Firefly Marathon and Letter Campaign - Let's get the job done! by micjwelch

Thank you, micjwelch!

Let's keep posting to this thread so that it stays where folks can read it.

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 7:15 AM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

bump

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 7:34 AM

BIGWOLF18

bumbity bump bump

do you meen just in america coz i dont wanna get my hopes up.

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the following people kick pigu! terry pratchett, nathan fillion, jewel staite, liam neeson and finally joss whendon himself!

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 7:37 AM

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Originally posted by bigwolf18:
bumbity bump bump

do you meen just in america coz i dont wanna get my hopes up.

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the following people kick pigu! terry pratchett, nathan fillion, jewel staite, liam neeson and finally joss whendon himself!

I dunno BigWolf18,

Can you do some research for us so we know if it's showing elsewhere too?

I don't know where to check online for British SciFi or I would. Or other countries either.

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 7:58 AM

FUTUREMRSFILLION

The only address I can find for the Sci Fi channel in the UK is the Sales and Marketing address

Whittaker House
Whittaker Avenue
Richmond Upon Thames
TW9 1EH
England

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 8:00 AM

DAYVE

fmf... i really like your bump

endeavor to persevere...

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 8:01 AM

DAYVE

hey, Dark Angel and Firefly all in one week.....SciFi must be trying to make up for that 'rasslin' show.....

endeavor to persevere...

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 2:41 PM

MICJWELCH

Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMal:

I don't know where to check online for British SciFi or I would. Or other countries either.

The links for "Sci-Fi Worldwide" are at the bottom of the scifi.com home page. I can't find Firefly anywhere on the european page. Sounds like another good thing to write them about.

"We may experience some slight turbulence, and then... explode."

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 7:29 PM

MICJWELCH

I hate to have to bump my own thread, but this is important.

"We may experience some slight turbulence, and then... explode."

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 7:46 PM

6IXSTRINGJACK

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"A government is a body of people, usually notably ungoverned."

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 10:05 PM

THRAWN86

I'll be emailing...

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Tuesday, July 11, 2006 10:18 PM

The Chimera is fully at your command, Admiral.

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/llama.php
-try it out, I dare you

98% of teens have smoked pot, if you are one of the 2% that haven't, copy this into your signature

I'm so into Firefly, my butt glows in the dark.

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006 9:50 AM

BOBECC

Quote:
Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
Excellent! Will have to find some Brown paper!

Paper grocery bags work nicely when cut into usuable pieces.

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006 2:52 PM

We can't have this thread falling off the main page. We're halfway thru the week and need to remember to get this thing done!

I'll be posting soon for more volunteers to post on other sites. We have some work to do this week before we can all sit back and relax and enjoy the marathon.

I myself am going to write SciFi an email the day of the marathon. Then Saturday I'm going to sit down and compose a letter in long hand neatly and with much thanks to the snail mail addy for SciFi.

Thanks everyone for taking part and doing such a good job!

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006 2:54 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by micjwelch:
Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMal:

I don't know where to check online for British SciFi or I would. Or other countries either.

The links for "Sci-Fi Worldwide" are at the bottom of the scifi.com home page. I can't find Firefly anywhere on the european page. Sounds like another good thing to write them about.

"We may experience some slight turbulence, and then... explode."

Thank you mcjwelch, you're right, writing a letter about that too won't hurt a thing.

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006 4:41 PM

*sigh* no one got my Star Wars reference

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006 4:43 PM

I suspected it was a Star Wars reference Guy,
but you're right I don't know which ship(?) the Chimera is.

You can tell me though. You are our Guy who fights things under the shimmerwine table after all.... we will listen.

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006 5:47 PM

GHOSTTOWN

I could be wrong, but i think the Chimera is the ship Grand admiral Thrawn was on. Man...my stars Wars trivia is fading...

Also..I LOVE the idea of sending letters wriiten on brown paper. I think everyone should write them by both e-mail and snail mail.

