FIREFLYtrailer by metr0man

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FIREFLYtrailer

POSTED BY: METR0MAN
UPDATED: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 20:45
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Thursday, December 25, 2003 11:51 AM

METR0MAN

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Thursday, December 25, 2003 7:03 PM

GINOBIFFARONI

That was unbelieveable......

Shiny

" Thats not fair !!!!
I didn't even have a soul when I did that!"

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Thursday, December 25, 2003 7:26 PM

TEELABROWN

Not fair! I can't get it to work! Well, I never was good woth computers anyway.

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

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Thursday, December 25, 2003 7:46 PM

SERGEANTX

Right click on it Teela, then choose save target as. Save it somewhere and open it.

Metroman, that was really fantastic. If the bonehead's at fox had done promos half as good as yours we'd still be on the air.

SergeantX

"..and here's to all the dreamers, may our open hearts find rest." -- Nanci Griffith

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Thursday, December 25, 2003 7:59 PM

ZAPHODB

Wow. Great work! One minor little thing though, the soundtrack had some annoying 'clicks' about halfway through the trailer.

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Friday, December 26, 2003 2:12 AM

PARKWHELEN

Great job! Joss should hire you. This is my first post and I just finished watching the DVD set. I loved it! I can't believe this show failed.

Thanks for the trailer, you definately put alot of time and effort into it.

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Friday, December 26, 2003 5:07 AM

KELSO

Fantastic trailer!

I loved it.

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Well, here I am.

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Friday, December 26, 2003 6:57 AM

SUCCATASH

Yay! That was great, it made me very excited for the movie. Nice choice in music.

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Friday, December 26, 2003 7:21 AM

THECENTRALSCRUTINIZER

VERY COOL! That's some VERY nice work. Makes me wanna break out the video editing software and take a crack at it, too!

The Cental Scrutinizer

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Friday, December 26, 2003 8:25 AM

MANIACNUMBERONE

this was very good, metrOman. thanks. make more

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Friday, December 26, 2003 10:05 AM

RIV

Love the music.

But I can't see any pictures. Are there supposed to be pictures? I save as target and everything.

Something's going down tonight! Something with the man!

Two by two. Hand of blue.

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Friday, December 26, 2003 10:20 AM

METR0MAN

Hey guys, thanks for all the kind words. I'm glad you all like it!!!

RIV,... it's saved in Windows Media 9 format, I dont know, perhaps you're using an older version? I cant think of what else could be wrong :(

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Friday, December 26, 2003 6:43 PM

TEELABROWN

One problem, Sargeant- the URL disappears and ther is nothing to right-click. Also, I am on a Mac.

Thanks for helping, though!

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

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Friday, December 26, 2003 6:47 PM

SUCCATASH

I don't think WMV files will play on a MAC.

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Friday, December 26, 2003 6:57 PM

ZAPHODB

This might help:

With Macintosh and IE, hold down the mouse button and click "Save Link To Disk"

And there is a WMP for Macs:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/mac71.aspx

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Friday, December 26, 2003 8:46 PM

SUCCATASH

Here's a friendly MPEG version of the trailer.

http://www.strangefinger.com/metroman-trailer.mpg (20 MB - MPG)

Metro Man gave me permission to temporarily host this 20 MB Mpeg version of his fine video. Our mutual goal is to promote Firefly to residents of Earth before it got used up.

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Friday, December 26, 2003 9:00 PM

SWITCHY

good stuff!!!! Keeps the home fires burnin'.

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Friday, December 26, 2003 10:59 PM

MAKEROFPATHS

Quote:
Originally posted by Succatash:
Here's a friendly MPEG version of the trailer.

http://www.strangefinger.com/metroman-trailer.mpg (20 MB - MPG)

Metro Man gave me permission to temporarily host this 20 MB Mpeg version of his fine video. Our mutual goal is to promote Firefly to residents of Earth before it got used up.

Many thanks are needed here: 1) Metroman for a rockin' trailer! I could only hear the .WMV version despite having VLC player (cross-platform a/v decoder for Macs and just about every other OS) until 'Tash (insert huge-mongous thanks no. 2) translated the file into mpg and made my night!

Thanks ever so much!

