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[stakebait]

In 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?

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[sdelmonte]

Well, apparently the movie version of Frank Miller's "Sin City" (a very cynical and hard-bolied comic book) is due in early April, and some of the bigger budget summer movies will be opening in early May.

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

[stakebait.livejournal.com]

Personally I'd rather see Episode III staked through the reels at midnight in an unmarked grave instead. Not that I'm holding a grudge for the waste of two hours of my life that was Episode II. *g*

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.