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MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Sunday, August 10, 2008 10:38 AM

I like many many more of you here on this board and across other sites still know that Firefly is the single greatest tv show that we have had the privalage of watching. Firefly deserves to be put back on our screens where it belongs and not just a re-run but a new season. So is there anything more we can do to push this into the front of tv companys minds. If fox dont want to do it surely there is another company out there who would be willing to take this on. Maybe a co-ordinated letter/e-mail campaign to the tv companys. If some of the fan sites out there on the web got together we could organise something like that. Any other ideas anyone?

SHINYGOODGUY

Sunday, August 10, 2008 10:45 AM

I say we send Blue gloves to Universal. I remember reading an article about how Jericho was risen from the dead by the fans. They sent thousands of peanuts to the network (apparently there was an episode involving peanuts).

Anywho, I'm for doing something similar. that would definitely send a message.

Shiny! Let's be bad guys!

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Sunday, August 10, 2008 10:46 AM

Thats a good idea and with the gloves a little card reading "you cant stop the signal"

BROWNCOAT1300

Monday, August 11, 2008 1:12 AM

I love the gloves and "cant stop the signal idea"
Keep in touch cause if we can get this going I am all for it!

SHINY

RALLEM

Monday, August 11, 2008 1:42 AM

So if someone found a place where people could by blue gloves or something else from Firefly to Fox to inundate them with this item then it is possible they will revive Firefly? What if the cast doesn't want to do it anymore? If a plausible game plan can be thunk up I would be glad to participate in it.

http://swyzzlestyx.com/index.html

BROWNCOAT1300

Monday, August 11, 2008 12:30 PM

You of course bring up a good point, the cast may not be interested any longer.
still...I think it is a good idea and from what I have heard of the cast they would be honored by the act so I say lets go for it.
and mechanics gloves and some medical gloves come in blue...just give me the word.

SHINY

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Monday, August 11, 2008 12:50 PM

Well we can only try, no harm in it.

SHINYGOODGUY

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:08 AM

I think medical gloves, like the Blue Hands guys.
I did some research on the net and found blue gloves for $4.99 per 100, which comes out to about a nickel per glove. But I believe it must be bought in quantity.

I'll take a look elsewhere to see if they sell them individually. For this to work it must be mailed from every Browncoat all over the world, not just here in the states. A little card with "Can't Stop the Signal" included in the mailing is definitely a nice touch.

Two by Two, Hands of Blue.

I aim to misbehave!

CRAYONS

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:12 AM

Could you get one specific company from which you ordered the gloves to sell and deliver them? Like what Jericho did with the peanuts?

(I'm really new here, so I apologize if my idea was stupid)

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KWICKO

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:34 AM

Try Harbor Freight - tons of really cheap tools and such, but they usually have Nitrile Latex gloves, too - and I think I remember seeing blue ones!

Mike

KWICKO

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:36 AM

Like these:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=37052

$7.99 for 100. :)

RALLEM

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:38 AM

yes,I at work noticed that our housekeepers have glovesjust like the hands of blue and those linked to above. I will ask for a couple of them.

http://swyzzlestyx.com/index.html

SHINYGOODGUY

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:45 AM

Hey you guys,

We're going to need an address to send it to.
Actually, we will need a plan of attack.

You know a particular day or week we should all send our little message.

I aim to misbehave!

FONGLUH

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 1:44 AM

This is EXACTLY the type of thing I've wanted to get involved in. We need an address, and a date set.

I'm in.

wuh tzai chien shr ee-ding ruh dao shuh-muh run luh bah

MIIKE

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 1:53 AM

I propose we stay on course and keep converting people to the cause ,we neeed to take examples from modern religions, like scientology on how they convert masses of people to their cause. Then use these methods for good and get a second series..................Church of the Browncoats ...........p.s I personally am atheist and dont mean to insult anyones beliefs, I just think some kind of orgsniseation could help ,but then again we are Browncoats and takin orders aint really our thing....all the best miike

October 12th, 1985. Dog carcass in alley this morning, tire tread on burst stomach. This city is afraid of me. I have seen its true face. The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over, all the vermin will drown.

SOMAHOLIDAY

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:00 AM

Hey, I'm new to the site and i'm definitely down for exactly this type of effort... I'd love to see another season. However, y'all do realize the number of people we'd have to get to participate for this to work, right? This thread has been read less than 200 times... What we really need is some type of system to coordinate and recruit large numbers of people... A facebook group would be a good start (if there aren't a bunch already) but its gonna take alot more than that. Any ideas?

SHINYGOODGUY

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 7:05 AM

This movement has to be a grassroots thing -

1- we must contact all browncoats; that means everyone who's ever seen an episode, browncoat chapters, etc. By calling, e-mail, even carrier pigeon our friends, family, exes, anyone who has an address and a stamp.