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Saturday, December 27, 2003 10:29 PM

SHINYSPHINX

Wow! Great job! I thought it was excellent. The music overwhelmed the dialogue in a couple of places, but not badly. The editing was well-done. If I saw that, and had never seen the series I would be dying to see the film! Yay you!

ShinySphinx

Mal: "We're at the corner of No and Where..."

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Sunday, December 28, 2003 12:41 AM

NIMITZ

That was awesome, it was extremely well done. I love the way you showed a little of Inara's skin scenes.
If I may make a few suggestions:
- Adding the CG scene in Serenity where they go to "full burn," and leave the Reavers behind in the shockwave generated from it, would certainly impress the uninitiated and the newbs.
- If you have access to the DVD boxed set then you could also add clips of the deleted scene after the "Battle of Serenity Valley" and possibly a sound bite of Zoë informing the Doctor about what happened after the battle and how both sides left them all there.
- How about a clip of Wash and one of his quotes? His question about "Yo-Saph-Bridge" in "Trash," or even better, his little "science fiction" in "Objects in Space" and Zoë’s reply? I laughed at them and they add the element of a little comic relief.

I know that this is long and I may be overstepping my bounds (as well as showing the full extent of my Geekieness), but I'm in a good mood and these all seem like good suggestions.

- For Jane, you could add the dinner scene from "Serenity" where Simon asks Mal what Jane's job is.
- For Kaylee, you could use the scene from "Out of Gas" where Mal and Zoë are talking about Wash and He makes reference to their new "genius mechanic" and then cut to something with Kaylee in it.
- What about a clip from "Heart of Gold" where that (I can't remember her name) Madame was talking to Mal about him not telling her the truth about Inara's feelings for him. Then you could cut to a scene with Inara, or something.
- Perhaps include a shot of an Alliance "Cruiser" when you have the sound bite of Wash announcing one's imminent arrival.

Note: In most navies, cruisers are usually lighter vessels. There are usually much larger and more powerful ships in the service than they (those of you who have experienced the stupendously well written "Honor Harrington" series of books by author David Weber, you will know what I'm talking about. This is a shameless plug for my favorite author of all time but, what FireFly is to Television, Honor Harrington is to books; except that Honor Harrington was recognized for the absolute genius it was and published by a faithful publishing company and not dumped in an red-fogged-vision-rage causing stupid decision by some equally stupid executive somewhere.)

I kinda' lost my train of thought but you know what I was talking about. Please note that these are just a few (dozen) thoughts I had.

Also, these suggestions would make any trailer require a pretty big chunk of time but I was thinking that the one you've got could be the teaser trailer, the pumped-up version that I'm suggesting could be the full-length trailer.

Just a thought. And I just noticed that you said that you were low on web space so you may just want to forget everything I just said (if you had time to read it all).

Wash: "... that sounds like science fiction."
Zoe: "You live in a space ship, dear."

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Sunday, December 28, 2003 1:56 AM

CALHOUN

Hehe Nimitz, Are you a real treecat? :)

I have to agree with you about Honor Harrington series of books, I just finished the last one and they were great!

Erm. dunno about the Firefly video about to download now.

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Sunday, December 28, 2003 4:30 AM

TEELABROWN

Thank you so much, Tash! That was awesome! It was shiny. Thank you so much, Tash, again! Well, I think I'll be off, for now.

Keep flyin'!

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"Freedom is the Freedom to say that 2+2 makes 4. If that is granted, all else follws"-Winston, 1984
Keep flyin', and remember, THEY can't take the sky from US!

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Sunday, December 28, 2003 4:34 AM

SCAFELL

Looks like the captain approves:

http://forums.prospero.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=foxfirefly&msg=1210
1.11#a13

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Monday, December 29, 2003 6:15 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

Wow Metroman! That was really cool. Loved the music. This makes me itch to see an actual trailer the next time I go catch a movie.

Glad to see the Captain approves. It's always good to see him or Adam post at the boards.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

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Monday, December 29, 2003 6:52 AM

EARLY

Now had that been the trailer Fox used to promote the show ratings would have been through the roof. Good job.

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Monday, December 29, 2003 8:08 AM

MAKEROFPATHS

Quote:
Originally posted by early:
Now had that been the trailer Fox used to promote the show ratings would have been through the roof. Good job.

