The problem was selling the Idea too the money men. The series was launched with little fanfair, I only found out about it because of a friend. Then the proceded to air them out of order so the story line made little sense. The FOX execs really killed it before it had a chance. The same with the movie. Promotionally it was destined to only attract those who new and loved the series, no real investment was made in promoting it. That's the difference between movies sucess for crap like the 40 year old virgin, funny but crap, and Serenity, a great story but poorly promoted. I feel the money men saw it as just another 'Star Trek' type spin and gave it no interest.

Why dont Whedon make movie for Firefly fans? Its simple. Becourse this guy makes huge productions and he is not interested with somthing so cheap like movies for fan. Sad but true.

Sorry for my english.

doc, you pretty much nailed it: there's not as many Whedonites out there as we all thought there were. The Internet makes it look like there's a lot more out there than there apparently were. (And I speak as a rabid Whedonite myself.) I think the fans as a whole tried their damndest to go to the movie as many times as possible- hell, I bought five tickets-, recruiting their friends, plugging the show, what have you. It just...wasn't enough. Not $80 million enough.

*sigh*

To be fair, Anna, didn't you kind of miss the boat on Firefly too?

I don't think I will ever figure out the Joss Whedon fans. To judge by the internet, you would think he has this massive legion of adoring fans that will bend to his every whim. But they just don't show up when it counts. The movie is an example. Or Wonderfalls (Short-lived show!), which is in the Minear extension of the Whedonverse. Before that one premiered all the Whedon based boards were full of talk about it, but it didn't translate into numbers. I get the feeling that he has more a small group of very vocal fans than the large throngs some imagine.

I am also left wondering what, if any, effect all the preview showings had on the movie. That, and the move from April to September. I know Joss and the powers that be said the move was a good thing, but they had to say that. It smelled like the movie was being dumped.

At any rate, Firefly was great. I hold out hope that it can come back in some form in the future, and I really hope that people actually watch it this time.

*Cue George-Michael with Charlie Brown music*

Yeah, he hasn't given up on 'Firefly.' He has just set the fight aside so he can work on his current projects. When I win the Powerball and offer to fund a couple of more movies I'm sure he'll happily jump on it.

Yes, Alan, that is EXACTLY the world I live in.

Except today it's raining (tear)...

Joss sets the record straight here:

http://whedonesque.com/comments/9027#101124

Joss posted about this on whedonesque. I dont think EW took his comment and presented it correctly.
He hasnt given up on firefly.

In your world is the sky blue? A world where movies are made because they're good, and it doesn't matter how much money they make? A world where Keanu Reeves stopped making movies after "Bill and Ted," and now manages a Tanning Salon in Canoga Park. A world where Cartoon Network puts full seasons of their best shows on DVD, and "Ed, Edd and Eddie" are only shown once a day, wedged between infomercials in the wee hours of the morning.

Is that what it's like in your world? Your world sounds nice. I'd like to live there some day.