Searching for Australian Browncoats
POSTED BY: YoungSpirit
UPDATED: Tuesday, February 6, 2007 02:30
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Hi, originally from Perth, in Brissie at the moment. Heading for London (via Perth) in a couple of weeks.
How long in London? Who knows? :)
Have converted... I don't know how many so far, as I lent a mate all my VCDs (downloaded as the shows aired in the US - since I KNEW that it would never air here on FTA) and I know he lent them to all his mates and so on (it's a pyramid scheme - and I'm sure they all rushed out to buy the DVDs). So conservatively about 20. Could be a lot more. 
Suze
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Great to see still more Aussie and Kiwi Browncoats checking in. Due to a low number of expressions of interest, the Melbourne Shindig is not going ahead. I'll try to organise another date in early October soon...
Back on Andrew Denton and Enough Rope vs. Rove:
Rove certainly has the numbers on Denton, and that's certainly a consideration. But Denton does seriously amazing interviews. I remember seeing Hugh Jackman's interview on Rove, and then the following Monday I saw him on Enough Rope. Obviously, Denton has more time to devote to each interviewee, but it was at that moment that I realised exactly how superficial some of the Rove interviews are. Entertaining - yes, very often; enlightening... not always.
So come on, people! Suggest Joss Whedon on the "Enough Rope" website: http://www2b.abc.net.au/enoughrope/suggestaguest/
And who knows... perhaps Rove would follow suit! He interviewed James Marsters when he came out in July... it is not outside the realm of possibility!
'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'
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Hi There!
I'm in Sydney but originally from Newcastle - good to see there's one or two of you out there, I thought I was alone!
Heading overseas on holidays later on this week, and am hoping to catch up with some browncoats over there. It's amazing how organised etc. they are with the lobbying - dunno if 7 would listen to that kind of pressure .. then again, has it ever been done before here?
I say we give it a red hot shot. Also, I think Joss would be GREAT on Denton - it'd be just the kind of guest he'd love (and we could all go and be in the studio audience. That'd be cool)
Anyway, best go pack, but I'm keen on some kind of a meet and greet too. Can't guarantee I'll have time (or money) to make it south tho - it might take a bit more organisation and we can do it later in the year.
If serenity DOES get here (fingers, legs and toes crossed) we should have a major shindig
Delstar
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Hey Youngspirit -
just got yr email - how the hell do i reply??
Adele
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Ya, a meet would sound pretty cool
Good point about Rove following Denton's lead and interviewing him, they've done that heaps of times.
Someone mentioned something about staking out Sunrise Seven's Martin Place studio with placards and what not - I like the sound of that idea. Uni holidays begin next week - I might see if I can journey on to Martin Place and stand outside those windows with different placards for the entire time. I'd plan on switching placards every 15-30 minutes or so, might give em something to talk about, and hey, any publicity is good publicity, right?
So let's have some suggestions about the different types of placards you'd want to be seen - here's a few to start with:
1) "I'm not gay but JOSS IS A HOTTIE"
2) "I'll be in my bunk"
3) "Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me"
4) "FIREFLY 4 TEH WIN!!1!"
5) "They'll rape us to death, eat our flesh and sew our skin to their clothes. And if we're very, very lucky, they'll do it in that order."
-- H
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By the way, Youngspirit, about t-shirt companies etc, we've gone through a few because of where I work (Macquarie Uni), we wear work t-shirts there, and the best company we found (ie. shirts don't shrink, printing stays on ever after multiple washes, quality is good, etc) is actually in your neck of the woods if I recall correctly. I'll see if I can dig around for their contact details.
-- H
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Awesome, Harl, thanks so much for that!
I think if you were to parade in Martin Place, you might want to rethink that last potential placard idea... this *is* morning/breakfast television after all! If you decide to go on a pilgrimage to Martin Place, let us know what day you'll be there! We could all send in emails that day - the combination would be attention-catching! Plus, we'd all want to see the infamous Harl on telly.
It might also be wise to put something like "Aussies want to see Firefly!" on the opposite side of the placards, so the execs who may see it would know what you're on about... otherwise I think it would just be a glorified in-joke... a damn good one, but still... no one would get it, ask questions about it, or get excited about it, and that's exactly what we need, gorram it! LOL.
Perhaps you could make ones saying "Australia wants the Big Damn Heroes", or just "Big Damn Heros". Perhaps use a blown-up version of the Blue Sun logo. A riff on "Captain Tightpants" wouldn't go astray 
Can anyone think of any other potential placard slogans?
BTW, Harl:
Quote:You reckon they might want/need Caucasian gals who are learning Mandarin?
And if they want Australian born Chinese guys, I'm in!
'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'
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re: Harl's Sunrise idea
Like YoungSpirit I agree that you definitely need to put something a bit more relevant on the placards. There ain't no point to holding up quotes and things, if it's don't mean nothing to folks. The placards need to very clearly say FIREFLY so that Channel 7 get the message.
The email idea is great as well YS. Let us know when you do it Harl, and then we can show our support as well. Tis a shame being based in Perth. Nothing ever happens here. But I'll be with you in spirit. :D I think you should rally other people into going with you. The more fuss the better!
Can we start getting sexed already?
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The only problem is that I read today 7 is putting up sandblasted glass to stop protestors distracting from the news. (You would have thought they'd have worked out having street level news was an invitation to people to put their point of view across!!)Hopefully I'm wrong about this.....
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Clearly Channel 7 are trying to do what they do in the States on the Today show or whatever with Katie Couric or whatever her name is, and Al Rocher the weather dude (anyone see that episode of Family guy? "It's gon' rain!") Sorry for the obscure reference, I'll try to keep it relevant in the future.
I'm an auteur, with two u's and a little moustache
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