What an amazing essay, Allyson! I can't wait to buy your book. (Also, I am so green with jealousy about your set visit that I am photosynthesizing.)
Two steaming cups of chocolate goodness. Courtesy of whomever I swiped it from out of the cupboard.
Ben ,'The Killer In Me'
Firefly 4: Also, we can kill you with our brains
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.
Una - Oct 19, 2005 12:47:04 pm PDT #6583 of 10001
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
Kevin - Oct 19, 2005 1:39:45 pm PDT #6584 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
The week of Serenity mudslinging begins tomorrow! From the theatre counts it looks like Serenity is going to almost completely disappear in the US on Friday.
Allyson - Oct 19, 2005 1:47:44 pm PDT #6585 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I'm not sure why that triggers mudslinging.
brenda m - Oct 19, 2005 1:55:27 pm PDT #6586 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Oh! I know! Cause we can get all blamey on each other, and this time, we can back it up with data! Rock on.
Unrelatedly, does Google have a site yet where I can get specific by-theatre attendance numbers for theatres near people I don't like anyway, so I can start throwing some rocks? Just asking.
Kevin - Oct 19, 2005 2:18:57 pm PDT #6587 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Allyson, mud slinging at Universal, mostly. It'll get replaced by most theatres with Doom, which is going for 2900 theatre distribution, which is about 700 more than Serenity had.
Or, maybe I'm just overthinking. In all honesty, I don't really care thinking about it, which is probably the best way to be.
Cashmere - Oct 19, 2005 2:24:21 pm PDT #6588 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
If Doom does better than Serenity at the box office, I swear, I'm withdrawing from the human race.
Tamara - Oct 19, 2005 2:26:31 pm PDT #6589 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Cashmere, you had better start packing for your inevitable isolation.
Kevin - Oct 19, 2005 2:34:50 pm PDT #6590 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Cashmere, it will almost certainly open much bigger than Serenity did. I'll eat my hat if it doesn't. And it's a very fine hat.
(And by the way, I hear from a little tweety bird who couldn't possibly be me it's an appauling film).
Cashmere - Oct 19, 2005 2:41:26 pm PDT #6591 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
(And by the way, I hear from a little tweety bird who couldn't possibly be me it's an appauling film).
Of this I have no doubt.
I don't think Serenity is the film to end all films. I enjoyed it. It was smart and funny and well written (IMO). I hate the thought of craptacular pictures with bigger budgets and dumber premises and more idiot plot lines getting bigger returns.
I know, I should know better. I mean Fox ordered a full run of Fastlane when it axed Firefly.
But it still galls.
SailAweigh - Oct 19, 2005 2:52:26 pm PDT #6592 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
The first night I went to see Serenity, they played the Doom trailer. The entire audience broke into laughter by the end of it, and it wasn't a nice laughter.
I went and checked the largest local theaters, here. Serenity is still playing through the weekend. Yay. However, the Ultrascreen at one of them has Doom on it! What a fricking waste. So, yeah, the piece of crap is going to do much bigger numbers, at least for opening weekend. Hopefully, it will die a fiery and ignominious death.