FireflySeason2, a bit from the maker, telling what its about.

POSTED BY: Bowie
UPDATED: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 14:01
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BOWIE

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:27 AM

Hello Firefly fans.
I was not planning on making my formal introduction to the community this early in the project, but alas, the speed of the Net and the vigor of the Browncoats has taken me quite by surprise.
My name is Ace Underhill and I have worked in the entertainment industry for over 10 years. Specifically, with Brilliant Screen and Cine Support International. Of course I've seen "Lord of the Rings" AND "Fletch", and yes, I still get ribbed about my name when I hand over my credit card
at restaurants. Those of you burdened with an overabundance of schoolin' can easily verify this is not a pseudonym.

My name is real and so is my email address, and I abhor ungrounded accusations. Since the start of this project I have been in contact with various members of this community, through email, phone,
and in person. For the most part Browncoats are incredible people, HOWEVER, I am greatly disappointed that my professional email was posted publicly on the Net. Not only have I now been exposed to spam trolls, but the email box that I depend on for important business communications has been tainted and inundated with fanmail.

IMPORTANT: I'm asking those that posted my email and/or personal phone to please edit your posts ASAP. (thanks to those that did already)
There is a valid email address on the FFS2 website that is to be used for this project. Business phone numbers are freely available on the web anyway, I just ask the Browncoats to please not use them at this time as we need the lines clear for our other projects and clients.

I have a few more items to clarify before I move onto the project status. First, we are NOT Universal, or Fox. Some people saw the webmaster address and assumed that we were. Most people don't know this, but production companies routinely rent production space on the big studio lots. And when you're there, you share an address. Second, the FFS2 site is hosted on a shared server, which means other sites, not connected to ours, live in the same place. I was told that a particularly sleuthy person did a reverse IP lookup to find our ICANN registry. (Here's a case of just enough information to be harmful.) What this person didn't know, or failed to mention, is that our ISP owns the IP block, not us, and they reuse them from client to client. Most
of the time the client (us) does not update the ICANN registry, thus it displays outdated information from a previous user of that IP. (If none of the above made sense, don't fret, it's for techies and took me a spell to sort it out too.)

On to the shiny stuff...
In the last 4 hours I've been asked about 759 times; "so what the heck are you trying to do?". Well, our mission is straightforward, but difficult:
We intend to license the Firefly Intellectual Property from Fox, produce the show on our dime, and sell to the highest bidder.

[sarcastically] "Whew, the numinous secret that men sought to vilify and digitally mame for is finally out!"

I may as well answer a few other questions before they arise and perhaps reduce the size of my inbox tomorrow...

Q: Is this some sort of scam, I mean, you're sure asking for alot of sensitive personal information on your survey.
A: No. In fact, none of the fields, not even your email address, is required to submit. In that regards, if some kind of scam could be had by learning how many Hi-Def TVs are in your zip code, I'd love to know. Joking aside, this information is important in defining the direction of FFS2. But submit at your own risk and peril! If the information about you going to see "Serenity" got into the wrong hands... oh the humanity!

Q: Why are you asking for money?
A: We're not, you're confused. The cost of this project comes from our own bankroll, not the fans. There was a site, BrowncoatsRiseAgain.com that was accepting donations for a short period of time, but refunded everyone's money. I met with the organizers of that site a few days ago. Andrew and Ty are both standup guys, and great fans. I was so impressed by their operation and fervor that I will be bringing them onb

RIVER6213

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:32 AM

Joss won't get back to doing Firefly until he's finished screwing up the making of Wonder Woman. Once that's done, he'll RUN back to Firefly.

DAX82

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:35 AM

Thanks for laying it out for us. I gave my info a couple a days ago.

RKLENSETH

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:46 AM

Well, all of that made sense but out of curiousity, what are you going for? Are you going for a direct to video release or an actual TV broadcast or whoever pays the most in the end?

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

GLOBLABSURDITY

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:55 AM

I'm gonna keep this short and sweet--
Thank you from the bottom of my heart & bless you!
Cheers! I have hope.

*Never judge a book by it's movie*
*The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs it, leaving on the canvas a less dark,less sharp version of the truth*--D.Koontz (Forever Odd)

MISTERDRGN

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:55 AM

Just so you know, that wasn't an actual posting from the maker. That was a copy of the post made here:

http://www.serenitymovie.org/browncoats/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1580

NDRAGE85

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:57 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by rklenseth:
Well, all of that made sense but out of curiousity, what are you going for? Are you going for a direct to video release or an actual TV broadcast or whoever pays the most in the end?

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

that might be up to the "highest bidder" as he put it.

SAMEERTIA

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:59 AM

Thank you, Underhill!

You have to pardon our skepticism. We've seen so many scams, and half-hatched plans that never come to fruition that we watch our backs.

You have my interest, now.
I wish you'd come forward to Haken, Gossi and other very well-known members of the fan community first, We tend to trust who we know.

When you say "to the highest bidder" does that include possibility of televised syndication? Or are we strictly discussing webcast and dvd sales?

GRIMJACK21502

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 2:02 AM

Let's not question everything...especially someone that is not asking for money.

This is a way for the powers-that-be to know how many of us are ready for a second season.

I'm in.

"And once you're gone, you can never come back
When you're out of the blue and into the black"
-Neil Young

FORGOTN

Tuesday, January 24, 2006 2:10 AM

I am basically just restating what i said on the other post about this topic but.

THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU

This looks like a doable version of our dream and if it comes to fruition then yes I will buy each and every episode these guys put out.

Assuming that Joss is on board with the whole thing.

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