The thing that I am personally trying to prepare myself for is the damn marketing. . .

Firefly Doritos
Firefly Coke products
Firefly Playstation game (if it's NOT a well-thought-out multi character RP, but rather a two-dimentional, side-scrolling thing where you control Mal or Jayne shooting alliance feds or reavers)

Firefly Soundtrack (ABOUT GORRAMN TIME!!!)
Firefly "Limited Edition Collector's Movie Mags (gimme a ruttin' break)

Firefly halloween costumes (I'm sorry. . .Zoe's cool vest done in cheap vinyl, or Inara's gowns in that cheap nylon satin stuff just pisses me off.)

Toy "Light and sound" versions of Vera, Mal's pistol, Zoe's rifle. . .

And to top it all off. . .

THE FIREFLY HAPPY MEAL. Unless the toy that week is the "Jayne" action figure, in which case it's the Firefly UNhappy meal.

LOL!

I posted something very similar to this myself over at the official board Static. You left out a few items:

- collectible card game
- action figures
- models of Serenity, Alliance ship & Reaver ship
- fuzzy slippers that look like Serenity
- novel adaptation of the movie
- "Making of Serenity" collectible paperback
- official Firefly decoder ring
- Firefly cereal
- Firefly sunglasses (Mal & Zoe will wear them in the movie)
- Firefly gag mustaches
- Blooper reel from the movie
- bath towels
- dinner plates
- Firefly lunchbox
- PS2 game
- Firefly boardgame
- Dr Simon medical kit

As far as the movie goes, like Knibblet, I will be taking everyone I can get to go to the theatre w/ me. Like Shssay, I will be there every night to send my money to Universal, Joss, and the cast to show my appreciation for the movie.

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

BOOMERGOODHEART

Thursday, February 26, 2004 2:41 PM

LOL. If they came out with an accurate scale model of Serenity (I mean the kind that you glue together), I'd buy it and have hubby put it together for me. Then I'd have a really cool thing for the top of my monitor, to match the picture that's on my desktop.

Hmmm...or would that be considered selling out?

BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."

MADJACK

Thursday, February 26, 2004 4:13 PM

What if it bombs?

two words: "cult classic"

Some of the best movies with the largest followings "Bomded" at the box office.

BOOMERGOODHEART

Thursday, February 26, 2004 7:46 PM

And whatever we do...DON'T LISTEN TO MOVIE CRITICS! Almost every movie that they've said was terrible, I've liked; almost every "critically acclaimed" movie just leaves me scratching my head--"They liked THIS?".

Do they get to go to the special hell, too?

BoomerGoodheart
"I love my Captain."

STEVE580

Friday, February 27, 2004 2:23 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Evilbunnyjoey:
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

??

The movie...was good. It broke Titanic's box office records, you know.

Return of the King, though - LOOOONGEST ending in history. That ring was destroyed, and all evil was gone, yadda yadda yadda; then whats-his-face got married. Romantic, and heroric, all that, it's the way movie's end. Cut to black; my friends and I stand up to leave; and then, back to the Hobbit village place for another scene. He's writting a book; he writes "The end". Fade to black; then another scene. And another. After that boat drove off into the sunset, a good thirty minutes later, it faded to white for a change. Then - Another scene! I said "Are you serious?" and my friends and I left. A few others did, too.

Guess they just couldn't figure how to end it. Filmed a few dozen closing scenes; used them all.

Anyways...
-Steve

EVILBUNNYJOEY

Friday, February 27, 2004 2:31 AM

Sorry it meant to be full of sarcasm, every movie is a risk was a response to "what if firefly is a bomb". And LOTR was a huge risk that paid off very well!!!!

BROWNCOAT1

Friday, February 27, 2004 2:18 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BoomerGoodheart:
And whatever we do...DON'T LISTEN TO MOVIE CRITICS! Almost every movie that they've said was terrible, I've liked; almost every "critically acclaimed" movie just leaves me scratching my head--"They liked THIS?".

Do they get to go to the special hell, too?

I never listen to the critics either. They are a bit too snobbish and high browed for me. I always enjoy the movies they trash, and like you Boomer, I always wind up wonder why they like the ones they do.

Yes, movie critics go to the same special hell as child molesters and people who talk in theatres.

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

TYMEN

Friday, February 27, 2004 5:53 PM

Have you read the The Lord of the Rings? The endings for the most part are taken right out of the books.
I thought it was quite touching and despise how Hollywood movies have trained everyone to want the movie to be over, right after the action is complete.

Tymen

BROWNCOAT1

Friday, February 27, 2004 6:54 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Tymen:
Have you read the The Lord of the Rings? The endings for the most part are taken right out of the books.
I thought it was quite touching and despise how Hollywood movies have trained everyone to want the movie to be over, right after the action is complete.

Yes, the ending was taken directly from the novels, and IMO necessary to bring to a close such an epic tale.

I have come to dislike how Hollywood has had a tendency to try to end movies right after the last explosion or car chase. It gives no closure to the characters or their story. Of course that could be the plan of the writers to leave it open for sequels.

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

STUCKINAZKABAN

Saturday, February 28, 2004 4:01 AM

This is not 100% reliable, but my friend from high school who is at film school in LA says that Serenity is starting in his building, the movie is being called Serenity and the ship is being built. He sees Joss/Tim/Drew etc walking around all the time. He also (this i know) watches each new Angel episode with Jenny Mollen, so i kind of trust him. Things are happening. But don't quote this as gospel.

eric

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