Get up and do Something!!!
POSTED BY: maxrimstain
UPDATED: Thursday, May 4, 2006 00:54
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Come you lot, stop sitting around thinking about how great season 2 of Firefly would be, and lets bloody do something about it! As in one of my previous posts, if were gonna make some noise we need to direct it in the right direction, talking about: "what if we did this, what if we did that, what if we raised this much" aint goona achieve anything.
There are almost 20'000 members of Fireflyfans.net, thats plenty to ruffle some feathers. We need to contact Whendon personally on this matter, i've tried a few websites linked to him but cannot get an answer as to whether they would be willing to pass on an email to him.
If we can find out what it will take to get Firefly back on the air, we can focus all our efforts on reaching a target. Possibly Fox, Universal or Sci-fi would consider Firefly season 2 if we : raised $10'000 for example, got a 500-000 to 1-000-000 petition organised, we need to find out. Like i said before I can arrange a dedicated website to take the donations and count the emails of who wants more Firefly, BUT we need direction as to whether we fighting a losing battle or if our efforts will actually work.
Dont be put off by my example I would think that they are realisitic examples of what would be needed, but just think about the publicity WORLD WIDE that we would recieve for our cause, Fans forcing a Studio to bring back a TV show, news rooms, blogs, podcasts, radio stations and word of mouth there would be masses of advertising, which means that Firefly would get the exposure it deserves, which means more fans, which in turn means more voices of our cause. Think of it as a world wide snow ball that we would end up throwing at the fats cats at Fox.
We need to stop whining, and get something positive done, out of the near 20'000 members of fireflyfans.net there has to be a few who know of someway to get a personal message to Joss Whedon, drop him an email, phone call or letter what ever, and get him to this thread and email me
hagiebavlos@aol.com
about what we need to do to get his masterpiece back on track!
Success is only a matter of how far you think you can go, and I'm going all the way!
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its no joke im ready to do something about it at least we can try
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I think everyone here has contributed to petitions and such over the years, in fact that was a big part in how Serenity came to be.
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It... kind of hurts my feelings that you would act like none of us here have done anything.
Talking about what I'd like to see in another season or movie is a good way to get my fix, you know, since it hasn't happened yet, but that doesn't mean that's all I do. 
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Bloody Hell, your all talking like you've already been defeated, the point im trying to make is: If we want Joss Whendon to continue the Firefly franchise and have a major Tv/Film company pick it up, we need to direct our efforts into something that we know will make a difference.
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How. Exactly. Is saying "it hasn't happened YET" talking like I've already been defeated?
Liu kou shui de biao-zi he hou-zi de ben er-zi.
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Bible's broken. Doesn't make sense.
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Originally posted by maxrimstain:
Bloody Hell, your all talking like you've already been defeated, the point im trying to make is: If we want Joss Whendon to continue the Firefly franchise and have a major Tv/Film company pick it up, we need to direct our efforts into something that we know will make a difference.
I can appreciate your enthusiasm Maxrimstain, but you are focusing your efforts in the wrong direction.
Take it from an ol' browncoat that has been here since the show was on the air, we have tried it all. We did the letter campaign, email campaigns, post card campaigns, petitions, you name it. If it was a possible way of saving Firefly we did it.
Where our focus needs to be right now is on pushing the "Serenity" DVD as much as possible. Universal has Joss & the cast signed to do two more movies if the first one is successful. Since we barely got the movie budget back between domestic & foreign box office sales that means a lot of eyes are watching the DVD to see what the sales figures are going to show. In order to have a hope of a movie sequel we need to spread the word about the BDM DVD. The higher the sales figures go on the DVD, the more likely our odds of a sequel. If they are not good enough, no sequel. No sequel, little chance of a future.
So, we need to get the DVD out to new people. We need to use the tactics we have been using to push the series DVD all along & redouble our efforts to push the movie DVD. We need to show it to new people. Talk it up on message boards & blogs all over the 'net. We need to chat people up in movie rental/sales places to get them interested. Host a viewing party in your home to show the movie to friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, whoever! Post fliers in game & comic shops, bookstores, rental places (with proper permission of course). Create a buzz.
Yes, we all want the tv series back, but the only hope of that is to make the DVD a smashing success & get a sequel. A sequel will bring in more fans, more money, and make the option of a series resurrection more appealing to the powers that be.
So, Maxrimstain, there you have it. There is your direction. This is where our efforts need to be. Not on petitions and emails, but on rallying around the DVD & bringing new people into the fanbase. Trust me. If the DVD is a big success, we have a future. If it's not, well, the 'verse will get a might darker.
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This is getting quickly out of hand. Look, the fact of the matter is raising money won't do anything. Making it clear that a new TV series will raise advertising revenue will get us a new show. Simple as that. I had a post earlier to that effect.
http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=19609
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Yeah, what Browncoat1 said. Vote with your dollars. And get converts so they'll do the same!
I've personally bought the series, the movie, the comics, the novel (on order) and a couple other books.
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Bible's broken. Doesn't make sense.
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Thinking about it, news coverage of tens of thousands of fans around the WORLD combining efforts to keep Serenity in the sky would be the best advertising for FOX and Universal. Maybe there should be some global event on a set date - thousands of fans around the world doing something fun that attracts (positive) media attention.
Then again, it didn't go too well for the Enterprise people and such, and I don't know what they tried, apart from raising money and travelling back in time, neither of which worked, obviously.
EDIT: I agree about what Browncoat1 said. The thing about the DVD sales being the best way to GET UP AND DO SOMETHING! But I'm not sure that has to be the ONLY way. Besides, buying DVDs doesn't feel like really DOING something. It's not like I'm putting a lot of effort into that enormous task to walk to the store and whip out some cashy money (or just order the DVDs with a few clicks.), and I think that's what browncoats wanna do. Put an effort into it. Don't get me wrong, buying DVDs IS the best way to go, but there has to be SOMETHING.
Anyways, maybe Universal already decided against Serenity 2 and is doing a happy dance because morons like us still have their hopes up and keep coughing up dough for stuff we already own.
"They just float out there, sending out re... raver... reading parties." - Alan Tudyk
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