Get up and do Something!!!
POSTED BY: maxrimstain
UPDATED: Thursday, May 4, 2006 00:54
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Originally posted by maxrimstain:
Spread the word.... 23rd June Re-Unification Day - Fox, Universal, Sci-Fi here we come!
Heck, it's easy enough for me to remember, my brother's b-day is the 22nd (I think I know what one of his belated gifts is going to be :)
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You can take my hope when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.
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Arabikum gave us the web address to Letters to George (Lucas). Thanks.
I vented, thus:
Quote:
Dearest George:
How could you take the 'baddest', most completely dark character in the history of cinema and turn him into a whiny little bitch?
Of all the injuries perpetrated on a beloved franchise and its long-suffering fans, this one cuts the deepest: making Vader a caricature of the archetypal villain we all knew and loved to hate.
Holy Annakin-on-stilts, Batman! What were you thinking?
Love Always,
zoid
(a.k.a. 'Robin', but don't tell anyone; it's a secret identity)
P.S.
Oh, wait. I already know the answer: 'dead presidents'. Please disregard.
Instead, do you think Princesses are really irresistably attracted to self-confessed infanticidal sociopaths? I don't know many women who would bear the children of a man who had admitted to the wholesale slaughter of "women and children". But maybe political careerwomen hear that and go, "Oooh! I love him so! I want some of that in my womb!", hmmm? We obviously hang out in different circles of humanity, you and I.
Whew! Been needing to get that off my chest. Feeling better, now...
As to sending money and writing letters, et cetera:
All the letter writing has been done and continues to be done, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly.
So, I'm gonna have to agree with Maxrimstain. Y'all need to send money.
(NB: Please don't ever explain how you came up with that screen name; I already feel like I know too much.)
Except one little wiggle on ol' Max's idea: You should send the money to me, instead of him/her. Preferably in cash or other untraceable negotiable instruments. ...Like wire transfers. Just thinking out-of-the-box: Jewelry and other valuable family heirlooms would likewise be acceptable. Just be sure to insure them. We want to make sure that all this money gets into the right pockets to keep our dream alive...
Interested parties should contact me at mo.money.mo.money.mo.money@fleecem_bilkum_and_robb.com.
For the less trusting, you could always buy Firefly and Serenity DVDs (Buy.com's got FF for $23.99 at http://tinyurl.com/mygsp, and BDM for $17.75 at http://tinyurl.com/p6f4a, for example) and then pray to your 'Higher Power' (whutzhername) that somebody in a corporate office will say, "Hmmm. Lookit that. Money."
In fact, maybe someone will like that whole 'making money' concept so much that they'll deliver some fresh product. Just a pipe dream, I know; but it's my dream.
Enterprisingly,
zoid
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"I aim to misbehave." -Capt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity, a.k.a. 'the BDBOF'
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I'm off to my relatives for the weekend, so I can't type much, but I will when I get back.
Just spread the word about everyone ordering a Serenity DVD on June 23rd and get people excited! And myaybe some of you could work on the details and get more feedback or something. I'd like to help, but I won't have internet until monday night.
A website would be great, MAXRIMSTAIN... Hooray! 
Alright, happy easter, I must depart. Adieu! Be mighty!
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"They just float out there, sending out re... raver... reading parties." - Alan Tudyk
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I like the idea of a Worldwide Firefly Day.
(What date is U-Day, exactly? Is it ever said?)
Look how "talk like a Pirate Day" has become a phenomenon - something like that could just be the beginning!
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23 June it's set!
Great stuff!!!
I'll buy a copy of the High Definition DVD, even though I won't surely have the player, by then.
Great stuff guys!
Let's not miss coordination here!
THIS IS GOING TO BE MASSIVE!
IF WE MAKE IT HAPPEN, THEY'LL HAVE TO REPORT IT ON THE NEWS, TOO!!
It'd be the first coordinated, mass-order in history!
Imagine the kind of publicity, here!!!!!
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Things to be done
1. get the idea (s) together in one place (make an informative website
2. post to all the Firefly/ Serenity boards the big and small ones
3. Create a banner that folks can use linking to #1
Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse
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Originally posted by artcat81:
Things to be done
1. get the idea (s) together in one place (make an informative website
2. post to all the Firefly/ Serenity boards the big and small ones
3. Create a banner that folks can use linking to #1
Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse
I have time and energy to help with this so if I'm not stepping on any toes I'd like to follow up on #2, contacting as many Firefly sites as possible with the idea and hope they post a notice or banner. Here's a start of a list of active Firefly sites I've found, if any of you know of others that would be good to contact please post in this thread. If nothing else we'll have a good links list.
