So What Now?

POSTED BY: SameErtia
UPDATED: Sunday, June 25, 2006 21:48
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Sunday, June 25, 2006 3:52 AM

In August, I'm going to a (honest to your God(s) film camp, and, if given the choice, make a short fan movie, if I can.

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'I don't know. He seems kind of peculiar.'

'Maybe he's Canadian!'

SAMEERTIA

Sunday, June 25, 2006 4:01 AM

OH!
I LIKE the film school idea, msg!

Here's my take on the Series vs BDM.

I knew nothing about "Serenity" when Manitou dragged me to it. For about a year I'd been seeing "Serenity this" and "Serenity that" from various fanboards and friends groups, but honestly, I thought it was some kind of anime thing or maybe a comic book thing.

Wash had me at "Oh god oh god, we're all gonna die." I was in love, hard core, head over heels. After the movie, I borrowed the series dvds and watched every last one of them and had my own set on its way from BestBuy before I'd even gotten to the end.

Series first or BDM first? I think the best trigger is BOTH and as soon as possible!
But we need to let people SEE what it's about. Just screaming "SERENITY!!!!!!" "FIREFLY!!!" at the top of our lungs doesn't cut it.

Serenity is a Buddhist philosophy and Firefly is an insect.
Our Big Damn Heroes and the ship they fly are niether. One of the first rules of writing: Show don't tell.

MISBEHAVEN

Sunday, June 25, 2006 4:19 AM

Purchase a copy of Serenity and a copy of Firefly, and donate them to your local library. It'll help us gain recruits, and the additonal sales will help our push for a sequel.

PHOENIXROSE

Sunday, June 25, 2006 8:08 AM

My first convert was in love less than 20 minutes into the Pilot. I fell in love by seeing the movie myself, but I think it's better to see the series first, and I know it works. Anyone who actually watches the pilot all the way through responds with "Oksothere'smoreright??? MORE!"
Anyone I've seen, anyway.
As for what we can do, I'll see about coming up with something. One thing I think is important is getting in touch with Best Buy, Circuit City, Target, FYE, Sam Goody, and any other stores we can think of and telling them to actually carry the show!!! The one copy of the show I could find outside of Barnes and Noble was sitting in the BACK at Circuit City; they didn't even have it out! How are people supposed to find it? Also get on sites like Netflicks and Blockbuster.com and make sure the BDS and BDM have good reviews and connect it to as many other things as possible so it has a chance of coming up as a recomendation.
And I don't know if it would work, but we might try doing something with the webcomic community. I've seen at least two Firefly references in webcomics this month (In "Sam and Fuzzy" and "Comedity" to be exact.) What if we had an actual Browncoat webcomic? Are there any artists who would want to do something like that? Just slip lots of Firefly references into a webcomic and make sure it's funny enough to draw new readers. And then once it gets up and running, Browncoats can vote it up on Buzzcomix and the like to draw in even more people. And in the "about the comic" section or whatever there could be a descrption of Firefly, telling people it's a show and a movie that they can buy or rent (though renting of the series is only possible online)
We just have to try a lot of things and see if they work.

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98% of teens have smoked pot, if you are one of the 2% that haven't, copy this into your signature (it counts even though I'm not a teen anymore)

AGATSU

Sunday, June 25, 2006 9:44 AM

We have a very long list of ideas (which can always grow, of course, so keep'em coming!) and are currently putting them in order, getting ready to finally start doing something instead of just talking about it. We wanna do this right, and we still have some time, so we figure the better it's planned now, the smoother it'll go later. Like with a good show, a good script is a neccessary base.
However, a few surprises are already in the making.

We're gonna have another event team chat today, and will start recruiting soon.

I copied most of this from a post of mine at the S-Day boards, btw, just in case someone has that feeling of deja-vu. That's French for "Wtf, I've seen that shit before!".
Or didn't I just mention that?

