Batman Begins / Serenity trailer by GinoBiffaroni

FIREFLY EPISODE DISCUSSIONS

Batman Begins / Serenity trailer

POSTED BY: GINOBIFFARONI
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 5, 2005 20:53
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Saturday, June 18, 2005 5:34 AM

I went to Batman begins yesterday, felt it was a good movie well acted ( except Katie Holmes, but don't really like her )

The Serenity trailer was on in the previews and I am a little concerned it lacks...... something

I had the same feeling watching it online, but hoped it would play out different on the big screen. Toward the end of the trailer I watched the crowd and the impression I had was it caught their eye, but didn't really hook them.

I think the first trailer works well with Firefly fans, but to draw an additional following something that gives a better overview of the verse would be it order to draw new fans.

Something to the order of a fan made trailer I seen on this site a while back...

Just my opinion

" Looking for a place to happen
Making stops along the way "

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Saturday, June 18, 2005 6:05 AM

GUIDEWRITER

Agree completely. After the Serenity trailer (during which the crowd was fairly lifeless), there was a trailer for Sky High (I think that's what it's called). The crowd became totally animated, laughing and cheering.

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Saturday, June 18, 2005 7:49 PM

HELL'S KITTEN

Yeah, I saw Batman Begins tonight and the Serenity trailer was shown(AMC Southdale, for all you MN Browncoats). Dead silence during the trailer. What annoyed me was the fact that the trailer itself was so quiet. I mean... my crappy computer speakers sounded better at home than the theater did.

And the guy I was with - who knows that he'd be dead to me if he said anything bad about Firefly, and who sat through all the DVDs - said the trailer wasn't really very good.

Seems to me, there was no "hook" for the uninitiated. Kinda disheartening, but boy did it look pretty on the big screen.

无党派人士

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Saturday, June 18, 2005 8:06 PM

WORKEROFEVIL

Dammit! Why isn't my theater showing the Serenity trailer with Batman Begins? Schmucks!

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Sunday, June 19, 2005 4:18 PM

NAKEDANDARTICULATE

yeah i saw batman begins(best comic movie ever)
and they showed serenity first---while idiots were still walking in(pet peeve #298) and the response?---nothing.only my friend and i clapped.but why am i posting this? because the trailer that they went coo coo for coco puffs for---THE DUKES OF F#CKIN HAZARD!!!
"The whole world's against dude,I swear to god"

"Hamsters is nice."

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Sunday, June 19, 2005 5:22 PM

LORA

Yep, I was the only one who clapped and hollered for it. My husband was appalled. At me, not the trailer.

Seemed like there were more images in the on-line version. Anybody else think something had been deleted?

So very shiny to see our ship on that big screen..."I aim to misbehave."

"Is there any way I'm gonna get out of this with honor and dignity?"

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Sunday, June 19, 2005 6:06 PM

RANGRBOB

The crowd I was with recieved it fairly well people laughed and such in the right places. Only other trailers they reacted to were Dukes and WOTW.

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Sunday, June 19, 2005 6:10 PM

CRAZYDOG7

People in the screaning I was at responded to it pretty positivly one women started laughing during Wash's line and didn't stop untill the Preview was over.

Hello

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Sunday, June 19, 2005 6:36 PM

JENNSENW

I was a little surprised by the reaction when I saw the trailer with Batman Begins Friday. I'm in West Virginia, so of course the Dukes of Hazzard (blech) got hollering. But there was a moderate response to Serenity. There was ooing about River and definite laughter with Wash.

But it seemed like the quotes in the middle kind of put people off. They were all excited, and then, black screen and text. I hope that there is another trailer that is all action.

We saw the new trailer for Fantastic Four with batman Begins as well. more of the intrigue and conflict was shown and I am more tempted to see it now. Let there be trailer 2 for Serenity that is just as intriguing....

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Sunday, June 19, 2005 6:44 PM

XANDERHARRIS

i've got to say, i saw the Serenity trailer before Batman Begins(and i'd watched online a few times) and i was intranced by it, a friend of mine who likes firefly (but not loves it) was with me and he said that as soon as ir came on, my attention was so focused on it, that he threw a jelly bean at me. I however did not feel it.

that also means i have no idea what the crowd thought. but then again i don't care what the crowd thought. it's my favorite movie of all time, and i haven't even seen it yet.

