Reservations

I've been a bit negative of late, regarding Serenity/Firefly.

And that's not likely to change.

I still think Universal is exploiting the fans with the HD-DVD release.

And I have serious reservations about this June 23rd 'Serenity Day' thing. Apparently we're all supposed to go out and buy copies of the DVD on that day to make Universal notice the fan base (or something).

The original plans for June 23rd were good - charity screenings of the BDM to benefit Equality Now. That's something that should be pursued, it's a worthwile effort.

Giving more $$$ to Universal is... less of one, in my opinion.

I just don't think that the fans should be expected to bankroll another movie. There is obviously not enough demand for a sequel. If it takes existing fans buying multiple copies in order to make an impression, what would the box office for a sequel look like? Likely worse than for Serenity.

Another misgiving is related to the fact that a lot of the long time Browncoats don't seem to be involved (judging by the threads on fff.net, anyway). I love how many new fans there are, but with a few exceptions, there's not a lot of enthusiasm from the older Browncoats. I don't really want to post this on my flylog since I'll likely get pretty flamed.

Don't get me wrong, I love Firefly and Serenity and the cast and everything related to the 'verse.

But maybe it's time to let it go.

Addendum:

Why is everyone puting the June 23rd stuff in their sigs on Firefly sites? It's annoying.

Serenity on HD-DVD

Serenity is going to be Universal's first release on the HD-DVD format (it was intially included among a first 10 list released not too long ago).

Am I the only one thinking that they're capitalizing on the fact that there are a lot of fans who will buy anything with Serenity on it regardless of whether they can actually use it?

Foreign DVDs are one thing - at least those can be played on a region-free player (or player that's been ...altered... to be region free. And the foreign release had extras that region 1 did not.

But $25 (at least) for a DVD that is just a pretty box containing an expensive frisbee? (and it has the SAME cover art!)

I'm not sure that Universal has faith in the 'verse so much as faith in the Browncoats willingness to buy stuff related to it.