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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Exactly right on that point. We need the controlled organization of a leader, and we need to put down all the ideas of this thread into one simple, bulleted proposal. Thats the only way to be taken seriously.
Right now, as a mess we can be shrugged off. I heard the rain analogy earlier so I'm going to run with it.
A small shower can be ignored, but a thunderstorm is a force of nature to be reckoned with. We need to join together and controlled to be that force.
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You people are amazing - you have so much energy!
My hopes for any web site that is created for this world wide event are:
1. State the first, main objective: Spread the word to all Browncoats for a call to buy a copy of the DVD Serenity (first) or Firefly (second) on the date of June 23rd. The purchase of the dvds is the single largest positive act we can do to effect the return of a sequel or a tv series. There’s really no way to state that any better: June 23rd happens and we all buy a Serenity DVD.
Plus:
2. To provide a list of where special screenings of Serenity are going to be held and when on that day.
3. To provide a resource for banners to use by fans in bulletin boards or fan sites - whereever - for promoting #1.
4. For those that want to go beyond the initial idea, to provide printable text that can be downloaded for letters to:
A: local media outlets to announce the event for added buzz.
B. to be sent to Universal to congratulate them on their taking the chance on Serenity and that we eagerly await their decision to make a sequel.
Main Big Thing: Buy Serenity June 23rd! I can’t wait! I’m looking forward to seeing who I might run into doing the same thing!
Scifi movie music + Firefly dialogue clips, 24 hours a day - http://www.scifiradio.net
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Let's hope people reading all of those different "versions" of June 23rd won't get confused. Someone needs to work on the DEFINITE plan and spread the TRUE word.
As it is now, I guess a lot of people who heard about this just know they're supposed to buy the DVD. However, as far as I know, the plan is to ORDER IT FROM AMAZON. That way, it climbs WAY up the amazon rankings and has more of an impact.
See, confusion right there. It's great there's so much input by everyone, but we need someone to make stuff OFFICIAL and summarize it on the website.
The website has to be factual and instructional and up-to-date.
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"They just float out there, sending out re... raver... reading parties." - Alan Tudyk
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Since we can't possible have all the mail arrive at Universal at the same time (the postal system doesn't just work well enough) I say we start the letter campaign nine days before June 23. That way we can send postcards with a theme, a different character each day. And finally, on Serenity day, the tenth day, it will be the Serenity theme.
All we need now is organization and participation. Can't wait for the web site to get up and running.
One day.
One plan.
One army of browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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Originally posted by Dewrastler:
Since we can't possible have all the mail arrive at Universal at the same time (the postal system doesn't just work well enough) I say we start the letter campaign nine days before June 23. That way we can send postcards with a theme, a different character each day. And finally, on Serenity day, the tenth day, it will be the Serenity theme.
All we need now is organization and participation. Can't wait for the web site to get up and running.
One day.
One plan.
One army of browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
Great idea. This will also satisfy the "Why not make it 2 days/one WEEK" - people on here. We'll send a letter every day the nine days prior to June 23rd, and since we "warn" Universal that something big is going to happen, they might think it's the great letter campaign and go "Grooooan...", and then BOOM! Amazon is a few ten thousand copies short on Serenity DVDs. That oughta put a smile and/or puzzled look on the faces of the Universal people.
Uhm, who's the webmaster here? FollowMal? Maybe we could make some kind of announcement on the front page (last update has been in January, anyways...).
As soon as we have someone in charge, they can open another, official thread... this one is getting kinda long again...
WE'RE STILL WITHOUT LEADERSHIP HERE, HEEEEEEEEELP!
I don't even know who's a veteran and who's a newbie, so please, some veteran who knows what they're doing, take charge!
Nice sig, Dewrastler.
EDIT: Hm, btw, someone should talk to the Serenity/Equality people and ask what they think about the plan, since technically, it's THEIR day.
But I think they won't mind.
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One day.
One plan.
One army of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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In case you missed the massive attempt to co-ordinate this effort and get everybody in the same boat and doing the same thing
www.straightfromthehorsesmouth.co.uk/firefly
it is an open poll i started about how we as a community can pull together and decided, what where gonna call it, and what we gonna do.
Its like in the comments at the begining of this thread, there are to many thing going on all at the same time, to many threads and discussions about what are we gonna do. get to the link above and vote about how were gonna do this, because if we are, we might as well do it properly.
SPREAD THE WORD! THIS IS GOING TO BE THE BIGGEST COMMUNITY EFFORT IN THE PLANET!!!
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I thought that was a good sounding signature myself too, so I took it and ran. Just going for the whole unity thing until we can get official banners going.
Plus, I just think it sums up what we're all doing here really well. Now that we've all been talking this through for a good while, time for some action. I'm ready, just need some help steering myself in the right direction.
One day.
One plan.
One army of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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As well as buying the BDM, might we all want to preorder the shiny new Firefly Official Companion (Volume ONE!) on the same day?
Jana
You can't take the sky from me...
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If you want to... the more money they make on the franchise, the happier everyone will be.
But everything except the Serenity DVD is NOT MANDATORY.
If we have to decide about too many things, none of them will get done right, so let's concentrate on the DVD and helping the Serenity Now/Equality Now-people in arranging screenings (did anyone check with them about the charity thing for Equality now and how that works?). I like the letter campaign, too.
Okay, so doesn't anyone WANT to take charge of this project or are you all just shy little mice?
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One day.
One plan.
One army of browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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well, i'm planing on having a screening in my city so i've been doing some reasearch on the whole bit.
You have to find a venue that will agree to have the charity screening. Becuase june 23rd is on a friday, they may not be happy to give up revenue on a friday so they're planing the week of the 23rd as the last possible resort if you cna't book a 23rd.
You then contact either the universal represenative that the venue has contact with, or the universal rep. listed on the website. This will take care of the legality of the event.
After that, you have to advertize, create tickets, find the right movie medium (do movie theaters require movie reels for example? or can they play the DVD we own?)
I'm in buffalo and we have a lot of old theaters that play independant films... my plan is to have SEVERAL airings on that friday to reach the whole county in these theaters.
The briliance of this plan is that it's made for the charity, so that means advertizing will be easy becuase news stations, radio, all types of media will advertize this event if you spread the word correctly.
some of my ideas with the serenity screening is that I was thinking of trying to find a financial backer (maybe the movie groups?) that will sell the movie, series AFTER the airing and also donate the procedes to the charity. My guess is that if they liked the movie, they may want to pick it up right after ya know?
also: have we found someone to write up the "offical" letter we're mailing out? I'd voluenteer but i'm not the best choice for writing.
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