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Originally posted by KevinIanBeaumont:

Those complaining, petitioning and (planning to) advertise in magazine will dent things.

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Originally posted by KevinIanBeaumont:
So he proceeds to tel me that this will be a blessing in disguise and the studio is really happy with the film and wanted more time to gear up a really kick-a$$ marketing SCHEME. Which they will.

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Originally posted by zoid:
Fellow Coats of a Brownish Color:

I, for one, don't think it's necessarily a bad thing to write some letters. We want them to know someone cares.

The bad thing would be filling them with invective or hateful sentiments. Universal feel they have good reason to move the release date. That should be seen as a vote of confidence on their part that Serenity is capable of returning a profit on their investment. They are simply trying to ensure its success and maximize that profit.

By moving it, they not only ensure the success and profitability of this movie, but eliminate some of the competition for eyeballs that the movie would have had in April. More eyeballs means more potential ticket purchasers for the next two movies, should Serenity indeed be a moneymaker.

Still, I think we could safely write letters to Universal letting them know we are disappointed about the delay, but that we know it was a business decision favorable to Serenity and future movies; that we support the studio's decision and will continue to support Serenity and any marketing "SCHEME" related to its eventual release.

Then, we thank them for their time and consideration, very respectfully, payroll signature, printed name. P.S. Sometimes we children have to understand that due to financial considerations, we can't have the G.I. Joe with kung fu grip for our birthday as originally promised; instead we have to wait 'til Christmas. It's not that we aren't loved (even though that's how it feels), it's just that a balloon payment on our college fund is due.

In like manner, We The Faithful must understand that we'll get our new toy as promised, just a little later, and our future prospects are enhanced for the price of a little patience.

...And self-restraint.


Rational(izing)ly,

zoid

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I've called around to "in-the-know" types in Hwdland, they are all in agreement that this is a good sign. :- )

Patience Iagos... patience. :- )

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techiecl wrote, in 'Browncoats, This Is Our Turning Point' thread:
Domestic grosses of past late september movies:

[snipped from Aint it cool news]
* Rush Hour (9/18/98) $141.1
* American Beauty (9/15/99) $130.0
* Remember the Titans (9/29/00) $115.6
* Sweet Home Alabama (9/27/02) $127.2
* School of Rock (10/3/03) $81.2
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Originally posted by LaiLing:
Sorry to burst your bubble, folks, but September is when studios pull out the movies they expect to bomb.

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Originally posted by LaiLing:
(By the way, you may be interested to know, my husband tells me that X-men fans universally hate Joss Whedon, claiming he has totally f***ed up the X-Men comics he has written, and they desperately don't want him to have anything to do with the next movie, especially Storm and Wolverine. Or anything else, for that matter.)B]

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Hate to say this fellow Browncoat, but he needs to re-look at the characters of Logan and Storm. The movie X2 was taken from the basis of the first movie, not Joss, so ppl that think that can kiss it. I've been an X-fan for twenty years, and I LOVE the direction of Wolverine in the movies, along with the movies themselves.
Remember, an opinion is an opinion, and Stan Lee loves the movies, and so do movie-goers.

If he(and eveyone else) want to blame anyone, blame the people that first started the X-Movies: Twentieth Century Fox and Brian Singer, the scribe and director of the first movie.


No baddy-mouthing Joss...

"Your mouth is talking. Might wanna see to that"

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Originally posted by LaiLing:
Sorry to burst your bubble, folks, but September is when studios pull out the movies they expect to bomb. It's not "Summer Blockbuster" season, nor "Christmas Blockbuster/In-Mind-for-the-Oscar's" season. It's more like "Well-we-spent-all-this-money-so-I-guess-we-have-to-show-it-sometime-but-we're-not-wasting-it-on-Blockbuster-season" season. Like the rest of you, I can't help but be disappointed. Sigh.

(By the way, you may be interested to know, my husband tells me that X-men fans universally hate Joss Whedon, claiming he has totally f***ed up the X-Men comics he has written, and they desperately don't want him to have anything to do with the next movie, especially Storm and Wolverine. Or anything else, for that matter.)

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Originally posted by KevinIanBeaumont:


They are delaying the release as it makes business sense for them: They should have with Chronicles of Riddick, for example, as it was a busy time, but chose not to: it got buried. They didn't make the money they wanted from it.

Those complaining, petitioning and (planning to) advertise in magazine will dent things.

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
It will give Joss more than ample time to do the special effects, get the movie score just right

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