That's really it, isn't it? If the Fawks trailer had told the truth, so to speak, instead of torturing the material into its narrow bottom-of-market target, which the show wasn't, of course, the broadcaster might very well be sitting on a hit show with huge potential earnings.

But I also ask: How could anyone not be interested in a show such as portrayed in the Metroman trailer? It has everything going for it, including scenes that covered the needs of the loin-brained and bullet-brained (not that I'm immune . . . heh heh).

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Monday, December 29, 2003 11:03 AM

CHAEL

Man.. that is some excellent work. Truly. In fact, I just barely registered just so I could comment because I was so impressed.

I only have 2 minor suggestions, and none have to do with the scenes selected for the trailer.

The "in a future... torn apart... " etc. It's slightly cliched. So one thing I thought that might tweak the cliche a little (and isn't that what Joss is all about anyway?) would be to change the torn apart to "forced together" or something similar. Because isn't that how the war actually went?

The galaxy ISn't divided or torn apart. It's forced unification. The totalitarian regime is called the "Alliance" - a sci-fi stereotype so perfectly turned inside out in this show. In almost every other sci-fi show, the Federation or the Alliance is a sign of good.

So I think it would pack more punch, and be more in keeping with what's actually happening to reflect that cliche reversal in the trailer.

Secondly.. The "one man" part just doesn't seem to fit given that he's leading a whole crew of rag tag outlaws and travellers and fugitives on the fringes of space. One man doesn't keep flying. The whole crew does.

And, again, the one man term is just so cliche.

But honestly.. I hope I don't come off as being too negative or cynical... because I loved this clip a lot.

THank you for sharing.

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 1:15 PM

SCAFELL

2004 bump!

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 1:33 PM

EMOPIRATE05

That was incredible. Thank you so much. Totally schweet...

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"Ninjas are totally sweet. What with the blazing guitar solos and the totally chopping people's heads off." ~Jade Puget

"I love the sound of the pitter patter of little feet in big combat boots...SHUT UP!!" ~Capt. Mal

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 2:49 PM

RIV

While I still can't see the pictures.

I have found myself listening to this thing nearly everyday. You really did a wonderful job and I look farward (and hope)to see more of these.

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Two by two. Hands of blue.-River Tam

I support River and Jayne!
I support Zoe and Wash!
I support Simon and Kaylee!
I support Mal and Inara!

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Thursday, January 1, 2004 2:55 PM

RIV

While I still can't see the pictures.

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Friday, January 2, 2004 6:04 PM

SLEESTACK

Nice use of 'Too High'. I was just listening to the whole DM disc earlier tonight.

Now, if we can just get a green light on the movie....

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Saturday, January 3, 2004 5:05 PM

FLYLEFEMME

Hey Metroman! I found your trailer at the Prosero
Firefly threads, and it is really impressive! Would you mind if I offer it (as a link) on my
Firefly site? I'll list your credits & all, but I
think all the Browncoats who come to my site will
really enjoy the trailer. It's such a beautiful
piece that you made, thank you!

-Flylefemme-

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Saturday, January 3, 2004 5:58 PM

ZAPHODB

Hey, Flylefemme, you got a link to your site?

Industrial Looniee & Madness - http://www3.telus.net/vchrusch

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Saturday, January 3, 2004 7:52 PM

KUNGFUBUNNY

Quote:
Originally posted by parkwhelen:
I can't believe this show failed. B]

im sorry, but the show didn't fail at all, it was fox that screwed that up. Fox failed

puppies

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Sunday, January 4, 2004 12:41 AM

METR0MAN

Quote:
Originally posted by flylefemme:
Would you mind if I offer it (as a link) on my
Firefly site? I'll list your credits & all, but I
think all the Browncoats who come to my site will
really enjoy the trailer.

Sure, go right ahead. btw, what is the URL of your site? I'd like to see it.

and thanks for the kind words!

"A man of honor... in a den of thieves!"

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Sunday, January 4, 2004 4:47 AM

FLYLEFEMME

Quote:
Originally posted by metr0man:
Quote:
Originally posted by flylefemme:
Would you mind if I offer it (as a link) on my
Firefly site? I'll list your credits & all, but I
think all the Browncoats who come to my site will
really enjoy the trailer.

Sure, go right ahead. btw, what is the URL of your site? I'd like to see it.

and thanks for the kind words!

"A man of honor... in a den of thieves!"

