Joss Comments on Some Unruly Browncoats (You know who you are)
POSTED BY: Oxyopia
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 4, 2005 16:31
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Originally posted by Oxyopia:
So I think we can all agree that the few are doing their best to ruin the fun of the many. The question I pose to you Firefly fans is this:
What can we do to let Universal know that such heinous acts are performed by only the vast minority of supposed 'Browncoats' (personally, methinks they were purple-bellies in diguise)? How can we show them that the majority of fans out there are genuinely decent folk?
The first thing that came to my mind was a petition of some sort, but am at a loss as to how one could be set up. Any other thoughts on this matter?
I am of the belief that the majority of Browncoats ARE showing they are not like that. If a few bad eggs threatened someone, that speaks for them, not ME. We don't need to get up in arms about this. It is a non-event. There are bazillions of us good 'coats, and only a few a**holes.
Mal-licious
"Let's go be bad guys."
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We're Browncoats, dammit,
Aye, that we are. I'd love to get a tic to the screening, but it's not vital! Heck, I'm just content to spread the good word to thems that need it.
" They don't like it when you shoot at 'em. I worked that out myself. "
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I'd like to point out that I think this is a consequence of people getting a bit too worked up about the advance showings.
I think some perspective is needed. Serenity is just a movie. We willl all see it eventually. Being able to see it early is not a matter of life or death. It is not worth badgering/threatening movie managers over.
I think it is important that we as firefly fans promote positive anticipation and excitement over the movie, but don't go overboard. We don't want our fanboy love of firefly to become an obsession.
P.S. I apoligize if this sounds ungreatful, but i'm actually starting to have second thoughts about going to the advance showing. I mean I'll love the movie, and no i don't want to give you my ticket, but sometimes i think anticipation can be bigger than the actual event. Now I won't have an entire summer of happily waiting for september. Of course they're the comic books and the complete movie to see a second time. But I think no matter how good the movie is, anticipation is half the fun.
Cancel that, I'm going to love the advance showing anyway. Because I think that enjoyment of watching a great movie is only multiplied when you are watching it with lots of other friends and fans as well. So it's not so much the seeing it early that I'm looking forward to, but the seeing it with a room full of enthusiastic fans.
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I know what you mean. Lately, I've been noticing that usually when one builds a huge sense of anticipation for something, it pushes your expectations into a realm that is impossible for any movie to attain. I always felt that the big reason why most people were turned off by Episode 1 was the unprecedented level of expectation for it. Not even the original film could've done that. You might as well buy tickets for the second coming of Christ while you're at it. It ain't gonna happen.
So while it's encouraged to be excited for the flick, don't go totally overboard with it. It's just a movie, people.
On a little sidebar here, lately I've been finding out that the movies that really do it for me, the ones that make me feel absolutely fantastic and awe-inspired are the flicks that I go into not expecting much. I hear some things about them, I see a good trailer for it, but on the whole I'm not counting the days to it's release. Which is good because I can then immediately be gobsmacked by it's emotional and cinematic power. One recent example for me is this flick called THE UPSIDE OF ANGER. I saw it at the beginning of the month, not really expecting a whole lot from it. I ended up feeling more ecstatic about it than anything I've seen so far this calendar year. I'm probably going to go see it for a third time this weekend.
I think the people who'll really bit hit by SERENITY are the ones who stumble into it. I mean, we all know FIREFLY. We know all the nuances and backstory and the in-jokes and everything involved. We go to SERENITY and it'll just be a confirmation of what we know. But someone whose never seen the show, whose never entered the Whedonverse will see the trailer, think "OK, if it's a my local theatre I'll check it out." The movie opens, they go see it out of curiosity, but they walk out with a look on their face as if they've seen God. That's how we should be approaching it.
And wow! Hey! What's this thing suddenly coming towards me very fast? Very very fast. So big and flat and round, it needs a big wide sounding name like ... ow ... ound ... round ... ground! That's it! That's a good name - ground! I wonder if it will be friends with me?
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Originally posted by Asa:
seeing it with a room full of enthusiastic fans.
^This is what I'm waiting for. I'm content with waiting til september, too. Lucky are those who get to see it early.
I do think it's shameful that the "unruly" persons were naughty enough that even Joss knows about it.
I don't think I know a Browncoat who'd cause trouble like that.
I'm with those in thinkin' Reavers done it.
Keeper of Jayne's goggles. 8)
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I don't understand why people would threaten movie theater owners or managers or whoever they threatened. It won't get them anything, but a reputation for being a *expletive deleted*. They should express their dissapointment and anger in a constructive way such as I did. And by that I mean telling your friend who is going to see an advance screening in Boston how evil and horrible they are for seeing it before you.
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Uncool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where was this posted? I can't find a topic for this on Serenitymovie.com but I'll repost something because this shouldn't happen.
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Ya know this could have been some serous publicity for the movie if those threats crossed the fine line in to “promises”. Violence, mayhem, riots (com’on Joss you know you want your “very own riot”), burning cars, the local Fox stations demolished, the National Guard called in to restore order and repulsed by avid, angry and armed fans. It would make world news!! 
I think everyone is just angry that originally the movie would already be in theaters right now (remember the old April 22, 2005 release date 
) and I think that fact has made everyone a bit snippy. I know it has for me… 
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Well that's a downer. The browncoats have always been such a mature and friendly bunch in my experience. We're better than this.
I hope Joss can forgive us.
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Originally posted by Oxyopia:
So I think we can all agree that the few are doing their best to ruin the fun of the many. The question I pose to you Firefly fans is this:
What can we do to let Universal know that such heinous acts are performed by only the vast minority of supposed 'Browncoats' (personally, methinks they were purple-bellies in diguise)? How can we show them that the majority of fans out there are genuinely decent folk?
The first thing that came to my mind was a petition of some sort, but am at a loss as to how one could be set up. Any other thoughts on this matter?
-Oxy
I'm with you, I think we need to let them know that a isolated few have done this! This is not the REAL Browncoats. I'm up for some kinda petition. E-mail thingy? Ideas?
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