Weird: Firefly OUTSELLING Serenity by Ninah148

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Weird: Firefly OUTSELLING Serenity

POSTED BY: NINAH148
UPDATED: Sunday, February 12, 2006 10:06
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Sunday, February 12, 2006 8:17 AM

Wow, is this just a fluke? Firefly on DVD is now outselling Serenity in Amazon's top DVDs. Is this a "second wave" phenomenon, of people who first saw Serenity on DVD loving it and getting the series? Or maybe a push from SciFi or on demand showings? Cool, regardless. Come on in, new browncoats!

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Sunday, February 12, 2006 8:31 AM

GRIMJACK21502

We are experiencing the evoution of a revolution.

The reinforcements are coming...many of them have already found their way here.

We were a collection of soldiers holding fast to a dream...and now we are Legion.

Fight on my beloved Browncoats!!!

We will hold...we hold till Mal gets back.

"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young

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Sunday, February 12, 2006 9:09 AM

IAMJACKSUSERNAME

Well, I'm all right. - Mal

Firefly's not only outselling Serenity, but also has a perfect rating while Serenity has a 9. Nobody's coming to the vshin, so I looked up some more stats as on 2006-02-21:

Amazon.com DVD sales ranking
14 Firefly
20 Serenity (movie)

Amazon.com book sales ranking
156 Serenity (comics)
562 Serenity: the official visual companion
673 Finding Serenity
1 880 Serenity (RPG)
4 495 Serenity (novel)

Amazon.com ratings
10 Firefly (2 159)
10 Serenity: the official visual companion (34)
09 Serenity (movie) (689)
08 Finding Serenity (21)
08 Serenity (RPG) (14)
07 Serenity (novel) (45)
07 Serenity (comics) (7)

FFF rating
9.33 The message
9.29 Shindig
9.28 Ariel
9.25 Trash
9.24 Serenity (episode)
9.23 Objects in space
9.22 Our Mrs. Reynolds
9.12 Jaynestown
9.00 Serenity (novel)
8.95 Serenity (movie)
8.92 Out of gas
8.59 War stories
8.36 The train job
8.15 Safe
7.95 Bushwhacked
7.48 Heart of gold

IMDb messageboard ranking (top 4 still being voted on)
1 Out of gas
2 War stories
3 Shindig
4 Our Mrs. Reynolds

5 Objects in space
6 Jaynestown
7 Trash
8 Serenity (episode)
9 Ariel
10 The message
11 Bushwhacked
12 Safe
13 The train job
14 Heart of gold

I am Jack's ranking
01 Out of gas
02 Our Mrs. Reynolds
03 War stories
04 The train job
05 Trash
06 Serenity (episode)
07 Safe
08 Objects in space
09 Serenity (RPG)
10 Serenity (movie)
11 Serenity (novel)
12 Ariel
13 Heart of gold
14 The message
15 Shindig
16 Bushwhacked
17 Jaynestown
18 Serenity (comic)
19 Finding Serenity
--
I am Jack's username
6 sharp, ish.

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Sunday, February 12, 2006 9:10 AM

RAGUA

I'd say it's definitely the second wave phenomenon, probably coupled with word of mouth recommendations. There was enough mystery in the movie that I bet a lot of people who watched it got the series so they could fill in the blanks.

And it's not just Amazon. I went to Target to get the series last weekend, and they were out. They said that they'd be getting a new shipment on Wednesday, so I went in on Thursday, and there was only one left!

With any luck, the sales will be through the roof, and we'll get another installment in some form or other.

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Sunday, February 12, 2006 9:30 AM

KAELE

Makes me wonder: exactly what the results of all this crazyness is going to be.

I ran into it myself when I went to go buy Serenity, the salesguy said they can't keep Firefly in and I got their last copy of Serenity. Their next shipment wasn't due in for another week or so.

Does this mean that they're reprinting the DVDs to keep up with demand?

I've seen this before. For a long long while I was a member of a Star Wars online RPG that saw membership boost once interest in the three new movies spiked. Once it died down, it was a wasteland except for die-hard fans. (Think bell curve)

I think the real tell will be in the next two months. If the videos can hold their own for another 8 weeks, I think some people are really going to sit up and notice. You have to think, Serenity was released back in December, and lots were given as holiday gifts. Give a month's grace for it to sink in, then a rush to buy Firefly once they finally get a chance to watch the special features. Then another month's grace for them to finish watching Firefly and those special features.

Two months. Then there'll a big push for a rush on novels and word of a new movie/series continuation. Possibly even an extension on the RPG or more comics, all just in time for summer and the blockbuster movie rush, where everyone's craving entertainment for their summer vacations.

Am I way out in the black thinking this way? To me, it makes perfect sense...

Kaele
AIM - Dewlanna
YID - jedi_kaele

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Sunday, February 12, 2006 10:06 AM

NINAH148

Here's hoping...maybe more showings and better ratings on SciFi channel, international release of the movie boosting interest, Nathan's new projects and the buzz about Wonder Woman and even Morena as a casting choice...my fiance, who looks into these kind of things, said something like 60% of people see a movie for the first time when the buy it on DVD. It's not that DVDs are just for people who already know and love the product and want to collect it, a lot of people think it's worth the expense to just buy a DVD sight unseen on the chance that they'll like it. So, the fact that Firefly and Serenity are not readily accessible in other sources may not matter so much.

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