Ran into a guy from Fox at the airport
POSTED BY: biggestdamnhero
UPDATED: Sunday, June 1, 2008 15:35
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That was so AWESOME, which I could of been there :D
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Not to buck the trend, but I wonder if this guy even worked at Fox in 2002...
And while Fox is terrible and all for cancelling Firefly, not everything they've produced is garbage. In fact, in terms of quality entertainment, they might actually have a better batting average than the other networks. I mean, sure, they CANCEL most of those shows, but at least they give them a chance. Fox may have mistreated FIREFLY, but I didn't exactly see ABC, CBS, NBC, or even the Sci Fi Channel inviting her to dance.
www.stillflying.net: "Here's how it might have been..."
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I might have been a little more diplomatic with that myself...but he DID play the 'bulls**t' card, so I can't fault the response.
Fingers crossed for Dollhouseisall
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I'm going to buck the trend even further and express regret that you did it this way. Like as not the guy didn't work at Fox when Firefly was canceled. You've only perpetuated the notion that Browncoats are a pushy, rude, fanatical lot.
Being nice to the guy and telling him a bit about the good will ( for goodness sakes, mention CSTS!! ) and the avid love that the FF/S fans still have for the product and expressing some heartfelt love for Joss and telling this guy that we'll be watching DollHouse and we're hoping for much success for their network with Joss would have been the way to go for me.
Firefly is gone. Being rude and intimidating a Fox employee isn't going to increase its chances of coming back, in fact it hurts the chances of its coming back.
I'm likely to get flamed for this, but I've been around for awhile now. I love this 'Verse with all my heart but the tactics that have already gone before, being rude and vengful BC's, petitions, talking of trying to pay for it ourselves, etc. are not going to work. Not anymore. Period. Frankly nothing will work but time and money. Making new fans, buying new products, watching new shows that involve Joss and our BDH's, watching genre tv will have an effect.
And we have to wait for the moment when serendipity comes together again with the right combo of Joss' interest, our BDH's availability ( although from what I've read out there it's likely to be something new in the 'Verse having nothing to do with the original crew ), money from a studio, the right medium ( webisodes? Direct2DVD movie? miniseries? animation? ( a la Star Wars ), reincarnation in a completely different realm ( a la BSG )etc. We have to have someone on the inside willing to help us too. Joss is now on the inside of Fox again. Fox still holds the rights to Firefly. See what I'm getting at?
In a battle in a war there are many elements working all at the same time. Sometimes the soldiers have to be brave, sit still, do what they're supposed to do when they need to and wait for the next order. We've not received any orders except to hold. We can recruit...that's the fun part. We can be good to our fellow friends... even better.
I'm holdin' til Mal gets back. And I'm being kind to Fox execs and anyone else I know can do us some good.
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Quote:Well said, FM. I'm for mending bridges also- thanks for pointing this out.
Originally posted by FollowMal:
I'm holdin' til Mal gets back. And I'm being kind to Fox execs and anyone else I know can do us some good.
Not on the Dark Side Chrisisall
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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
I would have quoted The Operative at him.
"You know, in certain older civilized cultures, when men failed as entirely as you have, they would throw themselves on their swords."
And then given him a creepy little grin and maybe gently leaned in his direction...
Moving down the bar is nice, but I am aimin for that change-of-underwear moment.
Heaven help the F*X exec who winds up catching a certain, particular cab from DTW...
Meh heh heh.
-F
Nothing like making the people who *MIGHT* be able to bring us more of the 'Verse think we are nothing more than deranged lunatics.
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Originally posted by FollowMal:
I'm likely to get flamed for this, but I've been around for awhile now. I love this 'Verse with all my heart but the tactics that have already gone before, being rude and vengful BC's, petitions, talking of trying to pay for it ourselves, etc. are not going to work. Not anymore. Period. Frankly nothing will work but time and money. Making new fans, buying new products, watching new shows that involve Joss and our BDH's, watching genre tv will have an effect.
Thanks for bringing some much needed rationality to this discussion. You and a few others seem to be the only ones who understand that this guy probably had zero to do with Firefly's cancellation and you can buy ill will just as easily as you can good ill. The guy at the bar bought us a lot of ill will.
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Thanks for sayin' Chris. *hugs*
All wars have to come to an end.
Fighting has to cease and peace has to be met.
Our one champion at Universal, Mary Parent, no longer works there. Uni would seem to be a dead end street for more of FF/S.
Therefore our eyes should turn to Fox. Joss' sure did. 
There is opportunity for us with Fox and Joss that hasn't been there since FF's cancellation. Not yet, not for a long while, but it's there. Our role is to find some really wonderful way to wait and hold and let them see that we're all still out here.
I think we have a really good start with CSTS and all the other charities and fan functions that we all do.
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Originally posted by BookReader:
Thanks for bringing some much needed rationality to this discussion. You and a few others seem to be the only ones who understand that this guy probably had zero to do with Firefly's cancellation and you can buy ill will just as easily as you can good ill. The guy at the bar bought us a lot of ill will.
Just sayin' what I think, but I'm glad you chimed in.
Thank you!
I think the BC's are in a unique position right now.
The fandom is fading, there's nothing new and we're either filled with bitterness or apathy or disinterest. Now's the time to refocus on what we're all about. We're a group of people with a lot of passion, passion that could be harnessed to do a lot of good. We can't get Firefly or Serenity back. That's impossible. But we can spread the word about the show we love and the community we strive to make better and we can let TPTB know---with pride and goodness--- that we're still here. Willing to spend money, hoping for more.
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Quote:And if Dollhouse is the hit it that just might be, that would also help regarding gettin' more of the 'Verse.
Originally posted by FollowMal:
Therefore our eyes should turn to Fox. Joss' sure did.
Hopeful Chrisisall
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