Cory

"That's A Dumb Planet"

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006 6:16 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by GhostTown:
I could be wrong, but i think the Chimera is the ship Grand admiral Thrawn was on....

yup, just wanted to see if Thrawn86's name was a Star Wars reference

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Thursday, July 13, 2006 9:10 AM

Guerilla Marketing Week. A focused week of poster plastering, poster handing out and also room for such things as moving Serenity to the front of the shelf in a movie rental store. Taking bookmarks about Firefly and Serenity and inserting them in comics and books at bookstores and comic shops. Putting up posters at your work, your school, where you shop or even the video rental shop if they will let you. What about your favorite coffee shop, do they have a bulletin board? You get my drift.

The posters are on this thread.. download 'em, put 'em up!

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=22141

Use the banners you see here to go forth and post on sites you frequent and remind folks of the show being on this Friday.

Tivo and DVR the show tomorrow! Someone somewhere may be keeping track of this and we want to let them know.

Write SciFi via email and also snail mail.
Brown paper, white paper, just be sure and do it folks! Let 'em know how much we appreciate them showing it and how much we'd love to have it on all the time. And come back with new eps.
The addresses are on this thread. If we all do it together, they have to see how many of us there are!

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

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Thursday, July 13, 2006 11:50 AM

PENGUIN

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Thursday, July 13, 2006 12:07 PM

That is very cute Penguin.

PS Love your sig

Ooops bump bump

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Thursday, July 13, 2006 12:16 PM

I plan on calling and emailing tomorrow. I will attempt a handwritten brown paper LOVE LETTER to Scifi this weekend.

Charge Browncoats! If we all try to ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING; call, email, write etc you never know what might happen. We must really take action now - not just talk about it. (Note: the "kickinthepants,getoffyourbuttandDOsomething -ness above was geared toward myself as well, so I'm not chastising anyone. Simply trying to motivate myself and possibly others.) So let's start writing some love letters okay.

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Thursday, July 13, 2006 12:27 PM

AZHEA

Liadan's Captain holding (and bumping) 'til the signal gets out.

I'll be emailing and snailing(as in postal mail) for sure.

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I mean to confound these bungers!
http://www.freewebs.com/liadanfirefly/index.htm

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Thursday, July 13, 2006 12:30 PM

Thanks everyone!

For everything.

Share with as many other Browncoat boards as you belong to too!

Please.

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

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Thursday, July 13, 2006 9:35 PM

COUGH BUMP COUGH

Was that me?

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Thursday, July 13, 2006 11:29 PM

*BUMPscreamBUMP*

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Friday, July 14, 2006 2:21 AM

*watching Firefly on tv*

*happy, happy, happy!*

TIVO, and DVR's going?

Ahhh, Mal is so handsome, Inara so beautiful, Kaylee so cute, Jayne so muscle-y, Simon so clueless, Zoe so amused, Wash so fun ( black market beagles!), River so wander-y, and Book so- how does a preacher come across as worldly wise?

Ha! "Clean and virtuous boys"and River dancing!
Joy!

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

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Friday, July 14, 2006 3:10 AM

and hats made out of trees!

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Friday, July 14, 2006 1:33 PM

REDLAVA

OK just sent out three different emails to Sci-Fi from my three accounts. Standing by for further orders Sarg.

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Friday, July 14, 2006 2:48 PM

I totally did the dance of joy seeing Firefly on my tv today. IT WAS SO SHINY! I was more excited than I care to admit. Despite the fact that we can watch Firefly anytime we want my Dad, sister, and I gathered around the tv today and enjoyed.

DANCE OF JOY! DANCE OF JOY!

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Friday, July 14, 2006 4:26 PM

I watched and was in heaven and then I sent my email to SciFi and told them thanks. And that I want more! And new eps!

Tomorrow I'll sit down and write out a letter in long hand and tell them the same thing and mail it Monday.

I'm gonna continue to be a presence on the SciFi/Firefly BBoard over there and then we turn our sights to the next shiny plan.

Oh, and don't forget to check out our vid thread....

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=21915

We need vids to spread the word all thru myspace and beyond.
We'll be starting that when the contest is over at the end of August. We only have the one entrant.

C'mon everybody, if you don't have the equipment, post an idea and ask someone who does to help.

It can be a collaborative effort, Browncoats are good at working together.

