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P.S: I have a dozen friends interested in what Serenity and Firefly are, I will ask them not to purchase the DVDs yet untill June 23rd.

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Wrong move!!
You don't know yet if the plan will be successful... let them buy the DVDs now. Chances are that they'll become browncoats and buy MORE copies on the Day

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Originally posted by SameErtia:
11thHour,

The combination of the terms ONE, ARMY and Browncoat, for those of us who actually know our history, is very reminiscent of the Nazi 'Brownshirts'. It could potentially be harmful to our cause.

Now, I'm gettin a little sick of you running in and attacking everything I say. If we're to be "one army", fine, so be it. I'm only saying that it's not the best way to get our point across, and we could very well turn off the very new fans we'd be trying to reach.

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Originally posted by 11thHour:

PLEASE REMEMBER EVERYONE ~

Buying the Firefly DVD does NOT give money to FOX TV... they are not in the money stream on this one anymore. They were just the back birth TV Network that had GOLD in their hands and screwed it up.

FOX Home Entertainment made sure that a show that only was broadcast for half a season, (yet continued to have a VERY dedicated fanbse) got to be made into a DVD boxset.

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Originally posted by Hera:
Hey there 11thHour, thank you for clarifying the corporate relationships for me. This is very helpful. If I can swing purchasing the FF DVD, I can now do it with a clear conscience!

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Originally posted by Dewrastler:
Here's what I've come up with for a letter so far. Any suggestions what to keep, add, or subtract to it?


Dear Universal,

On June 23, we Browncoats, the fans of Joss Whedon’s Serenity, will take action to show our support for this film and all those who brought it to life. This event will be done alongside and in support of the Serenity Now/Equality Now charity screenings of Serenity across the United States.

Our event is an international one. On this day Browncoats around the world will join together to deliver a simple message. We are a strong, existing fan base, our numbers are constantly growing, and we want more.

On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.

Sincerely,

Browncoat ____________

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Every one of us could order a copy of the Serenity DVD on Amazon on that day. Not just buy it anywhere, but get it from one source. (I'm not affiliated with amazon in any way, btw. I prefer to use non-mega-corp shops, butheywhatareyagonnado.)
Tens of thousands of people ordering the same title on the same day should get the amazon people into resupply trouble, but I think they won't mind. But they'll notice, and so will Universal.
If we manage to get 50000 browncoats (We're about 18000 active on this board alone) to just buy one DVD for 20 bucks, that'd be a cool mill for Universal right there (not all profits, but hey!). That's just a thought, though, not a telethon pitch.
Anyways, climbing a few ranks on the Amazon charts won't hurt, either.
We probably all own several copies of Serenity already, but I guess everyone can save 20 bucks until June 23rd for another one. Charity-like. And then give it to someone who hasn't seen it yet, or a library - or just leave it on your seat in the bus for someone to find.
That way, we make Universal money, create a bit of a buzz, and we make more people interested in a sequel, since more people will have seen the BDM (and hey, for free!), and I have yet to hear someone say that they didn't like it. The real problem isn't that the BDM sucks, anyway (since it sure as hell doesn't), but that not enough people watched it (duh). Not everyone will turn into a browncoat after watching the movie, but most of them would at least go watch a sequel.
We could maybe get Joss and/or members of the cast to record a video message for our day or something, get them involved as far as they wanna get involved. I'm sure they get requests like that all the time, but this would be the BIG TIME.
(If we're lucky, "Done the Impossible" might come out somewhere around June 23rd, as well - and it's not too unlikely. The shiny Firefly ornament is coming out on june 14th and should sell well. Oh, btw, when is the HD DVD coming out again? If we're lucky, it's June, as well. June is definitely our month.)

Too many of our plans seem to fail because there are too many plans - too many petitions for the same thing (hurting the cause in the end), too many people standing on too many soapboxes calling for too many revolutions on too many days.
ONE is the number here.
ONE day, ONE plan, ONE army of browncoats.
Universal may not notice the drops of rain on their Firefly franchise field, but they'll notice
when it starts pouring, and maybe decide to plow the fields once more.
Yeah, I'm into metaphors, but enough with the pep talk. Is there like an elder council of the fansite webmasters or something? Are they all in touch?
We'd have to be quick, though, if June 23rd is to be it.
And we need some people with more than just enthusiasm to organize this, preferrably veterans.
If all browncoats stick together, we could make this one Big Damn Celebration Day.

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TheBBQChickenMadness wrote:
Sunday, April 16, 2006 03:59
I honestly cannot believe what I'm reading. I've read though both of the threads for this "project" and 3/4 of the replies are pointless bickering about what the day will be called? WTF?

WHO CARES!

Dear lord, who gives a flying crap about what the day is called, or what the website address is, or any of the other little things that people keep arguing about. Anyone can offer suggestions, and I will too, but stop ARGUING about little crap.

