A new firefly fan with an implausible scenario

POSTED BY: Igor
UPDATED: Sunday, March 2, 2008 07:28
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IGOR

Friday, February 29, 2008 8:46 PM

I just discovered Serenity and Firefly two months ago. I was totally blown away, loved them both.
My scenario is that Joss contacts the entire cast of Firefly and finds that they all are available in the summer of 2009 for six weeks. Six weeks for six one hour episodes. Joss goes on the Firefly fan sites and explains that if enough people pre-pay
for the six episodes ($20 per dvd), it would be a go. This is just a guess, but if the six week shoot costs 12 million and 300,000 dvds were pre paid. The out of pocket cost would be six million and should be easier to market.

MCNUTT

Friday, February 29, 2008 10:00 PM

you just pulled that out of your ass didn't you?

CALDAR22

Friday, February 29, 2008 11:26 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Igor:
I just discovered Serenity and Firefly two months ago. I was totally blown away, loved them both.
My scenario is that Joss contacts the entire cast of Firefly and finds that they all are available in the summer of 2009 for six weeks. Six weeks for six one hour episodes. Joss goes on the Firefly fan sites and explains that if enough people pre-pay
for the six episodes ($20 per dvd), it would be a go. This is just a guess, but if the six week shoot costs 12 million and 300,000 dvds were pre paid. The out of pocket cost would be six million and should be easier to market.

this is not a bad idea

FREEBROWNCOAT

Saturday, March 1, 2008 1:03 AM

Be cool, McNutt. It has been suggested several times over the last couple years. I wish we had an ideal world where we could do this. Make it happen. Put that Firefly back in the black.

But it's just a wish. Not a bad idea at all if Hollywood worked that way.

"If wishes were horses we'd all be eatin' steak."

SIGMANUNKI

Saturday, March 1, 2008 2:11 AM

There'd have to be a fair bit more pre-paid than that though. There are other costs associated with such things such as marketing and many other middle-men to get something like this to market.

It is a nice idea, but not one that is realistic with the way the world works right now. Perhaps once the studios realise that the old model is failing them and causing them a tonne of strife, things will change enough to make this possible. But, until then...

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ANONYMOUS1

Saturday, March 1, 2008 2:34 AM

Igor,

Not that implausible. Joss has already been thinking that Straight to DVD might be the way to go.

Joss knows where we are and that all he has to do is post on http://whedonesque.com/ .

See http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/news.php?id=6846
Joss Whedon interview at Comic Con 2007

And the cast commentary is very shiny!

We hold til Mal gets back.

We keep spreading the love of Firefly/Serenity and buying official merchandise, going to Serenity Screenings, Charity Serenity Screenings etc.

Serenity: Better Days comics (Issue #1 Due Out in March 12 2008)

IGOR

Saturday, March 1, 2008 7:00 AM

The point of my scenario was to reduce the production costs by a significant amount by pre-paying for the dvd. In TV land, you are up against a lot of programs with lower production costs, like sitcoms and reality shows. Joss could have a page on his web site, where you fill out your name and mailing address and pay by credit card. The money could go to a FireflyII bank account, and used when production starts.
I don`t know if the summer hiatus is about the same time for the TV shows or not. Getting the entire cast of Firefly together for a six week shoot is a real long shot. In the highly unlikely event that this production goes thru, after it is aired your dvd(s) would be mailed out. I apologize if similar ideas have been expressed, but as new fan I just had to say what was on my mind.

good bible

FLORALBUNNY

Saturday, March 1, 2008 7:10 AM

Welcome home, Igor! You're #30228 to walk up the
ramp and sign on, and we're right happy to make
your acquaintance.
Nothin' wrong with speaking your mind, as you'll
find out when you spend some time here.
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strawberries and a mug of Mudder's Milk, and
an invite to come up to the galley to question
the buffet.
Ice-planets are in the cooler, bottom shelf -- I
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but there's a re-supply mission on the schedule.
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PIRATECAT

Saturday, March 1, 2008 3:22 PM

Howdy, sounds cool to me. I'm in.

"Battle of Serenity, Mal. Besides Zoe here, how many-" "I'm talkin at you! How many men in your platoon came out of their alive".

FREEBROWNCOAT

Sunday, March 2, 2008 4:59 AM

How many DVDs to sell? About ten times the amount already sold. about 30K for the BDM and the same for the BDS. Hard to dispute numbers.

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