Wave Card Campaign for a Sequel! by Cedric

I like the way you do things, Traevynn!

Cedric

"Some things stay with you, 'til the day you die."
On the Drift: Music Inspired by Firefly and Serenity, now on sale at
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Friday, October 19, 2007 12:18 PM

WYTCHCROFT

bump

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Friday, October 19, 2007 1:07 PM

Thanks for the bump.

I have an update:

Up till now, the wave-card campaign has been strictly fan-generated, but Andy over at QMx has just announced that the wave-cards are going on sale. Think of this as getting several cards for free!

Andy writes: "We are so thrilled that the Browncoat community has decided to use our humble cards as the vessel of this critical message, we've decided to reduce the price of the Wavecards by $5 a set until the campaign is complete, so as to make it just a little bit more affordable for folks who want to use these to do good works. You can go right now, this minute, to our listing on Amazon.

The price should also change on our website by tomorrow morning.

Thanks again. And let's see if we can make that sequel happen!"

For those of you wondering what to write on your cards to Universal, Companion Kate (who cooked up this idea in the first place) suggests this article. It's about how to write to a TV network, but I think some of these ideas apply:

http://heywriterboy.blogspot.com/2007/07/emily-posts-guide-to-save-our
-show.html

Ultimately, be polite, be kind, and be articulate.

And remember, the sequel is worth fighting for.

Cedric

"Some things stay with you, 'til the day you die."
On the Drift: Music Inspired by Firefly and Serenity, now on sale at
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Friday, October 19, 2007 5:05 PM

ANONYMOUS1

How about carefully taping the top part of the piece of paper from the 2-Disc Collector's Edition to the postcard. You know that extra piece of paper with the UPC on it...the loose page back cover of the DVD.

You know like I bought the Serenity Collector's Edition and I'll be buying whatever comes next too.

Official Merchandise and proof of buying the Serenity Collector's Edition.

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Friday, October 19, 2007 7:09 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Anonymous1:
How about carefully taping the top part of the piece of paper from the 2-Disc Collector's Edition to the postcard. You know that extra piece of paper with the UPC on it...the loose page back cover of the DVD.

You know like I bought the Serenity Collector's Edition and I'll be buying whatever comes next too.

Official Merchandise and proof of buying the Serenity Collector's Edition.

Good idea!

"Some things stay with you, 'til the day you die."
On the Drift: Music Inspired by Firefly and Serenity, now on sale at
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bedlambards/from/celtic

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Sunday, October 21, 2007 4:50 AM

KELKAT1

I think this is a wonderful gesture, but in addition to sending postcards, we all need to go out & purchase a(nother) copy of the Collector's Edition DVD - - per Alan at the Armageddon Expo in Australia (thanks to Jen for the report at the OB!!):

<<< He did shed a little more light on the recent Serenity sequel rumours, and clarified that the sales of the Serenity Collectors Edition are very strong and that this is making Universal happy - happy enough to be thinking about the possibility of revisiting the verse. But we need to keep up the sales of this and other officially licenced products, as money talks. >>>

"Money talks"...and that's the truth. Universal wants to see $$$ figures. So...postcards, good. Buying extra copy(s) of BDCEDVD, better! =)

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Some people juggle geese!- Wash

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Sunday, October 21, 2007 5:01 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by KelKat1:

"Money talks"...and that's the truth. Universal wants to see $$$ figures. So...postcards, good. Buying extra copy(s) of BDCEDVD, better! =)

Doing both: Best of all.

Seeing the Big Damn Sequel: Priceless!

I thought it went without saying that we all need to buy the BDCE, get our friends to buy the BDCE, and make it our number 1 gift choice for the holidays.

But since our started promoting this campaign, folks keep saying it, so I'll say it, too: Keep buying the Collector's Edition!

Big sales of the CE combined with a dynamite postcard campaign will hit Universal with a double-whammy, so let's make it happen folks!

And while I'm here, we have an update on the address to send the Wavecards to:

Universal Pictures
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608

In other words, just send them to Universal, without worrying about adding an Attn line.

"Some things stay with you, 'til the day you die."
On the Drift: Music Inspired by Firefly and Serenity, now on sale at
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Sunday, October 21, 2007 5:57 AM

BROWNANDFREE

Bumping with extreme prejudice, I think this is an amazing idea, just ordered my postcards.

My friends and I are gonna be sitting here, waiting, praying, for those videos of Joss Whedon announcing the BDS to pop up on the web the second he does.

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You know, its funny. We went to the war never looking to come back, but, its the real world that i couldn't survive. You two carried me through that war, now i need you to carry me a little bit further, if you can.

