Lets take it into our own hands

POSTED BY: fireflydriven
UPDATED: Wednesday, November 2, 2005 18:02
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FIREFLYDRIVEN

Friday, October 21, 2005 7:21 PM

Thanks for all your comments, and while I do see the pros and cons in taking on such a task, I'm going to go ahead and contact whoever I can at Mutant Enemy and Sci-Fi to see what kind of response I get.

JNELCAR

Friday, October 21, 2005 8:11 PM

Another potential business model would be online distribution of new episodes. The shows could be produced just like tv episodes with the breaks for commercials. During these breaks a sponsor could air their latest commercial.

What would really make this idea work is a major corporate sponsor. 40 mil is not that much money in the worldwide advertising budget of a Coca Cola or Mcdonalds.

After an initial showing on the web, DVDs could be distributed as well as selling the episodes into syndication.

If someone wants to raise donaton dollars for Firefly, I think the place to start is buying the rights from FOX. If we the fans could secure the rights to the show, then that could open up alot of possibilities for new content.

RAE

Friday, October 21, 2005 8:20 PM

I think the online distribution idea is probably the best. Offer it as a subcription only service, and we can offer banner ads on the boarders to help with costs. This gets around the problems with FOX, as they only have TV rights. Might even start a whole new trend in Internet shows that are available. I think this is a shiney idea, and know without a doubt my family would sign up in a heartbeat.

Rae

CUB

Friday, October 21, 2005 8:23 PM

We don't need to come up with ideas. We need to tell Mutant Enemy what kind of money we would be able to raise, and let them take it from there.

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FANTASTICLAUGHINGFAIRY

Friday, October 21, 2005 8:36 PM

I'd be willing to put some money up for anything - whatever will bring back our BDH!
Let us know how this project turns out.

...and we will call it...this land...

SUNSHINE

Friday, October 21, 2005 8:59 PM

i'd donate 5 bucks plus i'll be joss' companion for a week, heck make it a month or two if only they'd get firefly back!!!

JNELCAR

Friday, October 21, 2005 9:25 PM

The problem is that alot of people will have trouble just donating their money based on faith that someday it will be used to continue the show. It almost feels like tossing money into a virtual wishing well.

On the other hand if someone comes up with a very specific plan and a very specific fund raising goal, I think that would have greater success.

I don't think you can raise enough money upfront to fund the production, but you might be able to secure the rights to the show. That would make it much easier for someone else to fund the production.

And if you get that accomplished, who owns the rights or even the finished product? All Browncoats everywhere? I think not. Some type of corporation or LLC or some legal entity would have to be set up to handle what you are proposing.

CUB

Friday, October 21, 2005 11:06 PM

That's why it would be best to organize it through Mutant Enemy. I don't think anyone would feel bad about giving money directly to them.

In any case, if anyone gets a reply from them please post a new thread. Then we can get organized.

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"If wishes were horses, we'd all be eatin' steak."

BARD

Friday, October 21, 2005 11:28 PM

I agree. I am gratified and excited that "Fireflydriven" started this new thread, that so many have responded to it, that both "Cub" and "Fireflydriven" are willing to go the source, as it were, by asking MutantEnemy what they think. Ultimately, they are the experts.

We need to not underestimate the power of our own enthusiasm and naivete, however. It is possible our feverish energy and the good ideas that fans around the world are generating will offer fresh ideas that might not be part of a Hollywood production company's "toolbox."

I know that when I posted my emotional plea yesterday and spoke of donated monies and of metaphorical duct tape, I was being more "poetical" than I was practical.

Is there any way to post a questionnaire and/or petition to which fans can respond? So we can see: a) numbers of fans willing to contribute; b) how much for a pool for purchasing rights from Fox (God bless their fuzzy little hearts!); c) how much per episode, in whatever format. This is my second post now, and I am a neophyte when it comes to "threads," etc. I thought that meant what you wore to a Grateful Dead show, man . . .

What is the best way to put something like this out there so that as many people as possible see it? So that anyone visiting any number of fan sites trip over links to it? So that people become aware of, somehow, that aren't in the habit of surfing fan sites? (The month before the BDM's release mark the first time I started lurking on these sites; yesterday marked the first time I did more than lurk. How do we reach this silent minority/majority??)

Perhaps, if we can manage to buy the rights to the TV show through some form of partership or corporation, we will not only have those precious rights, but will be well on our way to demonstrating that this show has a passionate and resourceful audience.

Any companies out there want to invest in the next huge SF franchise? Do you think Paramount regrets having owned the Trek 'verse for the last few decades? We're talking enlightened self-interest, here, folks . . .

Let us stumble determinedly onwards!

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CUB

Friday, October 21, 2005 11:41 PM

I think the best way to approach ME would be through snail mail.

If anyone else would also like to write them advocating this idea, the address is as follows:

Mutant Enemy Productions
1800 Stewart Street, 2nd floor
Santa Monica, CA 90404-4923
fax: 310-579-5353

The President is Chris Buchanan.

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"If wishes were horses, we'd all be eatin' steak."

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