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POSTED BY: FongLuh
UPDATED: Tuesday, September 9, 2008 00:22
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Your criticisms are valid and I posted a link on that site to this one. I will alert Fongluh to respond and see what could be done to improve the "user-friendliness" of the site.
We have to do whatever we can to get the word out to as many Browncoats as possible for this to work. Our main goal is to get Firefly back "on the air" and whatever you can do to help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, SGG
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Originally posted by TVChick:
The site doesn't feel very user-friendly to me.
The header seems too big... keeps me from being able to read a big bit all at once... have to keep scrolling.
I find a background image w/text on it to be distracting when I'm trying to read.
I didn't see anything that indicated I should click on "2x2..." to see the current/upcoming plan.
I'd like to have a way to sign up to a list that would email upcoming/current plans. Dunno if it's possible, but I think you'd get a lot of people who'd do that, but who might not think to stop in to the website often to see what's going on.
I know it says, "Newsletter option added. Enter your email address on the left if you'd like to receive updates on our plans," but I don't actually *see* that anywhere.
Just my thoughts. It's always a good idea to have organization to keep trying to get more of the show, so kudos!!
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More on the SaveFirefly.org site, but here's a sample of what you'll find there:
Hey there guys,
A couple of different thoughts about this:
1. We do have time to work with here but not much; so here's my take on it - we could send a letter (to Fox) with Blue Gloves drawn or printed on. We still are "sending" the blue gloves but we're using paper which can be recycled. Not as impactful as thousands of gloves but we still get our message across to Fox. There's still the logistical problem, but that goes for the actual gloves as well.
There may be a solution: we could have all the different Browncoat organizations and clubs order them for their members and distribute to them (still a problem without a central location). Or, we can e-mail them to Fox with each individual sending their own message as to why they want Firefly back on the air.
Just a note: There was an article on July 18, 2008 http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.ph ... 1&id=57653, that makes me think we're on the right track with contacting Fox. Now we have a name, Kevin Reilly, President of Entertainment. (Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding - we have a winner!)
2. I agree with Deltarat that sending the post cards to Universal would also help our cause. I think this is possible to do as a separate plan from the Blue Gloves project. So we would have 2 fronts:
A. Fox - Blue Gloves (or reasonable facsimile) Message: We want TV series
B. Universal - Blue sun post cards (or reasonable facsimile) Message: Movie or 6-hour straight-to-dvd mini-series.
Both mailings must be large numbers in order for it to grab their attention. That was easy, now comes the hard part - getting the word out to all browncoats around the world. The "around the world" part is key, especially in the case of Universal. They must be convinced that their investment will bring them embarrassingly large stacks of cashy-money.
Okay, now that I've laid out the plan. What do you think?
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I totally understand the criticism about the site. I am a graphic designer, but not a professional website designer. I tend to focus more on looks and not so much on content.
I volunteered to make the site because there was a need for one, and no one else stepped in to take over. So don't be too critical, because in all likelyhood this might not have gotten off the ground if I hadn't stepped in. I spent my time and money to get the Hands of Blue idea organized, and I think it has been well worth it.
Better than nothing right? Everyone who wants FireFly to come back, raise your hand!
(by the way, the reason there 2x2 couldn't be found is because I temporarily removed it. We needed to discuss some things, and now it's back up: http://www.savefirefly.org/blue.html)
Aiya! Huaile.
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I sorry, but it's this sort of non-argument that really *really* irritates me. It doesn't matter why the usability issues are there. That's moot. What matters is that when found and/or pointed out, the answer is something like, "My bad. Fixed." What you've effectively done is "But, I did it and you didn't. So, don't complain."
There's still issues that remain, such as the text being hard to read with that background. Do you honestly expect us to believe that graphic design never has text on it or text that is expected to be readable?
You see, welcoming constructive criticism really *really* helps things out. It creates a feeling of openness to all aspects of the site especially if action is taken in a quick manner. But, doing nothing but defending what has been done has rather an opposite effect.
On a last note, regarding wanting Firefly back, it's long past that now. Very long past that. Letter writing campaigns will not do anything besides allowing the few fanatics announce themselves.
If you want to actually do something, then actually do something. Write fan fic, help out the EV Nova game project ( http://s4.invisionfree.com/GunRunner/index.php?act=idx), or something else that will actually produce something. Something that can be pointed to to say that the community is still active. Something to say to FOX/Universal, "YOU aren't doing something so WE WILL!"
Wonder why the Wing Commander community is still around? Here's a hint: Even though the last game came out in 1997 (with XBL /arcade/ lately) the community was very active modding the game engines. This has produced several fan made games. Also, there is the Flight Commander project ( http://flightcommander.solsector.net/) that made an open-source engine to create missions, etc in that is still ongoing. Another new one is ASCII Sector ( http://www.asciisector.net/) which looks kind of neat (don't have windows so I can't play it).
But, none of the above is really going on in the FF/S community. Probably because it takes more effort than 5 minutes writing a letter and those that spend more time than that only organise the letter writing campaigns or make the websites for them. Not good enough.
Basically, stop waiting for someone to do something for you and/or telling someone to do something for you and actually do something! I got a couple ongoing projects that might help this community. But, quite frankly, my experience with such things in the past has not been encouraging. Perhaps if this community shows that it will actually do something I'll pop up and create a sub-project to do something here. But, until then...
