Ran into a guy from Fox at the airport
POSTED BY: biggestdamnhero
UPDATED: Sunday, June 1, 2008 15:35
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Excellent job. You shoved a piece of the Browncoat mentality down F*X's throat. You should've kept the card, though, and posted the number on this site.
"Pain is scary."
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Idiot.
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BiggestDamnHero, I salute your balls (wait, maybe I should rephrase that. Too late.), but I shake my head in disbelieve at your brains.
Every Browncoat represents us all, so it's better to make favorable impressions.
I'm not saying you should have kissed that guy's ass, but I AM saying that there was no need to take it out on a person that had nothing to do with FF's cancellation in the first place. He probably only knew very little about our beloved show, assumed it had been cancelled for low ratings because it obviously is the most likely reason, and then you went and jumped ass first at his unsuspecting face. I would have left in his place, too, but not in defeat, but because I'd have thought you were a nutcase who's taking out his rage for something I had nothing to do with whatsoever on me.
In your place, I probably would have told the man in a non-fanboyish fashion what a great show Firefly is, how the fanbase of Firefly has grown over the last few years despite its cancellation, how willing we are to spend money on ANYTHING Firefly, and that I just can't believe Fox could have cancelled a great show such as Firefly, and then I'd have asked him if he as an "insider" could imagine why they treated Firefly so badly. You know, draw him in, not scare him away.
I bet your ballsy behaviour led to some very negative water cooler discussions at the Fox office the next day - chit chat that could have aided our cause had you left a favorable impression, especially if you had gotten him interested with the question of why Fox treated the show so badly - he actually might have checked that out, even if only at the water cooler.
I'm all for sticking it to "the man", but I find that diplomacy works much better, and I don't take something out on someone had nothing to do with it. Chose wisely when to use your balls and when to use your brains.
I know for a fact that listening to my balls only gets me into trouble, even if there is some instant gratification in it.
To put it a fancy metaphoric-like way: We all love Jayne, but we sure as hell don't want him to do the talking for us. 
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"Dude, you never wanna f*ck with a Browncoat, man." - Kevin Smith
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I certainly hope that comment was directed towards the FOX guy... we all love the person who hurts and offends FOX
Ching-wah TSAO duh liou mahng!
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Originally posted by tlacook:
Idiot.
And then some.
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Originally posted by Blueredgreen:
I certainly hope that comment was directed towards the FOX guy... we all love the person who hurts and offends FOX
Ching-wah TSAO duh liou mahng!
Does this include Joss Whedon? You do know he's going back to work with them, don't you?
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OK, this reminds me of a guy I know who went to a pretentious annoying English University and had to sit through several pretentious annoying dinners with pretentious annoying people much like this Fox guy. For my friend, speaking his mind was not an option. His solution? He and his girlfriend would come up with some absurd phrase and spend the night trying to make the highbrow idiots say it. Like: it's really a shame about the rabbits and the trees.
Stuff like that makes it possible to be nice to someone who doesn't deserve it. You still get to have your fun.
And, who knows, it might have turned out that the exec was a nice guy who just needed warming up. Or even - maybe he was talking big to try to impress you because he thought you were cute. Airport bathroom stalls, you know. 
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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
My Dearest Darling FollowMal-
Whilst I hold you in the higest affection and would follow you anywhere, I must regretfully decline your lovely invitation to trade my turnipy coat for your cunning hat. For you see, I can not be blamed if some dum dum gives me the wrong coat.....and the Captain does so love to watch me nekid pyre dance in nuthin but it.
Kisses and hugs
FMF
I am on The List. We are The Forsaken and we aim to burn!
"We don't fear the reaper"
FORSAKEN original
Damn! I had to try...
xxxooo back!!
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It is totally directed at the unthinking fool who started this thread.
If you don't ever want more of the 'verse from the only folks who can actually give you more of it, keep up the antagonism.
Hopefully, this development guy will be generous and not paint the entire fandom with the brush of this obnoxious moron, but it isn't likely.
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To think I missed this interesting thread while I was at work today. I think I need a mug of Mudder's Milk after getting through all this.
I have to agree with FM. I've known her a while and she's got a good head on her shoulders. When ever things get heated she's the cool rational one with the good idea. And she's a Firefly/Serenity guerilla marketer extraordinare.
Every customer service seminar I've been to says that every negative comment is talked about more than the good ones. And to maintain your cool even if you're seething inside. It's a very hard thing to do.
The F@!x guy may have been in middle management, pretentous and not there when Firefly was cancelled but things do have a way of traveling.
Just had to get my two cents in.
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