Entertainment Weekly Firefly Mass Mailing Request

POSTED BY: zoid
UPDATED: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 15:02
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SHINY

Thursday, May 20, 2004 1:54 AM

Yes, please post a snail mail address for letters to the editor or whatever...I'll print out my letter and snail mail it also! Let's letter bomb them for a month (and every month until they print some of our letters...heh heh) ;)

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RKLENSETH

Thursday, May 20, 2004 2:28 AM

I would like to point out to you all that it is more than ten of tousands or thousands of DVD copies sold but last time around February it was 200,000 copies sold and now I'm sure it is well pass 400,000. Give them the actual numbers and it will have more of an impact.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

GUILDSSISTER

Thursday, May 20, 2004 12:23 PM

Here is the address I mailed it to...
Entertainment Weekly, 1675 Broadway, New York, NY 10019

Thanks for the info about the numbers of DVDs sold...in my next letter I'll change my figures!

Quote:
Originally posted by Shiny:
Yes, please post a snail mail address for letters to the editor or whatever...I'll print out my letter and snail mail it also! Let's letter bomb them for a month (and every month until they print some of our letters...heh heh) ;)

Please help Haken keep this site running by occasionally clicking on some of the sponsored ad links on the side of the page!

Guild Sister

PSELUS

Thursday, May 20, 2004 3:11 PM

alright...who's posting their letters today?
I KNOW there's more people on FFF.net than this...

c'mon folks...it's for the good of the Resistance

"Big Damn Heroes sir."

SKYDANCE

Thursday, May 20, 2004 5:05 PM

"... but last time around February it was 200,000 copies sold and now I'm sure it is well pass 400,000. Give them the actual numbers and it will have more of an impact."

Can you provide a source for those numbers? I never quote numbers unless I can also quote the source. Credibility comes from being able to back up your claims. I would have liked to include numbers (did you notice how I asked if they had access to numbers? get them on the trail of a story ...), but I didn't know where to get them. If you've got a link, I'd love to see it.

DELIA

Thursday, May 20, 2004 5:20 PM

Skydance,

The 200,000 number was in an Entertainment Weekly blurb announcing the movie. There's a thread on here somewhere about it -- I'll link it if I can find it again.

Delia

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WESLEY : Feng shui.
GUNN: Right. What's that mean again?
WESLEY: That people will believe anything.

RKLENSETH

Thursday, May 20, 2004 5:21 PM

I'm not sure where the article is anymore but it should be archive somewhere on this site so perhaps Haken or someone can find it. The 400,000 is just my speculation but the 200,000 was reported in an article back in February. This is old news to any Browncoats that have been around for a while.

Oh, and play Cantr II at www.cantr.net.

DELIA

Thursday, May 20, 2004 5:32 PM

Here's the post about the article. It was early March, I think.

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=7&t=4218

___________________________________________
WESLEY : Feng shui.
GUNN: Right. What's that mean again?
WESLEY: That people will believe anything.

CAPTAINCDC

Thursday, May 20, 2004 8:55 PM

In the Mail section of Entertainment Weekly, it says the following:

EW welcomes feedback from our readers, via e-mail at ew_letters@ew.com or fax at 212-467-1223. All correspondence must include your name, address, and daytime telephone number. Letters may be edited for clarity or length.

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

ZOID

Thursday, May 20, 2004 9:38 PM

Okay, Browncoats, looks like we've gotta repeat our efforts if captaindc's info is correct (grrr, Pselus).

For those who need it, allow me to help you out a little. Open your email program (I'm going to have to assume an Outlook variant, since that's all I use; sorry AOL'ers). Go to the "Sent Items" folder. Here you will see the letter you sent to EW yesterday or the day before. You can now copy the text from that missive and paste it into a new email to the correct address. Please be sure and include the required contact information, as listed in captaindc's post.

The good news is, you get a chance to rethink some of your wording, and it should take only a minute or two, as opposed to the amount of time it took to write your original composition. The bad news is, you've got to do it again, else you've wasted your time pouring your heart into a black hole.

Here's my amended post, re-transmitted just before this posting:

Quote:
Madams/Sirs:

Joss stated that Fox TV is “a bad network that makes bad decisions”. Fox TV responded, "We wish Firefly had found an audience, and we would like nothing better than to be in business with Joss again." What was left unsaid by the network’s representative was that Fox thought so highly of Mr. Whedon’s work that they: 1.) Failed to air the 2-hour movie at the start of the series, as was necessary in order to introduce viewers to the characters and setting; 2.) Moved the start time of the weekly episodes and skipped weeks because of baseball and football coverage; 3.) Showed episodes out of order, which scrambled the plot arc. I believe it’s obvious that Fox TV had no appreciation of the art Joss had created, and no respect for Mr. Whedon himself. If Fox TV had made some concessions for the fact that Firefly’s poor showing in the ratings was due in majority to their own mismanagement of the property, their statement would hold more credibility. Instead, their spokesperson’s statement sounds more like an impersonal boilerplate rejection letter than anything like a heartfelt attempt at reconciliation. Such an insult to a distinguished television producer is yet another indication of poor decision-making on the part Fox TV, and proof positive that Joss’ analysis of their practices is accurate. Whatever happened to just admitting you made a mistake?

Sincerely,

(My name, address and daytime telephone, here)

Please withhold my name, if possible

Mistakes happen. Think of it as being on a par with one of Mal's plans; repost your letters to the correct address and let's keep flying.

Respectfully,

zoid
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