Get Bill Gates to finance FF season 2. . . ? by MAGhaffar

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Get Bill Gates to finance FF season 2. . . ?

POSTED BY: MAGHAFFAR
UPDATED: Sunday, November 12, 2006 12:28
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Friday, November 3, 2006 9:51 PM

Had this crazy thought a few days back... Is Bill Gates a "Firefly" fan by chance? Y'know that "6-degrees of separation" thing, right? SOMEBODY has to know somebody who knows somebody who knows Bill Gates. Cuz if there's anyone out there with a boatload of cashy money who wouldn't even miss a few hundred million to indulge in bringing back a GREAT show, it's Mr. Microsoft...

When you come right down to it, aside from property rights issues with FOX, all it's gonna take is money to pay to make the show again. Once it's paid for, you know some network will buy it -- or they could just send it straight to video and stand back whilst the Browncoat Hordes descend... Could happen.

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Saturday, November 4, 2006 2:11 AM

EVILBUNGLE

Make a copy of the Series and send it to him! get him hooked same as the rest of us, if I had the money I would do it!

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Saturday, November 4, 2006 3:29 AM

ZZETTA13

Maghaffar, I know Mr.Gates and have talked to him on several occassions about this. He,being a shy type of fellow tells me that he usually stays away from these type of deals. You know he travels with a group of bodyguards and quit going to the movies after the "Kill Bill" movies came out. Mr. Tarantino put the fear in him and it took me a while to convence him that these movies were about another Bill and not him.

Anyhoo, I have thought of this many times and I think the "Blue Hand" guys may be up to their old tricks. You know threatening ppl with their prong thingy. Even the rich. We'll just see where it leads.

Z

PS: btw I'm only joking with you fellow browncoat. Enjoy your day.

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Saturday, November 4, 2006 5:16 AM

OUT2THEBLACK

Nope . Right idea , wrong name . Bill Gates is not your man . Paul Allen is . I've been wanting to campaign Mr. Allen for this for quite a while now . Just haven't gotten to putting it in print , yet . Now it is . Browncoat minds think alike .

Why Paul Allen is our Corporate Angel , saving the 'Verse for all mankind :

1. He's got the coin . Lots and lots of shiny coin .

2. Already put up major coin to finance a space ship . 25 megabucks for Burt Rutan's SpaceShipOne . To win a 10 million-dollar prize . ( Yeah, Jayne , we know you fail to see the percentage in that . He did it to advance the prospects of personal spaceflight , not to win the cashy money . ) So money's no object . He's a billionaire . A very astute billionaire .

3. Mr. Allen , to further advance regular folk going to space , has started his OWN space program .

4. Mr. Allen is a truly hardcore science-fiction fan . Probably already a Browncoat . Started the science-fiction museum in Seattle !

5. With a chump-change investment , Mr. Allen could finance season 2 of Firefly on a network other than F*x . Maybe HBO , where it could be widely seen , and sign up lots and lots of new subscribers , and finally get hugely-deserved notice as the quality content that it is . He would be 'my hero' . Seriously .

6. All of the preceding would re-ignite Firefly for all time , and our 'star truck' would go on forever . Lots of Browncoats carryin' greenbacks , on and on .

7. Mr. Paul Allen is waaaay cooler than Bill Gates anyway .

If anyone thinks of more good reasons to list here , please keep this thread rising , add your thoughts here ...

Keep the Faith . Feel the Joy ! Share the Love .

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Saturday, November 4, 2006 6:15 AM

ZZETTA13

bump

"Hello. My name is Mr.Allen. I'm here to buy *mud. I'm going to need lots and lots of it. I'm a buyer."

replace with (*Firefly eps)

He does seem to be the right fellow.

Z

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Saturday, November 4, 2006 7:47 AM

BIONICBATMAN

You think Coach Richt knows Bill Gates? I am connected to the coach of UGA by 2 degrees!

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Saturday, November 4, 2006 7:56 AM

EVILBUNGLE

I met the Queen (of england) yesterday, didn't seem to be much into sci fi though, I probably should have asked her anyway!!

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Saturday, November 4, 2006 8:16 AM

DAVESHAYNE

Quote:
Originally posted by MAGhaffar:
Cuz if there's anyone out there with a boatload of cashy money who wouldn't even miss a few hundred million to indulge in bringing back a GREAT show, it's Mr. Microsoft...

Considering that Blue Sun (the big bads of the series - which would have become apparent had the show continued) has been described as Microsoft crossed with Coca Cola you have to wonder if there might not be a clash of visions involved in such a pairing.

