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Instapundit to see Serenity a bit early

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UPDATED: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 21:53
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Wednesday, September 21, 2005 7:51 AM

Glenn Reynolds has a pretty widely read conservative political blog called Instapundit. Whatever you think of his politics you can't deny the number of people who read his blog on a daily basis (he was getting 300,000 daily visits around election time last year). So cross your fingers and hope that he gives the movie a rave review (and that all the other bloggers who show up help to spread the word as well).

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found at http://blogs.knoxnews.com/knx/silence/archives/2005/09/an_invite_to_lo
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If you would like, join Glenn Reynolds at a private screening of the new movie, Serenity. I'm ignorant on movies. Glenn says it's "a sci-fi flick based on the Firefly series."
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He has up to 150 spaces and it's a chance to blog a review on the new movie, due out Sept. 30. It's also sound marketing for movie studios. ...

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Wednesday, September 28, 2005 4:40 AM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important

From his web site:

SO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I went to see the blogger-screening of Serenity. I liked it. There were quite a few people from the law school and the local blogging community there, and my sense is that most people agreed.

The trailer was quite reflective of the film. I thought the acting was good, and the whole film had a human touch that many science-fiction action flicks lack. The cinematography was more TV-like than movie-like, but I actually liked that effect. And the sound, often boomy and annoying in films of this type, was excellent.

One of my colleagues attended (not a blogger, but a serious geek -- yes, the stillsuit one -- who has watched all the Firefly episodes and who is a huge Joss Whedon fan) and she liked it a lot, and noted the presence of the trademark Whedon humor.

I enjoyed it, and I think it will do very well.

UPDATE: Other blog reviews here and here.

ANOTHER UPDATE: Also here, here, here, and here.

And here!

posted at 09:42 PM by Glenn Reynolds

"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner

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Wednesday, September 28, 2005 9:53 PM

SOUPCATCHER

Very cool. It looks like the blogger screenings worked out well (although I read some posts expressing dissatisfaction with the practices of the company hired to coordinate things - Grace Hill Media - seems like they came off a bit high handed with their list of requirements).

There were also Serenity mentions in three of the blogs I read on a daily basis (Eschaton, Talking Points Memo, and Political Animal - all on the left side of the spectrum). Positive word of mouth on some high traffic sites. Kevin Drum of Political Animal even went out and bought the DVD based simply on the buzz about the blogger screenings

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I'm excited. And amazed at how gutsy the whole thing was. It's pretty refreshing when a company is so confident in the strength of a product that they give away the product to market the product. A nice departure from most of the movie marketing I've seen that tries to disguise the product just to get people in the seats.

High risk for high reward.

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