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Sunday, October 21, 2007 6:38 AM

MICJWELCH

I suggest we all post these sites to digg and del.icio.us or whatever else you can think of.

http://www.serenitystuff.com/2007/10/21/wave-cards-for-a-sequel/

http://fireflydvd.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3794

http://www.quantummechanix.com/QMX%20INSIDER/38302507-D980-471B-99C5-D
088D838C356.html

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

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Sunday, October 21, 2007 6:49 AM

http://amazon.com/Serenity-Collectors-Nathan-Fillion/dp/B000Q9IZ5C

NathanNation in conjuction with the WaveCard campaign will be posting a digg on Monday about this (provided there's an update to the bigdamnsequel site with all the info to link to ). If they aren't done updating we'll be doing it Tuesday. And putting all the energy of NathanNation, the Browncoat Signal Corps and anyone else we can muster behind this.

The Irregulars crew on the serenitymovie.org site will be heavily involved in promoting this, tagging it at digg and getting all their team members involved.

I'll come back and post when we've posted the digg at www.digg.com. All the digging support from BC's for this will be appreciated, we want to spread this to folks who don't frequent the boards anymore and to anyone who might be intrigued. :)

ETA: Sorry to copy and paste my other post to you, I don't usually do that, but I wanted to let everyone ( on our crew or not ) know what was going on.

If you're interested in joining the tagging crew go here and sign up, you'll receive an email when we receive word the digg post is up about this. :)

http://theneedtoread.net/teams

http://www.kidsneedtoread.org

http://www.completehero.com

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Sunday, October 21, 2007 11:51 AM

ANONYMOUS1

Whoo-hoo! Ordered my Wavecards today!

Serenity Blue Sun Travel Wavecards(postcards)

Shiny, aren't they.

http://www.amazon.com/Serenity-Blue-Travel-Wavecards-Postcards/dp/B000
X5SSTW/

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Sunday, October 21, 2007 11:54 AM

WYTCHCROFT

darn it - i'm getting mine this week! and i can't wait - they are DAMN shiny!:)

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Monday, October 22, 2007 1:47 AM

FILLYGIRL

Operative: "Its worse than you know..." Mal: "It usually is."

What an awsome idea Cedric!!! I will order my tonight!

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

...it's worse than you know...Operative
...it usually is.....Mal

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Monday, October 22, 2007 5:14 AM

..ordered two sets....

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Monday, October 22, 2007 7:55 AM

CANTER

Wow, this is great!

If only the shipping wasn't more expensive than the product

I'll see if maybe I can sort something out.

Can I maybe send some other themed postcards to the same address?

It's not like Universal can really blame me. I mean, they don't sell any Firefly/Serenity products in my country.

Big Damn Browncoat Vote http://richlabonte.net/tvvote/index.html

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Monday, October 22, 2007 8:41 AM

ARCLIGHT

Gorramn bloody good idea that.

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Monday, October 22, 2007 12:49 PM

Canter,

I'm sure that if folks from outside the U.S. send some other shiny postcard, it will still make a big impact.

Cedric

"Some things stay with you, 'til the day you die."
On the Drift: Music Inspired by Firefly and Serenity, now on sale at
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Monday, October 22, 2007 12:50 PM

Got mine today!

Cedric

"Some things stay with you, 'til the day you die."
On the Drift: Music Inspired by Firefly and Serenity, now on sale at
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:43 AM

JAGIELSKI01

I just ordered my wavecards and they're gonna be super shiny. I'm gonna get my family and friends to sit down with me and write on them. xD

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Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:48 AM

ARCLIGHT

"How about carefully taping the top part of the piece of paper from the 2-Disc Collector's Edition to the postcard. You know that extra piece of paper with the UPC on it...the loose page back cover of the DVD.

You know like I bought the Serenity Collector's Edition and I'll be buying whatever comes next too.

Official Merchandise and proof of buying the Serenity Collector's Edition"

BRILLIANT!!
bumpity bump bump

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Thursday, October 25, 2007 6:33 PM

STOWEAWAY

Bump-a-doodle

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Thursday, October 25, 2007 7:18 PM

FIRELIGHT

I haven't been a member of FIREFLYFANS.NET for very long, but I love firefly and I want to help get the BDS. So all I do is buy postcards send one to universal and send one to my cousin? (He introduced me to the verse) Then buy another collectors edition DVD?

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Thursday, October 25, 2007 10:04 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Firelight:
I haven't been a member of FIREFLYFANS.NET for very long, but I love firefly and I want to help get the BDS. So all I do is buy postcards send one to universal and send one to my cousin? (He introduced me to the verse) Then buy another collectors edition DVD?

Welcome Firelight, we're glad to have you with us!

*hands Firelight a browncoat from the storeroom*

There, now it's official... you're one of us. :)

Yup, all you do is buy the postcards, send one to Universal asking for more and thanking them for what we do have. You can also ask other folks to write with you- there are quite a few cards in the pack. I am asking my Mom, daughters, brothers and two friends and two neighbors and an employee to write on the cards and I'll mail them for us all.
We're all fans, so this will be a joy.