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

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Friday, July 14, 2006 10:30 PM

IMTHINKINWELLRISEAGAIN

Excellent idea. I have more to elaborate on the subject as well. Please read the whole thing, it will only take a minute or two. To everyone who reads this take my advice under serious cosideration. In my opinion the only way to get Firefly back on the air is to appeal to the right network. As we have seen, this is most definitely the sci-fi channel. I'm gorram serious when I say this, and we all know they are serious because of this marathon.
Next comes the issue of making it worth their while, after all they do broadcast shows based on public approval and ratings. I think the only appropriate thing to do is to let them know how much we love this show. Tp let them know the lengths we will go to to get this show back on the air. To show that we have to write emails, and preferably letters because they show our conviction more than typing up a couple of words and sending them via the internet. Letters take time, especially if they're written well, and the folks at TV stations pay more attention to them. Here's the address for the guy to write to at sci-fi channel: Barry Schulman Sci-fi Channel 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020.
I urge everyone who reads this not only to follow my advice but to spread word of the show to those who have not experienced it. Lend DVDs, have screenings, anything to spread awareness of the show and our cause. Also, spread word of this post and the actions I suggest to any and all forums possible so we may gather the full support of all browncoats everywhere, and to make our movement all the more important. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

I'm thinkin' we'll rise again

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Saturday, July 15, 2006 6:14 PM

First off, Imthinkinwellriseagain, you're new, so you need an official virtual browncoat.

*hands Imthinkinwellriseagain a browncoat from the storeroom*

Welcome home. We'll be nearby.

Second of all.. hear hear!

We emailed yesterday ( I hope we all did! * looks stern*)

And this weekend we are all writing snail mail to mail Monday morning. Or earlier!

Please write in long hand, folks, be polite, kind, and use please and thank yous. They always work so well.

We've got lots of shiny plans for the summer, ITWRA, check out the threads and the Browncoat Events forum and get involved. We'd love to have you help us hold the line til Mal gets back.

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

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Sunday, July 16, 2006 3:37 AM

MAGDALENA

"No power in the 'verse can stop me!"

Hi Y'all! I live in Australia and to my knowlege we don't have a SciFi channel here - heck we've only had Pay TV for about 9 years now!! But I will write to the US home base and tell them that I have heard HEAPS about the marathon through my Firefly friends and ask them if they have affiliations in Australia and beg them to consider another series!

Definitely in brown paper!!

Definitely with lots of stamps too!!!

Love you all! - (oh, yeah & this should bump it up too!)- Magdalena! x x x

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Sunday, July 16, 2006 3:48 AM

Thank you Magdelena... that is Browncoat response above and beyond the call of duty!

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

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Monday, July 17, 2006 2:47 AM

MAGDALENA

"No power in the 'verse can stop me!"

Quote:
Originally posted by FollowMal:

Thank you Magdelena... that is Browncoat response above and beyond the call of duty!

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

Click here www.fireflyfans.net for info about the Serenity Summer Campaign and how you can help!

Not at all FM - I think it will put in their minds that the internet is a powerful tool for spreading the word - things are never 'local' anymore! I did find some nice brown paper today ... just have to get off the internet long enough to write it now!

Love you all! - Magdalena x x

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Monday, July 17, 2006 6:11 AM

MORWEN112

Just a suggestion- if you can't find brown paper (or the only brown paper you can find is the heavy construction paper kind) you can always put a Browncoat/Firefly/Serenity watermark on regular printer paper in Word and print it out for stationary. That's what I plan to do and I'll send out the letter as soon as I can!

Huzzah for Browncoat activism!!!

Mine is an evil sugar high laugh! Bwahahahaha!

Morwen

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Monday, July 17, 2006 11:56 AM

QTRONICS

I have been checking out the message boards here for a little while now and this thread prompted me to finally sign up with you guys just so I could say that I think it's amazing and a testament to the greatness of Firefly that it still has so many dedicated fans. Keep up the great work!

Oh and I emailed SciFi to say thanks for the Friday airings too! w00t!

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Monday, July 17, 2006 12:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Morwen112:
Just a suggestion- if you can't find brown paper (or the only brown paper you can find is the heavy construction paper kind) you can always put a Browncoat/Firefly/Serenity watermark on regular printer paper in Word and print it out for stationary. That's what I plan to do and I'll send out the letter as soon as I can!