2- mobilizing the press; underground as well as mainstream (that means press releases about our concerted effort to get the Alliance's attention)
(Petitions are so yesterday and ineffective)

3- Buying the blue gloves is the least of it - we need people. I'll buy the first case if I can get them to folks out there in our 'verse to distribute them, and once we get an address to send it to the rest should be easy-peasy.

Hey somaholiday, welcome aboard, good idea you have about the facebook group. That's what we need, however simple it may sound just throw them out there and see what sticks. We browncoats from each state to organize wihtin the state and report back here.

I have an idea about a date: I suggest the mail date for the Blue Glove Assault to take place on September 20th, the aniversary date of the TV series.

We've done the impossible, and that makes us mighty!

To quote from another Sci-Fi phenomenom:
"You either do or do not, there is no try."

BROWNCOAT1300

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:57 AM

I would be more than happy to be a frontrunner in this project.
The way I see it, it surely cant hurt and it will be kind of fun.
As for a result coming of this...who knows.
Anyone interested in being a part of this and or helping me organize this can contact me at mthaigh@yahoo.com.

let be bad guys.

SHINY

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 12:26 PM

We could do with posting some sort of message on other firefly fans forums and get them involved. The idea for doing it on the anniversary of the start of the tv series is a good one i like it.

FONGLUH

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:09 PM

I just posted a thread at the Sci-Fi channel's FireFly forum about our efforts here: http://forums.scifi.com/index.php?showtopic=2313562

wuh tzai chien shr ee-ding ruh dao shuh-muh run luh bah

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 2:18 PM

Nice one i will have a gander round the web for other sites and see if i can post on there

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 5:19 PM

Im from England so im not to up on American magazines and things but what about taking out an advert in a magazine in the states. or maybe even make a news letter of our own and send that to fox/universal, we could outline how we feel regarding firefly and its demise. Run that along side the blue gloves idea. Just brain storming and chucking ideas out.

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 5:38 PM

Made a post on the uk browncoats site regarding this so see what happens with them now.

SOMAHOLIDAY

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:47 PM

ok a few more things. First off, i checked around facebook, and there are a bunch of different firefly groups, but the main one seems to be a group called "bring firefly back." It has over 5000 members. We should most definitely pitch the blue glove idea on there... if we could get even a third of those people to help, that'd be a great start. Second, and this is an idea for later (if and when we actually get this ball rolling) a bunch of people (especially according to a poll on this site) have said that they'd contribute 1, 10, or even 100 dollars to get the show started again... if everyone who read this thread put in 10 dollars, thats almost 2000 dollars... if half the people in the firefly facebook group put in 10 dollars, thats 25000 dollars... you see where i'm headed? We could do some real damage with that kinda money, so this is an idea for phase 2 of the plan, if the blue glove thing doesn't work. That's all i got for now.

STAPLES

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 10:11 PM

I've seen SOOO many of these ideas before, and I've always wanted to be a part of them - but I've found that for them to work in any way, they have to have a centralized power - a person or group of people, pulling the strings, spending the time, and organizing until their brains explode...and even then they usually still don't get off the ground. I am always willing to pitch in my time and my effort, but I'd need to see some real power, enthusiasm, and ORGANIZATION behind it before I'd throw my chips in. The last great effort was on the UniHD forums, and before that it was the Qmx wavecards campaign. I pitched in with those, but even with all the people behind them, there still wasn't enough organization to get enough people to make a difference. I know we've got the numbers, but I have friends who love this show as much as me who don't even go on the forums - so that's the kicker right there. We need to get EVERYONE - not just the forum surfers, or the facebook people, but EVERYONE. e-mails, letters, postcards, hell, I like the carrier pigeon idea. So as soon as someone takes the reigns and spreads the word to thems need it told, count me in - until then, I'll be waiting.

SOMAHOLIDAY

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 5:41 AM

yeah, that's exactly what i was trying to say with my first post... so basically, we need some people to step up and be ready to put countless hours in for this to work. I'll definitely chip in, but unfortunately, i've got too much goin on to volunteer for somethin like that

ANGELIC

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 6:00 AM

I would be willing to help. This sounds like a great idea. I think the hardest part would be getting the word out. I would be willing to make a couple of graphics people could use (signatures, etc) with the cause and date on them to spread the word. Maybe we could make a website? I would be willing to, but someone else could make something better than I could. Let's do this!

SHINYGOODGUY

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 8:38 AM

Staples is right. For the last few hours I was websurfing and googling Save Jericho. I came upon their fansite and they seem to be very well organized and focused (at least when they first saved their show).

I got the idea about the gloves from their campaign to save their show. As part of an overall attack on the network (CBS) the had their fans send peanuts to the execs at CBS in both LA and NY. They also conducted a letter writing and e-mail campaign. They also sent post cards and made phone calls. All in the effort to save the show.

