Two words: Awe. Some.

Haunt | August 13, 18:52 CET

I just can't afford the price...yet.

andrewisfat | August 13, 19:13 CET

Check the rankings, folks. The Serenity CE shot up from #50 to #12 since this morning. Go, baby, go...

C. A. Bridges | August 13, 19:16 CET

Yay, the start of being able to add to session416.com new mentions/descriptions of the Sessions.

@theonetruebix | August 13, 19:27 CET

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #12 in DVD

Popular in these categories:
#1 in DVD > Westerns
#2 in DVD > Science Fiction & Fantasy
#5 in DVD > Action & Adventure

Spaceships and horses!

Sunfire | August 13, 19:46 CET

Now all I need to know is when the HD DVD version will be released...

omegabob | August 13, 21:18 CET

Is there any way to determine the sales totals for the first edition of the DVD?

Nebula1400 | August 13, 21:26 CET

Nebula1400, no. There is no way to even determine the DVD sales of Firefly despite the figure mentioned in the article. DVD sales are top tippy-top secret.

IrrationaliTV | August 13, 21:31 CET

Fu... er... bugger!

Nebula1400 | August 13, 21:43 CET

Now it's #11.

C. A. Bridges | August 13, 21:58 CET

I can't wait for that new version of the DVD to come out! :)

With all this attention the new CE version of Serenity is getting, I figured the original DVD would drop in sales on Amazon.com. Yet in the past week it's been slowly going back up and is currently at #127 in all of DVD sales on Amazon.com.

Matt_Fabb | August 13, 22:05 CET

I am in a state of crazed anticipation.

UnpluggedCrazy | August 13, 22:13 CET

omegabob, the HD DVD version of Serenity is already out... I know 'cause I've got it. But maybe you meant the HD version of the new Collector's Edition, in which case I can't help you.

Haunt | August 13, 22:42 CET

I am tingling with anticipation.
No. Really. There is tingladge.
I must say that I am very very glad that there was no mind-changing on the "director's cut" thing being that Joss said that the director's cut is the movie that was released. I mean, even this particular reviewer of the special edition says that the cut scenes were rightfully cut.
I don't know what I'm more excited about getting: the commentary with Joss and some of the BDHs; The Green Clan; The Tam Sessions...there's just too much Fruity Oaty goodness going on.
7 days and counting...
(By the way...what are you most looking forward to getting with the Special Edition of Serenity?)

[ edited by AmazonGirl on 2007-08-14 04:53 ]

AmazonGirl | August 13, 22:52 CET

what are you most looking forward to getting with the Special Edition of Serenity?

I guess most looking forward to the new commentary. Love commentaries. I also want to see this Scifi feature.

dreamlogic | August 13, 23:23 CET

(By the way...what are you most looking forward to getting with the Special Edition of Serenity?)

Well, since I've seen everything else that's on it, the cast commentary.

But, given my obsessive pursuit of them when they originally were released, it's safe to say that I'm looking forward to calling up the Sessions on an actual official DVD.

@theonetruebix | August 13, 23:46 CET

Still at 12.

I am also most looking forward to the new commentaries.

Edit: And I didn't join the pig pile on Lucas. I think I've grown.

Son of Edit: Oops. I missed page two of the review the 1st time around.

[ edited by RBB on 2007-08-14 06:36 ]

RBB | August 14, 00:11 CET

Mine was sent on Thursday, got everything crossed that it arrives today!

Good review, though I see they're still reinforcing the "noone was interested in a Firefly movie until the DVD sold incredibly well" myth.

Ghost Spike | August 14, 02:04 CET

Yeah, I'm to the point now where I just roll my eyes and keep reading, Ghost Spike. You would think someone somewhere at some point would do some research but nope.

cabri | August 14, 02:16 CET

There are so many people who truly deeply think that is the only way Serenity was made that it would be impossible to separate the truth from the spin at this point. I'm with cabri, I just roll my eyes, or lay a verbal smack down. I guess it depends on the day.

IrrationaliTV | August 14, 02:30 CET

How was yours sent already? Amazon needs to send mine. I ordered it with 300 and Hot Fuzz. That's going to be a big old geektastic package when it finally gets here. The mail guy is likely to need thicker glasses after handling it.

war_machine | August 14, 06:41 CET

There are so many people who truly deeply think that is the only way Serenity was made that it would be impossible to separate the truth from the spin at this point.

Well, let's remember that Joss implicitly fuels this belief by suggesting that the sales of the CE DVD might pave the way for a sequel. I suspect that he has said this to encourage fans to buy more DVDs, while knowing that there is very little chance that the DVD sales will actually lead to a sequel. That may sound a little cynical (heck, that's my nature), but I just think that it's part of the business. So, I'm a little more forgiving if people believe the spin despite evidence to the contrary.

palehorse | August 14, 07:51 CET

I don't expect big sales of the CE DVD to get us a sequel. That's a lot of cash, and the actors are busy.

But I could see an animated series. I really could. And most all of the actors have done voice work before. And Tim's not busy right now...

C. A. Bridges | August 14, 08:16 CET

Or the aforementioned radio plays. I would love a Big Finish style 'Firefly' audio adventure (Big Finish for those that don't know them, produce audio stories for 'Doctor Who', often using the original actors for the voices - for years they were the only non-novel 'Doctor Who' stories being told but it kept the fandom going until the 2005 revival. Or should that be 'regeneration' ;).

