LADIES & GENTS, IF Y'ALL COULD LEND ME YOUR PRETTY LITTLE EARS...
POSTED BY: Rach
UPDATED: Saturday, April 29, 2006 18:28
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YOU ALL GOT ON BOARD FOR DIFFERENT REASONS.
But we've all got something in common. And we could do something about it. Celebrate it, remember it, and act on it. Know what? We're gonna.
The 'Get Up & Do Something' thread has been running for sometime, and some suggestions have been made, some plans have been formed. The key words are co ordination and concentration. There's no pressure. But it's an option if you want to.
WHEN: June 23rd.
THE GOAL:
(1) To celebrate all things FF/Serenity.
(2) To co ordinate and concentrate a market signal to Universal/Fox/Cast n'crew/the whole damn 'verse that there is a massive fan base poised out here on the raggedy edge.
(3) To spread the word.
THE ACTION:
(1) Buy Serenity. Simple as that.
- Why this? Because if it happens with this ONE item on this ONE day, it's a concentrated action that can't be ignored. Appreciate that so many have already spent a lot of time/energy/money on this. Think of it as spreading the word; donate the copy to a library/leave on the back seat of the bus for someone to coo over. Take it home and polish it.If you can't buy, rent. Or get someone else to. The point is, an action that will register. On THIS day.
(2) Organise a local screening; for charity, for kicks, for friends.
- There's a hugely impressive amount of activity already planned for this day in the US. Check out
ArtCat81's posting on thread http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=19719&m=284838#284838
for listings. UK fans, start thinkin'.I'm in Edinburgh, and going to have a scout round to see what I can do. And if enough happens, someone call the press.
(3)Flyering/stickering activity.
- Check out 11thhour's site http://the11thhour.home.att.net for the shiniest flyers possible. Do with them as you will.
(4) Co ordination and communication to all other fansites. To let them know what's happening. To build anticipation.
- There are some who are willing to do this: hopefully a central website will be going up soon where people can post planned activity for the day, and sign up interest etc.
This isn't just me ranting. It's been discussed on the other thread - I'm just trying to clarify things somewhat for those are as interested. Nor trying to undermine the work that's gone before. For all those frustrated newbies out there who came crashing in after the first battle had been won, this is your chance to act. For the veterans, advice and experience are needed badly.
I'm leaving it to Agatsu to sum up why. He said it better.
'Too many of our plans seem to fail because there are too many plans - too many petitions for the same thing (hurting the cause in the end), too many people standing on too many soapboxes calling for too many revolutions on too many days.
ONE is the number here.
ONE day, ONE plan, ONE army of browncoats.
Universal may not notice the drops of rain on their Firefly franchise field, but they'll notice
when it starts pouring...'
Whatever you do, do somethin'. Alls I know, come June 23...
I AIM TO MISBEHAVE.
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I know will all pull it off. No one in the world of media will expect it. It'll be just like serenity valley except will win this time. I lve in suffolk virginia and im one of the only ones that know of it and care so much about itt. I will make it known. Email me for any needed help.
crab117@hotmail.com
is there a screening in richmond
Someday the verse will spit in your soup but at least they gave you soup.
-Our mission as browncoats is to make us known.
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.... Maybe a rash of stickers will break out on stop signs in my community.
I don't know.
I wouldn't have anything to do with something like that......
-aztechrome
"Where is the difference between work and love? Show me..." (JLG Passion)
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Quote:
Originally posted by Rach:
I'm leaving it to Agatsu to sum up why. He said it better.
'Too many of our plans seem to fail because there are too many plans - too many petitions for the same thing (hurting the cause in the end), too many people standing on too many soapboxes calling for too many revolutions on too many days.
ONE is the number here.
ONE day, ONE plan, ONE army of browncoats.
Universal may not notice the drops of rain on their Firefly franchise field, but they'll notice
when it starts pouring...'
Whatever you do, do somethin'. Alls I know, come June 23...
I AIM TO MISBEHAVE.
I'm in. I'll be spreading this to all the places I frequent and putting up flyers and of course buying the DVD on the 23rd.
Click here http://www.serenitymovie.org/browncoats/forums/index.php?showtopic=478
0 for info about the Appreciatin' Nathan Crew, Mal's Bunk, and how to join.
FM- Shepherd of the Appreciatin' Nathan Crew
" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal
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Ok can we have a reminder of this as it gets closer? my moms birthday is the day before and I might forget.
Are there any places out there I can find stickers, like official stickers of Firefly stuff?
Under a Blag Flag We Shall Sail
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I'm in. (Also, I want to bump this back up to the top so everybody will see it.)
When we get closer to the date, a reminder would not go amiss.
"We need to keep our heads so we can ... keep our heads."
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im all over it. this is a great idea.
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seriosly though we should call it serenity day. its to the point and new fans may not recognize the browncoats or independents references. and isnt that what the aim is to get more new fans and generate more money? plus for just the people on this and other sites, a thread titles "serenity day" would tickle a bit more interest for more views/replies.
also i think it should be either a week long or weekend long event (fri , sat, sun)
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Uh, why not Unification Day?
After all, we're Unifying the fans, right?
And I'm in!
JUNE 23RD.
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Quote:
Originally posted by SameErtia:
Uh, why not Unification Day?
After all, we're Unifying the fans, right?
Uh... "Unification Day" is the day the Alliance got control of the planets... and by the way, defeated the Independents.
Why would we want to name this after the day the Feds took over and crushed the spirited Browncoats?!
"Serenity Day", as Beans suggested above, may be the best choice so far... especially because we are aiming for this day to get media attention. By calling it "Serenity Day" we are putting the name "Serenity" out there. We WANT the publicity for the movie and for people to make the connection. Non-fans will not be able to connect names like "Unification" or "Independents" with the Serenity movie.
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