FOX Firefly promo: [link] (you have to watch it imagining you don't know the characters).
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kevin - Dec 31, 2006 12:16:33 am PST #2588 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Laga - Dec 31, 2006 12:45:02 am PST #2589 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Yeah that is. It's horrifying. If it wasn't for recognizing Alan Tudyk I never would have watched the show at all.
I also avoided watching Fight Club because of the trailers. I wonder what other great things with sucky trailers I have missed.
Kevin - Dec 31, 2006 12:52:56 am PST #2590 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
I wonder what other great things with sucky trailers I have missed.
I know there's loads in my case. I do think there's a disconnect between advertising to modern consumers and being successful. For example, I've never seen a Firefly advert which makes me think "Oh, I'd have watched that". Sure, they're character ensemble shows so you want to get that across, but I think -- in my case -- the standard advertising tried doesn't work. Unless they use the 1 minute (or whatever) spot to show me a _reason_ why I should make an hour free in my schedule to watch something live, it ain't going to happen. Same with spending £5 and 2 hours going to the theatre.
I mean, I'm going to watch Drive because Tim's running it, and I've noticed he knows his shit and can actually write really well, too. But the people with the Nielsen boxes don't usually know their Spellings from their Whedons, so I hope the Drive promos don't suck.
I think the Heroes trailer ploy of playing the aspect that the plot is driving somewhere really helps sell the show. It creates a hook, making you want to watch it to find out where it's going to go. Here: [link] (contains some Heroes spoilers if you're not up to date).
Ailleann - Dec 31, 2006 3:44:33 am PST #2591 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
I also avoided watching Fight Club because of the trailers.
::didn't like Fight Club all that much when I finally saw it::
t /pariah
Polter-Cow - Dec 31, 2006 8:00:06 am PST #2592 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Ailleann, I used to like you.
Kevin, I love the Heroes promos. I don't know how they make mundane phrases like "Save the cheerleader, save the world" and "Are you on the list?" (yes, they've already made a shirt!) sound so damn cool!
Kevin - Dec 31, 2006 8:28:15 am PST #2593 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Save the cheerleader, save the world is probably one of the worst phrases I could imagine, on paper. But, uhm, it works. Somehow.
Kristen - Dec 31, 2006 8:30:13 am PST #2594 of 10001
Show not in real time. 13 hours would kinda take the "cross" out of "cross-country."
Also, I think the show will be marketed quite well.
Kevin - Dec 31, 2006 8:38:35 am PST #2595 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Okay, how intelligent am I. (I left off the question mark).
Kristen, somebody should convince the net to put the first 7 minutes on Youtube (after it's finalised, obviously), and the FOX MySpace page. In my opinion, anyway. Youtube clips reach millions of people in many cases, particularly things like this which is fresh content. That's a lot of free advertising.
I do agree they have a lot of material to work with on this one, in terms of trailers, demographics etc.
tiggy - Dec 31, 2006 9:03:38 am PST #2596 of 10001
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
FOX Firefly promo: [link] (you have to watch it imagining you don't know the characters).
wow. i don't think i ever saw that. that's...bad. worse than bad.
Kevin - Dec 31, 2006 9:10:12 am PST #2597 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
tiggy, oh, there's far worse out there. The ones with the line "Out there? It's out THERE!" are best. They actually advertised it quite a lot with those promos; during Baseball. Because all the sci-fi viewers I know watch baseball.