As I researched and read I realized more and more that it takes a great deal of discipline and unflagging passion to mount such an effort.

I'm in.
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We need to get EVERYONE - not just the forum surfers, or the facebook people, but EVERYONE. e-mails, letters, postcards, hell, I like the carrier pigeon idea.
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Shiny! Let's be bad guys!

OUT2THEBLACK

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 9:55 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Shinygoodguy:

As I researched and read I realized more and more that it takes a great deal of discipline and unflagging passion to mount such an effort.

Will there be 'Companions' ?

Since you mentioned the notion of 'discipline' , and the requirement for 'unflagging passion' , plus the 'mounting' involved in this effort ; might be a good idea to provide some refreshments , and a buffet for questioning , too...

" Boy's got stamina..."

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 12:35 PM

I think we should start off with an e-mail first off, maybe including the poll stats from this link http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=2&t=34497 , also if we can find out how the dvd sales have gone of both the series and the movie and include this in the e-mail. Maybe if we collect as much data like this, post it in this thread and send e-mails using this data and expressing our opinions on Firefly then this would be a good starting point. Later on thats when the Gloves idea can come into play. What do you think?

FONGLUH

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:21 PM

That's not a bad idea. The trick, of course, is getting the email to the right people. Though I'm not sure how you'd find out the sales records for FireFly and Serenity.

Angelic made a good point. This project should have its own website if we're going to be more organized about this. I know of a good free website provider ( http://atspace.com ), and I am also a graphic designer. I could easily set up a site for us, as well as forums.

Any thoughts?

wuh tzai chien shr ee-ding ruh dao shuh-muh run luh bah

MASTERCPO117

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:55 PM

Hi everyone, long time lurker first time poster

I have to agree that new website might be the best course of action, nothing fancy, just a location specifically devoted to this movement, where all the info and ideas are located. Right now this whole plan is spread out over a bunch of threads on a bunch of sites, so not very many people are even going to see it. If we make a site that has all the info (where to get gloves, where to send them etc) in one spot then it makes things much easier. It could also be a place for a centralized discussion, instead of starting a thread on every fan site, we could just tell people to check out the forums on our site. Once the site is set up we could pitch the idea to a few different media outlets where non-forum goers would see it (I’m thinking io9, ign and possible G4) as well as the facebook grope. I think that a lot of people will be willing to contribute, but don’t have the time to try and track down all the important info.

I also think we should give the option for people to just contribute money to the cause, it may be difficult for some people stay involved in this plan for long periods of time, it may also be difficult for some people to order/mail the gloves (if they live overseas for example). If, on this hypothetical new site, we give people the option to donate 10 bucks or something we could potentially get a lot more support then if we require everyone to mail their own pair of gloves.

SCATHAC

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 2:40 PM

Hey guys, you can count me in for anything that's good for the Firefly. Just let me know what you need me to do!

"The world is a mess. I just need to rule it."
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MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 2:49 PM

Well I say we go with the website then, if anybody is willing to set one up where we can kick this plan off from then that would be great. What does everybody else think?

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 3:10 PM

Another thought off the top of my head (again just brain storming), does any of the cast have an offical website, maybe if we contacted them through their site they may want to get involved in some way. A bit of high profile publicity cant hurt if we can get a firefly cast member helping the cause.

2BY2GINGERBLUE

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 3:39 PM

I'm in just keep us updated

MASTERCPO117

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 4:15 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MontysSoupCatcher:
Another thought off the top of my head (again just brain storming), does any of the cast have an offical website, maybe if we contacted them through their site they may want to get involved in some way. A bit of high profile publicity cant hurt if we can get a firefly cast member helping the cause.

I know of these ones

http://nathanfillion.org/

http://alantudyk.org/

http://www.summer-glau.net/wp/

I they're all fan sites though, I don't think the actors have any input.

I think Nathan and Jewel are pretty avid myspace users, that could be a good place to start as well.

SCHOOLBOYSWINK

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 5:17 PM

O.K., here are some thoughts.

I'm not to up on the current state of television, since I don't have cable or satellite and can't seem to get a decent antenna signal where I live, but Joss has a new series coming out on FOX, no? Apparently some healing has taken place there. Also, FOX owns Firefly itself. I'm not sure when the debut is supposed to be, but supposing we continue to organize, planning, waiting, lurking... And after the Dollhouse has been on for six months and is as wildly popular and successful as we all know it will be, we STRIKE!!!!!!

I'm just saying, it might be good timing, if Joss can provide a real cash cow for FOX, then it might make them more receptive to the idea of re-launching our BDH.

Of course, there is always the Joss element to consider. I mean, some of the cast are working, but none of them very heavily, so them I'm not so much worried about wanting to come back. (Just from interviews and other whatnot, I'd say Ron Glass might have been willing to leave it behind him, but no problems there. He...achem. Still so sad. Too soon... too soon...) Anyway, what I'm more worried about is Joss. I haven't heard much out of him since...oh, since the BDM CE release, at least, maybe longer. Do we have anything recent from Joss that says HE'S willing to do it again? That is key.