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TheBBQChickenMadness wrote:
Sunday, April 16, 2006 03:59
I honestly cannot believe what I'm reading. I've read though both of the threads for this "project" and 3/4 of the replies are pointless bickering about what the day will be called? WTF?

WHO CARES!

Dear lord, who gives a flying crap about what the day is called, or what the website address is, or any of the other little things that people keep arguing about. Anyone can offer suggestions, and I will too, but stop ARGUING about little crap.

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I havent seen any of the bickering this 5 minute member is dribbling about. I have seen people positing opinions & ideas as should be expected. Or maybe we should just do a half assed job as this guys seems to imply..

WHO CARES! what the day is called you say.. Fine then lets call it "Dank tuft of rectal pubic hair day"

Pfft.. newbs

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Originally posted by Jana:

We want to reassure you that you made a great investment by bringing back the world of Firefly, and thank you for your faith in the 'verse. New Browncoats appear on message boards every day, and veteran Browncoats are converting friends in full force. We want to show you we're here to stay.

Malcolm Reynolds says in the pilot of the TV show, "We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty." Half-seasons of TV shows do not make it onto DVD let alone launched onto the big screen. We've done the impossible.

On June 23rd, watch us do it again.

See you in the world,
Jana

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Now, how's that sit?

--Jana/B]

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WHO CARES! what the day is called you say.. Fine then lets call it "Dank tuft of rectal pubic hair day"

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Also, FWIW, what exactly is the "Spam Mission"? It has a less than helpful sound to it, all things considered. Does no one recall how angry people were getting when the movie came out and Browncoats were pimping it on unrelated discussion boards?

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I've spent the last few hours going to forums, myspace, etc and spreading the word. Do you know how many firefly fan groups there are on myspace? good god! i searched firefly to find 19 pages worth.

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Originally posted by Seba:
I'm also thinking of trying to set up a screening at my college in Georgia. We have a few dedicated theaters and a student activies council, so I think this could work.

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Originally posted by DanielFyre:
Now I feel like I'm a big idiot for asking this but: what significance does June 23 hold? I'm guessing its either the date Firefly was first aired or cancelled...Someone wanna clarify for me please? Thanks.

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Originally posted by Calhoun:
Pfft.. newbs

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Originally posted by Rach:

Hey Seba

Talk to Maxrimstain!

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Originally posted by PhoenixRose:
Max, you'll notice that I said that the name was key in the post right above yours.
I totally appreciate your enthusism about this, I really do, but please ease off us a little, okay? We haven't lost sight of anything. No need to be a nazi. We are, in fact, trying to avoid that reference as much as possible. We're all on board for this, believe me.

To repeat myself, since my post was apparently missed: Anyone know where I can get bulk Serenity and Firefly stickers? I've only got two months to get together enough to pepper the town with, while designing flyers and trying to hold my job all at the same time.


Pheonix, that depends what kind of stickers you want. If you want to buy ones that are already made you can do a search of cafepress.com - I did a quick one and hundreds of designs popped up. If you want customized stickers you can check out websites like http://www.customizedstickers.com but those seem to run about $250 for a 250 sticker print and take a month to get - maybe if you google it you could find a cheaper rate. Hope that helps.
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One day.
One plan.
One army of Browncoats.

On June 23rd, we aim to misbehave.

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Originally posted by Kaele:
Serenity Day must happen.


Webmaster Mission: Any volunteers for this mission, please contact followmal@gmail.com You will be combing the web for all Firefly and Serenity related sites. We're going to start e-mailing those webmasters to link to the Serenity Day/Browncoat Army site and to hopefully display our banner.


Blog Mission: I need a movie submission to be put up on people's Myspace, LJ, blogspot, and any other blog related site for Browncoats to upload to their blogs. I want a mini-commercial. Submit them to me please.

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Originally posted by IThas2Bme:
How close are we to the official name or finalists for it?

MySpace has a group I really liked the name of and thought would work for this new cause: Serenity Browncoats.

I thought "Serenity Browncoats Day" has a nice universal intriguing appeal and www.serenitybrowncoats.com isn’t taken.

Just my 2 cents. Any thoughts?


... I'm in.

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Originally posted by deepgirl187:
First off, everyone that's trying to make this a reality are officially the shiniest people in the verse!

That being said though, I have a few questions.

First, I was wondering about the screenings. I live in Michigan, and while I'm not able to organize a screening myself, I was wondering if there is someone else in the area that could? I would try to lend a hand the best I could...

Second, does anyone know a way of contacting Joss or the BDM's? I just thought it would be cool to let them know what we are doing.

On June 23, we are gonna make so much gorram noise that they'll have to notice.

At last.
We can retire and give up
this life of crime.

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Originally posted by Kaele:
Serenity Day must happen.

Banner Mission: All submissions are to be sent to pizzaaoow@yahoo.com MalNourished is in command of this mission. Please have all banner submissions sent to her by April 22nd. Content should include some form of "Serenity Day, June 23rd" and "Browncoat Army".

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