SERENITY UK - The Box Job - July

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WHOISRIVER

Thursday, June 30, 2005 7:27 PM

* SERENITY - The Box Job - July *
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The Concept

UK browncoats fund me buying 10 Firefly DVD boxsets. I will take these boxsets, and add SERENITY promotional material, a letter from fans detailing about the series and what it means to us (signed with the names of those who donate), and make it into a ten SERENITY BOXES.

Additionally, it will include two trailers for SERENITY on an exclusive DVD.

The Serenity Boxes will be distributed to 10 film and television critics across the UK, for local and national newspapers.

How much money is needed?

A suggested donation would be £5. If 40 people donate a fiver, we will have enough to purchase all the box sets, material and postage.

Why?

Serenity needs publicity in the UK. Whilst it is selling #4 on the Amazon US DVD charts (#2 for Television), it is about #250 in the UK. That's a huge difference. UIP (the UK distributors) will be doing their best to raise the profile in the UK - but if a film critic receives a personally put together package from the fans about the movie with trailers and FIREFLY DVDs, they are more likely to pay it some serious attention.

SERENITY opens 1 week after the US. The 2nd weekend box office is critical for financial viability of the movie in terms of sequels, and as such if the film completely fails to impact here it will not be good news.

How can I pay?

Just click here -> http://tinyurl.com/7po2q

You can pay online above using Switch, Visa, Delta etc etc.

Please also email me (promote@whoisriver.com) to let me know your full (or first) name if you donate for the letter.

How do I know the money will be used properly?

I post on this forum all the time. The money will be used only for this purpose. If there's any problems, I will refund the money via Paypal.

When we reach the target I will photograph the boxsets as they arrive, and post photos of the finished SERENITY boxes.

I will post statements each week as to how much money we've raised.

What happens if we raise MORE money than targetted?

We'll buy more boxes! If we run out of people to target the boxsets at, the remaining money will be donated to charity.

Small print?

It's nothing to do with Universal, UIP etc etc. This is a browncoat job to keep flyin'.

TheInside.org - Firefly Producers NEW TV series

SERENITYPUNK

Thursday, June 30, 2005 8:05 PM

In theory its a great idea
Im up for as much promotion as possible

I will have a think about it if thats OK

I can suggest a very good charity if you need ideas though.

http://cantstopthesign.12.forumer.com/

JAINA

Thursday, June 30, 2005 8:13 PM

i concur, fantastic idea. though currently running on my last supplies of my student loan. i'll have to wait and see for a bit.

but generally, i remember reading a review of firefly in Empire, it was given 5 stars and remains in it's top boxsets to buy.

- http://angel-btvs.co.uk - Firefly meets Angel meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- http://jewel-staite.net - All things Jewel!
- http://cafepress.com/dtdfirefly & http://cafepress.com/dtdfirefly2- Firefly & Serenity slogans, wear them with pride!
- http://cafepress/com/cantstopsignal - Can't Stop the Signal T-shirts and more!

SERENITYPUNK

Thursday, June 30, 2005 8:20 PM

Its definately doing well here, the price of the boxset has gone up over the past few months

and I had a serenity badge (given to me at serentiy con by some very nice bloke) on my bag at the green day gig a couple of weeks back and people kept yelling firefly quotes at me and exclaiming that whedon is indeed god!!

I recon i could manage a fiver for the BDHs

http://cantstopthesign.12.forumer.com/

JAINA

Thursday, June 30, 2005 8:23 PM

i have my 21st soon, so hopefully i'll muster a fiver from that too :)

- http://angel-btvs.co.uk - Firefly meets Angel meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- http://jewel-staite.net - All things Jewel!
- http://cafepress.com/dtdfirefly & http://cafepress.com/dtdfirefly2- Firefly & Serenity slogans, wear them with pride!
- http://cafepress/com/cantstopsignal - Can't Stop the Signal T-shirts and more!

NIKNAK

Thursday, June 30, 2005 9:41 PM

I've decided to trust you, after all, its only money! Hope it works. By the way, if you take the money and run I have one message for you:

"Keep the money. Use it to buy a funeral. It doesn't matter where you go, or how far you fly. I will hunt you down, and the last thing you see will be my blade."

Also, I can kill you with my brain.

Sorry, I just could resist some firefly quotage.

OXYOPIA

Friday, July 1, 2005 12:26 AM

So will donations be accepted from Browncoats across the pond? It sounds a little like you want this to be a UK-sponsored affair, but I imagine that our dollars can convert into pounds fairly easily and I doubt you can ever get too many contributions.

As far as trust goes, anyone who is a regular poster/lurker at the UB's can figure out that this is a legitimate proposition by pulling up the similarly titled thread and noticing who originated it.

-Oxy

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JAARIUS

Friday, July 1, 2005 1:41 AM

Was the show ever aired in Ireland or the UK? I don't remember if it was.

In the case of Ireland the box set cost EUR80 which some folk found a little too expensive for a t.v. show that didn't make through it's first season.

Given that I'm living in Sydney now I thought I would look for a copy of it and picked it up for AUS$30 which is about EUR20. The is a major set back me thinks. Also among my circle of friends there has been about 2/3 copies changing hands or lots of folk watching it together.

A little more exposure might do it the world of good. Game, Sci-Fi, etc. cons with a videveg or equivalent facility giving more vid time to the show might help. I don't know whats going on with the RPG (under the radar for the last few months) but that would certainly get people looking for source material and lets face it the show is pretty much all there is (correct me if I'm wrong here)

Also drinking games... the biblical style miracles that spring from drinking games.

I bought one of those Blue Sun T's and folk got to asking me what it was. It's not quite wearing an advertising board but it did strike up a conversation or two about the show.

Anyhoo that's my 2c

j

JAINA

Friday, July 1, 2005 7:48 AM

it was aired here, on the sci-fi channel. but it had a tough spot in that it was up against coronation street (*sigh*). but it got treated well, all the eps were shown in the correct order and stuff.

- http://angel-btvs.co.uk - Firefly meets Angel meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- http://jewel-staite.net - All things Jewel!
- http://cafepress.com/dtdfirefly & http://cafepress.com/dtdfirefly2- Firefly & Serenity slogans, wear them with pride!
- http://cafepress.com/cantstopsignal - Can't Stop the Signal T-shirts and more!

EVILTOBZ

Friday, July 1, 2005 9:39 AM

i thought that sky one had a crack at it originally too. certainly never made it as far as terrestrial tele.

anyway, nice campaign idea. i've sent my donation.

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