I don't have much in the way of skills or money, but I am ready, willing, and able to be one of the grassroots, as long as Joss would support our actions. A quote from him on this new website we are talking about would be wicked awesome. I think the website is a great idea, and I'll be there religiously as soon as it's created.

I missed out on the show until after the BDM was already out, so I didn't get to take part the last time all the Browncoats did the impossible. I'm eager to prove my loyalty!

Still holding...

"When you can't do somethin' smart, do somethin' right!" -Jayne Cobb quotes Shepherd Book

SCHOOLBOYSWINK

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 5:20 PM

Oh, yeah, and uh...

I aim to misbehave!

"When you can't do somethin' smart, do somethin' right!" -Jayne Cobb quotes Shepherd Book

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 5:27 PM

If there was a way to get in touch with joss then i would be the first to ask him, again if anyone knows if joss has a dedicated site then please post a link. A message from joss would be a hell of a boost in trying to get this going. Firefly is his baby and i think the story is still in its childhood, with our voices maybe we can help it grow.

DARKFLY

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 5:49 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MasterCPO117:
Quote:
Originally posted by MontysSoupCatcher:
Another thought off the top of my head (again just brain storming), does any of the cast have an offical website, maybe if we contacted them through their site they may want to get involved in some way. A bit of high profile publicity cant hurt if we can get a firefly cast member helping the cause.

I know of these ones

http://nathanfillion.org/

http://alantudyk.org/

http://www.summer-glau.net/wp/

I they're all fan sites though, I don't think the actors have any input.

I think Nathan and Jewel are pretty avid myspace users, that could be a good place to start as well.

btw this Jewel Staite's official site:

http://jewelstaite.com/http://jewelstaite.com/

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MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 5:58 PM

In a previous post someone mentioned that Nathan Fillion and Jewel Staite use my space a bit, if anyone with an account on there wants to visit their page and leave some info regarding what we are planning that would be good, I dont use my space or face book so dont have an account.

FONGLUH

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 6:53 PM

Okay, I have a website address set up: http://savefirefly.atspace.com

There's nothing there right now. Give me at least a few hours before you see any content or graphics.

I'll be sure to post a link to this thread in particular.

wuh tzai chien shr ee-ding ruh dao shuh-muh run luh bah

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 7:02 PM

Excellent, thank you for that im sure everyone here appreciates the time and effort you have gone to.

MASTERCPO117

Wednesday, August 13, 2008 8:01 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MontysSoupCatcher:
In a previous post someone mentioned that Nathan Fillion and Jewel Staite use my space a bit, if anyone with an account on there wants to visit their page and leave some info regarding what we are planning that would be good, I dont use my space or face book so dont have an account.

I (rarely) use myspace, but I have an account. I’ll friend them up, and once we have formalized this idea a bit more I’ll send them a message. Although, myspace being the borderline chaos that it is, they may never even read it.

ANGELIC

Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:24 AM

So we have a website that's under construction. Should we start a forum just for the save firefly movement? I would be willing to head that one up.

Sending an email is a good idea. We could make a template that everyone who wants to restart firefly could send to everyone that they know. And so on and so forth. That's a great way to connect with lots of people.

As for myspace... I don't care for it much. Facebook and the other hand has a pretty good group system that we could take advantage of. (Even just by joining the firefly groups already up there and posting links to our movement page.)

The address I think we would need is this one:
Fox Television Studios
P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills,
CA 90213-0900

(I got this from here: url= http://www.newscorp.com/management/foxtvstudios.html)

FONGLUH

Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:15 PM

Actually, I have a forum set up too. I'll have that ready for us some time today hopefully.

If you go here: http://savefirefly.atspace.com/ you'll notice I've gotten started. I'm thinking of actually purchasing a domain (such as savefirefly.com).

wuh tzai chien shr ee-ding ruh dao shuh-muh run luh bah

MASTERCPO117

Thursday, August 14, 2008 2:46 PM

So is the ultimate goal of this to get a BDS or to try and get the show back on the air?

Also, just came across this, I'm sure some of you have seen it already though.

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/08/13/will-there-ever-be-a-serenity-seq
uel-joss-whedon-puts-the-rumors-to-bed/

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Thursday, August 14, 2008 3:00 PM

Yes he says its not happening as nobody is knocking on his door, but he also says that if they were just like summer glau he would do it in a heart beat. Therefore he still must have the disire to do something with firefly and the cast would like to do something to by the sound of it. I know some people have knocked this idea of trying to get firefly to the front of tv bosses minds again saying its a waste of time but i say if you dont try then you will never know. Not having a dig at anyone but like i said we can only try to do this and see what the outcome is, it wont hurt anyone and if it does work then great if it doesnt work we havent lost anything.

