An observation about the teaser trailers... by ecmorgan69

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An observation about the teaser trailers...

POSTED BY: ECMORGAN69
UPDATED: Friday, March 12, 2004 20:47
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Friday, March 12, 2004 12:32 PM

I never actually saw the trailers before "Firefly" aired. After having viewed them, and already knowing what I know about "Firefly", it's easy to see how potential viewers would've avoided this show. The trailers make this program look like it has "Dip$hit" written all over it in giant neon blinking letters. If I were Joss, I would've had my lawyers go after the utter morons who made those promos. Now I know for a fact that FOX TV was out to destroy this show. Gorram fools.

They can have my "Firefly" DVDs when they pry them from my cold, dead fingers....

Oh yeah,

you, FOX TV!!

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Friday, March 12, 2004 12:54 PM

WYDRAZ

I agree 100%. When I watched the trailers all I could think was that they were selling the show to the wrong target audience. They took the lowest common denominator approach.

Bad, bad advertising.

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Friday, March 12, 2004 2:22 PM

KALATHENA

I avoid trailers like the plague. They either make the show/movie look dumb or give too much away. My life's philosophy includes the adage that "All marketing is bulls***". Trailers are a marketing tool and should be viewed as such.

--Kala

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Friday, March 12, 2004 2:33 PM

LISSA

are the trailers online anywhere? now i wanna see them so i can have a little more fuel to add to my fox-bashing.

~lissa, spwhore

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Friday, March 12, 2004 2:42 PM

ZAPHODB

There's a few of them on this site. Haken has them here - http://www.fireflyfans.net/bluesunroom.asp
They're near the bottom of the page.

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

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Friday, March 12, 2004 2:50 PM

GETUPKID

acctually the trailers gave me thoughts of the show outlaw star, an anime, with the 'chick in the box' and the 'cosmic hooker' and all

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Friday, March 12, 2004 2:55 PM

INSANESPIKE

I agree. The trailers did NOT do the show any justice wahtsoever. The only saving grace the trailers had for me was "From the creator of Buffy The Vampire Slayer". I knew then that if Joss was behind it, it had to be good!

"How drunk was I last night?"

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Friday, March 12, 2004 2:57 PM

BLINKER

Quote:
are the trailers online anywhere? now i wanna see them so i can have a little more fuel to add to my fox-bashing.

http://www.have-dog.com/firefly

_________
Sliders: Gate Haven - http://slidersweb.net/blinker

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Friday, March 12, 2004 3:24 PM

LISSA

thanks guys

i downloaded trailer 2 from the blue sun room but my really player is a piece of lese(sp? i need to brush up on my mandarin) so i couldn't see the picture. still, it sounded really bad. gorram fox...

~lissa, spwhore

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Friday, March 12, 2004 3:27 PM

THECRAZYIVAN

Simply put...FOX SUX!

<---Fox is the devil!

FOX

~~~~~~~~~~
Take me out to the black.....

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Friday, March 12, 2004 3:44 PM

DECKROID

Quote:
Fox is the devil!QUOTE]

I totally read that with Cathy Bates' voice ala "Waterboy".

I saw a few of the promos before and during the show back in 2002. I honestly can say that they misrepresented the entire show. I also LOVED the one with 'a girl in a box'. It shows to go you that luh suh FOX(spit!) truly deserves all the low ratings it gets.

I call her "Vera"

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Friday, March 12, 2004 7:01 PM

SHEPHERDSCOTT

I agree, the FIREFLY trailers were quite lame and very misleading. Not the least reason, didn't one of the trailers have that crappy-a** "Walking on the Sun" song in the background? If ever there was disposable music from a disposable band... It was only the fact that FOX couldn't totally hide the intriguing concept that I watched from the get-go.

Of course, even FIREFLY's bad trailers can't compete with the horrid promos UPN airs for every episode of ENTERPRISE. Yeah, it is a pretty bad show (though it has gotten worlds better recently), but somehow those promo trailers make each episode seem even worse.

* * *

Do the job. Get paid. Keep flying.

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Friday, March 12, 2004 8:47 PM

ECMORGAN69

Quote:
Originally posted by ShepherdScott:
I agree, the FIREFLY trailers were quite lame and very misleading. Not the least reason, didn't one of the trailers have that crappy-a** "Walking on the Sun" song in the background? If ever there was disposable music from a disposable band... It was only the fact that FOX couldn't totally hide the intriguing concept that I watched from the get-go.

Of course, even FIREFLY's bad trailers can't compete with the horrid promos UPN airs for every episode of ENTERPRISE. Yeah, it is a pretty bad show (though it has gotten worlds better recently), but somehow those promo trailers make each episode seem even worse.

* * *

Do the job. Get paid. Keep flying.

True enough about "Enterprise" promos. THe show has improved dramatically of late. And, of course, there's T'Pol in her skin-tight, delicious catsuits with heels...

I'll be in my bunk

They can have my "Firefly" DVDs when they pry them from my cold, dead fingers....

Oh yeah,

you, FOX TV!!

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