Ron Glass Support Thread

POSTED BY: Duke
UPDATED: Thursday, March 18, 2004 03:30
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MILORADELL

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:18 PM

Eh - maybe I'm just slow - but for all of us Barney Miller fans - the first season is out on DVD!!!!!

TALLGRRL

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 8:38 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Lindale:
Everything everyone else has said, plus if Book's not there, who's Jayne supposed to hang out with? Who'll spot him?

By the Left Frontal Lobe of the Great Sky Demon, I shall obliterate them!!

That's what I'm talking about!
I'm thinking Jayne has a friendship with Book because he senses at least a soldier, if not a fellow mercenary, is hidden underneath that collar.
Plotwise, are so so many little things about Book that can be fleshed out. We can find out at least a little bit about where he was and what he did before he went into the monastic life.
And just what *was* on that Ident card that got him VIP treatment at that Alliance infirmary? (Episode: "Safe")

And besides, knowing what we do about Mal's character (loss of faith, etc.) Book *has* to be there.
I believe in the DVDs someone mentions that each character in Firefly represents some aspect of Mal that he's either completely lost, or has lost touch with. Book, obviously represents Mal's faith (in "God", in people, whatever).
Mal knows it, too.

"Take me, sir. Take me hard."

DRAGONLORD

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 10:28 PM

Firefly(Serenity) won't be the same without Ron Glass(Book). He always brought a certain mystery to the show. Like, How he was able to get Alliance help with just him showing an ID. Or, how he knows so much about the darker side of life in the Alliance and in Space.

He also brought a great deal of "doing the right thing" through many of the episodes. And a bit of comedy when telling Simon that "he was quite sure he hadn't shot anything yet". That brings a chuckle everytime I watch that episode.

So, Mr. Glass, if you read this board, please come on back to Firefly(Serenity). If not, you will be sorely missed by many a fan.

Respectfully,

Dragon Lord

Summer: Jane's a girls name
Jane: Well I ain't no girl! I can prove it!
Simon: I'm trying to picture you more vulgar... but, I can't

MLSVRKSGN

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:05 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
[ I can see your reasoning on wanting to pull new fans in w/ some revealing of secrets of certain major characters, and the fear that a movie may be nothing more than a two hour episode.

Joss said that he intended to make the movie more epic than anything he could he do on TV and I trust in him to make the best movie he can. The cast has the talent and the chemistry to work magic on film, and if Universal does not second guess Joss or the script, I think we will have a great movie to see in 2005.

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

You're probably right. I have enormous faith in Joss Whedon. I think I'm just torn between wanting the movie to be a commercial success (to better the chances for a 2nd season) and wanting it to be absolutely true to the small screen version I was so in love with. Bigger? No problem. But I'd hate to see the CHARACTERS change.
Still, Joss successfully transplanted one story line from the large screen to the small one; now that he has the director's chair, I cant imagine why he couldnt do the same thing in reverse.
It just so often seems that if I REALLY love the movie.....it makes no money whatsoever. The commercial stuff grabs me less and less over time.
But our shot at a new Firefly season pretty much hinges in Whedon and Co raking in the big bucks for this one.
No use anticipating trouble, though. I keep reminding myself to be happy there's a movie in the first place, God knows the odds were against that one, too!

BOCMAN

Tuesday, March 16, 2004 11:16 PM

You just gotta have Mr. Ron Glass.
Besides being a solid actor that's also extremely versatile, Rom character brings the religious aspect to the table. Doing that lifts the show up a notch or two. I don't even want to think about a movie without him.

Can I get an AMEN?

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

OUTLANDER

Wednesday, March 17, 2004 1:16 AM

It looks like Ron Glass is in the movie after all. Over at the official board they have listed postal addresses for some members of the cast as a promotional thing for the movie and Ron's address is one that is listed.

http://forums.prospero.com/foxfirefly/messages?msg=13783.36

Some more news:

In preparation for the Firefly promotion and publicity wave, the Big Damn Heroes (The Cast!) have been instructed to make sure they have a mailing address that fans can access to share the excitement. Here are the first of these:

Sean Maher (Simon)
PO Box 5617 Beverly Hills
90210

Gina Torres (Zoe)
9220 Sunset Blvd # 311
LA 90069

Ron Glass (Shepherd Book)
2485 Wild Oak Drive
LA 90068

Adam Baldwin (Jayne)
1301 Carlyle Ave
Santa Monica 90402 – 2125

These are separate from the studio addresses, and talent agents etc.

More address info will posted as it is available.

If you plan on writing to the studio, make it Universal as opposed to Fox which has been relegated to distribution. Barry Mendel is a good person to send the kudos to at this point as well.

These are the addresses for Universal, Barry, Mary, and the rest of the prod crew

Producer

Barry Mendel

Barry Mendel Productions
100 Universal City Plaza
Bungalow 5163
Universal City CA
91608

Universal Pictures
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA
91608

Joss Whedon/Chris Buchanan

Mutant Enemy Inc.
PO Box 900
Beverly Hills CA
90213

Mutant Enemy 1800 Stewart St.
Santa Monica Ca
90404

Now what should you be sending?
To the studios? Thank you cards, letters, that kind of thing.

To the production team?
Notes/cards expressing the Firefly love, and anything that will help them gauge the interest/expectation of the FF fandom.

To the actors/Joss/Chris?

They get a big kick out of original fan art...and positive feedback is always welcome.

The purpose is to illustrate what the series means to the growing fanbase...particularly to the Pas, office folk, studio scribes etc who are not familiar with Firefly. Joss can tell them how special it is. But when they see all manner of love and admiration coming forth, they will feel more inclined to invest themselves in the project.

“We need every person involved in this project to make it their passion. It’s everything or nothing with this movie. The story, the characters, the fans, they deserve it. We can not let them down.”

ANKHAGOGO

Thursday, March 18, 2004 3:10 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by T:
As a person who practices faith, I loved how he was written. He wasn't sappy, or holier than thou. He was like most people of faith. Television rarely portrays people of faith well, but Book was a great example of many people who have some type of spiritual belief. Besides,
he seems to have many secrets which look like they could be interesting to learn.

As a person who doesn't practice faith, I love the way Book is written as well.
I live in the Bible belt, and it's far more common here for people to wear their religion like a big neon sign and then get all humpty and judgmental if they find out you don't agree with their theology.
I wish more of the people around here were like Book. He's secure in his faith, and a) doesn't shove it down anyone's throat or b)doesn't think everyone but him's going to hell for not believing the same way he does.

He's an extremely cool guy,played very well by Ron Glass and I'll be disappointed if he's not in the movie. There might be cussin', and perhaps hurlin' things about.

I'll also be disappointed because I feel fairly safe in saying Whedon would have put in a whole bunch more "now how would a Shepherd know that?!" moments -- moments deeper than him knowing guns. I like those moments.

"Jayne is a girl's name."

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