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Off-topic: what if Kickstarter had been around in 2006 for Arrested Development? Perhaps we wouldn't just now be getting a season 4.
by crikli 13y ago
Off-topic: what if Kickstarter had been around in 2006 for Arrested Development? Perhaps we wouldn't just now be getting a season 4.
- intended 13y agoI suspect the same could be said of other shows, and in particular firefly.
- ganarajpr 13y agoI soooo wish there was a firefly kickstarter!!!
- kleiba 13y agoLet it go, Indy. Firefly lay down for good to rest in serenity.
- eric_the_read 13y agoWhedon had said he doesn't have time for at least 3 more years: http://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/joss-whedon-on-kickstarter-and-firefly?s=mobile http://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/joss-whedon-on-kickstarter...
- bobsy 13y agoPersonally I would love to see Jericho picked up again!
- DanBC 13y agoI wonder what would happen to a show like Firefly[1] or Jericho[2] Caprica[3]if they were suspended after the first season, and the studio put up a kickstarter saying "We'll cancel unless we get $2m from fans of the show". At least those shows do stand a chance with fan-backing. Something like 'Rubicon' would, I think, totally fail at kickstarter even though it was good. [1] A great show. I'm not sure how well it would have lasted with the traditional US "spin out a series for as long as possible" format. But, with careful plotting, it would have been an amazing 3 season (12 episodes per season) show. EDIT: Fox hates the Firefly fanbase. (http://io9.com/fox-bans-the-sale-of-unlicensed-jayne-hats-from-firefly-471820413 http://io9.com/fox-bans-the-sale-of-unlicensed-jayne-hats-fr...) Really, this is just open contempt for people who are willingly promoting your content. [2] I really wanted to like this. I did like the first series. I really wanted an OQO (the tiny handheld computer that one of the characters has). But the second series was daft. This could have been a pretty good show and it's a shame it's gone. [3] Caprica was good, I thought. Had some interesting concepts.
- aninhumer 13y ago>A great show. I'm not sure how well it would have lasted with the traditional US "spin out a series for as long as possible" format. I think Joss Whedon has shown himself to be capable of maintaining quality in long running shows with Buffy and Angel. There are a few dips in both, but on the whole they pretty much just get better and better.
- nchuhoai 13y agoI have never backed a project as a poor college student, but I would back Jericho in an instant
- kmfrk 13y agoNetflix paid $3M for each new episode of AD. I doubt Kickstarter would have changed anything. http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/03/netflix/ http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/03/netflix/
- crikli 13y agoHmmm, so they outbid Showtime for the rights, which cost them $3M per episode. This implies that this was a $3M vig on top of which Netflix then had to lay out production costs. So the costs per epi would be pretty high. But...back in 2006 there was no Netflix to bid against Showtime. I've never been able to discover what Showtime was offering other than that Hurwitz seemed a bit insulted by the offer ("half the money for twice the work" is the quote that stands out in my mind, but I can't find a citation). If there'd been other competition for the show from a Kickstarterish platform perhaps the Showtime offer would have been more reasonable. Maybe. Who the hell knows. :)
- jonathanjaeger 13y agoDavid Cross was a super early investor in Kickstarter. I think they actually pitched him to do Arrested Development via Kickstarter. It didn't work out but he invested in the company. Don't quote me on the backstory, but I know for sure he's openly said he invested in the company.
- rplnt 13y agoSpeaking of David Cross, I'd gladly support another season of Todd Margaret.