If only FOX knew how to promote Firefly by ecgordon

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If only FOX knew how to promote Firefly

POSTED BY: ECGORDON
UPDATED: Friday, September 1, 2006 07:18
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Wednesday, August 30, 2006 8:14 AM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

Leave it to the fans to show the "pros" how it is done.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006 8:19 AM

KANEMAN

Very good indeed.

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006 9:00 AM

CALIFORNIAKAYLEE

Oh wow, that was very, very good. Well done indeed.

~CK

You can't take the sky from me...

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006 9:16 AM

DOWIE100

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:35 AM

CATHERA

WOW!!!!!! That was amazing.

One day.
One plan.
One army of Browncoats.

On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006 12:24 PM

BAD2VERSE

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Leave it to the fans to show the "pros" how it is done.

All I can say is "WOW!!!!!" F*X needs this guy on their Advertising team!!!!!!! VERY well done!

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..but eatin people alive, where does THAT get fun?

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006 12:37 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Before I check the link, I just gotta add that it would have been better had 'versal done a better job promoting SERENITY . Except for some well placed t.v ads ( mostly on SciFi channel )and going to the theatres , I barely saw ANY movies posters. One highly visible and much used promo idea is movie poster ads at bus stops. Did 'versal use that tact anywhere ? I sure as hell didn't see it in Atlanta. I drive all over this town, and see countless ads at these places. I see for Veronica Mars a couple times a week. Heck, there's still one promoting Mission Impossible III !!

* breathes deep *

It's ok. It's done now. Can't turn back time (yet). Will someday, but not today. Move on.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006 12:45 PM

LOSTDOG

Man, that gave me chills all over again. Gorram impressive work.

"Thanks for the re-enactment, sir."

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006 12:52 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

And now, having seen the fan made trailer...

Holy Hot Damn! Where can we see such an awesome series!

Oh yeah....

That was nothing short of beautiful. Made me wish I could fall in love all over again.

People love a happy ending. So every episode, I will explain once again that I don't like people. And then Mal will shoot someone. Someone we like. And their puppy. - Joss

" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006 2:15 PM

IHEARTFIREFLY

What an awesome trailer!
It gave me the chills too. :)
I think I may have found a new recruiting tool...:)

"Can't take the sky..."

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006 2:54 PM

CYBERSNARK

Beautiful.

I love how it linked Simon and River's introductions.

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Wednesday, August 30, 2006 3:02 PM

ASORTAFAIRYTALE

Holy crap. Those are the only words. Oh, wait here are some more. You're so right, if Fox had used commercials like that one, Firefly would've took off right from episode one! That was probably one of the best trailers for it that I have seen yet. Good work!

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We're all just floating...

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Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:15 AM

BRYS

Excellent - this is so much better than the official ones.

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Thursday, August 31, 2006 12:53 AM

FEI

Love it! Very pro. I know what fox didn't do... get you on to do the ads! 'versial should have helped too.

It may seem unbelievable, but Serenity was never in theatres in Hong Kong. I never heard of Firefly, but Hong Kong has aired Wonderfall in Hong Kong (WIERD!). Anyways when I did finally got Serenity on DVD... I LOVE IT! I was obsessed with it! I bought the whole tv series (which amazingly they did SELL!) It might not have sold as much as the US, but the movie was a hit (Top charts no. 3 in HMV). I bought it and then I went back a few months later and the thousands of copies they had were GONE! Sold out and HMV is stocking up. More Ads definatly required.

It was freaking unreal. If you can make it in Hong Kong you can make it anywhere just like Prison Break.

"Dear Buddha, please bring me a pony and a plastic rocket..."

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Thursday, August 31, 2006 1:14 AM

FILLYGIRL

Operative: "Its worse than you know..." Mal: "It usually is."

That was incrediable!

It was on the level of Star Wars trailers,....I hope this person wins the contest. If only F*x had been ANYWHERE close to this,....

...it's worst than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal

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Thursday, August 31, 2006 3:11 AM

MARINE

Bottom Line, I think that the advertisements for Firefly and serenity just plain out sucked. I did not see any advertisements at all for either one. I just brought my wife to the movies one day and picked one. My brother told me about Firefly... If I didn't get word of it, then it wasn't good enough.

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Thursday, August 31, 2006 3:18 AM

ECGORDON

There's no place I can be since I found Serenity.

I just wanted to make something clear to those who think this is something I did. I ain't talented at all in that direction, this is just something I ran across on YouTube yesteday morning and wanted to share with everyone.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

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Thursday, August 31, 2006 3:47 AM

MARINE

I was speaking in general.

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Thursday, August 31, 2006 4:05 AM

REDRIVER

only somebody who truely loves Firely can make a trailer like this.
wish they gave it to sci-fi instead of fox. Farscape wasn't doin' so great earlier on but they kept it up for a while....

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Thursday, August 31, 2006 4:16 AM

FOLLOWMAL

This is one of the trailer contest participants.

Very shiny! Gave me goosebumps!

IHeartFirefly, exactly right with the recruiting tool!

This is why we did this. We need these to spread all over the web. That and it's great fun to have the contest and see all the shiny new Firefly/Serenity stuff folks come up with.

I think if folks see this who have never seen Firefly/Serenity before .. well.. they will want to see it and will go hunting for it. That's our aim. More folks liking Firefly/Serenity, more folks to sell another one to.

Go here to Boost the Signal!
www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=20&t=23296

Ask me how to join the Appreciatin' Nathan Crew!

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Thursday, August 31, 2006 5:12 AM

WINDSTRUCK

WOOOOOOOOW!!!

GOOSEBUMPS! That was an amazing video. A very, very splendid job. I wish they have the high def version of these things so that I can burn it in a CD and recruit people.
It sure beats taking them to a netcafe and let them watch.

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Friday, September 1, 2006 7:18 AM

IMNOTHERE

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I barely saw ANY movies posters. One highly visible and much used promo idea is movie poster ads at bus stops.

Well, in the UK I didn't see any posters for a movie based on Firefly, but there were several posters on the London Underground (US:Subway) for some "Buffy/Angel" spin-off flick called "Serenity".

Now, Summer Glau doing the splits whilest waving a pair of Big Damn Choppers may be a not unpleasing image - and she sure does a good "Sarah Michelle Gellar and Eliza Dushku's love child looking broody" face - but that doesn't really capture the spirit of "Firefly" and certainly isn't going to pull in people who (gasp) didn't like/didn't watch Buffy/Angel, which were presented as kid's shows on UK terrestrial TV (and, in the case of Angel, cut to the point of incomprehensibility - the BBC edited Buffy too, but rather more artfully).

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