We've got a job -- The Anniversary Job!
POSTED BY: TVChick
UPDATED: Monday, October 2, 2006 17:21
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The week of September 30th, if everything goes off without a hitch, I'm planning on showing the entire series of Firefly throughout the week, then Serenity on Saturday, at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL. With a very large screen.
Woo! : )
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Originally posted by Stoweaway:
If there are folks who are itching to write a letter, why not write to one of the popular mags and ask for coverage for our Captain? Parade magazine has a section called "In Step With" and it shows up in every Sunday newspaper printed here in Charlotte. Nathan's new movie, White Noise 2, comes out in January '07. If a publication received enough requests over the next few months, is it possible he could get a feature article?
Just a thought
This is a good idea as well. And since I'm particularly drawn to the Cap'n. Ahem.. well... yes... let's see about this one too.
Stoweaway, would you please find us that address?
And think about how you'd organize such a thing?
Sorry for the delay in responding -- I've been w/out a computer for a week (EEK). Here is what I found at the PARADE website. I plan to send a snail mail letter and also send an e-mail through the website. (I inserted the name of the In Step With writer below)
>> If you would like to get in touch with one of our writers, please send a letter or fax to PARADE and we will forward it accordingly. Our fax number is 212-450-7284. Our address is as follows:
James Brady
c/o PARADE Magazine
711 Third Ave
New York, NY 10017-4014
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Arclight,
Please don’t judge me, but I hate guns. I don’t have one, and I don’t like to be around them. That said. I love my BDHs to have BDGs. It’s entertainment. I love watching Zoe shooting one of Patience’s guys from a prone position. I cheer when Mal walks in and shoots the Fed holding River. I love Jayne especially when he is affectionately holding Vera.
I’ve seen actors on Oprah promoting movies with guns and violence. One example is Tom Cruise and his movie the Last Samurai with tons of guns, cannons, sticks, and swords or Mission Impossible. I can’t say that she would like Firefly or Serenity, but she is interested in heart-warming stories. Part of me thinks that almost everyone might be a future Browncoat.
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VE,
I'm very interested in this idea. I too run into the " What's that, I've never heard of it before?" thing when telling folks about Firefly/Serenity. And you're right, entering Firefly/Serenity into the everyday world is what we need to do.
It's been my experience that folks who don't even like scifi will like Firefly. They do the same thing all of us do... they're hooked by the characters! The good stories!
The approach of having Joss go on Oprah because of his association to Equality Now and the work they do just might appeal to her.
Truly, approaching "getting the 'verse out there" from the direction of real life works, as we saw with the screenings on June 23rd. We don't need to be demanding more, or asking for more.... we need to show Universal that there are more of us. More of us to spend money, sit in those seats, buy the merchandise. They will see that as the general public becomes more aware of us.
How would you go about organizing a fandom wide letter writing to Oprah campaign? Let me know.
This is a good idea.
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FollowMal
Hmmmm, how would I go about organizing a fandom wide letter writing to Oprah campaign? The 2 major things would be to set a date and then to get the word out to all Browncoats.
1. The Anniversary Date – June 30th (Australia, UK, and others can join us or use their own premiere dates) or we could choose a random date that would give us more time to spread the word. Maybe Halloween – October 31st.
2. Post on the Firefly/Serenity web sites, contact podcasters, and tell all the Browncoats that we know.
Oprah doesn’t have just one address. They have different Post Office boxes for all the shows that they have coming up in the future. There is an address for Harpo Studios to write for tickets, but they might be annoyed if there was a large amount of letters coming in for Joss. They take the requests for show ideas online.
In order to give a show idea, you need to be a member. All you need to do is select a username and password. There is no fee. It’s a small thing to ask of people that want more of the ‘verse. The note can only have 2000 characters including the spaces, so it doesn’t have to be a lengthy note.
We could ask others on this thread to see if anyone would participate in this campaign. I subscribe to The Signal, Firefly Talk, and After Serenity podcasts. If there seems to be support for this idea, I could call and/or e-mail them to see if they would spread the word. I can also post on the Firefly page of TV.com.
I live in the Phoenix area. I could get some of those great posters from 11th Hour’s web page to make flyers with information on the back. Then I can pass them out at the September 19th showing of Serenity. It will be filled with Browncoats.
Does anyone else think it’s a good idea? Does anyone else know of other Firefly/Serenity web sites that they could post information?
