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Our Best Buy didn't have a display, either. They did have a small stack of the DVDs on their "new items" table, right next to a stack of Firefly DVDs. And people were grabbing them...
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Walmart had the Serenity display in the back of electronics, behind the used video games.
But they were selling pretty well, from the looks of it. I bought two copies, but I haven't watched it yet.
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I am still smiling at the big, gaping, OBVIOUS space where the Serenity DVDs should have been at my local Best Buy. The shelf was kind of messy like people had been grabbing them and running to the front of the store to pay.
I didn't see them featured in a New Releases section, but I didn't really look for that.
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What's the difference between wide screen version and full screen? I have a 19 inch tv, which version should I get?
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Get the widescreen. Joss shot for a wide movie screen and used all of it, from what I've heard the fullscreen version chops a lot off.
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I'd say always go with widescreen no matter what. Fullscreen chops off the sides so you never get to see the whole picture like you did in the movie theater.
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NO INSERT?! I love inserts. I just took it out and stared at it-that's it? LOTR's was the best.
Xavier and I will be watching it tonight while enjoying some pizza.
No one was really going for it at BB. There was this one guy that saw me with Serenity and he was kind enough to tell me that Nebraska Furniture Mart had it for $1 cheaper. He was wrong. It was nearly $6 cheaper. Wow.
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I was confused about that too Noemon, when I first moved here. But its this giant store in the middle of Omaha, with two connected buildings (and a McDonalds in between). One building houses the furniture, and the other one is full of electronics.
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You know, I hadn't realized that you and Val were in Omaha. Next time I head to Kansas would you guys be interested in getting together? I could make a detour and swing through NE, or you guys could come down to Lawrence, either one.
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One of my co-workers (the same guy who recently admitted watching "Firefly" for the first time) asked me if I was responsible for the little package left in his car. He was holding a "Serenity" DVD. Apparently someone bought and wrapped it and left it in his car. (It wasn't me.)
I was like, "Heck, no! I can't even afford that right now!" (thinking, "you lucky dog")
So, I'll maybe get it for my birthday ... Jan. 10 if anyone is interested. (Hint) Posts: 2034 | Registered: Apr 2004
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My copy arrived yesterday. I immediately wrapped it and put it under the tree, because otherwise I might succomb to temptation and watch it before my husband has finished the series. He liked the way I labeled it:
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Well, I finally found the limit of my obsession. Props from the movie are on sale at www.propstore.com and I wasn't even tempted to buy the Operative's sword ($2000) or River's goggles ($1600).
Although they do take payments...
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The Serenity movie was very good. I never even heard of Firefly before this year, when a friend of mine told me about it, and I began watching it on the SciFi channel. I think that the original TV series failed because of the name. No one connected the name to what the series was really all about, so most of the people who would have liked it never even tuned in.
I listened to the commentary too. It was passable, but no where comparable to the commentaries with the Peter Jackson The Lord of the Rings DVDs. Of course, that set the standard for everything.
Watching the outtakes, I was a little disappointed at how foul-mouthed so many of the actors were on the set. It seems every sentence had the F-word.
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Nonetheless, I would like to see a sequel to the movie. These are interesting characters, even with a couple of them killed off. (OK, minor spoiler there--but I won't say which characters were killed off.) I liked the producer's explanation that he killed off the characters just to play with viewers' minds and make them suspect for a time that he was making one of those movies where all the characters get killed off.
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Didn't you know? The F-word is funny. As is seeing our favorite actors saying them in frustration.
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I bought two of them, they were right by the exit AFTER you've already paid for your stuff. I had to go back in and buy them and now I have one on my wall! They have nothing to do with Firefly, but I love that the font is almost exactly like the one on the movie poster and the symbol is of course the same.
quote:What's the best-case scenario for the future of the Firefly/Serenity franchise?
The best-case scenario is that the DVD is such a spectacular, monster hit that we get to make another movie. Then, we get to make another movie. After three movies, we're all very tired. After Serenity: Revolutions, we feel like we've played it out. And then we make another series.
But, you know, we'll never make Firefly again, because that was a thing that existed and is now gone. And Serenity isn't Firefly, and whatever comes next won't be, either. But I would love to tell more stories of this universe and to hang out with these people on and off for the rest of my career.
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I don't like how Joss has his mind set on the fact that the Firefly series is definitely over. I just don't see why he couldn't easily have it revived if the sales called for it (I think they already have). Theres no reason it has to be over as a TV show...
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I was at the enemy (Wal-Mart) and they had Serenity Widescreen, Serenity Full Screen, and the Serenity/Hulk combo pack. Why must they package Serenity with Hulk? *grumble*
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I'm definitely getting Serenity as a present. I see a gift that's shaped suspiciously like one DVD, and the only thing I asked for was the LOTR DVDs or Serenity.
"Why must they package Serenity with Hulk? *grumble*"
I guess they figured that if they packaged two bad movies togethor, it might make one good movie combined. *ducks and runs from thread* Posts: 2054 | Registered: Nov 2005
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I think it's possible it could ca=ome back as a tv show if that was the only avenue, but what he's saying is that it won't be the Firefly you knew. It can't be, they've moved on and the dynamics have changed pretty drastically. But there can be more stories in the 'verse.
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I watched episodes while I was wrapping presents today. Did Book's history ever get explained?
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I think Chris is right... I read that interview and didn't get the "Firefly is DEAD!" vibe that seems to be general consensus at all. Joss is just saying that, should the franchise continue, it won't be the same old "Firefly." As well it shouldn't.
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Of course it can't be the same, with two of the original series characters pushing up daisies.
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I rented it and watched it twice today. Once with my dad and grandad who hadn't seen it before and once alone with the commentary on. My grandad kept falling asleep though, so when he woke up he'd ask what things were.
My grandad: "Reavers? What's a reaver?" My dad: "Uhh... a sort of cannibal." My grandad: "Oh. Well, that's a [heck] of a lot cheaper than A&P, I guess."
Then he fell asleep again.
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quote:Don't forget the easter egg: on the main menu keep clicking right until a panel on the right of the screen highlights.
On the version I rented, I had to click left, and not right. I got very frustrated clicking right about a hundred times and having nothing happen. Maybe the Canadian/American versions are different? Or did you mean left?
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Where does the profit of the Firefly DVD sales go now? Firefly DVD sales wouldn't help for a Serenity sequel, would they?
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At the very least steady dvd sales of Firefly reminds the companies at the top of the franchise that people are still digging the Verse.
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Woo! Got Serenity this morning for Christmas, shall be watched later when I get home from my aunt's house! Yay!
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Sorry, theCrowsWife, I remembered to give a spoiler warning the first time I mentioned it, but then forgot to the second time. Guess I just hate to be redundant.
WntrMute, I thought for a moment about coming up with some sf-ey variation on daisies, but then I decided any such attempt would just sound spacey.
What! There was an Easter Egg? Now I'll have to rent the DVD again! LOTR Wannabees, that's what they are!
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I have a question. I got the Serenity DVD, but I got the full screen version. Can someone tell me if it is worth the trouble of returning it to get the widescreen? How much better is the widescreen version?
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I love inserts. I just took it out and stared at it-that's it? LOTR's was the best.![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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(There were a few left for PSP though, the first time I'd seen them.)
