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   Wickeddoll to All   
   Re: Will you join us? Help save Terminat   
   28 May 09 12:19:59   
   
   XPost: alt.tv.star-trek.tos, rec.arts.sf.tv, alt.battlestar-galactica   
   From: not@chance.dude   
      
   "Anim8rFSK"   
   > "Wickeddoll" wrote:   
   >> >   
   >> >> "Brian Henderson"   
   >> >> > Tim Bruening wrote:   
   >> >> >> What would happen if one fan bought several million DVDs?   
   >> >> >   
   >> >> > They'd be poor and have nowhere to sleep?   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Not to mention being in terrible need of a life.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> Natalie   
   >> >   
   >> > I don't know how you'd buy several million DVDs.  I mean, you could go   
   >> > on Amazon and set 'quantity' to 'several million' but I suspect they   
   >> > wouldn't have that many in stock.   
   >> >   
   >> > In fact, I doubt there's even several million in the warehouse.   
   >>   
   >> It might be possible, with several different online sources, but the work   
   >> involved would kill ya! (as would the cost)   
   >>   
   >> Natalie   
   >   
   > Ack.  "Twilight" sold THREE MILLION DVDs on it's FIRST DAY.   
   >   
   > http://twilightersanonymous.com/twilight-movie-dvd-release-parties-over-3   
   > -million-twilight-dvd-units-sold-on-release-date.html   
   >   
   > "With over 3 million DVD units sold, TWILIGHT enters the top five best   
   > first day DVD releases over the past two years along with PIRATES OF THE   
   > CARIBBEAN: AT WORLDS END, THE DARK KNIGHT, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF   
   > THE PHOENIX, and TRANSFORMERS."   
   >   
   > Okay, it's possible.   
   >   
      
   But the difference is that "Twilight" and those others were not flops - a   
   cancelled show is a FLOP.   
      
   Natalie   
   --   
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