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Nov. 23rd, 2004 12:55 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stakebaitIn case you missed it, Joss hath announced: There shall be no Serenity until September 30. Wherefore I am alone and palely wandering into a hedge, or something like that. Sulky knights get all the best scenery.
*pouts* Damned stupid marketing reasons. How many space westerns with quippy yet disillusioned anti-heroes could there possibly be coming out in late April?
Wait. I take that back, or there'll be six.
Anybody in the Greater NYC area want to make an opening night outing of it, when it finally does arrive?
*pouts* Damned stupid marketing reasons. How many space westerns with quippy yet disillusioned anti-heroes could there possibly be coming out in late April?
Wait. I take that back, or there'll be six.
Anybody in the Greater NYC area want to make an opening night outing of it, when it finally does arrive?
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Date: 2004-11-23 06:31 pm (UTC)But I don't get this either, and think that Joss' "this is not that bad at all" statement is covering for how he really feels. He just doesn't want to anger the new studio he's at, since they haven't bothered him much till now.
"Sky Captain" suffered a similar fate, getting bumped from summer to fall, and it vanished pretty fast. I wish I didn't see the same thing happening here.
That said, though, the original opening date for Serenity was right before Passover, so there was a good chance I wouldn't get to see the movie in the theaters anyway. September might work better.
But wouldn't we rather see Episode III delayed intstead
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Date: 2004-11-23 06:37 pm (UTC)But, yeah. And good point about Sin City.
I can't read Joss' statement at all. On the one hand, Hollywood has this thing where you have to be really gracious and upbeat even while they're reposessing your editing system. OTOH, Joss is not known for BSing his fans. So I'm guessing there's some spin and maybe some wishful thinking, but also some truth.
Anyway I'll do what little I can to make sure opening weekend box office is high. I suspect, though I could be wrong, that there are a lot more people waiting for Serenity than there were for Sky Captain. And I hope that initial buzz of fans is enough to get Serenity the press that will get new people to turn out.
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Date: 2004-11-23 06:58 pm (UTC)Oh well. I'll bow to the inevitable... and that means the DVD's not likely to be out at Christmas now.
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Date: 2004-11-23 07:12 pm (UTC)Dunno about the DVD, but you're probably right.
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Date: 2004-11-23 06:58 pm (UTC)I am so disappointed...
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Date: 2004-11-23 07:14 pm (UTC)Having checked a calendar, I'm thinking we should actually do Oct. 1. It's still opening weekend, and then the Shabbas observers could come more easily. Unless we want to take off work and catch a pre-sunset showing.
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Date: 2004-11-23 07:04 pm (UTC)thanks!
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Date: 2004-11-23 07:43 pm (UTC)Wasn't that show suppossed to be kind of horrible though? I never watched it, just heard some bad things.
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Date: 2004-11-23 07:48 pm (UTC)On TV they didn't air the pilot until last, and while I never would have said it was horrible, I didn't fall in love with it till then -- when they'd already announced the show was cancelled. On the DVDs you see the pilot first, and it really makes a big difference.
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Date: 2004-11-23 08:26 pm (UTC)...skipping off to Serenity website now...
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Date: 2004-11-24 12:37 am (UTC)It's not just Sin City that Universal's concerned about -- it's the XXX sequel, it's Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (another cult SF property, but one with a lot more name recognition), and there's the danger of being swallowed by the Revenge of the Sith hype machine (let's face it, the entire month of April is going to be ceded to 20th Century Fox's publicity department).
Sky Captain isn't a good comp, because delay was announced very close to the release date, after they'd already started showing trailers. Serenity's marketing campaign wasn't even originally going to start until Feburary (the trailer was going to debut in front of Elektra).
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Date: 2004-11-24 06:11 am (UTC)Yay! With five extra months to plan, we should be able to get *lots* of people.
And when you put it like that, I can't say it doesn't make sense. Much as I'd like to.
I didn't know a Hitchhiker's movie was even happening, or if I did I'd forgotten. That does make some slight amends to me, since I practically know those books by heart (but will refrain from reciting them in the theater.)
Think they'll put the trailer in front of all those other films now? Showing the Serenity trailer with Episode III could really help turn out people who'd like it if they knew it existed.
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Date: 2004-11-28 08:22 am (UTC)We've fallen out of the habit of watching movies on opening night.. but I think we'll be able to make it with nearly 10 months to schedule...
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