NEW YORK SCREENING 8/24/2005

POSTED BY: nakedandarticulate
UPDATED: Thursday, August 25, 2005 18:18
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NAKEDANDARTICULATE

Tuesday, August 23, 2005 6:31 PM

From the universal board-

On Wednesday, August 24th, there will be a 6 PM press screening of Serenity in New York City. The screening will take place at Loews Lincoln Square (1998 Broadway, at 68th StreetNew York, NY 10023) All Browncoats in the area are invited to come, however only the first 300 Browncoats there will be admitted, free of charge. We also ask that Browncoats do not begin to congregate at the theatre before 4:30 PM.
-Serenity_Leader

"Hamsters is nice."

HOROVITS

Tuesday, August 23, 2005 6:44 PM

Woo hoo!!!

The Engineers in Brown Coats (Cooper Union’s Firefly fans, including some converts I’ve made) will be there—I printed up a sign and everything. Look for for the 6'8" guy, unshaven, 300 lb, singing the Ballad of Jayne at the top of his lungs. I'll be someone else. ;-)

++H

WHEDONESQUE

Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:28 PM

I am so excited! I can't wait to see old Browncoat friends and hopefully make some new ones.

Kathleen
Whedonesque

WHEDONESQUE

Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:28 PM

Gorram double post!

OKKAY

Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:55 PM

Hmm.

1. Free screening
2. Limited seating
3. Browncoats

I predict bad things will happen.

WHEDONESQUE

Wednesday, August 24, 2005 1:59 PM

Actually, from discussion on the Universal Board, it looks like there are gonna be plenty of seats. With such short notice, many people are not going to be able to make it into the city (or out of work) before 6pm. And it was mentioned that the LA screening had empty seats last night and I know there are a lot of Browncoats living in/near LA.

Well anyway, the point of this post is: If you wanna come to the screening this evening, please do! I think there will be plenty of seats. And lots of Browncoat comradery. Oh, and a pretty good movie, too.

Kathleen
Whedonesque

RHYMEPHILE

Wednesday, August 24, 2005 2:52 PM

Okay kids, to make everything nice and easy, the Browncoats of New York City will be providing a sign-in sheet for those who want to show up at the theatre and keep things orderly.

Which is a good thing, dong ma?

There will be someone there with a clipboard to take names, in case people want to line up, and then come and go while waiting for the show to start. The people at the LA screening did just such a thing, and if it worked for the West Coast, then it'll work here.

Hopefully this will aid in keeping things simple and fun for everyone.

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NY/NJ Browncoats: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firefly_nyc

ZEEK

Wednesday, August 24, 2005 6:50 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Okkay:
Hmm.

1. Free screening
2. Limited seating
3. Browncoats

I predict bad things will happen.

These were my exact thoughts. Me and a coworker had a good laugh about the idea of those three things coming together. Add in "first come first served" and a specific time when they want people to show up. Chaos indeed.

RHYMEPHILE

Thursday, August 25, 2005 2:14 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zeek:
Quote:
Originally posted by Okkay:
Hmm.

1. Free screening
2. Limited seating
3. Browncoats

I predict bad things will happen.

These were my exact thoughts. Me and a coworker had a good laugh about the idea of those three things coming together. Add in "first come first served" and a specific time when they want people to show up. Chaos indeed.

Oh kids, you underestimate the greatness that is us.

It was suggested on the 'Versal board to bring a clipboard and get everyone to sign in, so they didn't have to wait on line for a few hours. I got there at about 2:30 (since I was in charge of the clipboard) and there were about 10 people on line already. I started taking names, and for the next 3 hours people came up, signed in, and I explained they could go, eat, and come back around 4:45, when we decided we would line up.

Everyone did just that, and me and my big mouth was able to herd everyone into line, all organized-like, and we were ready and waiting at the door by 5 p.m. when the Universal rep handed out the golden tickets.

With a little pre-planning and organization, we all had a fantastic, stress-free time out last night.

Everyone was friendly, nice to each other, and respected the sign-up list. It was a combination of great fans and organization. Those three things you guys listed above came together without a hitch, and this is in New York City.

I'll cross-post this here from the 'Versal board, because I'm tired after last night:

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Hey all,

It's me, RhymePhile, the clipboard chick! Hee.

Thanks so much to everyone who signed the line-up list and were courteous and friendly to each other last night. And thanks for respecting the order in which fellow Browncoats signed up by not trying to sneak into line! It made organization surprisingly easy and fun -- because I got to meet many interesting Browncoats. There were no problems at all last night and we (the New York City Browncoat group of volunteers) kept everything running smoothly.

According to my count, we had 105 people show up for the screening. Pretty good turnout for the middle of the work week without much advance notice.

Thanks to Dan Regal upthread who suggested the clipboard. I would recommend it for other screenings, because it allowed people to come and go as they pleased without having to stand in line for a few hours, and it also prevented mass panic and hysteria. Those are two very good things.

DietCoke, our New York City Browncoat group organizer, sent all the e-mails to group members and got the word out. She was the PR gal. Without her and Serenity_Leader's guidance (and S_L's invitation!), we wouldn't have had such an easy time of it.

It was great to meet everyone last night, and I hope you crazy Browncoats had as wonderful a time as I did!

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NY/NJ Browncoats: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firefly_nyc

ZEEK

Thursday, August 25, 2005 3:25 PM

That's great that you guys were so organized. I'm a little worried by the turnout though. I thought NYC was the second largest city in the world and we got 105 people to go to a FREE showing of Serenity? That doesn't bode well in my book. Hopefully there's a perfectly good reason for the small turnout but I don't buy short notice and work night when it comes to browncoats.

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