Dragon*Con

POSTED BY: BlackoutNights
UPDATED: Friday, January 16, 2004 19:54
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BLACKOUTNIGHTS

Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:19 PM

Hey guys. I don't know if anyone's started a Firefly theme at Atlanta's annual Dragon*Con convention. If this sounds like something people are interested in, I'll be happy to look into it as I'm not that far away and sorta know the head honcho in charge of it.
Let me know something at todd10@hotmail.com - or just post here. If the reponse is significant (i.e. at least 30-40 people), I'll try and whoop something up.

BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:23 PM

We kind of started a Dragon Con thread the other day, just got bumped to the next page by all the traffic:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=3309

My wife and I go to Dragon Con every year. We are attending again this year, & I will be in my Browncoat costume.

It would be cool to have a Firefly room where we could have viewing parties, discussions, and maybe get someone from the cast to show up for Q&A sessions & autographs. That would be shiny!

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

CAPTAINCDC

Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:42 PM

I am planning on attending the DragonCon, and would love for there to be a Firefly presence.

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

ASTRIANA

Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:44 PM

Absolutely!!! There are 4 browncoats just in my house, and several more in my immediate vicinity, and we all go to Dragon*Con yearly. A Firefly track/panel would be fan-freakin'-tastic!!!

~A~

...I'm still free,
You can't take the sky from me.

DUG

Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:15 PM

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Originally posted by Astriana:
There are 4 browncoats just in my house, and several more in my immediate vicinity, and we all go to Dragon*Con yearly.

And therein lies the rub. For something to make good sense to the con organizers they have to look at the money. They do a job and then they get paid for it. To bring cast members/ writers/ production crew/ whatever in they will have to fly them to Atlanta, put them up in a hotel, feed them, and pay them an appearance fee. If that costs even a paltry 1000 dollars and ticket price is 30 bucks, they would have to draw 34 people THAT WOULD NOT HAVE COME OTHERWISE in order to make their money back.

I want this too. That's why I'm talking to my friend who's putting together Dreamcon in Jacksonville on this type of stuff. The guests are hard to justify from the money side, so I'm trying to talk him into viewing rooms, fanfic, contests with autographed swag to be begged from Mutant Enemy, role-playing games and other fan-driven things.

Unles the movie takes off we can't expect these things to be driven by the dollar signs. We have to drive them ourselves with passion and involvement. What other things can we come up with to pitch to con-organizers?

BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:34 PM

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Originally posted by dug:
And therein lies the rub. For something to make good sense to the con organizers they have to look at the money. They do a job and then they get paid for it. To bring cast members/ writers/ production crew/ whatever in they will have to fly them to Atlanta, put them up in a hotel, feed them, and pay them an appearance fee. If that costs even a paltry 1000 dollars and ticket price is 30 bucks, they would have to draw 34 people THAT WOULD NOT HAVE COME OTHERWISE in order to make their money back.

I want this too. That's why I'm talking to my friend who's putting together Dreamcon in Jacksonville on this type of stuff. The guests are hard to justify from the money side, so I'm trying to talk him into viewing rooms, fanfic, contests with autographed swag to be begged from Mutant Enemy, role-playing games and other fan-driven things.

Unles the movie takes off we can't expect these things to be driven by the dollar signs. We have to drive them ourselves with passion and involvement. What other things can we come up with to pitch to con-organizers?

I know a guest would be pushing it, but if one showed up @ Dragon Con, I bet we would have every Browncoat who could scrounge the money up & who was this side of the Rockies, coming to the Con.

Even if they could not swing a guest, a room for panel discussions and viewing would be awesome. It could also be a means of getting the word on Firefly out to more people. I know I would be willing to hand out fliers and talk to people about the show to try to generate interest.

Other things, besides viewings & discussions, that could be pitched (depending on the # of people attending) could be filk songs (in memory of Lux), a costume contest for those interested, and press kits for those who want to learn more about Firefly.

Perhaps we could get a tentative list of those who plan to attend to get a feel for those who might be able to make it.

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

DUG

Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:47 PM

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Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
[B Perhaps we could get a tentative list of those who plan to attend to get a feel for those who might be able to make it.

Plotting. Planning. Organizing. refusing to lay down arms. Sounds good. I like it.

I'm going to be doing the same kinda things at Dreamcon in jax (see the fl/ga browncoats thread). Jacksonville is only about 4 or 5 hours from Atlanta, so we may be able to do a double whammy between DragonCon and Dreamcon. (Dreamcon.net is the website)

SEGURANT

Thursday, January 15, 2004 6:49 PM

If there is going to be a FireFly presence than it will be done by the American SF track. Dragon*Con won't do a Firefly only track because of the cancellation by FOX.

I spoke with the American SciFi Director and he is still unsure if he'll include FireFly. I know he did something last year.

Segurant

"You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here. "

BROWNCOAT1

Thursday, January 15, 2004 7:50 PM

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Originally posted by Segurant:
If there is going to be a FireFly presence than it will be done by the American SF track. Dragon*Con won't do a Firefly only track because of the cancellation by FOX.

I spoke with the American SciFi Director and he is still unsure if he'll include FireFly. I know he did something last year.

They actually did something Firefly last year? I don't remember seeing anything for it. Damn!

I hope they do something this year. Cancellation shouldn't effect it too much since it was cancelled in Sept last year.

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

RAIETH

Thursday, January 15, 2004 8:08 PM

"If that costs even a paltry 1000 dollars and ticket price is 30 bucks, they would have to draw 34 people THAT WOULD NOT HAVE COME OTHERWISE in order to make their money back. "

That doesn't explain the Charlie Callas panel that they had last DragonCon that even Charlie didn't show up for. (There were 6 people there and 4 were my buddies and me.) I doubt if 40 people got together to beg the convention bigwigs to invite Charlie Callas. The closest thing he ever did to scifi fantasy was the 'voice' of Pete's Dragon.

Anyhoo, you can count me and my 4 buddies in! We wouldn't miss a Firefly panel! Anything to support the show.

B. Bad Voodoo

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