Huzzah for Browncoat activism!!!

Mine is an evil sugar high laugh! Bwahahahaha!

Morwen

what's a watermark?

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Monday, July 17, 2006 12:19 PM

Hey, Qtronics...thank you so much for participating! We love having new folk join us too!

How did you get introduced to Firefly? We love to hear the stories!

Since you're new you need your browncoat....

*hands Qtronics a browncoat fresh from a new box in the storeroom*

Welcome home!
Talk often, we love to talk about the 'verse.

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

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Monday, July 17, 2006 12:21 PM

Yes, Morwen, please share your idea about the watermark. We'll be doing more letter writing campaigns...

I might want to go with the watermark idea this next time.

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

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Monday, July 17, 2006 12:26 PM

HERA

Quote:
Originally posted by Guywhowantsafireflyofhisown:
Quote:
what's a watermark?

Here's the traditional meaning:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watermark
http://www.neenahpaper.com/privatewatermarks/

In the desktop printer age, it could mean printing a ghosted-back image onto your paper BEHIND the letter that you're printing on it. The "watermark" and text can either be done at the same time, depending on your layout program, or the "watermark" can be printed first, then the letter text printed later. Or you can just have your "watermarked" paper printed out and then write on it longhand.

Our new currency sports true watermarks now, following in the footsteps of currency overseas.

Hope this helps!

-Hera

"Wanna?" – Mal to Kaylee, Out of Gas

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Monday, July 17, 2006 12:50 PM

HERA

Here's the email I sent, hopefully light and fluffy and not to fan-crazy:

Hey there SciFi Channel,

I just wanted to drop you a line to say thank you so much for the Firefly marathon you broadcast Friday, July 14th. I was off from work and immediately DVRed the whole run.

Firefly, IMHO, is one of the great unsung heroes of television, so thank you for airing it.

After watching the episodes off and on over the weekend, I was intrigued by the Stargate: Atlantis teaser ads and am probably on my way to an addiction, as I’m now trying to catch up on the first two seasons. Your teasers for your shows are a cut above the rest. Did you do ones for Firefly? I would have loved to have seen them if you did. You folks are darned creative, and I appreciate your hard work.

Again, thank you for giving this gem of a show another chance to be seen. May you re-broadcast it often in future, or perhaps entertain the idea of bringing it back as a mini-series or SciFi series!

Best wishes,
me

"Wanna?" – Mal to Kaylee, Out of Gas

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Monday, July 17, 2006 1:08 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Hera:
Here's the email I sent, hopefully light and fluffy and not to fan-crazy:

Hey there SciFi Channel,

I just wanted to drop you a line to say thank you so much for the Firefly marathon you broadcast Friday, July 14th. I was off from work and immediately DVRed the whole run.

Firefly, IMHO, is one of the great unsung heroes of television, so thank you for airing it.

After watching the episodes off and on over the weekend, I was intrigued by the Stargate: Atlantis teaser ads and am probably on my way to an addiction, as I’m now trying to catch up on the first two seasons. Your teasers for your shows are a cut above the rest. Did you do ones for Firefly? I would have loved to have seen them if you did. You folks are darned creative, and I appreciate your hard work.

Again, thank you for giving this gem of a show another chance to be seen. May you re-broadcast it often in future, or perhaps entertain the idea of bringing it back as a mini-series or SciFi series!

Best wishes,
me

"Wanna?" – Mal to Kaylee, Out of Gas

Shiny!

"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal

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Monday, July 17, 2006 1:30 PM

QTRONICS

Thanks FollowMal!

I had seen trailers for Serenity and had wanted to go see it but missed my opportunity to see it in theaters so I netflixed it a few months back. I liked what I saw so I decided to check out the series and after watching the first disc I was hooked. I bought the complete series and Serenity shortly thereafter and have considered myself a fan ever since.

I've never really participated in a forum like this before but this is a really great series and I want to see some more episodes damn it! Plus I figured every additional voice helps, right?

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Monday, July 17, 2006 1:36 PM