Storm Front petition (someone had to do it)

[Darkling]

 

        Several Dresden Files fans have requested it so I've decided to finally do something about it. A petition for the DVD release of the two hour extended version of Dresden Files: Storm Front.

      The short lived (now cult status) TV series, The Dresden Files, based on the novels by Jim Butcher, had a pilot episode called Storm Front. Few know that this particular episode has had three incarnations.

       The first incarnation was an early pilot which featured a different Justin Morningway and an early test footage (pre-Terrence Mann) version of Bob. This version of Dresden Files: Storm Front is very hard to find and sought after by collectors. It never aired on TV and only a select few were entrusted with DVDs of it from the Scifi Channel.

            The second incarnation of Dresden Files: Storm Front was the version that aired on TV as the eighth episode of the short lived TV series. Sadly this version of Storm Front did not fit well with the continuity of the rest of the TV series. This version of Storm Front was cut down to forty two minutes in length, had no content with Bob (other than an accidental brief shot of him in a flashback) and this version suffered continuity errors because of the cuts. This version can be found on The Dresden Files DVD set, Hulu and youtube by Lionsgate.

           The third and final incarnation of Storm Front is an extended version that was finished while the series was airing in 2007. This version features Terrence Mann voicing Bob from within the skull, several extended scenes, flash back sequences and is neatly polished up to repair the continuity errors of the episode version. It contained aspects of the early pilot and newer footage with Terrence Mann's voice work. It's probably the best version of the episode out of the three.
Sadly though this version of Dresden Files: Storm Front only aired on American TV once at three AM, unscheduled (The Scifi Channel schedule claimed an X-files rerun was going to be on) in February of 2008. It has never been released to DVD, Hulu or youtube. Only those lucky enough to have recorded it when it aired have access to it. This version took up a two hour time slot with commercials. Without commercials it's roughly an hour and a half long.

        It's come to my attention that MANY fans of The Dresden Files TV series AND books want to see a release of if not all at least the extended version of Storm Front that was completed in 2007.
          Dresden Files book fans are especially interested in the longer version of Storm Front because a scene where Murphy talks about a mess at the zoo became the basis for Jim Butcher's Hugo nominated graphic novel, Welcome to the Jungle.

          We the under-signed request that Lionsgate (the current copyright holders for the Dresden Files TV series) release Dresden Files: Storm Front as a DVD, possibly containing all three versions of the Pilot / Episode / TV movie.

            We want Dresden Files: Storm Front.
 
  http://www.gopetition.com/online/33944.html

[PCL]

I signed! 

[Darkling]

I signed! 

Good. There are five signatures so far.  Let's see how many we can get.

[dresdenpotterfan95]

I was # 10

[Nicodemus Archleone]

Signed #16

[Jaeh]

signed!

[Lanodantheon]

I signed. #25

[finarvyn]

I just signed the petition and it said I was #38.

Thirty eight? Are you freakin' kidding me? All of the folks with thousands of posts here and only 38 of us can bother to sign the petition?

I'm really ticked that the STORM FRONT pilot was left off of the DVD set. I paid for it and it wasn't there. Now we're trying to get a release of the pilot so I can buy it again. That's better than never getting it at all.

I thought we had DRESDEN FILES fans here. 

[Darkling]

I just signed the petition and it said I was #38.

Thirty eight? Are you freakin' kidding me? All of the folks with thousands of posts here and only 38 of us can bother to sign the petition?

I'm really ticked that the STORM FRONT pilot was left off of the DVD set. I paid for it and it wasn't there. Now we're trying to get a release of the pilot so I can buy it again. That's better than never getting it at all.

I thought we had DRESDEN FILES fans here. 

I think a lot of people gave up on Dresden petitions when this one was ignored.

http://gopetition.com/petitions/new-home-4-dresden.html

I didn't make that one but I thought the numbers were pretty impressive.  16,304 signatures when another petition of just 8,000 got Being Human saved and now it's starting it's third season soon and getting an American version this summer.

[airyie]

I would love to sign, but I can't give my info out.

[Darkling]

I would love to sign, but I can't give my info out.

You can set yourself as anonymous.   

[airyie]

OK.
Signed.
#40

EDIT: For the other petition, I think it is amazing that it still gets so many signers per month, even though the show has been off air for 3 years! amazing!

[Darkling]

OK.
Signed.
#40

EDIT: For the other petition, I think it is amazing that it still gets so many signers per month, even though the show has been off air for 3 years! amazing!

Too bad it wasn't enough to impress Scifi.

[airyie]

Some day, some one will create a tv station that targets multiple demographics and announces advertising slots per demographic choice.  Until then, we just have to deal with this irrational bullshit.

Besides, concerning the series, it is popular, and Nicholas Cage seems to have a minor obsession with it.  I bet someone sometime will bring it back.

I mean, Hollywood makes multiple remakes all the time (cough cough: 'Why did I get married?' and 'Death at a funeral')  Also, plenty of times shows have been made into movies, ie: edge of darkness, sex in the city, etc.

[kingaling]

Signed, #43.