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Sunday, June 19, 2005 7:17 PM

BUCKOSAMA

Well, here's some good news for you guys, maybe hearten you a little bit about the first trailer.

I'm a video editor (I use this term loosely) and after installing the newest quicktime on apple a couple of weeks back, I went to look at movie trailers online, to check out the 1080p HD playback.

On the strength of the trailer for serenity alone, I THAT DAY drove 100 miles round trip to buy the boxed set. I had no previous knowledge of Firefly, didn't know that Serenity was based on a show, and didn't even know who Joss Whedon was. That's the beauty of Google.

And the result? Seeing the trailer again in the theater after some exposure to the series, I'm proud to have been that one guy cheering knowingly before Batman Begins premeired last Wednesday.

So, in summary, while the trailer may seem ineffective in hooking newbies, I'm here to inform you to the contrary.

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Sunday, June 19, 2005 8:35 PM

JADEHAND

Welcome aboard BuckoSama. It's good to hear that the trailer is sucking people in. I saw it for the first [big screen] time with Batman Begins and also even though I'd seen it 50 times on my computer, I was entranced. Two of the people I was with who I could never convince to watch the DVDs were definitely interested.

100 miles round trip for the DVDs? Worth it ain't it?

If you enjoyed Firefly, other things you may look into include Joss' other series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel". Also Tim Minear, who worked closely with Joss on the Firefly series as well as "Angel" has a DVD series "Wonderfalls" and currently on FOX weds. at 9:00 EST "The Inside" See more info here: www.TheInside.org"

Visit WWW.Marillion.Com for a better way to live

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Sunday, June 19, 2005 9:51 PM

EMMA

Quote:
Seemed like there were more images in the on-line version. Anybody else think something had been deleted?

The version shown at the Serenity Con in the UK back in May was a slightly edited version and that one was shown by Universal so they could film us for the DVD.

Batman Begins rocks - I was mightily impressed!

extremely dimensionally transcendental

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Monday, June 20, 2005 3:26 AM

EARLY

Batman was definately awesome. The problem I had with the FireFly trailer was that I'm worried it is confusing to those who don't know FireFly. Of course I'm probably just worried for nothing, b/c I want it to do well so they'll make more...you know a dozen or so. One a year would be cool. Like James Bond used to do. Anyway my wife and I will be there, and I'll probably see it multiple times (like many of you), so that'll boost sales. You gotta do what ya gotta do.
Fantastic Four looks cool too. I was a big fan of the comicbook as a kid, so i'm looking forward to it, though it has the potential of being cheesy and campy, but I hope its not. I'm hoping everyone learned their lesson about that with Batman and Robin.

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Monday, June 20, 2005 3:28 AM

BUCKOSAMA

HAH! Jadehand!

I just saw Marillion in Montreal three days ago. friggin' amazing show, even though it was just hogarth, trewavas, and rothery. probably even better for that actually. And I got some records signed.

As far as Buffy and Angel, yeah, I know I'm going to be shamed into watching those eventually. Don't know anything about Wonderfalls, though I've heard about it. The Inside? We'll see. I have so many series on dvd boxed set right now that another series is pretty daunting at thsi point.

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Tuesday, July 5, 2005 5:51 PM

MER

Poo it's in the one movie I had planned not to see. If I want my trailer, I gotta venture to Batman land. :\

I respect Batman, but this movie didn't make me want to rush to the movie theater to see it.

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Tuesday, July 5, 2005 8:53 PM

CEDRIC

I ended up sneaking from theater to theater so that I could catch the Serenity trailer more than once when I went to see Batman Begins. I am, of course, biased, but I cheered and applauded at the end of it (the trailer, not the movie).

However, just down the row from me, I heard someone say, in a tone that suggested he was just deciding, "I'm gonna have to see that one!"

So I think it's catching some attention.

Still, I'm half tempted to get my own sign and camp out at the local movie theater to advertise the movie. I wonder if they'd arrest me for that . . .

"You can't take my show from me,
Because I've got the DVD."

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