Is anyone here taking this seriously....
POSTED BY: Mandragon
UPDATED: Thursday, August 31, 2006 00:33
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Originally posted by Marine:
Lissa,
Just say something flashy and include the fact that the 30th is when our shiny movie kicked off. Our letters might be there a few days early or late, but they'll get the point :)
To Whom It May Concern,
I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank you for the Movie "Serenity", on this, the one year anniversary of it's release. It has provided my family and friends with MANY hours of quality entertainment.
While I am an Electrical Engineer, I have friends from Doctors to Carpenters that are huge Serenity fans, and we ALL hope to see more of the Shiny 'Verse that we've all come to know and love. I know that many of us are still regular posters on Web sites such as "Fireflyfans.net".
The Serenity Universe binds MANY people, from ALL cultures and walks of life, together with a common theme. This is special in a way that is rare, and I believe that is why it continues to draw fans, a full year after it was released. We hope to see more in the future!
Again, Thank You.
Sincerely,
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thats such a great idea!
Do we have to alter the address in any way if we're sending the letters from a different country?
we should totally send letters to FOX as well. as others pointed out earlier, as an initive, a good target would be TV stations as well.
i would be more than happy to send a bunch of letters and to get all of my browncoat compatriots to do the same. Oh! we should send them in brown envelopes!
would the guerilla marketing bit be better to keep a track of this??
yay for Browncoat activism!
GRRR.....ARGGHH
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Originally posted by shinykitten:
thats such a great idea!
Do we have to alter the address in any way if we're sending the letters from a different country?
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Universal Pictures
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608
USA
That should get it to them from any place in the 'verse ;)
Mine is just a SUGGESTED sample letter.. getting the main points across.. thanking them for the movie, alluding to the fact that it's STILL drawing fans from a base of people with disposable income, and that we'd like more...
It shouldn't be copied verbatim, and I am sure there are people here that can do a MUCH better job of letter writing than I... I'm an Engineer (among other things) and we're notoriously BAD spellers and letter writers ;)
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Originally posted by Marine:
You are right bad2verse. Lets get on the same page. If we get some "exsample letters" out there so everyone can follow the same format with their own words in it, the message will be must more effective. Like bad2verse said, the first thing any busy person wants to read is the point. Let them know right away what it is that you are looking for. Second line...etc an exsample letter will be helpful for a lot of people, which will get us more people to support this effort. Post the address on your wall so you don't forget about it, having more then one email/mail won't hurt either. Sending late letters will get the point across if you add that into your letter as well. I am in Japan, deployed. My letter won't get their in time but they will get the point and that is what we are looking for. I agree once again bad2verse ( I feel as if I am sucking up to you, but I'm not) lets try to hit the TV networks as well. Because their was so many "new browncoats" after the movie was created (a lot of people didn't know it was a TV show), how can we advertise this a little more?
It's SEPTEMBER 30th.. That should give it plenty of time to get there from Japan.. it usually takes less than two weeks to send/receive letters to/from my military friends in Iraq, Afghanistan, S. Korea, etc... So if you write early, they'll get it in plenty of time.
Coming from an Active Duty Soldier abroad, it'll carry a LOT of weight right now with the current "Support our troops" movement here in the states... be sure to include how your buddies LOVE it also ;) You may even wanna toss in some of that "For those of us deployed away from home, it's a welcomed diversion from reality for a few hours"... Hey, tug all the heart strings ya got at your Command Bro! It's a worthy cause... Airborne! (I know, it's "Semper Fi", but I gotta pick on you a little for that "Cross service rivalry" ;)
MANY of my Army and Marine Friends Plan to write from Afghanistan and Iraq, and Include a pic or two of them Watching the movie in their various compounds, THAT should carry some weight, and every little bit helps.
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Originally posted by Miramel:
i dunno about anyone else, but i have several envelopes printed and ready to be filled w/ brown-papered letters. i figure most of my browncoat friends will be a lot more likely to send the letter if i give them the envelope and all.
A MOST excellent Idea... I think I'll print up some extra envelopes when I print mine, and hand them out to friends who love the 'verse".. they're much more likely to write if they already have a stamped, Addressed Envelope. I'll just say "These are the main points we'd like to get across, and keep it short"... the "Keep it short" part will make them more likely to actually write also ;)
I'll also toss the Idea out to the people I meet at Dragon*Con this weekend... If I hurry I think my printer can add the Addy and Basic Idea to the back of some of my Business cards before the "Con"...