SCHOOLBOYSWINK

Thursday, August 14, 2008 5:08 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MasterCPO117:
So is the ultimate goal of this to get a BDS or to try and get the show back on the air?

Also, just came across this, I'm sure some of you have seen it already though.

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/08/13/will-there-ever-be-a-serenity-seq
uel-joss-whedon-puts-the-rumors-to-bed/

Yeah, I don't see this article as discouraging in any way. I knew nobody WAS doing it, I just wanted to know if Joss would WANT to do it, given the opportunity, and it sounds like he would. That is enough for me.

As for some of the underlying fear here that it is a waste of time... Well, don't get me wrong by my posting here: There is not even a sliver of me that thinks this is actually going to happen. But you know what? I don't care! And that doesn't make it a waste of time! If we try and fail, then we will still have succeeded in showing that the Signal is still out there, and the Signal is US. True, it might be the same 14-episode Signal, put on loop, replaying over...and over...and over... But it is STILL going strong. Since I got into the show, I've created at least 4 converts, so I know firsthand that our numbers are still growing. And once you're in Serenity, you never leave, so we know our numbers will never shrink. (I do say, though, we should take our time and do this thing right. I don't want to blow our chances by going off half-cocked, since we might be down to our last round, here.)

I can THINK, even KNOW, with every part of my brain that this isn't going to work, but that doesn't stop the HOPE in my heart that it might just happen. After all, the 'Verse smiles on those who keep fighting for a lost cause. So, I say, let's rally. One last surge to hold the line against the darkness. One last push out into the Black. If we try and fail, we're out a little time, a little coin, and maybe some poeple will call us crazy. But if we never try at all, what are we then? I'd rather be a nut than a quitter.

Remember, you can't take the sky from me! The world's gonna see it, too. 'Cause they need to.

To quote another great sci-fi writer who never quit fighting for his story: "If you're falling off a cliff, you might as well try to fly. You haven't got anything to lose."

"When you can't do somethin' smart, do somethin' right!" -Jayne Cobb quotes Shepherd Book

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Thursday, August 14, 2008 5:24 PM

Look at the Olympics that are going on now, some of those athletes must know they are probably going to leave empty handed, but the thing is they still go and fight to the death. If you dont at least try and give it your best shot then you will never know what might of been. This is our chance to show Joss whedon and the cast of firefly along with the networks that the fans of firefly are still here and still want the story to continue. If we remain silent and do nothing then nothing will happen, but if we push this then maybe just maybe it will cause a little spark somewhere and eventually turn into an inferno. Everything has a starting point and who knows maybe this is that starting point.

SICKDUDE

Thursday, August 14, 2008 5:40 PM

Just a couple of thoughts:

First, after FOX gets all these gloves, they'll want to donate them somewhere. And that would probably be a medical hospital or clinic. Those doctors won't touch them if they think they're contamminated. So sending a pair of gloves at a time is probably a bad idea. It's better to send an unopened box of 100.

Second, if this gets the kind of turnout we are hoping for, we're looking at maybe hundreds of thousands of gloves. Any medical distributor or supplier will have a hard time with an order that large without at least a few weeks notice. We should have someone working with the manufacturer and giving them a head's up.

Last, as someone says, it makes sense to have a central person coordinating this, order them all at once, and have a single shipment to show up on the desired date. Preferably with enough forewarning and communication that the FOX execs know what these gloves are supposed to mean.

"Your gratuitous jello awaits." - Dr. Helen Magnus, Sanctuary

DANHUBBLE

Thursday, August 14, 2008 6:45 PM

Anything us guys in Britain can do? :D

KNIGHTREYEDER

Thursday, August 14, 2008 6:48 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MontysSoupCatcher:
..............If you dont at least try and give it your best shot then you will never know what might of been. This is our chance to show Joss whedon and the cast of firefly along with the networks that the fans of firefly are still here and still want the story to continue......B]

Exactly^^^, otherwise we're all just 'touched' fans that gather like pack animals and aren't taken very seriously.

And then, about what Sickdude said, it's a great idea having the gloves arrive in the condition necessary to allow them to be donated but how does that work as a representation of each one us who would have supposedly sent a separately postmarked response which would much better speak to our numbers?

Remember the $ thing isn't all it's about. Remember how all that fan money collected to save Enterprise went south (it WAS enough to film another season) and had to be refunded because they still wouldn't do it.....

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MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Thursday, August 14, 2008 6:49 PM

yes mate, im from GB to, just keep an eye on this thread and the link here http://savefirefly.atspace.com/
Hopefully more info will be up soon once the forum is running so we can start to organise things. If you want you could spread the word round about what we are doing and give people the link to this tthread and the new site, the more people that know about it the better.

