Universal Board shutting down Jan 6th

POSTED BY: embers
UPDATED: Sunday, January 1, 2006 18:56
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CBY

Friday, December 30, 2005 1:46 PM

Can we expect a wave of new users here because of this?

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NELLIE

Friday, December 30, 2005 1:50 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ecgordon:

So what?
I think it shows that for Universal it was just a business thing, not a passion like Haken and the other site creators have for our Big Damn Heroes.

Ecgordon is right. I never went over there because I had a funny feeling about them, like I didn't quite trust them, and now they have axed all their loyal fans out of the blue, without a second thought.

Before people go rushing over to "Gossi's new site", have a closer look at all his former posts on Whedonesque, where for so long he claimed only to have "contacts at Universal", but now they openly say he is "one of their own". Why didn't he admit that before? I can't forget how angry he got whenever anyone criticized the appalling promotion of Serenity, and it made me wonder if he might be a promoter himself.

Who needs points and prizes and all that promotional-type stuff? Our own Haken was here from the very beginning, and I hope people will stand by him no matter what.

AAHHAAA

Friday, December 30, 2005 2:57 PM

just a reminder about the right mouse button ...
(to save web pages to your computer - Firefox works best)

from Whedonesque:

Archive site for materials from Universal Serenity Movie board. (Registration Required) This is a thread on the Universal site with the address for the new Archival Site.

The Archival site will be http://www.fireflyguidebook.com

BROWNCOAT1

Friday, December 30, 2005 4:06 PM

Yep. Saw that comin'.

A lot of us just knew that the 'Versal board would shut down some time after the DVD release date. No sense in them keeping it open in their eyes I suppose. It is a viral marketing site after all. Seems to me they could stand to leave it open a might longer though.

Guess it is up to us (AGAIN!) to push the DVD & spread the word.

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"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

Richmond, VA & surrounding area Firefly Fans:

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IMALEAF

Friday, December 30, 2005 4:11 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by ecgordon:
So what?

fireflyfans.net was here even before the official FOX site for the series, and it will be here years after the last Serenity sequel is released.

Such belief in the future, Book would Love it! I love it! Sequels for everyone!

~~River: Bible's broken. Contradictions, false logics. Doesn't make sense.~~

FELIX276

Saturday, December 31, 2005 7:59 AM

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
Yep. Saw that comin'...
Guess it is up to us (AGAIN!) to push the DVD & spread the word.

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Would it be done properly any other way?

WHOISRIVER

Sunday, January 1, 2006 4:32 PM

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Before people go rushing over to "Gossi's new site", have a closer look at all his former posts on Whedonesque, where for so long he claimed only to have "contacts at Universal", but now they openly say he is "one of their own". Why didn't he admit that before? I can't forget how angry he got whenever anyone criticized the appalling promotion of Serenity, and it made me wonder if he might be a promoter himself.

Okay, I'm so commenting on this.

I am *NOT* an employee of Universal. I never have been, nor will I ever be more than likely (I'm the person who petitioned Universal over the DVD cover, hello?).

The email Universal sent out did *NOT* say I am "one of their own", as so wonderfully quoted. That's completely false, and made up.

I think it's wonderful I spent all this time helping promote the movie - to secure a future for the story - unpaid. I did a lot of work on the promotion in the UK and online, and paid for a lot of it myself. I have many misgivings about the Universal side of things, although I think they tried as best they could. If anybody is remotely interested in actual, you know, facts - you can check out the Whedonesque topic from last nigth where me and Joss are talking about Universal's promotion of the film. The .org site is looking to be seriously expensive to run, and time consuming, and I'm doing it all myself to make sure the fan base has another home.

Please don't fling mud in my direction.

--gossi

ETA: Just wanted to say it closes on the 3rd, not 6th.

ANONYMOUS1

Sunday, January 1, 2006 6:56 PM

Finally (12/30/2005), got the email about the Universal Official Serenity Website closing January 3.

I guess it took awhile to send out all those emails-over 75,000.

Embers, if you check the subject of the email it says Browncoats to Close 01.03.06

I believe the January 6, 2006 is a typo.

PLEASE edit the subject of your original heading to say Jan 3rd. You may have to edit and save it twice.

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