The cover art makes it look like a cheesy B flick. I'm surprised it's going to be nearly $30. But I'm buying it anyway, of course.
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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.
Zenkitty - Nov 01, 2005 2:19:50 pm PST #7173 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
libkitty - Nov 01, 2005 2:26:52 pm PST #7174 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
See, that's the thing. The marketing all seems to be for cheesy B flick, not for a good movie. Even when there were wonderful reviews from respected reviewers, they chose quotes from folks I've never heard of for their flyers (for fans to distribute). They had a beautiful Serenity logo, then used the blue poster for everything. Bah.
DavidS - Nov 01, 2005 2:29:42 pm PST #7175 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The marketing all seems to be for cheesy B flick, not for a good movie.
A lot of the reviews took this slant too. Even some of the positive ones called it a cheesy B flick. Of course, the original reviews for Star Wars were like that as well.
Wolfram - Nov 01, 2005 2:32:44 pm PST #7176 of 10001
Visilurking
30 bucks is insane. Even corporadisney streets their DVDs in the $20 range. Also 15 hours of firefly at $35 doesn't really make $30 for 2 hours seem very fair.
Tamara - Nov 01, 2005 2:55:55 pm PST #7177 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Firefly has a suggested retail of what? $50 $60? It regularly sells for $29 to $35. Serenity will have the same type of discounts. Look for it to be less than $20 at Amazon and probably less than that at Wal-Mart.
KernelM - Nov 01, 2005 2:56:51 pm PST #7178 of 10001
Ankh-Morpork Watchman, Dreamer, Scooby, Minister of Grace, Still Flyin' in a Zoo2 World
$30 is MSRP. It'll be at most $20 street. Firefly's MSRP is $50.
Wolfram - Nov 01, 2005 2:58:47 pm PST #7179 of 10001
Visilurking
that makes a lot more sense
dcp - Nov 01, 2005 5:31:12 pm PST #7180 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Looks like the pre-order price at Amazon.com will be $20.99
aurelia - Nov 01, 2005 7:17:55 pm PST #7181 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
official artwork
It looks like Darth River and The Reaver Wars.
manzo - Nov 02, 2005 12:06:43 am PST #7182 of 10001
If we're really lucky, they'll do it in that order...
I really don't like that artwork. But then I didn't like the posters they used in the UK. I agree that it all makes it look so, well, crap, but I can go with B-movie-ish.
And those are flames? They make it look a bit "Children of the Corn" to me. Oh well, I'm sure that someone at Universal knows what they are doing. (Let's send them appl... oh).