DANHUBBLE

Thursday, August 14, 2008 6:55 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MontysSoupCatcher:
yes mate, im from GB to, just keep an eye on this thread and the link here http://savefirefly.atspace.com/
Hopefully more info will be up soon once the forum is running so we can start to organise things. If you want you could spread the word round about what we are doing and give people the link to this tthread and the new site, the more people that know about it the better.

Once the forums up I'll start notifying people straight away, organizing something for Firefly would be so cool.

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:03 PM

All help is appreciated mate

"Man,my John Thomas is gonna pop off and fly around the room, there's so much tasty in here" Jayne in Heart of gold

SOMAHOLIDAY

Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:05 PM

once we've got the site up and running (good work so far, by the way... thanks for putting in the time!) I'd be more than happy to get the word out on facebook. I'm already a member (and officer) in some of the groups anyway, so it'll be fairly easy.

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:09 PM

Thanks mate that would be great

"Man,my John Thomas is gonna pop off and fly around the room, there's so much tasty in here" Jayne in Heart of gold

SOMAHOLIDAY

Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:11 PM

Oh, and also, i'd be more than willing to chip in for a domain name (savefirefly.com, or something like that) but would an actual domain name give the movement any distinct advantages (as opposed to just savefirefly.atspace.com)? If not, i say we go with the free one, especially since we'll be needing lots of money for later.

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:15 PM

I think the free site is fine for what our needs are

"Man,my John Thomas is gonna pop off and fly around the room, there's so much tasty in here" Jayne in Heart of gold

MASTERCPO117

Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:38 PM

So both Mr Fillion ans Miss Staite accepted my myspace request. Once the site is up and running (great job so far btw), I’ll send them a message to see if they’re at all interested in supporting this.

ANGELIC

Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:54 PM

I don't think that we really need to coordinate with companies or any of that. Jericho was grassroots, I believe it was anyways. Everyone just mailed them in on their own. If we were to coordinate with companies and one big shipment it would take longer since we would have to get people to donate to us versus going out and buying a pair of blue med gloves and mailing them in. We could easily encourage people to put in a note saying "save firefly" or of course "you cant stop the signal".

On another note, here's a sample email I wrote up that we could start sending to everyone we know:

Quote:
People of the 'verse,

This is a message from your local browncoats. We'd advise you to listen closely. September 20th, 2008 is the anniversary of the Firefly series. On that day, everyone who wants to save Firefly will be sending a pair of blue medical gloves into fox network. If you want to save Firefly, mark the date on your calendar and pass this email on to your friends.

Send your gloves to:
Fox Television Studios
P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills,
CA 90213-0900

You cant stop the signal!

DANHUBBLE

Thursday, August 14, 2008 9:35 PM

Do we want to post to Fox though? Or universal?

RALLEM

Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:28 PM

I have a box of blue gloves.

http://swyzzlestyx.com/index.html

CHARLIEX

Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:54 PM

First post here...I'm in. How many folks do we figure on sending?

TEXARCANA

Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:55 PM

I believe y'all wanna send these-here to Universal.
Count me in once we get this "Ship shape, and Bristol fashion".

RALLEM

Friday, August 15, 2008 12:28 AM

I posted a topic linking it to here at

http://www.stillflying.net/

http://swyzzlestyx.com/index.html

ANGELIC

Friday, August 15, 2008 2:11 AM

Fox has the rights to Firefly.

Reference: http://www.foxhome.com/firefly/

FONGLUH

Friday, August 15, 2008 2:37 AM

I do actually think that "savefirefly.com" draws more attention than "savefirefly.atspace.com". There are also limitations on file sizes with the free site. I'm totally willing (and planning) to buy the domain myself. It's about $47/year.

Any help with that would of course be welcome, but I'm more than happy to devote my own money toward the cause.

Okay, the forums are set up, and can be found here: http://savefirefly.forumotion.net/forum.htm and also linkable from http://savefirefly.atspace.com It's pretty rough right now (you'd be surprised how long it took me to get this far). But I'll get it lookin' pretty shiny soon.

I suggest we move conversation about our plans to the new forums. As we go, I'll add more forums as necessary.

I am very much open to ideas and suggestions. If there's something you think should be on the site, or anything at all, just let me know and I'll see what I can do.

wuh tzai chien shr ee-ding ruh dao shuh-muh run luh bah

DEWRIGHT23

Friday, August 15, 2008 3:03 AM

I think something else we should do is get a petition together to have NASA name it's newest shuttle "Serenity". Trek fans got the Enterprise, so we should get Serenity.
I know it's a couple years off, but we might as well start now.

SKILTONIUS

Friday, August 15, 2008 11:10 AM

Hi All,

I've lurked here for awhile and never signed up til now. Been feeling the need to try and do something for sometime.

Count me in. I'll help any way I can.

