Serenity for the Troops??

POSTED BY: fireflygal
UPDATED: Sunday, February 26, 2006 16:18
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FIREFLYGAL

Friday, February 17, 2006 10:20 PM

A while back a Browncoat spoke to the Navy, set up a donation thread and The Browncoats donated money to buy sets of Firefly to send to the troops. Is it possible for this same person, who has the contacts to start another donation to send copies of Serenity to the guys and gals overseas?

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FIREFLYGAL

Friday, February 17, 2006 10:59 PM

You guys are reading this but no thoughts or opinions?

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MEIMEIMEG

Friday, February 17, 2006 11:10 PM

I think it's a great idea, but I wouldn't know how to set it up. A few guys from my husband's unit are in Iraq right now, and I sent them several copies of Serenity, but they are the only people I know personally who are over there. And from what I understand, you have to send packages to a specific person, not a unit.

But if someone has any ideas, I'd be more than happy to donate another couple of copies of Serenity to the cause of bored troops everywhere. (and, of course, potential new converts...)

FOLLOWMAL

Friday, February 17, 2006 11:48 PM

I think it's a brilliant idea. I don't know how to get it going, but I'll contribute in any way that I can.

My daughter has many friends on tour in Iraq and I know they love to receive stuff to watch and do, so this is a shiny idea.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

GRIZWALD

Saturday, February 18, 2006 2:39 AM

Check out anysoldier.com. It will give you specific names to send to. It also has a search feature where you can put in, say, "dvd" and it will pull up all the units that are asking for dvds.

RIVER6213

Saturday, February 18, 2006 2:49 AM

I dont know if its really a good idea. I mean, when the guys in Iraq see Firefly and Serenity, they may suddnely see themselves as the Alliance fighting the Independents. What if the Iraqis see it and get all inspired? Can you imagine a whole bunch of Iraqi-Mals fighting their war of independence from the evil old Alliance? (America) That would be a mess.

AURAPTOR

Saturday, February 18, 2006 2:52 AM

Heck yeah..I donated to that. It was a long time ago..it seems. I'd donate to this as well. Specifics?

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FIREFLYGAL

Monday, February 20, 2006 1:08 AM

Phew, thought I was the only thinking this was a good idea. If anyone reading this has any contacts with the person that took care of it for the Firefly DVD's, please steer them to this post. They had the account set up and the Navy contacts so it doesn't make much sense to start from ground zero again.

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GROOSALUGG

Monday, February 20, 2006 4:17 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by RiveR6213:
I dont know if its really a good idea. I mean, when the guys in Iraq see Firefly and Serenity, they may suddnely see themselves as the Alliance fighting the Independents. What if the Iraqis see it and get all inspired? Can you imagine a whole bunch of Iraqi-Mals fighting their war of independence from the evil old Alliance? (America) That would be a mess.

Somehow I'm not too worried about that. (*wishes for a

emoticon*)

Speaking as one of those "evil" Americans, I'd love to see a collection of BDM DVDs taken up and donated. All those other "evil" Americans currently serving in our "evil old Alliance" military deserve the best we can give them, and like any other person with good taste, I'm sure they'd love Serenity.

And FYI--the Iraqis aren't fighting the "evil" Americans anymore, because they already got their independence--from Saddam Hussein. Remember him? And who got it for them? Why, the "evil old Alliance," America. Imagine that. The only ones fighting over there now are the Al Qaeda-supported terrorists who like to set off car bombs and blow women and little kids up. And if they get their hands on copies of the BDM and start acting like Mal, that'd be great. 'Cause you know what Mal has that they don't? Honor. When's the last time we saw him set off a bomb in a crowded marketplace and kill a bunch of innocent people?

Maybe that'll happen in Serenity 2...

KNIBBLET

Monday, February 20, 2006 1:07 PM

http://www.fireflyfans.net/news.asp?newsid=488
Here's the press release from March of 2004.

http://www.fireflyfans.net/troopsdvd.asp
Here is the original request for funds. I wouldn't expect the Paypal link to still work.

Perhaps you can get answers here.

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/MN-Firefly/ Big Damn Shindigity Good Time
http://www.fireflytalk.com - Big Damn Podcast

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