'the dreaded fanboy effect'? by schizorabbit

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'the dreaded fanboy effect'?

POSTED BY: SCHIZORABBIT
UPDATED: Friday, October 7, 2005 19:02
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Friday, October 7, 2005 10:45 AM

saw this on--what's it called?--"bythenumbers.com" or something like that:

"We've already discussed the seven films, so we might as well finish out the rest of the top ten. There are two competing forces at work with Serenity; it has earned some of the best reviews for any wide release this year but it also has to deal with the dreaded Fanboy Effect. In these cases the latter almost always wins, which will cut the film's box office to just south of $5 million. On the other hand, Fanboy Effect also usually means strong home market sales, which will be the film's saving grace."

anywayzzz...

i noticed that serenity hasn't lost any theaters for the second week (in fact, gaining one), so there's a lot of space out there--a lot of seats--which i hopefully will see full when i re-watched the BDM. don't plan on getting no echo effect when i walk in, if you know what i mean. a lot of people are predicting that the new al pacino/matthew mconagh-who movie is gonna beat the BDM number-wise, but i hope not. i mean, the "fanboy effect" could be a plus--right? in case the non-browncoats aren't coming in after after the almost-universive positive reviews the movie's been getting, then it's up to us to keep supporting it by returning, over...and over...and over...and giving the gods that be the numbers that will ensure a sequel, or firefly, in the future. man, i feel like a junkie...must...have...more...firefly.

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Friday, October 7, 2005 12:09 PM

CHRISISALL

I've been talkin' yo a LOT of non-fans that say they intend to see the movie soon, or this weekend, I still have high hopes for word of mouth.
Plus- it got mostly GREAT reviews (that I saw).

Chrisisall

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Friday, October 7, 2005 2:27 PM

SCHIZORABBIT

yes, mostly positive reviews, indeed. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/serenity/ has it at 81% positive reviews, with 86% being positive from the top critics. superawesome. i'm just hopin' that people out there read, you know?

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Friday, October 7, 2005 6:03 PM

SAMWIBATT

I feel kind of dumb to ask, but what is the Fanboy Effect?

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Friday, October 7, 2005 6:16 PM

LOGGERHEAD

Quote:
Originally posted by SamWibatt:
I feel kind of dumb to ask, but what is the Fanboy Effect?

http://www.the-numbers.com/glossary.php

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Friday, October 7, 2005 6:22 PM

SAMWIBATT

Quote:
Originally posted by loggerhead:
http://www.the-numbers.com/glossary.php

Aha, thank you.

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Friday, October 7, 2005 7:02 PM

EVERYWORLDSPINNIN

Hollywood is reeling (no pun intended) this year period, with few films having any Fanboy Effect. The fact that Serenity is not doing as well as anticipated is the same story of why nearly every movie this year has not done as well their respective studios hoped. SW:ROTS did well as expected, then Hollywood turns out over-hyped, under delivered crap all summer (save Batman Begins).

Another thing that may not bode well for the BDM is that it comes from a TV show, and I think that a lot of people are sick to the back teeth now of Hollywood reguritating material from other mediums. TV, comic books, video games, the list goes on. None have done their respective source material worse than old TV shows (Dukes anyone?).

This would be the real tragedy of Serenity, if people don't go see it because Hollywood mistepped so many times before.
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