I went for my second viewing last night. I took this opportunity to watch Wash, because I needed a little closure on what happened. And I agree with someone upthread (sorry I don't remember) who said that Wash's was a noble death. He lost control of his ship, and was forced to crash it, while trying to save his crew from damage. An engine getting torn off is nothing compared to saving his family, and Wash brought it down with everyone intact. At his soul, he was a pilot, and he did his job.

I still think it sucks that he's dead, though.

In other news... I bought this shirt from Cafepress and it doesn't fit. (It's marked a 2XL, but is very much not.) I can return it, but if someone would give it a good home, I'd rather it go to a Buffista. I've even got one of these to throw in. Profile addy is good.

I'll take it!

Sending . . . .

Figures in the US for overnight show this is in real trouble over there...

Yeah, the Whedonesquers are having a cow. It only made something like $1.5 million yesterday, which means a projected 60% drop-off or so, I think. I just hope it makes back what it cost to make and market it.

I think overseas and DVD sales will put this movie in the black, no problem. Overseas will probably do it alone. I think Asian country receipts will bring in the dough.

But at best the movie will do $6 mill this weekend I think. Perhaps more like less than $5 mill.

Oh, that's sad. I was hoping it would pick up on word-of-mouth. ...although I have to admit, I tend to do the word-of-mouth thing on arty films, not genre thriller type movies, which I assume are getting adequate press already.

Ok, to counter-balance that:

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Ticket sales from theaters provided 100 percent of the studios’ revenues in 1948; in 2003, they accounted for less than 20 percent. Instead, home entertainment provided 82 percent of the 2003 revenues. In terms of profits, the studios can make an even larger proportion from home entertainment since most, if not all, of the theatrical revenues go to pay for the prints and advertising required to get audiences into theaters. (Video, DVDs, and TV have much lower marketing costs.)

Uk-wise, Serenity came in second on Friday reciepts, to Pride and Prejudice, but only by £40k. Firefly is 14th on amazon.co.uk, which I find pretty amazing. It'll be interesting to see if it goes up over the next week.

who said that Wash's was a noble death. He lost control of his ship, and was forced to crash it, while trying to save his crew from damage. An engine getting torn off is nothing compared to saving his family, and Wash brought it down with everyone intact.

I disagree with this. I think Wash's life was noble. He saved the ship and he saved his family. And then he died. His death accomplished nothing. It was utterly pointless. Which is the kind of 'verse it is. And I loved it as it ripped my heart out and stomped on it.

If you want to hear a track of the music from the film:

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Click on the "Listen to the Show" link. This will bring the show up in a new window. It's the movie show from BBC Radio 1. It starts with a music track or two, and then they have a listener review of Serenity, which is good as the listener has never seen Firefly. Then they play a track from the soundtrack.

There is then a topical (to this board) bit from the presenter, who may have had some of the more hardcore Browncoats [ is there anyone else who just can't bring themselves to describe themselves thus? ] giving him some grief over a throw-away line in his review of the film.

And if you'd like to hear some good old fashioned plummy BBC "couldn't be more English if we tried" interviewer talking to Joss:

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Right, I'm about done with my wine, so I bid you goodnight. Or good afternoon - whatever [ damn the internet and it's ignorance of time zones ].

Did anyone else think that the instrumental version of the theme song over the end credits sounded a bit....

Stairway to Heaven-y?

Yeah, the Whedonesquers are having a cow.

We're having a cow? Heh. It's civil war over at the official movie site forums. Not pleasant at all.

Serenity was a noble effort, Joss and the cast did their best, so did the fans. And it got critically acclaimed as well. Just wasn't to be at the box office, alas.

Saying that, the international market could kick off big style. Probably.