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Just a quick note, VerseExplorer but it's late, so I'll go into more detail tomorrow.
We have the Browncoat Signal Corps set up to spread the word around the fandom. That will help too.
We also ship news to the podcasts. They pick if they'll use what we send them, but they did report on our calendar at The Signal this last broadcast, so maybe they would be interested in this.
Let me come back here tomorrow and post more.
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FollowMal,
Do you think there is enough time to do letter writing to Oprah for the Anniversary, or would you recommend another time?
There is also a link to write in if you want to meet a hot celebrity. It might be fun to request a different cast member for several days in a row. There is an address to send in a video tape for this section.
Would you write in to meet Nathan?
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If you decide to write to Oprah, make sure to mention all the wonderful things the fandom has done to show our love and appreciation, and also our sense of community,
here is a partial list just off the top of my head:
DVDs to the troops- money was raised to purchase the firefly dvds, and were donated to the troops (Navy specifically) I believe we were able to raise enough money to provide all the USO's? wtih a set, I know for a fact one made it to the Kittyhawk, my best friend reported back they were showing it while the ship was at sea.
June 23 Equality Now event raised over $60,000 www.cantstoptheserenity.com a worldwide event
Browncoat drive, browncoats collected browncoats which were donated to teh less fortunate
there was the sizeable donation raised for Equality Now in Nathan's name (the attempt to buy him the real browncoat)
AARG (Arial Ambulance rescue group) rescued a large prop from a scrap yard and are restoriing it.
www.niceguycomics.com browncoats helped him raise enough money to buy a new van
Individual browncoat groups have been doing dvd drives off and on donating sets to local libraries
also, lest we forget, www.donetheimpossible.com
Oprah is really big on charity stuff, and so are browncoats
Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse
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Thank you Arcat81, perfect list.
I would only add the recent sales of Adam Baldwin's signed scripts for charity by the CA Browncoat group.
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Originally posted by VerseExplorer:
FollowMal,
Do you think there is enough time to do letter writing to Oprah for the Anniversary, or would you recommend another time?
There is also a link to write in if you want to meet a hot celebrity. It might be fun to request a different cast member for several days in a row. There is an address to send in a video tape for this section.
Would you write in to meet Nathan?
VE,
I don't know if we'd want to try to do it by the 'Versary or not. Not sure but she's already booked that short a distance into the future.
This is a good idea though. Someone has said that she's anti-violence and might not approve of the show.. well, Equality Now is anti-violence to women and a good cause. It's worth trying to bring to her attention.
The only problem I have with this is it looks as if what we're doing for the 'Versary is organizing a letter writing campaign around the Anniversary Job everyone is talking about. It might divide our attention to try two letter writing campaigns at once.
What do you think? Is this something better done right after the 'Versary, when everyone is still in letter writing mode and recovering from shindigs and such and turning their minds to serious stuff?
And.. oh yeah, I'd sure write in to promote Nathan! He'd make a wonderful guest.. she'd love him and also he has a movie ( White Noise: The Light) coming out in January.
Adam and Morena and Gina are working in tv shows this fall too, so getting them on to promote their shows and our charity is good. Particularly Adam with his recent contribution of his scripts. That went to something involving military families.. darn me for not being able to remember the name of the charity, but she might be interested in that.
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Yep, you are right! I will be organizing my Shindig for the 'Versary, and I've already started my Thank You letter to Universal. I think it's best to keep that for the Anniversary Job.
i think doing it afterwards would be great. We can pick any date. We could start on Oct 1st, Oct 15th, or Oct 31st. It doesn't really need to have everyone writing on the same date. It's just that it would make a bigger impact.
Example:
Oct 15 - Requesting a show with Joss talking about the contributions of the Browncoats to his favorite charity.
I want to meet a hot celebrity:
Oct 16 -Nathan Fillion
Oct 17 - Summer Glau
Oct 18 - Adam Baldwin
Oct 19 - Morena Baccarin
Oct 20 - Alan Tudyk
Oct 21 - Gina Torres
Oct 22 - Sean Maher
Oct 23 - Jewel Staite
Oct 24 - Ron Glass
I'm sure that the shows are booked way in advance, but if there was a large request, I'm sure they would take notice and make arrangements. It might take awhile to get them on, but atleast there might be an e-mail reader or some of the producers that will take an interest.
So what do we do now? What do I need to do to make it a reality?
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