I Want to Cry...

POSTED BY: shinyfly
UPDATED: Tuesday, June 6, 2006 15:16
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BROWNCOAT1

Monday, June 5, 2006 3:42 PM

Listen at yourselves. Are you browncoats or what?!?

So the situation looks grim. Looks like we might not be getting a sequel at the moment. So what?!? We've been on the short end of things since the beginning people. We've been fighting an uphill battle since the day Fox shelved the "Serenity" episode pilot for Firefly and made Joss write "Train Job" as our pilot. We have fought a bad time slot, tv execs that didn't have a clue, the stereotyping sci fi shows get, preempting for sports, etc, etc.

Short of it is that the odds have been stacked against us all along. The thing that sets browncoats apart from other fans is that WE DON'T GIVE UP!!! When someone tells us it can't be done, that we're finished, we fight all that much harder to show them we can do it.

I been here a long time. Longer then most, not as long as some. Most of the vets just read and lurk now. Things have always looked bad and we have always kept flying. We went from a show that everyone scorned and laughed at when we refused to just let it go. We got a BDM, comics, cards, action figures, fan made merchandise, books, and other shiny stuff on the way. So who was wrong? Us for refusing to quit, or them for doubting our resolve.

I don't know about the rest of you, but it ain't over until Joss comes on here and says he ain't letting another thing be done because he's quitting. Then I will tell him to quit whinging and get back on the line.

Keep flyin' browncoats! It's what we do best.

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"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

Richmond, VA & surrounding area Firefly Fans:

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/richmondbrowncoats/

http://www.richmondbrowncoats.org

AGATSU

Monday, June 5, 2006 4:03 PM

I agree... if things are looking so grim, why do we get a new, highly motivated Browncoat about EVERY HOUR, on this board alone? It's apparent that Serenity "failed" because there wasn't a broad enough audience. Not enough of US.
And our numbers are growing rapidly, which is amazing for a supposedly "dead" franchise, and with the SN/EN screenings and S-Day and the Summer Campaign and the 'Versary coming up, we can reach out to a whole lot of new people who don't know what they're missing. 2006 is a shiny year to be a Browncoat.
Eventually, our numbers will have grown so big and we're gonna have spent so much money on the franchise that it will be a safe business decision to greenlight a sequel.
Just don't. give. up.

It would make for a nice statistic to see the numbers of registered members on message boards for different TV shows and compare.

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NUCLEARDAY

Monday, June 5, 2006 4:09 PM

We'll pass through the storm soon enough :)

We're Browncoats. We hold. That's what we do :P

If it takes a hundred thousand years, and we have to ressurect Joss's corpsified body to make a sequel with nothing but Summer's mummified feet and a plaster cast of Nathan's buttocks, we'll see this thing through.

Joss ever says he's quitting on the 'verse, we'll know it's an evil android created by George Lucas and deal with it accordingly.

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You can take my Browncoat when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers. (Or if Kaylee asks me nicely...)

RALEIGHBROWNCOAT

Monday, June 5, 2006 4:22 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Agatsu:
if things are looking so grim, why do we get a new, highly motivated Browncoat about EVERY HOUR, on this board alone? It's apparent that Serenity "failed" because there wasn't a broad enough audience. Not enough of US.
And our numbers are growing rapidly, which is amazing for a supposedly "dead" franchise, and with the SN/EN screenings and S-Day and the Summer Campaign and the 'Versary coming up, we can reach out to a whole lot of new people who don't know what they're missing. 2006 is a shiny year to be a Browncoat.

Exactly. I am new to these here parts and I've got several other new converts notched on my belt. And they're all comin' with me to the Raleigh screening of the BDM. I even have a couple people who have never seen Firefly or the BDM coming to the screening.

The fanbase is most definitely growing. Look at the amazon reviews of the firefly dvd. It's now over 2500 reviews that average out to 5 stars. I think there is a new review posted every day, which is pretty amazing for a dvd set released 2 1/2 years ago of a cancelled tv show. Any other similar sets that get similar almost daily reviews? I don't think so.

I just have to believe that something will come our way one of these days.

Remember what Book told Mal in the BDM? "I don't care what you believe. Just believe it."

I believe this 'verse will be alive and kickin' for quite some time.

SAMEERTIA

Monday, June 5, 2006 11:20 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by nuclearday:

If it takes a hundred thousand years, and we have to ressurect Joss's corpsified body to make a sequel with nothing but Summer's mummified feet and a plaster cast of Nathan's buttocks, we'll see this thing through.

