It's time to get firefly back.

POSTED BY: JStarr
UPDATED: Monday, December 10, 2007 15:21
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FOLLOWMAL

Saturday, December 8, 2007 8:36 PM

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Originally posted by t3hmoto:
It is fun, but it's also painful :P

I know.

And I'm not unsympathetic to your plight... it's shared by everyone here. I have wished for, pined over, cried for ( I know that sounds dumb, but I did cry when the movie did poorly at the box office ) and feel pain because it's not back as well. I miss Firefly, like a friend.

But the reality is that we are in a holding pattern until further notice. We'll just have to make fun, persevere and wait for what the future brings us.
We have a lot to enjoy now! When you stack up the brilliance of Firefly against most shows... we have a pretty sweet take already.

ECGORDON

Saturday, December 8, 2007 9:30 PM

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Originally posted by FollowMal:
The circle has to grow beyond the small amount of folks who love Firefly right now...

That's one thing that is very easy to overlook, especially for newbies who see a lot of internet activity surrounding this show. Unfortunately, compared to some truly successful film and tv franchises (Star Wars, Trek, X-Files, Terminator, etc, etc), Firefly is still relatively unknown to the vast majority of the world, even among already established sci-fi geeks.

The main thing to concentrate on now is introducing as many people as possible to the 'verse, and spending as much money as we have on the dvds and other merchandise. That's the thing that gets the money people's attention.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

MISSTRESSAHARA

Sunday, December 9, 2007 1:33 AM

I also just want to add one more thing. The idea of collecting funds and giving it to Joss by the fans is not a new idea and was actually something someone tried (I wish I could remember his name) It didn't work, and people got suspicious and eventually the plan was stopped. We are not a Hollywood studio, we are not bankers. As much as I'd like to think it would be simple enough to open a paypal account and pour money into a Firefly S2 fund, it isn't. The logistics alone would be a nightmare. And though we all feel like we know each other as friends can we really believe that our money is going into a fund for Firefly and not some conman's pocket? I know that sounds paranoid but I'm reminded of scalpers who bought tickets to Serenity KNOWING they'd sell out and die hard fans would be willing to pay through the nose to get one. These scalpers were selling them upwards to 20 to 50 dollars a ticket (if I remember correctly) It set the fandom in an uproar.

So no, as fans the best we can do is everything we've all said. Buy the DVD's, the official merchandise, the comics. It may work out in the end. I think by now the studios out of the black.

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JEWELSTAITEFAN

Monday, December 10, 2007 9:56 AM

That sale at bestbuy brings me 2 more CE, so I can now loan out 2 copies. Hopefully that will help.

BROWNCOAT1

Monday, December 10, 2007 12:52 PM

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Originally posted by FollowMal:
Buying the Serenity CE DVD's from now til the end of time is the ONLY thing that is going to have an impact. Donating money to a fund and then giving said fund to Joss is not viable, first of all there are not enough of us to donate enough to do it. Second of all there is no business application in Hollywood for such a thing. Period.

Well said, and very true FM.

Our hope for a future lies in the sales figures of the CE Serenity dvd. If it does well than Universal is more apt to give Joss the greenlight for a sequel. If it doesn't.......well, we don't want to consider that possibility.

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ASARIAN

Monday, December 10, 2007 3:21 PM

JStarr, first off: what the others said. :)

Secondly, on Whedonesque it's somewhat considered good form not to ask Joss to bring the 'Verse back. The powers that be never really go much into the why of it, but I reckon he don't much like it for the same reason, say, Jewel Staite asked us, in her first myspace blog, to please not ask her for more Firefly: she can't affect the outcome any more than we can, and asking our BDHs only causes them pain for not being able to deliver, and puts them in an altogether uncomfortable spot. Or, at least, I imagine it to be so. At any rate, I see no wrong in respecting Joss' wishes in this regard. He can't single-handedly bring the 'Verse back, either; he is, at the end of the day, 'just' a director. Also, were I Joss, I'd probably find it a bit disappointing even when fans thought I needed to be reminded of the 'Verse. Rest assured, he has not forgotten. :)

As FollowMal so astutely pointed out, best way to get more 'Verse is to buy more 'Verse!

And lastly, MISSTRESSAHARA, you wrote a very good post! :)

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