Operation Full Burn! Browncoats Needed at Universal HD Forums! by Philo71

Quote:
Originally posted by Fireflyorama:
I'm in! Let's get our sequel! There are exponentially more Browncoats. We need to let Universal know.

Fireflyorama

That's right FForama. This is an easy and FREE way to let Universal know that we really are out here in the black and we want more of the 'Verse.

At the same time I know some folks are coin-poor or just tired of spending their money without getting our sequel. I understand that logic but this here is free and not even time consumin'. If we Browncoats can't put a right good hurtin' on the Universal boards in terms of just registering and posting from time to time then how can we call Universal idiots for not making a sequel?

They have given us a shiny FREE place to show up and speak our peace and tell'em what we want from them. If we don't show up in full force then who but ourselves (and Fox) do we have to blame?

I missed the boat on the TV show. I missed the boat on the movie while it was in theaters. I'm on the boat now though, finally, and I aim to misbehave and do some rockin' GORRAMIT!

Peace,
- Cord

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Friday, January 18, 2008 8:04 AM

HELL'S KITTEN

you sound like a car salesman

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Friday, January 18, 2008 8:30 AM

FIREFLYORAMA

Hell's Kitten,

Serenity did not do well at the box office. True.

Since the release of the Serenity DVD, they have not been able to keep it on the shelves. That is why they made the Collector's Edition.

This interview with Joss gives me hope for a sequel.
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/comic_con_exclusive_interview_wit
h_joss_whedon

I think there is still a chance for a sequel.

Fireflyorama

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Friday, January 18, 2008 8:51 AM

SBAR

I just registered. I hope there is another movie, or better yet, series on the horizon.
SBar

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Friday, January 18, 2008 9:32 AM

COLT999

It won't take but a few minutes of your time to join up and you never know what impact it could have.

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Friday, January 18, 2008 10:09 AM

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Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:
This is a happy development. =)

But I'm a little confused about the financials, in regards to a sequel and the UHD forum.

If 10,000 screaming fans two years ago on the official Universal Serenity forum weren't enough to get the movie to do anything better than disappointingly (and barely) breaking even at the box office, how can 10,000 screaming fans on a new forum convince any profit oriented VP to consider a sequel?

The economy certainly isn't in an up-swing.

So what am I missing? Anyone have any idea? What's the angle? Is it the merely awesome profits from the DVDs?

- JustTryin'ToUnderstandIsAll

First off I'd love to think we can get more than 10,000 since there were already 10,000 2 years ago. 10,000 really ought be the low number since there are now more 'Verse fans than ever before. I know this because I'm one of them and I've gone about converting many others.

Second, I think the movie did as poorly as it did because of one very important factor most folks forget... Serenity was released at the worst possible time it could have been. That is to say it was released on September 30th, 2005 just a month after Hurricane Katrina sank the south eastern half of the US into the Gulf of Mexico. Not only were folks still recovering from the storm itself and the resulting flooding (I had flooding from the storm and I live in New Jersey!) but the entire country (if not the globe) was being gouged mercilessly by the gas companies. The cost of everything went through the roof and your average movie goer didn't have the coin to go see a movie based on a canceled TV show with no A-list stars in it. I wanted to go but times were just too tight for me and my family and DVD's come out so fast after a movies run it's not even that long of a wait. I blew it, I waited

That's not going to happen this time around. Firefly and Serenity fans have felt that ever so familiar sting again and with all the new Browncoats I doubt any fans would miss the BigDamnSequel and 90% will find a way to make sure they see it several times. (I know I will - hell I'll buy tickets for strangers if I have too!)

Why the Universal HD boards? Well they are showing Firefly, it's Universal, and for the most part it's a nothin' site. By nothin' site I mean is pretty much a calm surface of water that, if we make a big enough splash in it, the ripple effects will be felt that much farther and will be directly attributed to us as Browncoats. (We are already the main fan base with well over 90% of all users being Browncoats.)

As for the economy of things in the industry I think that actually helps more than hurts us. Serenity cost $40,000,000 to make (not a large budget by motion picture standards) whcih means Joss has proven that he can make a quality film on a lean budget (a good thing in these times). While theaters sales were not great (for reason already stated) DVD sales have shown that there is, or at least was, a large and lucrative market for the Serinverse. Because of DVD sales, TV runs, Internet distribution and the like that base is now even larger (always good). The stars of the movie are now also more well known than before but not so famous as to be charging huge sums of money (also a good thing if your the company producing the movie). However the producers are still left with a very fundamental question... "It's been a long while... Are people still interested in a sequel to Serenity?" That's where we come in. If we can get enough folks to join the Universal HD boards then the Admin will be taking that shiny info right to his VP. It ought to get some folks to at least consider doing another Serenity project. All we have to do is et some folks to really give it another once over and I think they will see it's a viable project worthy of their continued investment.

