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Skriven 2007-07-31 19:27:54 av kruegerb76 (2882.babylon5)
  Kommentar till text 16300 av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated (2773.babylon5)
Ärende: Re: Reports from Comic-Con
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On Jul 31, 5:51 am, Amy Guskin <aisl...@fjordstone.com> wrote:
> >> On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:41:29 -0400, Jan wrote
>
> (in article <f8n75901...@drn.newsguy.com>):
>
>
>
>
>
> > In article <1185865839.738509.115...@z28g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,
> > dach...@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

I don't think it could be put better than this.  I'll know better,
now, and never pre-order any B5 product.  That's not being
unreasonable, that's being a smart shopper.
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