Grindhouse-style FOX Promo

It actually seems like smart marketing from FOX. They have to do something to convince people besides hardcore sci-fi nerds to watch TV on Friday night.
 
Can´t say that that attracted me at all. But on the other hand Grindhouse isn´t my first pic for a movie to watch. Even though I have promised to watch it. But as goldenboy said, it might be smart by FOX to make it like this. I don´t need a trailer to convince me to watch. 😉
 
Ooh, I kinda liked it. 😀 Thanks for posting.
 
^^ They never said lately, and I think they were referring to it's tendancy to cancel fantastic shows. 😛
 
I'm so bored of people complaining about Fox and other networks.
The networks are a business and will do everything they can to make money.
If they feel they are losing or will lose money, they will stop.

On the few occasions they have made mistakes they have made steps to rectify it, sometimes with success (Family Guy springs to mind) and sometimes failing (Serenity didn't hit the figures required for a sequel which is considered a successful number).

Yes, in the past programmes some people have been interested in have been failed to keep the networks interested, I have had some thing I have enjoyed cancelled, but they have given chances TO the shows in the first place - they are under no obligation to do that.
 
Edmund Blackadder said:
I'm so bored of people complaining about Fox and other networks.
The networks are a business and will do everything they can to make money.
If they feel they are losing or will lose money, they will stop.

On the few occasions they have made mistakes they have made steps to rectify it, sometimes with success (Family Guy springs to mind) and sometimes failing (Serenity didn't hit the figures required for a sequel which is considered a successful number).

Yes, in the past programmes some people have been interested in have been failed to keep the networks interested, I have had some thing I have enjoyed cancelled, but they have given chances TO the shows in the first place - they are under no obligation to do that.
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That's true, but if nobody complained then there wouldn't be any successful returns like Family Guy.
 
That was terrrrrrible. Im still excited to see the show for other reasons obviously but as a promo thats terrible... for both TSCC and Dollhouse.... do these ad people even watch these shows?

I get they were going artistic grindhouse whatever but that seriously misses the mark for promoting a NEW tv show aswell as missing the mark for reeling in new TSCC viewers. ...and im not sure what people are going to be looking for when they tune in to both shows for 'Dames of Deception'. Lame.
 
Silum said:
That was terrrrrrible. Im still excited to see the show for other reasons obviously but as a promo thats terrible... for both TSCC and Dollhouse.... do these ad people even watch these shows?

I get they were going artistic grindhouse whatever but that seriously misses the mark for promoting a NEW tv show aswell as missing the mark for reeling in new TSCC viewers. ...and im not sure what people are going to be looking for when they tune in to both shows for 'Dames of Deception'. Lame.
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I absolutely agree.
I have seen and read enough to know that trailer isn't a great representation of the shows.

I think this could hurt the show more as people will tune in expecting one thing and get something else.

Problem is we've had some critics recently writing that Dollhouses first episode wasn't that strong and the ONLY reason to tune in to the second episode is Joss Whedon.

If that is the case then you can't trick people into watching this show because they won't have the same reason to tune in the second week - the general public aren't as into Joss as the critics and people on forums like this.
 
This pretty much destroyed any interest i had in DollHouse, and i didn't have that much to begin with. No insight into what the show is about, who the characters are. Just, hey look, a hot girl, please watch. Lame. And linking it to the Sarah Connor Chronicles, does not help matters, since i hate that show. I'm still waiting for the trailer, that will make me want to watch this show.
 
Edmund Blackadder said:
I'm so bored of people complaining about Fox and other networks.
The networks are a business and will do everything they can to make money.
If they feel they are losing or will lose money, they will stop.
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I agree that these people are a business but there are a few other factors at work.

Since a lot of us here are firefly fans, we saw how disastrously that went and so FOX in our mind made a mistake. ...One of most expensive 2hr pilots for a TV show ever made and they never even aired it. They played episodes out of order and failed to market the show properly. People joined in amidst the action for a 2nd pilot in the 'Train Job' and with a show like this (9 characters), getting the audience to understand the characters takes time and patience. The obvious comeback on FOX's defence is that Joss should write tighter scripts or less 'epic' storytelling. Yet somehow other networks manage to realize how this kind of storytelling works (Battlestar galactica for example). Firefly by its nature is a 'big' show, and it was canceled because it didnt pull big enough numbers up to week 8 when they got 'worry signs' from above.

It just seems that some networks are perfectly willing to spend a lot of money in trying to find an instant hit where others strike a balance and have long running shows. Equally viable in the end, but great shows slip through more with the 1st method...ie...pissed off fans. It will obviously always be a numbers game, but you still have to market the show and give it a fair chance (in episode order) to see hows its ratings do.

I'm rambling due to lack of sleep ...last night i slept in a tent in N.Wales in -10C temps 🙁 later
 
atticus said:
This pretty much destroyed any interest i had in DollHouse, and i didn't have that much to begin with. No insight into what the show is about, who the characters are. Just, hey look, a hot girl, please watch. Lame. And linking it to the Sarah Connor Chronicles, does not help matters, since i hate that show. I'm still waiting for the trailer, that will make me want to watch this show.
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Trailer. Which trailer?

I still think it was pretty fun. I think most viewers are savvy enough to know this has nothing to do stylistically with the shows. I give FOX points for experimenting a little.
 
Silum said:
I agree that these people are a business but there are a few other factors at work.

Since a lot of us here are firefly fans, we saw how disastrously that went and so FOX in our mind made a mistake. ...One of most expensive 2hr pilots for a TV show ever made and they never even aired it. They played episodes out of order and failed to market the show properly. People joined in amidst the action for a 2nd pilot in the 'Train Job' and with a show like this (9 characters), getting the audience to understand the characters takes time and patience. The obvious comeback on FOX's defence is that Joss should write tighter scripts or less 'epic' storytelling. Yet somehow other networks manage to realize how this kind of storytelling works (Battlestar galactica for example). Firefly by its nature is a 'big' show, and it was canceled because it didnt pull big enough numbers up to week 8 when they got 'worry signs' from above.

It just seems that some networks are perfectly willing to spend a lot of money in trying to find an instant hit where others strike a balance and have long running shows. Equally viable in the end, but great shows slip through more with the 1st method...ie...pissed off fans. It will obviously always be a numbers game, but you still have to market the show and give it a fair chance (in episode order) to see hows its ratings do.

I'm rambling due to lack of sleep ...last night i slept in a tent in N.Wales in -10C temps 🙁 later
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FOX is being run by a completely different set of executives, though. They aren't the same network. And since Kevin Reilly because president they haven't made any unjustified cancellations. They gave Terminator a full season even though ratings have been extremely low.

As for Firefly, at least FOX wanted to put it on the air. CBS, NBC, or ABC would not have aired it at all most likely, and if they had they would have put just as much pressure on it.
 
Looked like a hoot to me! Reminds me of something a fan would try, because artistic fans are always taking shows in interesting and new directions by using clips like that and looking from a different angle. The Angelic Videos person is like that. So maybe this new Fox is willing to try different angles to put the show in different kinds of lights. And who would I be to complain if it brings more viewers. 🙂
 
I like how they are promoting these together! They had an add in the latest issue of Buffy Season 8 that was one page SCC and one page Dollhouse. I think its great to see both Whedon chicks making it!
 
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