Buffy ,'Lessons'
Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
It'll be interesting to see if Serenity builds its audience (they are platforming it on release, no?) or if it just has an early burst and tails off.
Robin, I was very curious to see your response to the movie. Because for all the gripes I've heard about the plot or character changes - I was just very conscious about how incredibly difficult this movie was as a screenwriting exercise.
I thought it was very well plotted, with a lot of things in the first half serving double duty as setups for payoffs in the second half.
I'm hoping Serenity will do well in foreign markets, DVD sales and merchandising of cunning hats.
Allyson,
the Fall is one of the worst times of the year for box office. September and October are slim months.
Cronenberg's movie did really well according to per screen average - which is what most movie studios look at (as I understand it).
I think I'm mostly bummed out because throughout the movie, I was thinking, "OK, this is River's movie, but maybe the next one can be Zoe and Wash's." And one of the people I was with was thinking the same thing about Book. Bah.
Suffice it to say, we could have a Wash and Book movie. It could be: Serenity: The Prequel :-)
True, true. It's not like the actors died.
Don't jinx them!
Liars figure and figures lie.
Not sure what to make sure of the numbers. Serenity was the only movie in the top ten to drop off on Saturday. Flightplan was on 1300 more screens which is pretty significant. Overseas box office could be the ace in the whole.
I can almost guarantee the marketing this week will be "The number 1 science fiction movie at the box office this weekend was...Serenity."
The way I see it, Flight Plan is on half again as many screens and made half again as much money. I call that a win for a movie based on a TV show that was cancelled early. Even getting the movie made was a win, but having it match up 'evenly' to a star-shot like Flightplan makes me smile. Hopefully Universal will smile too.