What are the odds that Joss would allow a Double Dip?
POSTED BY: DevonNite
UPDATED: Friday, May 25, 2007 15:58
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There are people here and on the other site that know more about Joss Whedon and the BDS than I do and I have a question for you all.
It is obvious that Joss Whedon has heard from Universal regarding the Special Edition release of Serenity. What are the odds that Joss Whedon would allow Universal to Double Dip the property that he cares so much about without something in return?
I mean Universal calls Joss and says, "Hey Joss, we would like to take your devoted fanbase and your beloved property and use it to simply line our pockets, okay"?
What are the odds that he would go for that?
Or maybe Universal called and said more like.
"Hey Joss, we like what has been going on with the Serenity DVD sales and are thinking about doing something more with the property, but we would like to see if your base and the new viewers are still as viable as they once were, how about we produce a Special Edition and if all goes well, we'll do something a bit bigger"
For those of you who have spoken to Joss and the Stars, I ask you, what are the odds that Joss would go for the first scenario? or would he request something in return?
How about a little help folks
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I imagine it went more like this.
Universal (to self): We own the movie rights so we're just going to put out a SE to make more money b/c the DVD sales are quite good.
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I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"
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Joss seems really jazzed about it though, and I don't think he would be just if it was a money-grab. Worst case scenario, its a money-grab to see if we're all still here kinda thing. Better scenario, its a we-need-just-a-fistful-of-dollars-more-to-justify-another kinda thing. Best ((in my not so humble opinion)) scenario would be that its a drum-up-some-more-interest-to-announce-the-BigDamnSequel kinda thing.
But truthfully, who here wont buy it regardless the situation.
"I'm not going to say Serenity is the greatest SciFi movie ever; oh wait yes I am." - Orson Scott Card
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Originally posted by DevonNite:
How about a little help folks
I don't know Joss or anyone at Universal but I would imagine unfortunately that the above two posts are right.
Universal owns Serenity and can do with it or not as it pleases. I'm just really happy that for whatever reason they're "double dipping". I don't mind, and I'm happy to spend the money.
I'd hate to say that this means they might be watching the sales to determine whether or not to do a sequel. I asked TheOneTrueBix on a thread recently what he thought and I got no answer... I took that as a negative.
We're left where we were I suppose. With new shiny stuff, a deep yearning for more and our friends right here at "home".
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Originally posted by BrowncoatSandanista:
But truthfully, who here won't buy it regardless the situation.
I will.. no hesitation.
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Gotta say. I've been asking for a special edition ever since the DVD came out. Everybody else in the world got 2 discs why shouldn't we. ANd hey they already double dipped me with the HD-DVD so this will be a triple dip.
Bring it on, bring it on, bring it on!
David
"Not completely as well as the series of Firefly..." - From a review of Serenity at amazon.de
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Originally posted by FollowMal:Quote:
Originally posted by BrowncoatSandanista:
But truthfully, who here won't buy it regardless the situation.
I will.. no hesitation.
Same here, if for no other reason than to see it get the cover art it deserves.
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Originally posted by SigmaNunki:
I imagine it went more like this.
Universal (to self): We own the movie rights so we're just going to put out a SE to make more money b/c the DVD sales are quite good.
----
I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"
This is very possible, but on Joss's post, he did say that what WE are aiming for... implying that he was involved, also he did say that the commentary would depend on how many of the actors WE can get into one room.
Don't take me wrong here. I am not attacking Joss Whedon and I am not trying to start rumors. I am looking for input from people who possibly have more information on this matter than I do.
Thanks for answering my questions.
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Originally posted by FollowMal:Quote:
Originally posted by DevonNite:
How about a little help folks
I don't know Joss or anyone at Universal but I would imagine unfortunately that the above two posts are right.
Universal owns Serenity and can do with it or not as it pleases. I'm just really happy that for whatever reason they're "double dipping". I don't mind, and I'm happy to spend the money.
I'd hate to say that this means they might be watching the sales to determine whether or not to do a sequel. I asked TheOneTrueBix on a thread recently what he thought and I got no answer... I took that as a negative.
We're left where we were I suppose. With new shiny stuff, a deep yearning for more and our friends right here at "home".
www.goodworkspresents.org
So what it might come down to is, Universal Calls and says "Hey Joss we are going to make this Special Edition, now you can help us out and make it the best it can be, or you can let us handle it, but either way we are going to do this"
You all might be correct, but hopefully this will generate more interest and enough money to inspire Universal into another investment.
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