Do you feel like you failed?
POSTED BY: InpedendantLissa
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 1, 2008 14:11
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I feel like we failed getting another movie. All we heard was if there were enough sales there would be another movie however so far there has been nothing. Also at this point I don't see how they could get the cast back together to do another movie because a lot of them have moved on to new shows. How do you feel about it?
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Darlin',
WE haven't failed. We have already " done the impossible," and that "makes us mighty." THEY just haven't completely caught on yet... Remember, it took original Star Trek 18 years. We just gotta " keep on holdin'.
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We haven't failed. FOX and Universal have failed.
wo men ren ran zai fei xing.
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Not in the slightest, yes I am dissappointed the franchise didnt immediately relight, yes I was dissappointed when despite our best efforts FOx went ahead and cancelled it.
Look at yourselves, seriously, take a look around, this forum and the plethora of others out there. We are an active and growing fandom. Those new people, those are our angels, bolstering our lines, and increasing our numbers. If you dont believe the browncoats are mighty in numbers... you really need to attend a convention like DragonCon. or, if cons are not your thing, put on your favorite firefly or serenity tshirt, and walk around a mall, a movie theater, a park, or even ride an elevator around in a busy building, you will get nods and smiles of acknowledgement and sometimes even a new friend out of the deal. back following the DragonCon chain of thought, the dragoncon organizers had to scramble and change their plans to move the browncoat contingents to the largest rooms, bumping smaller (but expected to be larger) panels to other rooms this year.
Truth is, the big boards have grown quieter, but go check out the local group boards, the fanbase is definately still active, definately growing. yes, many of the older board members have drifted off the boards, but I can assure you,they are just waiting, lurking, and many have their fingers still in the pulse of the browncoat community they are just biding their time. I'm sure many of you think the older parts of this fandom may not rush back to the lines, but search in your heart, there was something about this show more than any other that resonated, or you wouldnt be here, old member or new (why search out a messageboard for a show that was cancelled years ago?). When they said, "once you've bene in Serenity valley, you don't leave, you just learn to live there." It's so true, this show is something amazing. The fact that all these big boards are still active, is really a testimant to the fandom, do asearch for other tv shows cancelled within a similar time frame as firefly, or movies around the time of serenity, you will be hardpressed to find more than empty shells of forums, I will use wonderfalls as an example, cute quirky show I really enjoyed, a quick search brought up this, www.savewonderfalls.com look at teh last time the page was updated.
Did we fail? No, we got the show on dvd, we got a movie, it was one of the very first movies made into blueray format, comics, a bigdamn cruise, an award winning fan documentary, books, a
nd some incredibly shiny licensed merchandise.
Furthermore the fandom has raised some incredible amounts of money in the name of charities all around the globe, and those efforts are growing. Point and fact, cantstoptheserenity.
We have done more, in less time than many fandoms, I'm incredibly proud of what we have accomplished. Failure, would have been our show dying into obscurity never even making it to dvd.
We just have to hold the line. I'm thinking we will rise again.
Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse
www.texasartcat.com/bluesun.html <--my bluesunshop
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ArtCat - You Rock! How did you pick all those feelings from my heart and put them into words? I'm printing out your post and putting it in a place of honor.
In answer to the original question: Failed? New recruits coming every day doesn't coincide with failure. We'll keep our ship in the air with baling wire and spit if we have to.
"Not that you'd spit..."
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"...I'm still free, you can't take the sky from me."
Seattle's Serenity Forever/Equality Now!-a CSTS event - June 22, 2008 -- We did GOOD! -- www.seattlebrowncoats.org
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Awe! thank you hun, I feel honored. I am not a strong writer, just typed what i thought and felt, this was an excellent topic for a thread.
Sorry I am the queen of run on sentences, and thought / topic jumping. It has always been an issue. :)
wow and rereading the topic, i think I interpreted incorrectly, do I personally feel like I failed the browncoats?
Again no, knowing the results, I would do everything I did again, I know I did everything I could do, and continue doing to promote teh show. soo no I dont feel like a failure, I take a great deal of pride in the browncoats, and things I have personally done and participated in over the years to boost the signal. When I write Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse I absolutely mean it.
Yall/ us are an incredible group of people around the world who have done something truly incredible, and I am just soo happy to be a part of it.
OK, off to bring religiousity (of firefly) to the fuzzy wuzzies!
Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse
www.texasartcat.com/bluesun.html <--my bluesunshop
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If you're ever feeling the blues about this, just remember that all love is unrequited.
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Originally posted by artcat81:
... or, if cons are not your thing, put on your favorite firefly or serenity tshirt, and walk around a mall, a movie theater, a park, or even ride an elevator around in a busy building, you will get nods and smiles of acknowledgement and sometimes even a new friend out of the deal.
All well said artcat81, totally agree.
That quoted bit... makes me think we should have a "wear a Firefly/Serenity T-shirt day," once a year. Not a big to-do, just a simple, easy way to have a day of solidarity and a good guerilla marketing event. I know I would go out to a mall or other public place and see who turned up walking around in one!
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Originally posted by artcat81:
We are an active and growing fandom.
Actually, after the last time this site went down, Haken himself stated that although new people are joining regularly, more, far more people are leaving. He stated that there has been a massive drop in activity on this site. Also, I've noticed the same thing on other forums that are FF/S or Sci-Fi or have some little corner to discuss it.
Sorry, but what you're saying just isn't so.
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Originally posted by SigmaNunki:Quote:
Originally posted by artcat81:
We are an active and growing fandom.
Actually, after the last time this site went down, Haken himself stated that although new people are joining regularly, more, far more people are leaving. He stated that there has been a massive drop in activity on this site. Also, I've noticed the same thing on other forums that are FF/S or Sci-Fi or have some little corner to discuss it.
Sorry, but what you're saying just isn't so.
No prob hun and no need to apologise, but I keep in contact with many of the folks that are no longer active on the main messageboards, some have moved to the smaller local or regional boards, and others just stay in contact with the fandom via email with other browncoats, we may not be as in your face as we once were, but the folks that have left are still browncoats, just not as active on the message boards anymore. and Yes some folks have left, and others join, but thats the nature of things like this.
On a local level, my local Houston Browncoats, keep growing bigger, almost every shindig brings a new face, and our meetups keep growing, I know the same is true with the Austin Browncoats, and with the 76th battalion.
Browncoats are the shiniest folks in the 'verse
www.texasartcat.com/bluesun.html <--my bluesunshop
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