And the advantage of animation/audio is that scheduling is more flexible since all the actors don't need to be together to do it and it takes much less of their increasingly valuable time. It's also, obviously, much, much cheaper.

Well, let's remember that Joss implicitly fuels this belief by suggesting that the sales of the CE DVD might pave the way for a sequel.

As i've said before, I don't think Joss is actually implying that, I think he's basically saying "Hope springs eternal and if it makes buckets of cash, someone might notice - but it's vanishingly unlikely to produce a sequel", everyone's take, as we've already established, differs on this point though.

Saje | August 14, 08:33 CET

Well in terms of feasibility of sequel, I think direct to dvd is the way to go, especially if Babylon direct to dvd lost tales takes off and other genre stuff(dead like me, sanctuary(web series), farscape mini webisodes)... I think there is a new trend for that. So who knows whats in store for the 'Verse. Oh gosh darn it there is that pesky ... irrational hope, it just won't die dammit!

And in terms of "spin" well one would have to forgive the fans for having such misinformation, when things like that Joss Whedon introduction for the movie that was put on the first dvd, kinda tells or hints at what is considered "spin".

"Failed tv shows don't get made into major motion pictures unless the creator, the cast and the fans believe beyond reason. It's what I felt, its what I've seen, the dvd sales, the booths at the cons run by fans, the websites, the fundraisers. All of the work the fans have done helped make this movie"

"It is in an unprecedented sense your movie..."

"Remember, they tried to kill us, they did kill us and here we are. We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty. Thank you, for helping to get this movie as far as it has gotten. Welcome to Serenity"

ETA: now while those quotes don't explicitly mean the dvd sales helped greenlight the sequel... that message indidcates that the dvd sales have had an impact... so I can;t really blame people or smack them down for having the wrong information.

[ edited by kurya on 2007-08-14 15:06 ]

kurya | August 14, 08:47 CET

I haven't yet ordered mine, because I won't have any money until Thursday. So there are still orders to be made.

Nebula1400 | August 14, 09:26 CET

Well, let's remember that Joss implicitly fuels this belief by suggesting that the sales of the CE DVD might pave the way for a sequel.

Not to pile on here, but what he says is (paraphrasing) "buy it, because someday, somewhere, someone will realize it's made them money and maybe want to pick it up again".

But whatever one thinks he's said about the CE, he's also gone out of his way in a number of instances -- two of them just very recently -- to debunk the "Firefly DVD sales got Serenity made" myth.

*shrug*

[ edited by theonetruebix on 2007-08-14 16:14 ]

@theonetruebix | August 14, 09:55 CET

Considering I already have the Australian 2 disc version, I have seen most of the extras on this special edition. However I do want to have the cast commentary, and it will be nice to have the Tam Sessions on DVD. I might hold out for a while to see if there is going to be a R2 release [which is probably a good bet if the R1 version sells well]. If not, though, I'll probably buy this from Amazon.

Razor | August 14, 11:18 CET

Hmmm, didn't intend to re-open the debate about whether Joss said a sequel would come from the sales or not. I tried to signal the ambiguity of what Joss has said with my "suggesting." Whether it's suggesting, hinting, hoping, musing, dreaming, joking, maybeing -- my sole point was that Joss has said enough (however ambiguously, with whatever meaning) that we shouldn't condemn some innocent journalist for buying into the myth that Serenity (or any potential sequal) was a result of the DVD sales because s/he didn't manage to find Joss's other statements that it was his continuous behind-the-scenes work that cinched the deal, and that the DVD sales were just gravy. I think we Whedonesquers know the truth of the matter, but then we practically live here. Not everybody does.
*ditto shrug*

palehorse | August 14, 12:20 CET

Rope of Silicon review baffles me on a personal level because of the reviewer's apparent unfamiliarity with Google, which led them to state of the Sessions that they "got the impression that they were made for the film and never used".

@theonetruebix | August 14, 14:09 CET

I have to say that normally commentaries bore me to death... (Please note the word "normally") If it's something I'm REALLY interested in, I may watch it with the commentary on just the once.

That being said, there are some exceptions to this rule: namely "Serenity" (the pilot episode) and "Objects in Space" (as well as the BDM, obviously!) These are the only times that I have not only listened to them more than once, but actually several times. This is how every commentary should be done.

I am REALLY excited about the new commentary track - it's just a shame we don't get to hear everybody (although that may just be too crowded).

All I need now is a UK release date!

-=NeoDoug1=- | August 14, 16:56 CET

If there is a special edition with a different ending I might buy it.

Pumps | August 14, 19:16 CET

If there is a special edition with a different ending I might buy it.

As has been pointed out here before, that already exists: Hit "stop" on your DVD player as soon as the ship safely lands on Mr Universe's moon.

@theonetruebix | August 14, 19:25 CET

Haunt, that's what I meant. I didn't purchase the HD DVD version as I heard about the CE version a few months ago. Now that the CE DVD is about to be released, I eagerly await Universal's announcement for the CE on HD DVD :)

omegabob | August 15, 02:05 CET