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Friday, August 15, 2008 12:46 PM

Registered on new site but not had my activation e-mail yet

"Man,my John Thomas is gonna pop off and fly around the room, there's so much tasty in here" Jayne in Heart of gold

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Friday, August 15, 2008 4:52 PM

Sorted now, just took a while to come through, site is starting to come along nicely good job mate.

"Man,my John Thomas is gonna pop off and fly around the room, there's so much tasty in here" Jayne in Heart of gold

FONGLUH

Friday, August 15, 2008 6:22 PM

IT'S OFFICIAL!!!

www.savefirefly.org

(savefirefly.com was taken, go figure)

The site isn't exactly active yet, but I should have the basic layout of the site (and a nice new forum...sorry to those who registered on the old one) set up by the end of today.

I'm really looking forward to this and I hope you are too! :)

wuh tzai chien shr ee-ding ruh dao shuh-muh run luh bah

MASTERCPO117

Friday, August 15, 2008 6:47 PM

Nice, appreciate all the work you're putting towards this.

And as I said in the (now dead) other forums, I'm really psyched about getting this campaign off the ground.

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Friday, August 15, 2008 6:50 PM

Ok no problem, lets get this show on the road and show everyone what firefly means to us

"Man,my John Thomas is gonna pop off and fly around the room, there's so much tasty in here" Jayne in Heart of gold

MATTFROMGEEKSTUFF

Friday, August 15, 2008 7:27 PM

If this gets going and someone can keep me in the loop I'll be sure to mention on my show. We have a big online audience and we also have a satelltie radio audience when our show is on there. Geekstuffog@gmail.com is the best way to contact me for this. Also someone should let all the firefly podcasts know about this.

Be sure to check out www.bigkevsgeekstuff.com for your weekly does of geeky news including Firefly and Serenity talk!

ATTICUS187

Friday, August 15, 2008 7:53 PM

Welp, I'll be one of the other dozens to plege my loyalty to what's goin' on here.

Count another in. I'll be checkin' out the official site when I'm on my home computer since it's blocked here.

I've converted quite a few into the fold. Their coats might not be brown yet...but they're definetly dirty. So I'll be doin' what I can to spread my own message.

You point and I'll shoot.

------
Yes my avatar is a girl.
Saffron is hot.....get over it.

"That's why I never kiss 'em on the mouth"

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Friday, August 15, 2008 8:06 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MattFromGeekStuff:
If this gets going and someone can keep me in the loop I'll be sure to mention on my show. We have a big online audience and we also have a satelltie radio audience when our show is on there. Geekstuffog@gmail.com is the best way to contact me for this. Also someone should let all the firefly podcasts know about this.

Be sure to check out www.bigkevsgeekstuff.com for your weekly does of geeky news including Firefly and Serenity talk!

That would be excellent, a brilliant way to spread the word about our campaign, thank you much appreciated

"Man,my John Thomas is gonna pop off and fly around the room, there's so much tasty in here" Jayne in Heart of gold

RALLEM

Friday, August 15, 2008 8:42 PM

I am looking forward to this too and I do have a box of blue gloves. If they don't all get used I think I know what I will dress up as when I do make it to a convention.

http://swyzzlestyx.com/index.html

MASTERCPO117

Friday, August 15, 2008 8:56 PM

Hmm, so have we made a decision as to whether we're going to mail pairs of gloves, or entire boxes?

RALLEM

Friday, August 15, 2008 9:35 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by MasterCPO117:
Hmm, so have we made a decision as to whether we're going to mail pairs of gloves, or entire boxes?

from what I understood it was everyone should mail in a pair of gloves. I will hand out some to my friends and family and ask them to mail them to an address on a certain day when the details have been ironed out. Of course I will provide the envelopes and postage to my friends who need it.

http://swyzzlestyx.com/index.html

MASTERCPO117

Friday, August 15, 2008 11:27 PM

Here's something I was just thinking about.

Right now it sounds like we're gunna try for a September 20th shipping date, but why don't we wait till November 11th, the day the box set comes out on bluray. I figure that waiting an extra 6 weeks will not only give us time to increase our numbers, but also that the combination of our effort and the bluray sails all on one day will have a bigger impact in the fox boardrooms then if those two events were to happen separately.

Just throwing it out there...any thoughts?

FONGLUH

Friday, August 15, 2008 11:32 PM

I think that November would be a much better time to do it. It would certainly give us (and me) more time to gets things set up.

Okay, the site AND forums are working now: http://www.savefirefly.org/

I am planning on some graphical changes, especially for the forum, but probably not until tomorrow.

wuh tzai chien shr ee-ding ruh dao shuh-muh run luh bah

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Friday, August 15, 2008 11:57 PM

Good work i like the home page looks shiny

"Man,my John Thomas is gonna pop off and fly around the room, there's so much tasty in here" Jayne in Heart of gold

TUBAJEDIMASTER

Friday, August 15, 2008 11:58 PM

who here thinks USA or TBS are good host stations? What if we sent some kind of gift to them. Why don't we create a ceramic girl in a metallic box. We could do it. It's artistic too.