Proud member of the FFF.net Event Team
The Serenity Summer Campaign is on, baby - prepare to kick some serious pigu!
September 30th is Serenity 'Versary! Be there or be a purple-belted poop-head. (<- not the official slogan.)
I'm so into Firefly, my butt glows in the dark.

SAMEERTIA

Sunday, June 25, 2006 2:59 PM

A webcomic is a great idea!
Thank you, Agatsu!
You have been a champ at keeping the community informed.

ORPHEUS

Sunday, June 25, 2006 3:22 PM

http://www.stripcreator.com is a good starting point for webcomics. That is, unless somebody around here has the tools/skills to do a bona fide comic.

And I second the film school idea. I'm working on getting a screening at UNC-Wilmington right now myself.

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"Bible, Wrath of Khan, what's the difference?"

PDCHARLES

Sunday, June 25, 2006 3:30 PM

Good idea, MSG... I know a film guy at UNCW and that will be on my list of things to do this week.

I say just take advantage of every opportunity. I showed a bunch of "Blue hairs" (not all of us, but most) the BDM on a tour bus the day after the BDM was realeased on DVD. It was a 11 hour trip so, I did it. Got a nice response too AND some weird looks but... job done.

As far as BDS vs. BDM... For my "hard-to-convert" converts (non sci-fi, stubborn, etc.) I had to resort to at least making them watch the pilot with me and then letting them borrow the BDM. This has worked so far. 'cause the whole series is a lot for some peeps. Some want more, some don't.

Also, I line I use alot is this (after a convo. with some potential convert about how great this show is):

"How 'bout this. Go get the series and if u don't like it after watching it, I'll buy it. ...and you can even LIE!"

Been lucky in that noone has taken me up on that

98%

PDCHARLES

Sunday, June 25, 2006 3:32 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Orpheus:
http://www.stripcreator.com is a good starting point for webcomics. That is, unless somebody around here has the tools/skills to do a bona fide comic.

And I second the film school idea. I'm working on getting a screening at UNC-Wilmington right now myself.

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"Bible, Wrath of Khan, what's the difference?"

OK this is Weird...
I guess you have the film part handled. U must let me know if/when this happens. i 'll be there with bells on.

KSB36

Sunday, June 25, 2006 3:41 PM

So glad this has been brought this up. I've been thinking about it alot. Today is like the day after Christmas. We feel elated, proud and a little bit tired.

But if you had a mom like mine, this is the day she started nagging me to get going on my thank you notes. We have an awful lot of folks who deserve thank yous and by doing the gracious thing, we can continue to keep Serenity Day/Equality Now Day going.

We need to thank theatre owners for their support, send thank you letters to the editors of our local newspapers, getting the names of Equality Now and Joss and Serenity out there. I am going to contact the television and entertainment writers at my local newspapers (The Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press), tooting the Equality Now and Browncoat horns--"Look what we did!"

Whether Universal knows it or not, this has the potential to be incredible publicity for them as well. Let's not forget to give Uni credit for getting many copies of film prints out to the various screenings, at greatly reduced cost and for not asking for one red cent of the proceeds. We should definitely mention them in our thank yous. Remember, the press is our friend.

We just keep flying, keep moving forward. The 'verse isn't on life support anymore--I think it might be in a coma...or something. Through our efforts we can help wake it up.

Like a lot of organizations, fandom takes on the personality of the people leading it, Joss in this case. He's just a regular guy, but we all know one man can do amazing things. And through the inspiration of this one person, thousands of other people have made a difference in this crazy world.

I am so incredibly proud of us!

Well...what are you waiting for? Write those letters!

Like Mal we keep flying.
Like Shepherd Book we keep the faith.
Like Kaylee we keep the heart of Serenity beating.
Like Inara we stay wise and alluring.
Like Simon we innoc ourselves against failure.
Like Zoe we stay strong and stoic.
Like River we try not to scare people by being too crazy.
Like Jayne we...keep eating?
Like Wash (sob) we are like leaves on the wind.

Watch us soar!

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