Here it is, and thanks so much!!
http://www.liafail.net/firefly.html

I'll also put it on these pages:
http://www.liafail.net/alpaca.html

http://www.liafail.net/untitled1.html

-Flylefemme-

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Sunday, January 4, 2004 5:21 AM

PHYSICSCHICK

How did I not see this thread until now? That was amazing, Metroman! Awesome work!

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Sunday, January 4, 2004 5:26 AM

FLYLEFEMME

Quote:
Originally posted by ZaphodB:
Hey, Flylefemme, you got a link to your site?

Industrial Looniee & Madness - http://www3.telus.net/vchrusch

Caught your site! You've got some shiny stuff there! Would you mind if I offered a trailer and poster from your site on my Gallery? Credits of course! And I'll be adding your site to my Firefly listings, too.

I totally agree with your analogy of having computers at a decent level of youth! Ahhh, the
creative things we could have done, and careers
might have led in totally different directions!

Right now I'm making a copy of my vhs Firefly eps
for a friend who's computer doesn't read scvd's.
Bad reception and all, I played them to death and
enjoyed every minute, so I'm sure my friend will
fall in love with FF, too. So I'm off!

-Flylefemme-

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Sunday, January 4, 2004 6:05 AM

RFUNCHES

I'd have to agree with those two suggestions:

Quote:
change the torn apart to "forced together" or something similar

and

change the "one man" to something like "one crew".

Looks great. If you have time you should definitely use the DVD version, then you could do a high-quality trailer. I'd do it but I don't have any way to rip the DVDs! Every time I try to rip DVDs it always fails in one respect or another.

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Tuesday, January 6, 2004 7:03 AM

KURUKAMI

Wow. Just... wow. That was incredible, and inspiring. What program did you use to put it all together?

History doesn't always repeat itself. Sometimes it merely shouts "Weren't you listening the first time?!?" and lets fly with a club.

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Tuesday, January 6, 2004 7:28 AM

STILLSHINY

Oh, my freaking WOW! That was all manner of Shiny.

“Firefly is the source of probably more joy & pain than anything I’ve done.” - Joss

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Tuesday, January 6, 2004 8:53 AM

SOUTHERNSLAYER

Can anyone tell me what the name of that song used in the movie trailer is called? Thanks

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Tuesday, January 6, 2004 9:23 AM

SEGURANT

Very nice!

Segurant

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Tuesday, January 6, 2004 9:48 AM

ASTRIANA

Quote:
Originally posted by SouthernSlayer:
Can anyone tell me what the name of that song used in the movie trailer is called? Thanks

Right from MetroMan's mouth on the Prospero Boards.

http://forums.prospero.com/foxfirefly/messages?msg=12101.26

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

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Tuesday, January 6, 2004 10:10 AM

BOCMAN

Thanks so much for the really great trailer. I bought the DVD at Christmas and spent Christmas Day with the Wife and Firefly. We both love it! I refuse to use the past tense.
Thanks

bocman

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Sunday, January 18, 2004 6:46 AM

BADGERSGIRL

I am thoroughly goosebumped. Thank you!!!!! And thanks to "Trash" for the version I can view on my Mac.

Oh, and thanks for using Badger.

"I like her" - Badger

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Sunday, January 18, 2004 8:17 AM

JUSTICEMCNASTY

Just saw it and I bow down before you sir, at your obvious shinyness. Makes me wanna try another fanvid again. Anyway, great job!

Johnny H.-
"I have mail order degrees in murderonomy and murderology...Zoidberg is afoot!"

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Sunday, January 18, 2004 1:41 PM

STEVE580

Wow, that was a lot beter than I was expecting...

I like the 'forced together' idea...perhaps you could somehow referance the fact that the good guys *lost* the war. This is always one of the most intriguing aspects of the show to me: I describe the Firefly universe to people as 'What it would be like if the Rebels lost'.

Did you only have access to the pilot ep when you made this? Because it seemed like all the clips came from that...

One other suggestion - I'd end it with something, you know...inspiring. Like one of the cool things Mal says. The "not my best day" quote is cool, but it's funny. I'd end with something serious...but maybe that's just me.

Liked the music, and I particular liked the Badger parts, and how you did them.

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Sunday, January 18, 2004 1:41 PM

STEVE580

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