Browncoat Army: Serenity Day, June 23rd
POSTED BY: Kaele
UPDATED: Thursday, April 27, 2006 05:25
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Edited to state:
In case anyone is interested, I deleted this post before the following reply showed up. Paths in cyber space must have crossed.
Took my brain a few minutes to realize the connection with was with "brown" not "army.
11th Hour
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11thHour,
The combination of the terms ONE, ARMY and Browncoat, for those of us who actually know our history, is very reminiscent of the Nazi 'Brownshirts'. It could potentially be harmful to our cause.
Now, I'm gettin a little sick of you running in and attacking everything I say. If we're to be "one army", fine, so be it. I'm only saying that it's not the best way to get our point across, and we could very well turn off the very new fans we'd be trying to reach.
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Here's what I've come up with for a letter so far. Any suggestions what to keep, add, or subtract to it?
Dear Universal,
On June 23, we Browncoats, the fans of Joss Whedon’s Serenity, will take action to show our support for this film and all those who brought it to life. This event will be done alongside and in support of the Serenity Now/Equality Now charity screenings of Serenity across the United States.
Our event is an international one. On this day Browncoats around the world will join together to deliver a simple message. We are a strong, existing fan base, our numbers are constantly growing, and we want more.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
Sincerely,
Browncoat ____________
One day.
One plan.
One army of Browncoats.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
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Originally posted by pirata:Quote:
P.S: I have a dozen friends interested in what Serenity and Firefly are, I will ask them not to purchase the DVDs yet untill June 23rd.
Wrong move!!
You don't know yet if the plan will be successful... let them buy the DVDs now. Chances are that they'll become browncoats and buy MORE copies on the Day
Goes to show no one knows my friends, they wouldnt buy more than one copy, to be honest i dont think they would become browncoats, just watch the DVD and move on, so the best i can do with them to that they get the DVDs on the 23rd of June, so the plan has a bigger chance of working. It dont matter, they still get to see it, just have to wait alittle longer, i keep feeding them info which makes them want to watch it more and more so they dont give up and forget about it.
Also for everyone else, a list of Firefly Serenity sites:
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/
Greatz!
CaptainJosh
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Originally posted by SameErtia:
11thHour,
The combination of the terms ONE, ARMY and Browncoat, for those of us who actually know our history, is very reminiscent of the Nazi 'Brownshirts'. It could potentially be harmful to our cause.
Now, I'm gettin a little sick of you running in and attacking everything I say. If we're to be "one army", fine, so be it. I'm only saying that it's not the best way to get our point across, and we could very well turn off the very new fans we'd be trying to reach.
While you were typing this message I had already gone back and deleted my post. I didn't at first make the connection, then I remembered it was the brown coloring of the uniforms you were referring to. Then it made sense.
I came back to check messages and saw your post, but my post was already gone... it's a timing thing.
I didn't realize that it seemed like I was attacking everything you say. I simply bring up points when I see posts which may take things in an unhelpful direction. If you notice, I've responded to other peoples' posts too.
Maybe it's because I've been around since the beginning, but I see some ideas replayed from the past and I'm just trying to head off potential pitfalls. We fans learned a lot through our campaigns, I'm throwing in my experience when I think it's needed.
I'm not trying to run anything, just offering some experienced advice to help out the cause.
11th Hour
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Originally posted by 11thHour:
PLEASE REMEMBER EVERYONE ~
Buying the Firefly DVD does NOT give money to FOX TV... they are not in the money stream on this one anymore. They were just the back birth TV Network that had GOLD in their hands and screwed it up.
FOX Home Entertainment made sure that a show that only was broadcast for half a season, (yet continued to have a VERY dedicated fanbse) got to be made into a DVD boxset.
Hey there 11thHour, thank you for clarifying the corporate relationships for me. This is very helpful. If I can swing purchasing the FF DVD, I can now do it with a clear conscience!
"Wanna?" – Mal to Kaylee, Out of Gas
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trying to do my part. I put the word out on a couple of message boards (non firefly related). I'd be great if you guys registered (free) and said a few words for encouragment. Thanks.
[url] http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=67044 [/url]
[url] http://www.theouthousers.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=458 [/url]
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Holy god!
First I'd like to wish everyone Happy Easter!
I cannot believe how far this has gone since I've checked last night!
I'd like to help, I'm no good with the computer though. I'm going to try to spread the word via myspace (since that's the biggest medium of communication these days) today.
And of course, i'm in the works of my own screening in buffalo, so that's my contribution. I'll be happy to help more though!
The most recent revision of the letter is good but the only correction I can point out is that canada is also part of this effort so maybe you can re-word "United States" to "North America" instead. Otherwise, i think it's gold!
Keep up the good work gents and ladies! If we keep the speed we're at, we'll sure be sucessful come june!
-Ian
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Originally posted by Hera:
Hey there 11thHour, thank you for clarifying the corporate relationships for me. This is very helpful. If I can swing purchasing the FF DVD, I can now do it with a clear conscience!
You're most welcome!
Lots of folks don't realize all the corporate entity relationships... there are so many "Foxes" it can get confuzzled.
We just need to separate the smart, sleek, shiny foxes from the low-down, mangy, skanky, half-wit foxes... heh...
11th
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Originally posted by Dewrastler:
Here's what I've come up with for a letter so far. Any suggestions what to keep, add, or subtract to it?
Dear Universal,
On June 23, we Browncoats, the fans of Joss Whedon’s Serenity, will take action to show our support for this film and all those who brought it to life. This event will be done alongside and in support of the Serenity Now/Equality Now charity screenings of Serenity across the United States.
Our event is an international one. On this day Browncoats around the world will join together to deliver a simple message. We are a strong, existing fan base, our numbers are constantly growing, and we want more.
On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.
Sincerely,
Browncoat ____________
Well done... spirited, affirmative, and showing Universal we're still holding.
Good job!
11th Hour
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