...Come to think of it, I'll just have him make up a card with the addy and instructions and leave them on the "Cards table" IF he can get them printed in time (I'd be cuttin it close if I give it to him tomorrow, 500 cards isn't but about 70 bux.. but "Time" may be the deciding factor).
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Your right my mail should get there on time. I am in a weird position here. I am currently with the 31st MEU in training at Camp Fuji, ironical they do not have any envelops here at the only PX on camp.
Their is other camps near by, so this normally wouldn't be a problem and there is no problem if you are a permanent personal here.
My unit can not go off of this camp. When I get back from the "field", I'll go directly on board the ship and head out. I have all of my things with me now, I won't get a chance to go to any other camp. I do not know if they will be a PX on ship.
I am counting on other Marines to be able to help me out, but I do not want to say I'll get any envelops for sure (I don't really see it becoming a problem once I get on ship, I've never been on ship before and I do not know how the mailing process is going to work).
The idea is, regardless of what happens, there shouldn't be a problem with sending in a late letter and I am only trying to encourage others. Life happens and just because someone might read these messages late, don't feel as if its too late to send a letter.
I understand where your coming from but I can not predict the future. That will not stop me from sending a few letters though.
By the way, when you are in Iraq all letters sent out are free, and they are priority mail. IF a letter was sent without priority from Iraq back to the states it would take two MONTHES for your family to get the mail. In Iraq our military is taken care of. No taxes, free out- going letters, among other things that is not topic related.
If I can not send letters right away because I am on ship, and I do not know if they have priority mail, then I can not honestly say that when I get on ship I will be able to send my letters and have them there by SEPTEMBER 30th. Keep in mind, I am at a differnt camp on a differnt island then the rest of my unit right now, I won't get on ship for another 3 weeks. That leaves me 5 weeks for my mail to get there.
No worries, they'll get the letters and we'll keep pushing for our goal. I encourage everyone who would like to see another firefly to help myself and everyone else support this "movement" regardless of their state of affairs. Bad2verse you were in the army then? Is that why the 3rd degree on my situation of when I can send out letters?
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Has anyone thought about addressing these letters directly to Mary Parent? She is the Executive Producer that got Serenity off the ground. She is also in charge of Joss's "Goners" movie. In addition she was in the "Done the Impossible" documentary talking about various Serenity issues.
It should be considered as an alternative to addressing the letters to just "Universal Pictures" etc.
Whatever is decided it should be uniform imho.
Your thoughts?
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Originally posted by Mandragon:
Has anyone thought about addressing these letters directly to Mary Parent? She is the Executive Producer that got Serenity off the ground. She is also in charge of Joss's "Goners" movie. In addition she was in the "Done the Impossible" documentary talking about various Serenity issues.
It should be considered as an alternative to addressing the letters to just "Universal Pictures" etc.
Whatever is decided it should be uniform imho.
Your thoughts?
Whatever is decided should be uniform.
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Originally posted by Marine:
Bad2verse you were in the army then? Is that why the 3rd degree on my situation of when I can send out letters?
Yeah, a LONG time ago brother... Used to take FOREVER to get mail overseas or back home, back then. Most letters went through the Red cross depending on where you got stationed (Korea for example) but the RC was good about giving out postcards and envelopes and paper and stuff.. I've written many a letter in the pouring rain under a poncho with a flashlight ;)
I feel for ya bro.. You over there doing some training? I have a good friend in Cali, he and his wife (They are both in) just got back from Japan, stateside, and I noticed his letters didn't take long to get to me (But most of the time we just used e-mail).
Not to HiJack the thread, but Did you go through Paris Island or 29 palms for Basic? If you need any "Care packages" sent your way when deployed, just yell, We have a LOT of deployed friends and family so we're used to sending them out ;)
I just hope you don't end up in Iraq, I know they are scheduled to send a LOT more marines and Army and NG over there.. they are going to announce an involuntary call-up soon of people with time left on their 8 year commitment, and I hope you don't get caught up in that mess.
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Originally posted by bad2verse:
Maybe we should be hitting the TV network also.. if we're gonna do this thing, it's just one more addy while we've got the printers and envelopes out.
Actually we just hit up the Sci-Fi channel a while ago, when they did their marathon. But like it's been said before, anything and everything that anybody is willing to do is helpful.
I'm assuming that we're going to be sending news of this out to all the yahoo groups? I'm ready whenever you need me.
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