Peace,
- Cord

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Friday, January 18, 2008 10:12 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:
you sound like a car salesman

Actually I'm a video producer, cameraman, gaffer, and audiovisual technician. But if you want me to sell you a car I could give it a go too.

Peace,
- Cord

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Friday, January 18, 2008 1:22 PM

HELL'S KITTEN

Interesting perspective.

I completely disagree with "why" Serenity did so poorly at the box office, but that's neither here nor there.

Thank you for providing your input.

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Friday, January 18, 2008 6:31 PM

MILLARD

I am registering now!

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Saturday, January 19, 2008 2:00 AM

CAPTAINCOUPI

Now Digg'able:

http://digg.com/television/Universal_HD_Boards_Firefly_Serenity_fan_ca
mpaign

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http://boards.nbcuni.com/universalHD/index.php?showforum=4

Say Thanks to Universal for the BDM at www.bigdamnthankyou.com

nusquam in ut nusquam

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Saturday, January 19, 2008 3:20 AM

Thanks for hookin' up the Digg CaptainCoupi! The response has been positive. Keep it shiny!

"But she was naked and all articulate"- Mal

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Saturday, January 19, 2008 8:15 AM

Oh no you don't...this ain't goin' down.

"But she was naked and all articulate"- Mal

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Saturday, January 19, 2008 9:10 AM

JLIN

Bump-and i registered

Thank Universal for airing Firefly in HD at
http://universalhd.com/Firefly/

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Saturday, January 19, 2008 9:42 AM

RIVERFLAN

I registered as Alexa FlameLeopard, if ya'll wanna find me.

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

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Saturday, January 19, 2008 10:01 AM

MOBBEX

Registered, same name, I WANT MORE OF THE VERSE!!!

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Saturday, January 19, 2008 10:58 AM

GAPSULE

I signed up under this name.

I think its more of a question of whether or when Whedon wants to do another sequel though.

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Saturday, January 19, 2008 11:44 AM

STAPLES

I'm in. (and not cuz there's whores)

And if you DO have any cash lying around you'd like to lend to a possible sequel, don't forget about the wavecard campaign. ( www.quantummechanix.com) !

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Saturday, January 19, 2008 3:54 PM

BUMP! you ain't goin' down yet!

"But she was naked and all articulate"- Mal

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Saturday, January 19, 2008 4:17 PM

STOWEAWAY

Quote:
Originally posted by Hell's Kitten:

I completely disagree with "why" Serenity did so poorly at the box office, but that's neither here nor there.

Actually, while I believe there are several reasons Serenity didn't do well, Hurricane Katrina is the reason I didn't make it to the theater. And I was nowhere near the devastation.
My husband's company sent him down to Mississippi and Louisiana to help with the clean-up while I stayed home and tried to manage two kids on my own. Going to see a movie was the furthest from my mind.
And I was an original Firefly fan.

ETA: I'm already signed up at Uni-HD but I went to digg it too. I was only #7 though. At this rate it's not likely to make it to the front page.

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Saturday, January 19, 2008 9:46 PM

ROY

If we do nothing, then nothing will happen.

C'mon Universal without the sequel how in tarnation are you going to make the big damn trilogy

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I want my trilogy, and Season 2, and a plastic rocket...

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Sunday, January 20, 2008 7:30 AM

Thanks to everyone for helping support the cause. I am bound and determined to do all I can to get us a bit of our sky back and I really appreciate everyones efforts.

Peace,
- Cord

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Sunday, January 20, 2008 12:25 PM

back up you go...

"But she was naked and all articulate"- Mal

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Sunday, January 20, 2008 12:48 PM

STEAMER

I'm already registered there under the same name - haven't posted much though. You'll see me here and there in the "New England Browncoats Sound Off" thread (which my 'first mate' started).

Just put out a shout to the rest of my crew to get postin', so here's hopeful!

Mal and Monty
Old war buddies
Till Mal's nose
The missus bloodies
FIREFLY

Captain of the New England Browncoats
http://www.myspace.com/nebrowncoats

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Sunday, January 20, 2008 1:06 PM

CHRISISALL

I'm signed!

Spread thin Chrisisall

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Monday, January 21, 2008 3:39 PM

STAPLES

Bump anyone?

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Monday, January 21, 2008 3:59 PM

STINKINGROSE

YES!!!

For this I would try to talk the husband into buying a real TV.
(You'd need to actually have a new series up and running for me to make that purchase without prior discussion. Of course then he wouldn't argue, either.)

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 2:44 AM

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

Thanks, I dugg it,....I am member #30 over there, been there a long time,...come on over!!!

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

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

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:07 PM

TRAEVYNN

Registered yesterday and a bump for Cordrone and Company.

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"...I'm still free, you can't take the sky from me."

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008 8:36 PM

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

We need to keep this at the top of the page,....a bump to do so..........please come over to the Uni board, they are paying attention to us!!!

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

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

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008 2:12 AM

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

A B***U***M***P.................up to the top.

