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Independents Push For Second Firefly Season
ovanklot writes "It seems that Brilliant Screen Entertainment is looking to see if there is an audience for a second season of the science fiction show FireFly.
From the article: 'It's possible that subscribers may choose one of three playback options; monthly DVD deliveries, TV On-Demand using your cable or satellite provider, or computer viewing via Streaming Download.'" They are asking folks to fill out a short survey to gather demographics for support in their efforts to get Fox to release the show to them. The site also stresses that they want neither money nor confidential personal information.
Buncha cowardly, inbred piss pots...
"Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
And a straight to DVD 2d release would be just fine. Better actually in some respects.
"A REAL computer has ONE speed and the only powersaving it permits is when you pull the power leads out of the back!"
It's about time that production companies considered DVD subscriptions.
http://whedonesque.com/comments/9347
However, stranger things have happened. Family Guy, for instance, turned out to be so successful on DVD that it led to the show's resurrection; sales of the Firefly DVDs similarly have been surprisingly high. It was one of Amazon's best-selling DVDs for 2005, and both Firefly and Serenity are still on their top 10. It wasn't until after Serenity was released that I discovered the series -- and that thanks to my girlfriend, Whedon fan that she is -- but I for one would love to see the series come back.
I don't see this as anything more than a larger level fanboy effort.
You mean like the one that managed to get a major motion picture created from thin air?
This is the age of large level fanboy efforts actually gaining traction.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Actually, the latest Whedon interview has him saying that he was misquoted in his immediately previous interview. All he said was that the movie provided closure to the dangling plot threads from the truncated first season. He also said that there are other stories he'd like to tell.
Nothing for 6-digit uids?
The first season is selling quite well. I've bought it twice, myself (once for my self and once as a gift).
I, and most people I've talked to, prefer to watch their "TV" in DVD form, because you're not dependant on the network, their ability to stay connected, their other shows (how many times was Firefly preempted by football during its first run?), their schedule (how many days was Firefly on in it's short run?), or how much they care about the show (how many episodes were unaired, or aired out of sequence?).
With how poorly Fox treated Firefly (and Angel, well, how they treated Joss in general those last couple years), I have no doubt that a direct to DVD, or some sort of internet broadcasting, would be preferred.