Well, there is that first paragraph of the Empire article. But that's almost certainly sourced from the EW article which lots of news sources spread like wildfire.
Angel: Yeah, I never told anyone about this, but I-I liked your poems. Spike: You like Barry Manilow.
'Hell Bound'
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.
KernelM - Jan 10, 2006 9:34:32 am PST #7608 of 10001
Ankh-Morpork Watchman, Dreamer, Scooby, Minister of Grace, Still Flyin' in a Zoo2 World
Topic!Cindy - Jan 10, 2006 10:41:59 am PST #7609 of 10001
What is even happening?
What was I going to call it? 'Big Smash Bang With Boobies'? Which was, of course my second choice."Woulda done better at the box office.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2006 10:56:37 am PST #7610 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
there is that first paragraph of the Empire article
You do get my confusion, though?
libkitty - Jan 10, 2006 11:54:01 am PST #7611 of 10001
Embrace the idea that we are the leaders we've been looking for. Grace Lee Boggs
That's the kind of over I like.
Wrod. I'm not picky. I'll take any kind of over that's not.
Una - Jan 10, 2006 1:40:58 pm PST #7612 of 10001
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
despite Universal's best marketing efforts
You mean TV commercials for a single week preceding the movie's release, and then nothing more? Yes, that was dandy marketing.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2006 2:10:36 pm PST #7613 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I saw a fair amount of marketing.
Kalshane - Jan 10, 2006 3:38:47 pm PST #7614 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
As did I. The marketing was there. I don't know that it was necessarily aimed correctly, but it was out there. I saw commericals, trailers and posters on par with any other major release.
§ ita § - Jan 10, 2006 3:46:39 pm PST #7615 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think the Browncoats mini-doc in theatres didn't do any favours, but the trailer did run before Batman Begins, and maybe Fantastic Four when I saw them. Not inconsiderable.
DXMachina - Jan 10, 2006 4:45:33 pm PST #7616 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
They showed the trailer at Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, too. I saw plenty of marketing, and a lot of it was in non-genre places. People just didn't go.
tianxiaode - Jan 10, 2006 5:06:22 pm PST #7617 of 10001
Adrian Pasdar: bringing hot (and ambiguously gay) to a new level since Top Gun.
But a short 30-second TV spot after opening weekend could have helped so much. "The Number One New Movie In America! Loved by critics and audiences!" or something along those lines.