[Netzilla]

Originally Posted by Kal Turak

Bloody ridiculous statement. Firefly the television series wasn't even able to last one full season and the movie flat-out bombed.

A thousand people have already enjoyed Star Wars for every one that ever has been or ever will be acquanited with Firefly/Serenity. Hell, people will still be writing college essays on Star Wars in 2105.

You probably enjoyed the movie, so good for you, but let's not get completely absurd now.

The Firefly TV show was pretty well killed by FOX moving it's time-slot all over the place (changing times & days on an almost weekly basis), constantly pre-empting it for other things and showing episodes completely out of order (thus ruining the story-arc Joss was trying to develope). The show never had a chance under those conditions.

As for the movie bombing, it opened #2 in the U.S., made back over half its production budget by week 2, has had one of the highest per-screen earnings of current movies and has been well-recieved by critics and fans. Just because it wasn't a blockbuster doesn't make it a bomb.

Now, don't get me wrong, I don't think it's going to make big box-office profits. In fact, I expect it to about break-even during it's theatrical release (maybe a little less, maybe a little more) and then make most of it's profit via DVD sales.