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Originally posted by bipolarandy:
???what???
"other than the next batch of comics and the books for 2007"
Please explain.

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Originally posted by rklenseth:
We can collect funds for a sequel. I'm sure if we got all of us Browncoats together donate what we could then we could collect enough to at least gain Universal's attention.

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

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Originally posted by WhoIsRiver:
where do we go from here?

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Originally posted by Chindi:

I think we keep recruiting and hold the line.. we stay faithful to each other and the 'verse and other than that.. I do not know.

I am along for the duration.

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Originally posted by ndrage85:
where do we go from here? we pimp out Firefly and Serenity like you would a whore, i'm sorry, companion, before the guilds came along. one thing i've noticed that i'm very happy about is all of the people visiting here lately talking about how they are new fans to the 'verse.

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Like meeeee! Been obsessed since the day I saw Our Mrs. Reynolds on SciFi!

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there are still tons of people to recruit. the love for Firefly is infectious, it just hasn't been spread to people. you can't fall in love with something you've never seen. and i've never shown Firefly or Serenity to someone who didn't end up liking it or loving it.

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Two things I'd like to note:

1. Showing it to your friends and family works best, because you know their tastes better, and they usually trust yours better. Strangers, the reaction varies wildly, from "Huh. Never heard of it... sounds fun, though" to "OH GOD SHUT UP! SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUP ALREADY! I'VE HEARD ENOUGH!" (One of the worst cases: I saw one person on a major Trek BBS say that he wasn't going to see Serenity OR watch the series, because he was sick of the "cult like" Browncoats badgering him on the boards. Though thankfully, most of the people online that I've met that didn't like it, it was simply because the genre melding didn't quite work for them. Which would be why they get annoyed at some of the pushier Browncoats; they've already tried it, and didn't particularly like it. It took me a long time to realize why, really, and even then, I still can't help but love even the flaws in the 'verse. I'm a right softy, I am).

2: There is no number 2. I think I had a number 2, but Reavers ate it.

Ooh! Also: one of the most effective ways of getting people to watch is to, in a discussion that somehow swings that way, spot the one person who says something like "Well, I like SF, and I lOVE westerns. It sounds kind of fun...". Then you tell them "Oh, you should try it then! It's loads of fun, in my opinion. If you get SciFi Channel, they're even airing it right now on Fridays at 7 PM Eastern, so you don't even have to plop down the money for a box set to see it! And right now, I think they're getting into the better episodes, too! Anything past Shindig is total gold, I think. Though Shindig is a pretty cool episode... ahaha, but you good folks can have your topic back about now."

I've gotten more people's interest piqued that way than I ever got being remotely pushy. Just thought I'd share that. Because there's a handful of us out there that have gotten so zealous about promoting it that it's freaked some people out. Acting casual and saying it's a "fun little show that's actually airing on SciFi right now..." is much, much better. You sound saner that way.

ANd keep in mind, if they say they've seen several episodes and still didn't like it, don't push it any further. If it was only one episode, by all means ask them if it was The Train Job or whatever, but if they've seen several, chances are they started getting into some of the better episodes and it just wasn't to their taste.

Hard to believe, I know. But not everyone likes the kind of quirky 'verse Joss created (and I've met at least one person who didn't particularly like Joss' writing style even after giving it several shots *shrug*). And if they don't, then don't push it. All that will do is make them want to complain about Browncoats all being cult-like obsessives that make Jehovah's Witnesses look charming! :(

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If we want more, we have to work for it. It sounds dumb to say, because fans of other things don't have to work for more like we do.

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No, it's not that. It's that somehow, we have a fanbase that WANTS it that badly.

Tru Calling and Wonderfalls are other examples of great little shows (both SF! Noticing a pattern, here...) that Fox axed. Both have a small, but devoted fanbase. However, beyond a few wimpy pleas for people to write to Fox to un-cancel Tru Calling, there was barely a whisper about it. Wonderfalls didn't find genuine fanbase until it hit DVD, since it was worse off than Firefly, having been canceled after only FOUR episodes (out of 13 produced). The DVD sales for Wonderfalls aren't bad, but compared to Firefly it's NOTHING. And I can't even FIND Tru Calling in Best Buy, despite being able to find the older Wonderfalls set.

Firefly just really snagged an unexpectadly large, devoted fanbase that happens to be just devoted enough to spend a lot of money on it. In other words, Firefly was a hell of a lot luckier than most other canceled shows of the past few years! And it continue to be. After all, it's airing multiple times on SciFi Channel, and won huge, huge ratings. And from what I've heard, Serenity's doing very well in the UK.

Why yes, I am an optimist, why do you ask?

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But if Browncoats want more, we're going to have to do our best to give Firefly and Serenity the attention and appreciation they deserve.

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