And DO buy the CE DVD and share it. The holidays are coming up and more than anything else sales of the CE DVD will have an impact on what Uni does with this franchise possibility.

http://amazon.com/Serenity-Collectors-Nathan-Fillion/dp/B000Q9IZ5C

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Friday, October 26, 2007 1:31 AM

BROWNCOAT1

May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.

Got mine on Wednesday and sent them off immediately. I have more on the way from QMx including an extra set I want to keep for my collection. I will continue to send them off as I get them.

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Friday, October 26, 2007 2:48 AM

...ordered the cards; haven't received them...thinking of writing some post cards this weekend anyway to get started...have recruited three others locally to do the same...

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Friday, October 26, 2007 4:42 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Sister:
...have recruited three others locally to do the same...

YAY!

http://amazon.com/Serenity-Collectors-Nathan-Fillion/dp/B000Q9IZ5C

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Friday, October 26, 2007 11:54 AM

JAGIELSKI01

Sorry if this has been mentioned before but has the subject of having a protest been brought up, i mean what if a bunch of people went down to the offices of universal and had a protest or maybe like a hunger protest saying "we wont eat until you give us another serenity" Just a suggestion. Tell me what you guys think, i mean i think we should keep up the good work that everyone is already doing but why don't we add to it by doing a protest.

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Friday, October 26, 2007 1:01 PM

DANREGAL

I think protest brings up nothing but negative images. This whole campaign is about being positive. We are thanking Universal for making Serenity, the CE DVD, merchandise, etc. We are not trying to make them angry by protesting.

The only thing that they want to see is money. And money comes to them in the form of dvd and merchandise sales. That is the only thing that matters right now. The postcard campaign is a very nice, easy, and polite way of pointing out that we know they are making money, and that we know the next step is for them to produce another movie and make even more money.

Protests and any other negative or overly aggressive tactics are not what we want to do right now.

James

http://www.californiabrowncoats.org/CABC/index.htm
http://www.socalbrowncoats.com

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Friday, October 26, 2007 2:06 PM

FIRELIGHT

Serenity is the only show that keeps the verse going even after the show is dead (hopefully to be resurrected again). Yet it's not just hope/wishful thinking that keeps us alive it's our actions. We've banded together to do whatever it takes to persuade the cooperate alliance to get us another film. Any negative tactics would rain criticism on us. We may "Aim to misbehave", but now isn't the time. We've got better chances now than we did in the past, so get writing. Browncoats unite!

Long Live Firefly!

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Saturday, October 27, 2007 10:09 PM

JRNYFAN

done, ordered and done! these are better than christmas cards... :O these ARE going to be my christmas cards!! shiny! what a great idea!

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Saturday, October 27, 2007 10:11 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by jrnyfan:
... these ARE going to be my christmas cards!! shiny! what a great idea!

Oooo, I like this idea. I think I will do the same! :-)

http://amazon.com/Serenity-Collectors-Nathan-Fillion/dp/B000Q9IZ5C

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Sunday, October 28, 2007 4:02 AM

...got 10 cards ready for postage! They'll be mailed tomorrow.

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Sunday, October 28, 2007 8:19 AM

STOWEAWAY

Ordered my cards.

We're gonna have a card-writing session at our next Browncoats shindig.
Best way to get people to write is to sit them down with a pen and a postcard and then offer to mail it for them. That oughta do it.
I'm gonna print up the article about the DO's and DONT's of writing to TV networks so folks can have a look while they decide what to write.
Our shindig isn't for another 2 weeks. But by the end we should have 20 cards ready to go.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007 7:12 AM

*NEW INFO*

The people we want to contact at Universal are:

Marc Shmuger, Co-Chairman
David Lande, Co-Chairman
Donna Langley, President of Production

So far as I know the, address for Universal hasn't changed.

Cedric

"Some things stay with you, 'til the day you die."
On the Drift: Music Inspired by Firefly and Serenity, now on sale at
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007 8:53 AM

ARCLIGHT

my cards should be in today.

BUMPIRIFIC

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Friday, November 2, 2007 1:07 PM

STAPLES

I should be ordering mine tomorrow, and I also plan on picking up those shiny Blue Sun travel posters.

I really hope this has an affect on the outcome...

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Saturday, November 3, 2007 8:18 AM

STAPLES

I just ordered them! I am going to get two of my friends to buy sets too, and I'm gonna get a group of ten or so people together to help me write them.

Normally, I dread sequels - they usually aren't very good...(personal opinions include - X Men 3, Spider-man 3, Pirates of the Carribbean 2 and 3, the Matrix 2 and 3, Saw 3, the Star Wars prequels, Fantastic 4 2, just to name the bad ones that immediately come to mind). But, in Serenity's case, I know that with these characters, and Joss at the helm, we can't go wrong! I'm praying, guys! Let's do this!

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Saturday, November 3, 2007 8:18 AM