Firefly box set makes list of Amazon "Sleepers & Keepers".
Amazon.com has identified 200 of their most consistent selling DVD sets, and Firefly comes in at #2.
From the site... 'These DVDs are our perennial top-sellers, consistently selling the most, month after month, over the last several years. They're all keepers, of course--but some, like Firefly: The Complete Series and Love Actually, have been quiet hits, selling copy after copy since the day they were released without ever having made industry headlines--those are our "sleepers."'
May 22 2007
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theonetruebix | May 22, 22:37 CET
gossi | May 22, 23:02 CET
Simon | May 22, 23:14 CET
Maybe that person has told a lot of people that...?
UnpluggedCrazy | May 22, 23:22 CET
Really pretty amazing when one considers that the Firefly DVD isn't really getting any official advertising. The sales are all from word-of-mouth, and I'm sure a healthy dose of Browncoat guerilla marketing.
Gee, imagine if this word-of-mouth thing had been allowed to get some traction while the show was still on the air? Hey, that woulda been cool.... *sigh* Every time I go there, I still get mad...
11thHour | May 22, 23:34 CET
Trek_Girl42 | May 22, 23:50 CET
It's currently sitting at #72 - let's see what kind of bump this gets us.
Znachki | May 22, 23:59 CET
napua | May 23, 02:33 CET
Simon,
I think that is true. That is why the Serenity Collectors Edition cover is so good. People might recognize a Firefly class transport even though they don't remember that it's name is Serenity. Our Captain and River help too.
There are also people who seen Serenity and don't know about Firefly...maybe when they find out...they buy Firefly.
Anonymous1 | May 23, 02:39 CET
good thought
I wonder what kind of response a BDM2 would get if it was released this year?
adapa | May 23, 03:09 CET
JossIzBoss | May 23, 04:17 CET
;)
Dan Corson | May 23, 04:23 CET
I'm stocking up this weekend. It's payday.
madmolly | May 23, 05:27 CET
Maybe people don't know that Serenity was the movie sequel to the series.
It could also be that the Serenity DVD is more widely available in stores, while lots of people have to resort to Amazon to find Firefly.
Grounded | May 23, 12:06 CET
Good point Grounded - Serenity is readily available in stores around here whereas that's not always so with Firefly.
I wonder also if some people will buy a boxed set of a TV show but simply rent a film. My dvd collection and that of several of my friends contains more tv shows than movies.
purplehazel | May 23, 14:08 CET
Personally I'd think part of the disparity is simply because Firefly is more fun. I don't think anyone here doubts my love for the movie, but if I reach for the 'verse it's three times as likely I'll grab the show. And it's MUCH easier to get people hooked by giving them the show than the movie. Also, Amazon puts it on sale every now and then which bumps it back up in the rankings.
C. A. Bridges | May 23, 14:09 CET
It disturbs me that Fox is still making so much money off of us. There is no way that the series is not mondo-profitable at this point.
Resolute | May 23, 16:52 CET
FOX, the TV network, is not making any money off the sales of the Firefly DVD sets. 20th Century Fox, the production company (and Home Entertainment division), are the ones connected to the Firefly DVD. 20th Century Fox paid the money originally to produce Firefly, and they didn't cancel the show.
Edited to add: Perhaps one reason that the Firefly DVD has outsold the Serenity DVD is that it doesn't have a cover that screams "cheesy low budget Sci-Fi drek".
[ edited by 11thHour on 2007-05-23 17:42 ]
11thHour | May 23, 17:34 CET
marpocky | May 23, 21:21 CET
I assume Star Wars primarily falls into the "Keepers" category of Amazon's "Sleepers & Keepers" collection. Some of the "Keepers" were never "Sleepers", some are both... like Firefly.
If you click on the link you can read Amazon's description of this collection.
11thHour | May 23, 23:07 CET
Hjermsted | May 23, 23:48 CET
TDBrown | May 24, 00:28 CET
Go to Columbia Journalism's website Who Owns What - put "News Corporation" into the dropdown box and you'll see that Fox the TV network and 20th Century Fox (and a whole bunch o' other shite) are both owned by the odious News Corporation (those 2 words put together give me all kinds of heebie-jeebies).
The bottom line is that Rupert Murdoch/Fox/News Corporation owns "Firefly" and do continue to make money off of it.
: /
That having been said, I'm glad to see our BDS is still out there making people say, "They canceled this show and kept what??"
[ edited by AmazonGirl on 2007-05-24 04:07 ]
AmazonGirl | May 24, 04:03 CET
Pointy | May 24, 05:00 CET
That's just so right, with the space ships + Jane Austen of it all.
Maybe people don't know that Serenity was the movie sequel to the series.
Quite possibly. I also think "that sci-fi show someone said I should see that got canceled" tends to be more memorable than "that sci-fi movie someone said I should see." I can think of a bunch of movies people recommended that I didn't see, but few tv series that I have that kind of reference for. But this also could just be me.
Sunfire | May 24, 06:19 CET