http://www.fireflyfans.net/
http://www.serenitymovie.org/
http://www.serenitystuff.com/
http://stillflying.net/
http://www.firefly-tvs.com/
http://www.browncoatsriseagain.com/
http://www.fireflyseason2.com/
http://www.donetheimpossible.com/
http://www.browncoats.com/
http://www.chosentwo.com/firefly/main.php
http://www.scifispace.com/index.php
http://still-flying.net/
http://angel-btvs.co.uk/
http://www.sunnydale-slayers.com/firefly/index.html
http://www.bytesend-inc.com/firefly/ff/firefly1.htm
http://fireflyers.net/
http://www.firefly-support.com/
http://fireflydvd.com/wp/
http://www.loony-archivist.com/pretty/
http://www.entil2001.com/series/firefly/firefly.html
http://fireflyfunsite.home.att.net/
http://teland.com/ffrecs.html
http://www.bureau42.com/view/1725
http://afan.dk/firefly/
http://www.davonline.com/serenity/seren.shtml
http://www.fireflywiki.org/pmwiki.php/Profiles/DoyceTesterman
http://firefly.shriftweb.org/index.shtml
http://bigdamnboard.com/
http://www.mts.net/%7earphaxad/firefly.html
http://fireflychinese.home.att.net/
http://www.geocities.com/elaine1899/fireflyfic.htm
http://www.bigdamnchefs.com/
Still need:
Email text - any talented writers have words?
fwiw fireflyday.com is available...
Scifi movie music + Firefly dialogue clips, 24 hours a day - http://www.scifiradio.net
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Remember to add the first official Firefly forum to the links list!
http://forums.prospero.com/foxfirefly
It's still a very active fan message board.
11th Hour
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Hitting Amazon.com on June 23rd sounds like a great idea (except for the fact that I'll be traveling overseas). My only worry is that we will be saving up for this event, putting off buying it when we normally would have for one reason or another, and the days around it will suffer.
One day is great... but how about a week? How about dividing up and having a group buy their copy once each day of the week leading up to June 23rd? We can divide alphabetically by last name or something to that effect. That way, the BDM stays at the top for a whole week.
Any thoughts?
Jana
You can't take the sky from me...
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Ladies & Gents,
I'm just going to summarise what we seem to have so far. Looks like a plan. Then, if no one minds awfully, I'd like to plant a new thread summarising said plan. It gets a little tangled round here sometimes. I apologise if I'm being presumptuous; all I've really done is shout at my computer screen with glee. Seems like everyone else has been putting in some legwork. Also sorry if this seems superfluous - I just need to get it straight in my head. Here goes:
THE DAY:
23 June
THE NAME:
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So far...Re-unification Day or Independents Day.
(I'm maybe a little concerned that these are too obscure. If we're doing this in public, does it need to be more direct?)
THE AIM:
(1) Celebration of all things Firefly/Serenity related.
(2) To give a CONCENTRATED market signal to Amazon/Universal/Fox/anyone else interested that there is a MASSIVE fan base out here.
(3) To spread the word.
THE ACTION:
(1)Ask all fans to buy/rent BDM/boxsets/HD DVD/any other related merchandise, within their means. Cue market spike.
(2)Organisation of screenings etc. The US list is massively impressive (I'm going to see what I can do in Edinuburgh). It's just co ordinating things, and TELLING PEOPLE THIS IS HAPPENING.
(3)potential spreading of flyers/stickers etc. 11th hour, I absolutely adore your flyers. Can I pass the link on?
(4)surplus DVD donations to libraries/'book crossings' i.e. just leaving them around for people to find and enjoy. Another beloved idea.
(5) Co ordination and spreading the word to all other fansites. That was a really comprehensive list, Kuangzhede; I'm wondering if you and Maxrimstain shouldn't get together re a website. Technowizards that you are.
(6) http://www.letterstogeorge.com. This tickles me some, Arbikum! It's kind of a stunt, but if EVERYONE sent him one on June 23, it has to generate some kind of attention.
WHAT'S MISSING?
A major concern I have is that we need to say to Universal/Fox/SciFi Channel/Joss et al/any other SciFi media contacts anyone has...LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO. i.e. to build anticipation, and then show them how many we are. Someone (Pizmobeach?) posted the http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com link for Universal...any other contacts?
Also: feedback from elders/cynics/the experienced would be good. Re the Family Guy refs from Tarrish and Mutinousmuse - it shows we can beat them using their own weapons!
Again, I'm sorry to be quite so anal about it all. Just wanted a summary. Like I said, I'd quite like to post a new thread presenting all this info. Feedback? Also, Agatsu, could I use the quote about 'ONE day, ONE plan etc.' (fully accredited, of course!)? It's so good...
Damn, could you tell I was a prefect at school?
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