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Originally posted by Early:
Well said, but I'd like to take it further if I may.

This is far more than a fight for a movie as you said...it goes to the heart of films in general. Movies that have no big named actors go to video very quickly. Had Tom Cruise played the Operative or Mal the movie would not have been as good but would hve made more money and garnered more publicity. Star wars showed that a movie can be a hit without stars but studios and people have forgotten that. Fox failed us. Universal saved us but primarily asking us to save ourselves. They offered us a chance to do this on our own. If this movie fails then it is over for all who go to the movies for the stories not the $100 million budgets and $30 million stars. Most low budget sci fi movies are crap stories as well (these days not historically). But here is one that is wonderful and we must make it a success. I once told my wife that good movies unlike good TV shows always do well. I don't intend to be proven wrong with Serenity.

We are the independents, fighting the alliance of A-list stars and mega budgets. A big success here not only means more Serenity / Firefly, but more focus on story rather than budget and stars for future projects. As nakedandarticulate said "You hold." Otherwise we can keep watching $200 million space epics with weak plots, but the greatest special effects ever. Then we can be the mindless zombies that they truly want us to be. This is our Serenity Valley...and this time the browncoats will win!

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