Browncoats, this is our turning point!

POSTED BY: techiecl
UPDATED: Friday, November 26, 2004 05:14
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TECHIECL

Tuesday, November 23, 2004 9:34 PM

As I see it, we Browncoats are at a turning point in the fandom.

Do we become angry, spiteful, embittered fans? and complain to Universal about this delay?

OR

Do we regroup and rededicate ourselves and remind people we are the fandom that: donated to charities in the name of Firefly, are sending DVD sets to troops, donating DVD sets to libraries...

We're more than just a fandom. We're a true community. So let's make the right choice, and stick together, and make the most of these five months to make "Serenity" the best damn September movie ever.

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In a time like this, we can show our worst side or our best side. I choose the latter.

MALICIOUS

Tuesday, November 23, 2004 9:47 PM

Initially, I like the former. Perhaps when I am less pissed off, I can become one of the latter.

Mal-licious

Co-Holder of the Red Bell from Hell

CHANNAIN

Tuesday, November 23, 2004 9:53 PM

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Originally posted by techiecl:
Do we become angry, spiteful, embittered fans? and complain to Universal about this delay?

And use up otherwise valuable space on this site raging against a machine, using vulgar language that may turn away new fans who come here, see one unfortunate word and never come back again?

I've spent time raging against the machines and you know what? It doesn't do much good except to lower my stress level.

Postponed in this case does not mean it's been tossed in the dustbin. Anyone who paid close attention to the easy rhythm in Joss's message would see that.

It means five more months to plan even bigger damn movie parties. Five more months to convert more people to the wonderfulness that is Firefly. Five more months to build our fandom from something amazing into something truly spectacular.

Me? I'm going with the "best side" and taking the high road. Who's with me?

Fans come and fans go...but zealots are with you until the bitter black end.
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ZEEK

Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:05 PM

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Originally posted by Channain:
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Originally posted by techiecl:
Do we become angry, spiteful, embittered fans? and complain to Universal about this delay?
And use up otherwise valuable space on this site raging against a machine, using vulgar language that may turn away new fans who come here, see one unfortunate word and never come back again?

I've spent time raging against the machines and you know what? It doesn't do much good except to lower my stress level.

Postponed in this case does not mean it's been tossed in the dustbin. Anyone who paid close attention to the easy rhythm in Joss's message would see that.

It means five more months to plan even bigger damn movie parties. Five more months to convert more people to the wonderfulness that is Firefly. Five more months to build our fandom from something amazing into something truly spectacular.

Me? I'm going with the "best side" and taking the high road. Who's with me?

Fans come and fans go...but zealots are with you until the bitter black end.
I draw...therefore I am.
http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=7922

"I'm with ya too"....wait wrong scifi series quote.

"May have been the losing side...still not convinced it was the wrong one" Even if we don't get our BDM (god forbid) at least we'll be able to respect ourselves and know that we did the right thing. This is our time to shine. Maybe if we show what mature devoted fans we are we'll get even more respect from the suits of the world.

THEGREYJEDI

Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:11 PM

Also, conventions. Think conventions. August hosts the big convention in Charlotte. And there might be a chance of some Big Damn Heroes there. And other conventions that would have fallen after the April release date.

We can weep and moan and gnash our teeth. Dress ourselves in sack cloth, tear out our hair, and smear our faces with ash. Or we can be better than that. Isn't that what we're all about? Being bigger than that? Better than that? Is it frustrating? Well, by all levels of Hell, yes. But we've waited this long, haven't we? Just a little bump along the way, right? Still less than a year away. Someone said it already. More time to get things right. More guerilla marketing. More converting. More time to get those costumes looking fabulous. We get up. We dust ourselves off. We move on.

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SOULOFSERENITY

Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:21 PM

Hey, another five months can be a beautiful thing. Just think of it as foreplay. We post, we blog, we write and read fanfics. We support each other even when Firefly isn't involved. We speculate, we start rumors, we cry out our support for the God that is Joss. We wait and yearn for every article, every post by one of the stars, every blog by the Creator. We salivate at the first preview, at the press release photos, at the official movie posters. Over and over and over, until we are nearly at our bursting point, and then, when we sit in front of that silver screen and experience what we have waited for for so long, when our Big Damn Heroes look down at us, when we see Serenity larger than life.

It will be worth the wait. Trust me.

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But if your hand touches metal, I swear by my pretty floral bonnet, I will end you.

TECHIECL

Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:27 PM

When you put it that way...ummmm, I'll be in my bunk.

But seriously, I'm glad I'm not the only one seeing the opportunity we can make out of this.

DYAIRVATREE

Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:52 PM

I think the high road is definietly the best response I'm upset of course but as long as we still have the movie to look foward too it's not that big a deal. Good things come to those who wait as the saying goes. This seems especially true for browncoats. Bitching about Universal is definitely counter productive. If Joss says it's just a desicision to help make the movie reach more people I see no reason to disbelieve it or get mad.

I remember the wait we had to get the DVD's and just how worth while the wait was when they came out. And the only reason the DVD's ever came out was because us Browncoats did stuff like push Firefly to the top of lists of TV shows most wanted on DVD. So in that spirit I'm going to re-dedicate myself to creating as many new Firefly fans as possible and with Christmas comming up I've got a few ideas on how to do that.

I still remember the bad old days when the most I thought I could look foward too was tracking down someone to sell me VCD's of already broadcast episodes, I still have those VCD's by the way.

Any how this is more than likely the golden age of being a Browncoat in the short time between the DVD's and the release of the movie. You see if the movie does well places like this will be swamped with people and it won't have the personal feeling it does now. And if it doesn't do well, well that will be the end of any hope for a continuation of the Firefly universe. And things around here will be a lot less hopefull than they are now.

So in conclusion things ain't so bad.

TECHIECL

Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:01 PM

Domestic grosses of past late september movies:

[snipped from Aint it cool news]
* Rush Hour (9/18/98) $141.1
* American Beauty (9/15/99) $130.0
* Remember the Titans (9/29/00) $115.6
* Sweet Home Alabama (9/27/02) $127.2
* School of Rock (10/3/03) $81.2

So late September ain't a "Loser" date.

SPIKEANDJEZEBEL

Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:36 PM

Speaking of conventions, I bet that "Serenity" will be premiered someplace before September - most likely the San Diego Comic Con. I advise any Browncoats not in the Southern California area to save your pennies for a trip next July....

"I like smackin' 'em!" - Jayne Cobb

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