David

"Not completely as well as the series of Firefly..." - From a review of Serenity at amazon.de

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Saturday, November 4, 2006 7:23 PM

KELAI

Hell, zzetta that was damn funny.

I would say that PA would be better based on the 'evidence'. I live instate, and so I can go deliver whatever ya'll want to him. Maybe. ;)

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Saturday, November 4, 2006 7:27 PM

FWBBROWNCOAT

That would be shiny!

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Saturday, November 4, 2006 7:42 PM

GORBISHUN

What would happen if every single Browncoat put $20 into a large bag? Think of what we could accomplish... Then again, maybe not.

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Also... I can kill you with my brain.

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Sunday, November 5, 2006 12:21 AM

BILLGATES

I am a Firefly fan, but I'm waiting for apologies from certain people before I would consider financing a production.

- Bill Gates

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Sunday, November 5, 2006 1:02 AM

HUGHFF

Quote:
Originally posted by out2theblack:

4. Mr. Allen is a truly hardcore science-fiction fan . Probably already a Browncoat . Started the science-fiction museum in Seattle !

There was no Firefly nor Serenity listed on their website of exhibitions about a week ago.

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Sunday, November 5, 2006 1:34 AM

ZZETTA13

Hello Mr. Gates glad to meetcha.Who says Firefly doesn't have fans in high places. If I have offended you I am sorry and I apologize. If I see a new FF project start up next week I will know that my apologie was accepted.

Thank you,Z

btw you wouldn't happen to have a little extra coin laying around that I could borrow

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Sunday, November 5, 2006 2:17 AM

CANTER

Quote:
Originally posted by Gorbishun:
What would happen if every single Browncoat put $20 into a large bag?

I'll hold the bag

Burn the land and boil the sea...

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Tuesday, November 7, 2006 6:33 PM

OUT2THEBLACK

Quote:

Originally posted by hughff:

There was no Firefly nor Serenity listed on their website of exhibitions about a week ago.

Well now , we will just have to get busy fixing that straight away ! How about a Campaign to Sponsor the Ariel Ambulance paying a visit to Mr. Allen's Sci-Fi Museum ?

I'm in !

Keep the Faith . Share the Love . Feel the Joy !

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Tuesday, November 7, 2006 6:49 PM

....hmmm...

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Thursday, November 9, 2006 6:52 AM

TEACHDAIRE

Also, if you're on the other side of the pond, don't forget that we have our own (not quite) eccentric billionaire in the form of Richard Branson (head of Virgin and the guy who has already announced a regular passenger service into space).

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Friday, November 10, 2006 9:57 AM

OUT2THEBLACK

Quote:
Originally posted by Teachdaire:

Also, if you're on the other side of the pond, don't forget that we have our own (not quite) eccentric billionaire in the form of Richard Branson (head of Virgin and the guy who has already announced a regular passenger service into space).

Excellent notion , Teachdaire ! There is a connection , actually . Rutan and Allen's joint venture contracted with Branson's Virgin Galactic for the purpose of building the next-generation (SpaceShip2) of passenger-carrying spaceships .

It would be great if Branson and Allen would collaborate to re-light our Firefly !

If they acquired the rights together , a Branson company could distribute Firefly content in the UK and the rest of the EEU , and one of Mr. Allen's companies could distribute here in North America . They'd work out some sort of arrangement to carve up the rest of the world , and soon there'd be growing hordes of Browncoats on every continent !

Helping bring more beneficent billionaires to the ' Verse ! -- The Browncoats !

Keep the Faith . Share the Love . Feel the Joy !

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Friday, November 10, 2006 4:48 PM

MARTIANWAY

Do you think we should send DVD sets to them? I suppose all three get loads of fan mail (maybe Paul Allen not so much, although his name being in the papers with SpaceShipOne might have upped his profile a bit). It's worth a try, I suppose, although I'm not sure finding the addresses would be easy.

It's a very long shot, but we've shot long before.

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Sunday, November 12, 2006 12:28 PM

OUT2THEBLACK

Okay , we'll make a list . I still nominate Paul Allen as our best prospect , but Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are good choices also .

Heaven knows , the Browncoats have sent a lot of coin to Mr. Bezos , via Amazon ! He could re-double his Browncoat revenues by doing this little thing for us . Another season would get the job done ; after that , Firefly would become more self-perpetuating !

Keep the Faith . Share the Love . Feel the Joy !

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