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Skriven 2007-07-31 21:58:35 av Wendy of NJ (2835.babylon5)
     Kommentar till en text av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Ärende: Re: Reports from Comic-Con
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On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 12:51:32 GMT, Amy Guskin <aisling@fjordstone.com>
wrote:

>>> On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:41:29 -0400, Jan wrote
>(in article <f8n75901ln7@drn.newsguy.com>):
>
>> In article <1185865839.738509.115690@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
>> dachapp@worldnet.att.net says...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Wow, this really hurts. I'm a long time fan so to show support I
>>> ordered my TLT right away through Amazon. JMS did the exclusive
>>> interview with Amazon. I ordered through them. I had no idea that by
>>> choosing Amazon that I would be penalized in this way.
>>> I hope the comic stories will be available to us sometime in the
>>> future.
>>> I agree with a lot of people here: I won't be so quick to pre-order
>>> again.
>>> I will wait to the day of release.
>>> Dave
>> 
>> Dave, apologies for picking your post to reply to with this rant but, I'm
>> getting *thoroughly* annoyed by all of these "WB shafted/penalized us for
>> pre-ordering" posts. <<
>
>Jan, with all due respect, it's easy for you to see our annoyance as 
>misguided or an overreaction: you _have_ the comic.
>
>>> First of all, does everybody understand that if they don't get the 
>mini-comic
>> they're not missing out on any story or canon?  The mini-comic is a tribute 
>to
>> Rick and Andreas and expands on a comment in the DVD on why they're not 
>> present. <<
>
>I'd think that would make most people here want it _more_, not less.
>
>>> Handing out the mini-comics at SDCC was a marketing ploy, regardless of the

>> fact
>> that the mini-comic is a lovely tribute.  So is the Best Buy thing.  Why is 
>> one
>> more upsetting than the other?  <<
>
>Personally, because it _feels_ like the wrong people are being rewarded.  How 
>many people put their money down four months before something -- besides a 
>car, say, or an iPhone -- is available?
>
>>> Next, why oh why do otherwise intelligent people insist on attributing 
>> emotions,
>> especially malice to corporations?  <<
>
>Did anyone do that?  I'm certainly not sitting here thinking that WBHV is 
>sitting around rubbing its corporate hands together and high-fiving one 
>another, saying, "Way to screw the _real_ fans!"  I just think it was a lack 
>of forethought.
>
>>> I'm reasonably sure that the *only* 
>> emotion
>> behind the mini-comic existing and being distributed belongs to JMS and the 
>> team
>> who put it together who wanted to honor their friends and colleagues who've 
>> left
>> us. <<
>
>Right.  And who, among the buyers of this product, really cares about that, 
>or even knows the names of the actors (much less cares about their passing)?  
>Someone who's picking up a B5 product for the first time?  Or someone who 
>cares enough about the franchise that they _put their money down four months 
>in advance_??
>
>>> If somebody can find the "Screw the Fans" department of Warner Bros.,
>> please get me their phone and fax numbers-and a business card.  Otherwise 
>it's
>> probably safe to assume that there's no malice or punishment or screwing
>> intended by the big, bad corporation. <<
>
>All this hyperbole from you is simply minimizing a feeling experienced by 
>many that is completely justified, IMHO.  I'm not sure why you're so angry at 
>us.
>
>>> And finally, have I used the term mini-comic enough to get across the fact 
>> that
>> this is a small 4.5" by 7.25" pamphlet with 8 pages including the covers
that
>> you're all getting so upset about?  May I repeat that there is no 'story' as
>> such?  Can we please go back to anticipating the DVD. <<
>
>Again, easy to say -- "Get over it!" -- if you _have_ the comic.  I'm just 
>sayin', Jan: think about how you'd have greeted this news if you _hadn't_ 
>been at SDCC.
>
>Amy

Um... Isn't this the comic that's included in the DVD instead of, the
"filler" page that usually lists what's on the DVD? (because it sure
sounds like it from here)

-Wendy
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