Thursday, December 3, 2009

Jericho: Season 3 - comic book, available as Iphone download too

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Not exactly bushcraft related, but part of the reason i have started on this path (bushcraft, survival) was the TV series Jericho (from CBS).

After a great start for the series, CBS decided to make a hiatus in the middle of first season of about 3 months and when it was back on, it had lost a lot of viewers (not enough advertising so people were not informed it was back on). End of season 1 came with a shocking news: it was canceled, leaving the fans with a cliffhanger - reason? Not enough viewers (even though the ratings were dropping allover the networks due to the writers strike).

The self-intitled Jericho Rangers fandom united and after shelling CBS with about 20 tons of nuts and peanuts (a reference to the reason why the Jericho characters were fighting "the good fight"), in what seemed to be an extraordinary change of events CBS announced another season (a shortened season with only 7 episodes to see if it can get better ratings). What looked like a victory turned to bitter-sweet, because CBS decided not to advertise it enough and postponed airing the show for 6 more months (instead of airing it to "ride" the free publicity wave that the show's ressurection had for a few months after the announcement) so when the ratings dropped they decided to axe the show once again.

Since there was so much story left unsaid, the producers, writers, crew and the fans tried many times to give the show another comeback. The fans organised Nuts to Nielsen campaign to show that the rating company was wrong since it didn't count everyone, especially the new media - Itunes Store, Amazon, CBS's own streaming site; they even bought with their own money advertising space (a huge billboard) to keep the interest of the press and the CBS's decision makers.

While there are still talks and promises for a feature movie, that posibility seems remote now, after so much time (here's to hoping though).

The latest succes story is the release of the Season 3 storyline as a comic book from Devils Due Publishing and the availability of the comics on the Iphone and Ipod Touch platform through the Apple AppStore from the application ComiXology (the app is free)

For 99 cents you can get the first edition (out of six planned) of Jericho: Season 3 and help drive the story further.


Rangers Lead The Way!

RO

Nu e chiar legat de tufarit, dar o parte din motivul pentru care am ales aceasta directii (tufarit, supravietuire) a fost serialul TV Jericho (produs de CBS).

Dupa un start bun pentru serial, CBS a decis sa faca o pauza in mijlocul primului sezon de aproximativ 3 luni si atunci cand a revenit, a pierdut o multime de telespectatori (publicitate insuficienta, astfel incat telespectatorii nu au fost informati ca a revenit pe post). Sfarsitul sezonului 1 a venit cu o veste socanta: a fost anulat, lasand serialul fara finalitate - cliffhanger - motivul? Numar insuficient de telespectatori (fara sa tina cont ca rating-urile erau in cadere libera la majoritatea televiziunilor din cauza grevei scriitorilor).

Fanii auto-intitulati Jericho Rangers s-au unit si dupa un bombardament de aproximativ 20 de tone de nuci si alune la CBS(o referire la motivul pentru care personajele din Jericho au ales sa lupte "lupta cea buna"), in ceea ce parea a fi o schimbare extraordinara de evenimente CBS a anuntat un alt sezon (un sezon scurtat cu doar 7 episoade pentru a vedea daca se poate obtine rating-uri mai bune). Ceea ce parea o victorie a lasat un gust amar-dulce, deoarece CBS a decis ca in continuare sa nu faca suficienta publicitate si a amanat darea pe post cu 6 luni (in loc sa "calareasca" valul de publicitate gratuit de care readucerea la viata a show-ului a avut parte timp de cateva luni de la anunt), astfel incat, atunci cand au scazut rating-urile ei au decis sa il inchida definitiv.

Deoarece au ramas atat de mult lucruri inca nepovestite, producatorii, scriitori, echipajul si fanii au incercat de mai multe ori sa re-readuca serialul la viata. Fanii au organizat campania Nuts to Nielsen pentru a demonstra ca, compania de ratinguri a gresit, netinand cont de numarului real de vieweri, mai ales cei ce consumau noile tipuri de media - magazinele online iTunes Store, Amazon, propriul site de streaming al CBS-ului, etc., si chiar au cumparat cu proprii bani spatiu de publicitate pentru a mentine interesul presei si al factorilor de decizie din CBS.

Desi exista inca discutii si promisiuni pentru un film pe marile ecrane, aceasta posibilitatea pare acum din ce in ce mai greu de atins, dupa ce a trecut atat de mult timp (nu ca nu as mai spera, totusi).

Cea mai recenta poveste de succes este aparitia povestii Sezonului 3 ca o carte de benzi desenate de la Devils Due Publishing si disponibilitatea acestor benzi desenate de pe platforma iPhone si iPod Touch prin intermediul magazinului Apple AppStore din aplicatia ComiXology (aplicatia este gratuita).

Pentru 99 de centi puteti obtine prima editie (din sase planificate) din "Jericho: Sezonul 3" si sa ajutati ca povestea sa mearga mai departe.
Rangerii arata calea!

1 comment:

  1. Jericho is one of the best shows ever. i, along with the countless other fans, would love to see season 3 as a tv show. and if possible more seasons to follow

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