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Tour effort is appreciated by this BC.
Shiny! Let's be bad guys!
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I agree with the previous post. I really appreciate the effort, but I found the site extremely hard to read. The graphical background is kinda cool, but it definitely needs to go, and the header is even worse. I feel like I'm trying to read a website through a mailbox slit.
Don't be angry with me for my comments, or anyone else for that matter. I'm just throwing my two cents in (hopefully) for the betterment of the Save Firefly movement. If we're going to do something, we should do it well, because I REALLY want to see Firefly back on the air, but even I almost didn't read the plan because the site was so non-user-friendly.
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You see, welcoming constructive criticism really *really* helps things out. It creates a feeling of openness to all aspects of the site especially if action is taken in a quick manner. But, doing nothing but defending what has been done has rather an opposite effect.
I'm sorry if I came across as not accepting criticism. I actually appreciate it. You're actually the first to offer a complaint, a legitimate one especially. I would, however, have prefered you mention it in the Suggestion Box at the site. In any case, I'll see what I can do about the background.
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On a last note, regarding wanting Firefly back, it's long past that now. Very long past that. Letter writing campaigns will not do anything besides allowing the few fanatics announce themselves.
Well....I understand your view. I wish though that you would be a bit more optimistic. The fact that there was ever movie made for the canceled show should be proof enough that the impossible can be done. In the end I don't think it matters so much whether we succeed or fail. It gives us browncoats some hope, something to strive for. We may not get what we want, but who knows what we might get that we didn't expect?
Aiya! Huaile.
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Okay, I got rid of the background, and shrunk the header. I can shrink it more if necessary, just let me know.
Aiya! Huaile.
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Originally posted by FongLuh:Quote:
You see, welcoming constructive criticism really *really* helps things out. It creates a feeling of openness to all aspects of the site especially if action is taken in a quick manner. But, doing nothing but defending what has been done has rather an opposite effect.
I'm sorry if I came across as not accepting criticism. I actually appreciate it. You're actually the first to offer a complaint, a legitimate one especially. I would, however, have prefered you mention it in the Suggestion Box at the site. In any case, I'll see what I can do about the background.
I wasn't the first one. Hell, you even responded to someone else criticising the site before me. I was actually criticising your response to earlier criticism.
Seriously...
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Originally posted by FongLuh:Quote:
On a last note, regarding wanting Firefly back, it's long past that now. Very long past that. Letter writing campaigns will not do anything besides allowing the few fanatics announce themselves.
Well....I understand your view. I wish though that you would be a bit more optimistic. The fact that there was ever movie made for the canceled show should be proof enough that the impossible can be done. In the end I don't think it matters so much whether we succeed or fail. It gives us browncoats some hope, something to strive for. We may not get what we want, but who knows what we might get that we didn't expect?
Yah, let's not mention that Nathan and Joss both said that it would *unreasonable* for the fans to ask for anything more in an interview after the movie came out. Point of fact, the only thing that can be expected is that there will probably be more comics. That's it. Nothing more.
(Aside: What we got was NOT because of us, but because we were supporting something that Joss, etc were doing /directly/ after the show was cancelled. Without them (and the time period), we have /zero/ chance of accomplishing anything. Have you seen just how inactive this forum has been lately?)
Also, 62 registered members on your forums doesn't exactly spell mass mailing. Honestly, I don't see you getting that critical number of people willing to do this to make it work. Seriously, think about doing something else. If you want something to strive for that'll actually add to the community, I've already suggested some actual productive endeavours. Any of which would produce something and as a side effect promote FF/S.
Honestly, all that I really see these letter writing campaigns as, especially now, is just *something* for people to do. Why not change that something to something that will produce something instead of the standard asking people to produce something that have historically ignored every request? After all:
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. "
-Benjamin Franklin
A last bit of advice if you actually go through with this:
Some of the gloves that you linked to to purchase are powdered. You might want to recommend to people to NOT buy the powdered ones, or if they already have (or do) to remove the powder before sending. After all, getting white powder in the mail tends to freak people out now-a-days.
Your letters are too long, especially the one to the FOX execs. These people tend to only read a paragraph, possibly two before they toss things out. In general, I'd suggest keeping it to two or three short paragraphs which get straight to the point. And remember to know your audience. They don't care about how great the show was. All they care about is the "bottom line." So, if you re-work the letter (recommended), keep focus on revenue, merchandise, etc. Do *not* mention on-line polls as those are meaningless (too often/easily manipulated). Effectively give them a business case for doing what you want them to do based on hard numbers/facts (i.e. marketing research). And for god's sake, do *not* resort of emoti
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I have one thing to add to SigmaNunki's last post- ~~DON'T GIVE UP!!!!!!!!~~
There's nothing wrong with what you're trying to do. Just take all advice (optimistic or pessimistic), take your time, and then take your actions. It can be done.
Are there, however, alternate targets you could use for your plans. Or multiple targets? Even if you don't send in a lot of (letters?gloves?or whatever you send) you could send things to a range of people.
Anyhow, people really need to spread the word to give this a greater scope and a larger following. Now for me to check out that site.. (I don't think it matters I said this before checking out the site).
GOOD LUCK
Keep Writing, Keep Flying
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