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Originally posted by Viking:
browcoats are just serenity fans true ?

or are browcoats allso the fans off buffy and angel ?

The wages of sin are death, but the hours are good and the perks are fantastic.

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The name is taken from the losing side

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
here are plenty of Browncoats who fell in love w/ Firefly on its own, maybe never having watched Buffy/Angel at all.

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Originally posted by zoid:

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And please, God... Er, Joss... Let Zoe be pregnant with Wash's child in the sequel, as she revealed was her heart's desire, in HoG. It's the only way to partly make up for his death. I have longed to hear Gina -- a classically trained mezzosoprano -- croon a lullaby since that episode. How heart-breaking would that be? Maybe The Ballad of Serenity, hmmm?
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OMG, that would totally make me cry. But it would be beautiful! ...

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Originally posted by RUALion:
I still say we just send Wash to the Genesis planet. It worked before.

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We're totally geeking out on this

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Originally posted by flywithmecaptn:
I'd like to have Wash back but it still wouldn't be the same without the preacher man.

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Originally posted by Psolaris:
Man...someone put a spoiler tag on this thread for Nellie!

Or, Nellie, quit reading, LOL.

Don't worry dear, Joss has a plan, and we're just not aware of what it is yet. You'll still love the movie, I swear!

Psolaris

"Ten percent of nuthin' is...let me do the math here...nuthin' into nuthin'...carry the nuthin'"

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Originally posted by Psolaris:
LOL, I know. I chuckled at it all actually. I wasn't poking at you necessarily dear. You're right, it didn't start out that way.

Flywithmecaptn

Nellie

Keep the faith, keep the hope, keep the belief!!

Psolaris

"Ten percent of nuthin' is...let me do the math here...nuthin' into nuthin'...carry the nuthin'"

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Originally posted by Casivona:
I'm just imagining her at the helm of Serenity with ghosty-Wash helping her fly and Mal in the other chair fighting over the flight controls. Not sure what to do about Book though.

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Originally posted by zoid:
flywithmecaptn and fellow 'coats:

Well, I'm still hopin'. It's all I've been doing since Firefly went "on hiatus" back in December of 2002. I heard the movie was coming in January '04 and got all excited. I read the stories of folks sneaking onto the lot during filming in summer of '04 and got more excited. I heard rumors -- post-production -- that Serenity would be released direct-to-DVD rather than theatrically and got worried. Then it was announced that the BDM would definitely be released in theatres 20 April 2005, and I was relieved. Then, just months short of that goal (like, November of '04) came the news that we had been bumped to the last day of September '05. Another six months to wait?!

But wait we did. What choice did we have? Could we just quit the love of our lives and find some other girl to court? Not a chance.

As September approached, the country was ravaged by not one but two disastrous Gulf Coast hurricanes. Quite apart from the heart-rending devastation in coastal areas, fuel prices hit every American pocketbook, per-gallon gasoline prices increasing by over a dollar and a quarter, nationwide. Folks, that's a lot of entertainment budget drying up. The movie came and went while the nation mourned and tightened its collective belt.

Mind you, I still paid for 12 seats, personally. But, the theatres were mostly empty, not just for Serenity, but for everything else showing at the time (you know, like that big-budget Jodie Foster flick, whatchamacallit). Bad timing, similar to F*x's singleminded devotion to the MLB playoffs of 2002, spelled doom for our chances at the box office, this time out. Our 'BDM' is a 'BDBOF' (Big Damn Box Office Failure).

Them's the facts. But we ain't through yet. It's just time for us to pull off some of our usual thrillin' heroics, yet again. Other movies -- like "Underworld" and Universal's "Chronicles of Riddick", for example -- have done enough business in DVD sales to offset less than enthusiastic 'box' and sparked talks about sequels.

We, the Browncoats, can trump those performances and get Serenity into the black again -- both artistically and fiscally -- where she belongs.

It's all about belief, as the good Shepherd Book put it. I believe we will make Serenity a success. We didn't have enough time to make her a box office success; but, we can buy DVDs 'til the cows come home, without the burden of a theatre-owner's whimsy.

And, finally, I believe we will see our ship and crew again, on the big screen or small; because this is a free-market society, and if we throw enough money at the studio, someone will shimmy on over and scoop it up, and serve us up another helping.

So, I'm not just hoping, I am believing that Serenity will fly again...



