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Firefly Coming to DVD
Kaypro writes "According to the scoop over at Ain't it Cool, it seems that Fox has decided that there's not enough viewers to keep the Firefly series on the air, but somehow there's enough fans to make money off DVD sales. Go figure. Included in the set will be the entire season plus unaired episodes and the original pilot in full 16:9 format. Extras I assume are included as well. No release date has been set as of yet." The missing episodes will be nice. In order will be nice. Such a good show. The last couple of episodes were just awesome.
Stop and think about it for a second.
Cost to produce new TV shows and air them? Lots
Cost to release existing shows on a cheap meduim? Not a lot.
It's very simple.
I had made a comment that the issue isn't that Fox couldn't/wasn't doing well with Firefly, it was that Fox new that reality T.V. had more bang for the buck. Since it appears that Fox tried to tell Joss what do to and he wouldn't, they were more than prepared to tank the show in favor of all this rubbish that has been coming down the pike. Producing a DVD for an "unviable" series I think proves that Fox knew full well the series had and has a following.
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I see a lot of people knocking 'Firefly' around. They call it a ripoff or not entertaining enough or confusing. Wake up and smell the cow manure blended with starship exhaust.
What isn't a ripoff these days? Most creators of art even take the time to admit and thank those that influenced their work. Space westerns have been around much longer than, oh say 'Cowboy Bebop' for example. Robert Heinlein and other authors have explored that genre before. So what? If an old idea is done well, it can bring enjoyment to new people.
It may not be interesting enough to you. Everyone is entitled to their opinions ('specialy if they're congruent with mine). I find it quite interesting however. Science fiction blended with sociological aspects appeals to quite a lot of people. Remember, it was fringe groups that got many science fiction shows the recognition they deserve. Examples: 'The X-Files', 'Farscape', 'Buffy', just to name a few of the more recent.
Confusing? Okay, I don't have a better answer for this. You're confused and you read Slashdot? Do you have an interpreter?
Fox didn't handle Firefly particularly well but I'm sort of doubtful that was the reason for its demise at the end of the day.
Seriously? You don't think that airing it on alternating weeks on a random time slot (8pm, 12:05am, 12:20am) is the reason for its demise?
How about airing episodes out of order so that they would talk about stuff that was supposed to have happened but we haven't seen yet.
How about hyping the girl in the box for a whole summer and then cancelling the series before even ever showing the girl-in-a-box pilot?
Someone at Fox wanted that show to fail. I dunno what they were shooting in their veins at the time, but they did everything in their power to make that show fail (12:20am! I kid you not!).
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Once upon a time there was a little show called "The X Files". It had a quiet little time slot on Friday nights and against all odds, it became fairly successful. The numbers were small but the viewers were passionate and Fox said "Cool! Fanboys stay home on Friday nights for skiffy shows!" So in their finite wisdom they moved "The X Files" to Sundays and have sent skiffy-related show after show after show to die on Fridays because it turns out that "The X Files" was special.
Admittedly, some of the shows that have died have done so deservedly ("Freakylinks", anyone?) but programs like "Millennium" and "Firefly" and "Strange Luck" deserved better than to wither and die on the Friday vine.
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you got it all wrong. The fans were large and organized. They launched a massive campaign to help save firefly. This included sending thousands of postcards to the powers that be at fox and CBS. Most of those fans did not trade rips. I, however possess every aired episode on vcd. That's not to say that I won't be buying the DVD. I most certainly will, as will most of the fans.
They're using their grammar skills there.
It's really very sad and disturbing. Fox honestly seems to develop some of the best and most original shows that hit TV these days, along with some of the absolute worst crap. Why do they nearly always choose the crap over the good stuff?
Firefly is a great example. Do I have to mention Futurama? What about Andy Richter being taken off the air for this godawful crap "The Pits"?
*Sigh*.
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