RALLEM

Saturday, August 16, 2008 12:32 AM

I joined the site.

http://swyzzlestyx.com/index.html

SOMAHOLIDAY

Saturday, August 16, 2008 6:59 AM

the new page looks GREAT so far! I think the decision to purchase an actual page was great, makes the effort look more official and whatnot. I also support the delay till november. Im out of town for the next few days, but after that i'll get right on spreadin the word. Keep up the good work.

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Saturday, August 16, 2008 9:02 AM

Ok everyone the new site is up and the forums are underway, please visit the site and register at http://www.savefirefly.org/ ,click on send a wave to access the forums and register with us.

"Man,my John Thomas is gonna pop off and fly around the room, there's so much tasty in here" Jayne in Heart of gold

MATTFROMGEEKSTUFF

Saturday, August 16, 2008 8:39 PM

cool beans!

Be sure to check out www.bigkevsgeekstuff.com for your weekly does of geeky news including Firefly and Serenity talk!

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Sunday, August 17, 2008 8:20 AM

I bet that tattoo gets people wondering what its about, i like it pretty cool

"Man,my John Thomas is gonna pop off and fly around the room, there's so much tasty in here" Jayne in Heart of gold

LUKAMA

Sunday, August 17, 2008 10:22 AM

I Just Finished Watching all of the firefly episodes there are, and was wondering why they cancled the show. So im ready to do my part in bringing the show back. just let me know.

Here's my E-mail
inimasparta@hotmail.com

Big E

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Sunday, August 17, 2008 10:57 AM

Just pop along here mate http://www.savefirefly.org/ and click on send a wave to access the forum, register and help us in our camapaign to get firefly flying again

"Man,my John Thomas is gonna pop off and fly around the room, there's so much tasty in here" Jayne in Heart of gold

SHINYGOODGUY

Sunday, August 17, 2008 11:12 AM

Hi Guys,

Been away a couple of days but I see you've been busy. I'm really starting to get jazzed about this because it's up to us.

We can do this. It's our baby, so let's keep in touch and keep at it.

Love the new website where we could launch our plan.
I will keep researching and finding new ideas that will help our cause.

"Who's flying this thing?,,,Oh yeah, that would be me."

UPPERSON

Monday, August 18, 2008 5:07 PM

Hi there everyone! Just tuned into this thread.

Very cool plan, here! Please let me know if there is anyting that I can do. There are a couple of us browncoats here in South Africa!

If there is a set date for the gloves to arrive though, there is no telling when our contribution will arrive! LOL

I registered at the new website, good luck!

BROWNEYEDGIRL

Monday, August 18, 2008 6:45 PM

I love this, just got on and I think this is a great idea, I will be posting links on my local browncoat site (tampabaybrowncoats) and looking at my local medical supply stores to get me some gloves!

MONTYSSOUPCATCHER

Monday, August 18, 2008 7:18 PM

hey browneyedgirl thanks for that, all help is appreciated. www.savefirefly.org

"Man,my John Thomas is gonna pop off and fly around the room, there's so much tasty in here" Jayne in Heart of gold

SHINYGOODGUY

Monday, August 18, 2008 8:36 PM

South Africa! Great!

If you can't send Blue Gloves, then send post cards and write on it Bring Back Firefly!

Perhaps you can help mobilize the Browncoats there into a post card writing campaign. We are aiming for November 11th for the Blue Gloves Brigade.

Also check the SaveFF website for an e-mail draft to alert other browncoats of our operation. We need to get the word out! Go to the website for this campaign to get Firefly back.

Shiny! Let's be bad guys!

STAPLES

Monday, August 18, 2008 10:28 PM

Wow...Gone a week, and all this is up and ready to go. You folks truly are amazing. The gloves idea is great - and if not gloves, postcards. Wonderful idea, we can re-light the Qmx wavecard campaign at the same time if gloves are inaccessible. www.quantummechanix.com has a shiny set of wavecards you can buy for, like, 20 bucks or so. They're officially licensed, so the money would go to Universal Studios.

This brings up my next point...I think we should be sending these to Universal, not Fox. I realize that Joss has a new show coming up on Fox, so relations must be going well between them, but he only went to Fox because Eliza Dushku has a binding contract with them... I also think that the cast would be much more likely to do a film rather than a series again. It would allow them to get back on Serenity for a while, and still keep their schedules open for other projects - Summer on Sarah Connor, Jewel on Battlestar, Nathan, Alan, and Morena all have pilots coming up - I just think that some of them may be too busy to commit to an entire series. Universal saved us once, why don't we go to them again?

I want our show back as much as anyone, a film would be great too, hell, I would even settle for some lackluster comic books - so what do you guys think? Am I out voted on the Universal subject, or is this something we should discuss?

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