Size of UFO fan base

I mentioned a few posts ago that I didn't reckon UFO had a fanbase of
sufficient size to influence studios and networks, thinking in terms
of the successes of the Farscape and Firefly fans.

Does anyone - and I suppose I mean you, Marc Martin :) - have an
informed (though by what??) idea of how many fans UFO has worldwide?
I've no feel for how many DVD sets have sold for instance, which might
give a guide - even I gather they've still not been released in
Austrialia...

Carly

> Does anyone - and I suppose I mean you, Marc Martin :) - have an
> informed (though by what??) idea of how many fans UFO has worldwide?

Heh, heh... I have no idea! But I'm sure that it's nowhere near
the needed amount to support a movie/TV series revival (unless,
of course, the project is driven by a fan who doesn't care
about making a profit).

I remember when that Australian proposal was made to create a new
sequel TV series to UFO. They asked for letters from the fans to
show the "huge" fan base. In the end, they only got about 30 - 50
letters! :-(

But yes, I suppose that the sales figures for the DVD sets or
Chris Bentley's "Complete Book of UFO" would helpful to estimate
the size of the fan base. But I don't know what these numbers
are...

Marc

But how would the sales for the books and DVDs correlate to how many fans there are of UFO? A rough rule of thumb could be said to be one book sold = one fan, or one DVD sold = one fan. As I said, it'd be a rough rule of thumb and not really accurate, as if the same person bought the book from one place, then any number of DVDs from elsewhere, it'd give a false figure.  

Marc Martin <[hidden email]> wrote: > Does anyone - and I suppose I mean you, Marc Martin :) - have an
> informed (though by what??) idea of how many fans UFO has worldwide?

Heh, heh... I have no idea! But I'm sure that it's nowhere near
the needed amount to support a movie/TV series revival (unless,
of course, the project is driven by a fan who doesn't care
about making a profit).

I remember when that Australian proposal was made to create a new
sequel TV series to UFO. They asked for letters from the fans to
show the "huge" fan base. In the end, they only got about 30 - 50
letters! :-(

But yes, I suppose that the sales figures for the DVD sets or
Chris Bentley's "Complete Book of UFO" would helpful to estimate
the size of the fan base. But I don't know what these numbers
are...

Marc



         

 
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Coming out of lurking....here is a fan who bought both DVD sets the instant they became available, but still haven't gotten around to buying the "Complete Book of UFO" as yet. Probably will however....

Mary

Marc Martin <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Does anyone - and I suppose I mean you, Marc Martin :) - have an
> informed (though by what??) idea of how many fans UFO has worldwide?

Heh, heh... I have no idea! But I'm sure that it's nowhere near
the needed amount to support a movie/TV series revival (unless,
of course, the project is driven by a fan who doesn't care
about making a profit).

I remember when that Australian proposal was made to create a new
sequel TV series to UFO. They asked for letters from the fans to
show the "huge" fan base. In the end, they only got about 30 - 50
letters! :-(

But yes, I suppose that the sales figures for the DVD sets or
Chris Bentley's "Complete Book of UFO" would helpful to estimate
the size of the fan base. But I don't know what these numbers
are...

Marc




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