We have a plaster cast of Nathan's buttocks?!?!?!?!?!
I wanna pet it! :D
(Actually, wonder if we could get him to do that for a charity auction for Equality Now? )

NCBROWNCOAT

Monday, June 5, 2006 11:50 PM

Hey Raleighbrowncoat-where's the sceening ? I know it's Thursday night and I live in Washington and even if I can't get Friday off I'll be there someway and somehow and be back to work at 8 a.m.Friday morning.

Everyone else-HOLD THE LINE! A slight delay in greenlighting the sequal will only make it better! Our numbers will be more and the third movie will follow. Just believe!

BTW where is that plaster cast of Nathan's buttocks?

One day.
One plan.
One army of Browncoats.

On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.

AGATSU

Monday, June 5, 2006 11:51 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SameErtia:

We have a plaster cast of Nathan's buttocks?!?!?!?!?!
I wanna pet it! :D
(Actually, wonder if we could get him to do that for a charity auction for Equality Now? )

I think that's a great idea, and I think he might be up to it. I mean, getting your butt cast in plaster to help charity, who wouldn't like to do that? What a nice piece of a...rt to hang above the fireplace!
Seriously, that thing would go for a high price, considering the female affection he gets on this board.
Then again, a plaster cast of Summer's feet would be worth something to me, too. Not that I'm a foot fetishist, but that would be wicked shiny! And signed on the corner, too! Wheeeeeeeee...

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Serenity 'Versary:
September 30th www.FireFlyFans.net
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CHRISTHECYNIC

Tuesday, June 6, 2006 12:30 AM

Ok, let me ask a question.

Who here was a fan when Firefly was cancelled?

Raise your hand if you were.

*Raises hand*

Ok, everyone who has their hand up along with me ask yourself something, when we heard there was no chance in hell of Firefly coming back in any form, that a movie was not doubtful, or insane, or stupid, but instead IMPOSSIBLE did you personally give up?

We'll you're here now so I’m betting on no.

We've done the impossible, and that means we're stubborn asses who don’t back down. We hold. That's what we do, even if it isn't intellegent or sane.

Now, everyone who was not around back then, you're here, you're the reason we will get more, you're proof we will get more. The fact that you came to us after the show was off the air, the fact that you came to us at all is all the proof you need that we have reason to hope.

You came here even though the series was canceled and the movie wasn't a huge hit. People like you will keep on coming to us, and that is why we can get more.

More to the point look around, I'll bet you that most people don't have their hands up, and each one with a hand down is one more reason hope for more is justified.

Keep on believing, and keep on spreading the word, and remember that no one ever did the impossible by giving up.

ONTHEDRIFT

Tuesday, June 6, 2006 12:43 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by christhecynic:
Ok, let me ask a question.

Who here was a fan when Firefly was cancelled?

Raise your hand if you were.

*Raises hand*

Ok, everyone who has their hand up along with me ask yourself something, when we heard there was no chance in hell of Firefly coming back in any form, that a movie was not doubtful, or insane, or stupid, but instead IMPOSSIBLE did you personally give up?

We'll you're here now so I’m betting on no.

We've done the impossible, and that means we're stubborn asses who don’t back down. We hold. That's what we do, even if it isn't intellegent or sane.

Now, everyone who was not around back then, you're here, you're the reason we will get more, you're proof we will get more. The fact that you came to us after the show was off the air, the fact that you came to us at all is all the proof you need that we have reason to hope.

You came here even though the series was canceled and the movie wasn't a huge hit. People like you will keep on coming to us, and that is why we can get more.

More to the point look around, I'll bet you that most people don't have their hands up, and each one with a hand down is one more reason hope for more is justified.

Keep on believing, and keep on spreading the word, and remember that no one ever did the impossible by giving up.

Thanks Christhenotsocynicalasyou'dhaveusbelieve. I needed that wake-up call/hope. I myself am a browncoat who couldn't raise their hand, I didn't discover the verse until well after cancellation. So everything is always shinier in the daytime. And thanks to all the Browncoats leaving such inspiring posts I feel the will to hold has returned with new fervor. Intelligence and sanity be damned - I'll stay with the Browncoats who simply BELIEVE.

Just give me something to aim at in the meantime, just a wee bit of pent up frustration.

13

Tuesday, June 6, 2006 12:57 AM

Hey, Xero's back.

Joy.

Why is he obsessed with bullwhips?

Compensation? Physical weakness? Mentally disturbed?

More later.

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13, First Mate of the 'Heart of Haven'
and Honorary Forsaken

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