=^..^=

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:43 AM

If anyone is having trouble registering please let me know.

Peace,
- Cord

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Thursday, January 24, 2008 10:09 AM

Don't forget to sign up if you ain't already Browncoats!

Peace,
- Cord

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Friday, January 25, 2008 2:36 AM

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

We need more people to register over at the UNI board. Cordrone,....is it possiable to send a message to everybody listed here? Maybe you could PM Haken and see if he has any info on that, I know lots of people don't check in on a regular basis, they might not see the posting. I work night shift and I will try to keep it at the top. I am off Fri & Sat,....can't post then. If we could get just half of the 28,000 registered here, UNI might notice!!!!!!

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

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

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Friday, January 25, 2008 1:24 PM

28,000 up from the start of 1,700... Yha, I'm thinking they'ed notice all right and it's EXACTLY the sort of thing the shiny Admin would LOVE to be able to say at his staff meetings!

That's the whole notion. When he mentioned in a PM that he has weekly staff meetings with Universal VPs where he has to give a report that's what got my engines turning. It's humdrum to most, stats on registration and activity and such, but I seen it as a great opportunity for Browncoats. And it worked! Last season Universal HD was ready to end it's run of Firefly because it's license was up on the show. However, when 1,000 Browncoats showed up in their little scrap of No and Where that was the Uni-HD boards they did a 180. Instead they picked the show up again for another season and here we are.

With Operation Full Burn I want to build on that earlier success and replicate it 50 fold to demonstrate to Universal that they are missing out on a very profitable product in the form of a Serenity Sequel. I want to have numbers there so large that they are pretty much forced into seeing the business opportunity they are missing. That is the notion anyway.

http://boards.nbcuni.com/universalHD/index.php?showforum=4

Peace,
- Cord

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Saturday, January 26, 2008 4:01 AM

Right on Cordrone! And a bump back up!!!

"But she was naked and all articulate"- Mal

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Saturday, January 26, 2008 7:27 AM

TWILIGHTSEEKER

Registered right away...very quick and easy...like many others I am among the newly converted but willing join the ranks of the veterans in hopes of someday getting more new Firefly/Serenity

Right now (laughing) I am just trying to figure out all the short hand and abbreviation in everyone's posts and trying to keep it all shiney

twilight seeker

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Saturday, January 26, 2008 7:34 AM

POWEROFTHEVERSE

Alright, I'm in.

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Saturday, January 26, 2008 10:57 AM

MASTERBATES

Am about to register now (under a less obliquely offensive name; I'm thinking about calling myself I_Eat_Glue).

EDIT: On second thought, what's wrong with obliquely offensive?

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When you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he's not doing the same thing.

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Sunday, January 27, 2008 5:41 PM

Quote:
(PowerOfTheVerse @ Jan 27 2008, 09:22 AM on the Universal HD Firefly Fan Forums)

You depend on luck, you end up on the drift, no Firefly, no Serenity 2.

That ain't us.

Not ever.

There's obstacles in our path, and we're going to deal with them. One by one.

That's the notion POTV. One by one couldn't be more correct. One Browncoat at a time that is.

Each Browncoat here helps us march ever closer to the point where someone up the chain will be forced, as a matter of not neglecting their job of making money, to act and at least begin the serious thinking of making a sequel.

This is but the first step for us... yet it is the most critical. To boot it's both free and easy to do so we've got no excuse to fail at it. This is our shiny opportunity to prove what we've all been sayin' for a long time... "Now, more than ever, there are more Firefly and Serenity fans and our numbers can, and will, support a sequel!" So lets do it already!

Join in the battle here: http://boards.nbcuni.com/universalHD/index.php?showforum=4

Peace,
- Cord

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Sunday, January 27, 2008 10:10 PM

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

Bump up to the top of the page..........please come over to the Uni board and at least sign up and check in every other day......the PTB are watching!!!!

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

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

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:52 AM

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

BUMP to keep this at the top,.....:)

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

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

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008 11:01 PM

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

A late night bump, well it could be a early morning bump. Come on over to the Universal site and register at least, get anyone else you know on othe rboards to go register.

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

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

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008 2:15 AM

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

BUMP~~~~~~~~~~~~

Uni Board Link
http://boards.nbcuni.com/universalHD/index.php?showforum=4

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

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

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008 11:30 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by fillygirl:
BUMP~~~~~~~~~~~~

Uni Board Link
http://boards.nbcuni.com/universalHD/index.php?showforum=4

Chaplain of the 76th Independant Battalion

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

Thanks Fillygirl you rock. Say, is the entire 76th signed up yet? If so and you folks want a sticky thread to keep in contact over there let me know or actually just make one and I'll stick it for you.

Peace,
- Cord

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Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:24 PM

STOWEAWAY

How's the membership drive going?

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Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:46 PM

POWEROFTHEVERSE

Moar browncoats!

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Friday, February 1, 2008 2:19 AM