Amazon Sleepers & Keepers - Customers' All-Time Fave DVDs

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UPDATED: Saturday, June 16, 2007 12:29
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YT

Saturday, June 16, 2007 5:16 AM

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
Why are people always so 'surprised' by this kind of thing?

Thing is, there is no "this kind of thing". Firefly is unique.

It was a TV show cancelled in half a season. Are there any other shows cancelled in half a season that have sold as well on Amazon.com?

Adam Baldwin knew that the DVDs had sold well, but even he was surprised that they had reached #2 on Amazon.com in 2005 July (Signal, season 1 #4 http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/season1/ ), more than a year & a half after the DVD release. And let us not forget that he was the one who said they all knew at the time that they were creating something great. Still, he was surprised by its level of success.

There's also what I call the Tracy Hickman effect, after his annecdote of finding Firefly (Signal, season 1 #15, same link as above). After he says he'll get the DVDs when he gets back home, the punch line comes, "Oh no. We have to send them to you." Has any other show ever had that effect on you? I've given away 7 sets; nothing else has affected me this way.

And rather than berate Amazon.com for being surprised, let's thank them for putting out that list, with Firefly at the top. I just looked it up http://fireflyfans.net/amazon.asp

Firefly is back up to #18 (from #80, when Amazon.com put out the list),
3 & 1/2 years after its DVD release,
4 & 1/2 years after the show was cancelled.

That's astounding; it's fantastic. And ain't it cool?

Keep the Shiny Side Up . . .

DARKFLY

Saturday, June 16, 2007 8:08 AM

Notice how Star Wars Trilogy (Widescreen Edition with Bonus Disc) at no.1 has a three and a half star rating while Firefly has a five star rating, nice.

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Saturday, June 16, 2007 12:29 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by YT:
Quote:
Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
Why are people always so 'surprised' by this kind of thing?

Thing is, there is no "this kind of thing". Are there any other shows cancelled in half a season that have sold as well on Amazon.com?

No, there aren't, but Firefly does it and continues to do it and that so many people continue to be surprised by it irritates me. That's what I meant. "This kind of thing" happens to Firefly all the time. It's frustrating to see it happen over and over, and then see all the people standing around scratching their heads as to why. It's like there's a ring fog around this show, and once you get past it, you see it, but otherwise you're going "But what's so interesting?" and a whole lot of people haven't seen past the fog, and don't care, and are always surprised by how many people are coming in and out of it. Even other geeks, professional geeks like the people in charge of DragonCon, don't give it the attention it deserves, even after all the browncoat panels and parties and guests were overbooked last year, they still couldn't guarantee a larger room for the shindig, and have yet to book many Firefly guests. They still don't see it. And that's why I asked what we would have to do for people to stop being surprised.

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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