Firefly is Amazon.com's TV Deal of the Week - Firefly&Serenity

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May 08 2012

Firefly is Amazon.com's TV Deal of the Week. $27.99 for the Blu-ray boxset, $18.99 for the DVD Boxset. Perfect gift for any newcomer to the fandom.

Simon | Firefly&Serenity | 13:55 CET | 11 comments total | tags: firefly

Someday I'm going to have to get an HDTV.

Hera | May 08, 14:43 CET

betweeen this and the sidebar link to avengers action figures you are killing me. I just got a blu-ray player for game of thrones, I think Firefly would make a nice addition to my collection. and like GOT, it is something the whole family can enojy.

I saw the serenity bluray in a shop here and I have been so tempted.

this seems like an opportunity

okelay | May 08, 15:22 CET

I think this is about what I paid the first time I bought the series. This time I won't loan it out.

Kairos | May 08, 15:30 CET

Please pardon my ignorance, but if something is shot in 4:3 standard definition (as I assume Firefly was) what is gained by putting it on a Blu-ray disc (which I think is HD?)? I don't know much about blu-ray and am curious if anyone knows.

StalwartTrue | May 08, 17:05 CET

4:3 is the aspect ratio, and HD is the resolution, so something can be HD & also in 4:3 . Firefly is 16:9 and was shot on film. The special effects were done in SD to reduce costs, though.

[ edited by Manic D on 2012-05-08 18:30 ]

Manic D | May 08, 18:24 CET

I'm pretty sure the DVD set is cheaper at Target...

WhatsAStevedore | May 08, 18:43 CET

Thank you Manic D.

Yes, I meant "4:3 AND IN standard definition," and was assuming the Blu-ray format would be optimal for stuff shot in 16:9 and HD.

I did a little Googling (as I perhaps should have before asking here) and found the answer to my follow up question: Was that Joss or the network that funded/abused Firefly that chose film and 16:9.

Here is that answer from Firefly HD tranfers discussion at UniversalHD Boards in case anyone else is curious.

Firefly was originally shot in the 16x9 Widescreen format even though The-Network-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named wanted the show in the old standard 4:3 ratio. Joss just cheated and used a tecnique called "Pan and Scan" to convert the show to the crummy 4:3 ratio so it could be displayed without being letter boxed. Joss was planning for the future while The-Network-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named lagged behind.

StalwartTrue | May 08, 19:05 CET

I'd also check Target for a good deal, as WhatsAStevedore mentioned above. I found the Firefly set for $9.99 a few months ago. It was an especially good deal for a replacement. The Blu-ray set was $14 or $15 then. Two weeks ago, Serenity was on sale at Target for $5.

[ edited by Mistress of Peyn on 2012-05-09 05:09 ]

Mistress of Peyn | May 08, 19:40 CET

I ordered the blu ray yesterday. Didn't know if I'd have another chance to get a deal like this. Adding it to my ever growing new collection of blu ray: Farscape, Inception, The Dark Knight. Now I just need the new Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, and Game of Thrones.

[ edited by electricspacegirl on 2012-05-08 20:26 ]

electricspacegirl | May 08, 20:25 CET

Hopefully the lower price and the recent buzz with Joss will attract some more fans.

PaperSpock | May 08, 20:39 CET

@StalwartTrue:

I'm surprised by your mention of "Pan and Scan". There's a cute bit in Joss's commentary on Serenity-the-pilot where he talks about setting up one particular shot (Simon and Mal talking to each other from opposite sides of the screen) specifically to ensure that TNWMNBN *couldn't* crop it like this.

blackmarketbeagle | May 08, 22:38 CET

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