Faithfully,

zoid

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And please, God... Er, Joss... Let Zoe be pregnant with Wash's child in the sequel, as she revealed was her heart's desire, in HoG. It's the only way to partly make up for his death. I have longed to hear Gina -- a classically trained mezzosoprano -- croon a lullaby since that episode. How heart-breaking would that be? Maybe The Ballad of Serenity, hmmm?

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Originally posted by zoid:
flywithmecaptn and fellow 'coats:

Well, I'm still hopin'. It's all I've been doing since Firefly went "on hiatus" back in December of 2002. I heard the movie was coming in January '04 and got all excited. I read the stories of folks sneaking onto the lot during filming in summer of '04 and got more excited. I heard rumors -- post-production -- that Serenity would be released direct-to-DVD rather than theatrically and got worried. Then it was announced that the BDM would definitely be released in theatres 20 April 2005, and I was relieved. Then, just months short of that goal (like, November of '04) came the news that we had been bumped to the last day of September '05. Another six months to wait?!

But wait we did. What choice did we have? Could we just quit the love of our lives and find some other girl to court? Not a chance.

As September approached, the country was ravaged by not one but two disastrous Gulf Coast hurricanes. Quite apart from the heart-rending devastation in coastal areas, fuel prices hit every American pocketbook, per-gallon gasoline prices increasing by over a dollar and a quarter, nationwide. Folks, that's a lot of entertainment budget drying up. The movie came and went while the nation mourned and tightened its collective belt.

Mind you, I still paid for 12 seats, personally. But, the theatres were mostly empty, not just for Serenity, but for everything else showing at the time (you know, like that big-budget Jodie Foster flick, whatchamacallit). Bad timing, similar to F*x's singleminded devotion to the MLB playoffs of 2002, spelled doom for our chances at the box office, this time out. Our 'BDM' is a 'BDBOF' (Big Damn Box Office Failure).

Them's the facts. But we ain't through yet. It's just time for us to pull off some of our usual thrillin' heroics, yet again. Other movies -- like "Underworld" and Universal's "Chronicles of Riddick", for example -- have done enough business in DVD sales to offset less than enthusiastic 'box' and sparked talks about sequels.

We, the Browncoats, can trump those performances and get Serenity into the black again -- both artistically and fiscally -- where she belongs.

It's all about belief, as the good Shepherd Book put it. I believe we will make Serenity a success. We didn't have enough time to make her a box office success; but, we can buy DVDs 'til the cows come home, without the burden of a theatre-owner's whimsy.

And, finally, I believe we will see our ship and crew again, on the big screen or small; because this is a free-market society, and if we throw enough money at the studio, someone will shimmy on over and scoop it up, and serve us up another helping.

So, I'm not just hoping, I am believing that Serenity will fly again...



Faithfully,

zoid

P.S.
And please, God... Er, Joss... Let Zoe be pregnant with Wash's child in the sequel, as she revealed was her heart's desire, in HoG. It's the only way to partly make up for his death. I have longed to hear Gina -- a classically trained mezzosoprano -- croon a lullaby since that episode. How heart-breaking would that be? Maybe The Ballad of Serenity, hmmm?

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Damn Zoid, I have missed having you around the site my friend, and it is exactly this type of post that I missed.

Zoid hit it right on the head browncoats. People laughed when we said that we weren't done, and we got a movie. Okay, so people didn't turn out except for the browncoats and those sci fi fans that have more than a limited scope of what good sci fi is. That's the past, over & done with, nothing to be done about it now. No sense focusing on it anymore.

What we need to focus on is what we do have, and what we have is the Serenity DVD. We need to hype it up. We need to buy it, give it as gifts, and push it harder than we ever pushed series DVD. Our hopes for a sequel ride on the DVD sales.

DVD sales carried us before. It is because of DVD sales that we got the BDM. Now DVD sales will make the difference again.

I know some have complained that the burden shouldn't be on them, that they should not be expected to buy more than one DVD. I don't think anyone expects you to do more than you can. If you can only afford one DVD, then just buy one. Of course that doesn't mean you can't talk up the DVD to your friends & family. You can loan that DVD out to get people interested. Do what you can, that is all I or anyone can ask of you.

Keep flyin' browncoats. The story ain't done yet. Ignore the naysayers. They were wrong about us before. I'm thinking we'll rise again.

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Richmond, VA & surrounding area Firefly Fans:

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