Searching for Australian Browncoats

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YOUNGSPIRIT

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 4:49 PM

From one Aussie Browncoat to the entire 'verse:

I'm looking for fellow Aussie (and, of course, Kiwi) Firefly fans. I've seen the odd one or two here at FFF.net and thought this might be a great place to start in creating an A-NZ Firefly fan network of sorts.

For starters, I'm looking for "Luke" and "KeepWalking" who I've already spotted here (and certainly 'sound' Aussie from the topics of their posts). However, I'm also looking for any and all other Firefly fans from the Australasian region.

Please reply here or email me at young__spirit at hotmail.com (remove the spaces (but not the underscores!) and replace the word 'at' with the symbol) and hopefully we can get some sort of show on the road in the near future...

Many Thanks!

Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... this land.' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah. Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.'

BANRIGH

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 5:13 PM

West Australian Browncoat here.

I've converted 6 people (including my mother) so far (jeez does that sound cultish), I would have converted more but that would mean lending out my boxset and I can't stand to let it go.

:)

MHERRICK

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 11:15 PM

Melbourne brown coat.

Converted about 8 weeks ago.

The DVD's have started shipping in Australia! We can expect a few more of us to appear.

I know of about 4 others.

"Well, here I am..."

YOUNGSPIRIT

Thursday, August 19, 2004 1:34 PM

Yay! Two responses already!
Sorry, I can get a little excited about these things.

Perhaps I should have said where I'm at: I'm a Melbourne Browncoat too. I know at least one other (she's the Browncoat who converted me) and I'm working on converting one at the moment (I too know the pain of having to decide: parting from my box-set to convert another, or keeping the precious boxset to myself, all for myself! *semi-evil laugh*)

MHERRICK, have you signed up to Meetup.com? There are two other people who have signed up in Melbourne so far. I've signed up, but no one has nominated a place yet, and I will be out of town that weekend.

BANRIGH, I'm pretty sure "KeepWalking" is in WA, in Perth, if I'm not mistaken. So, wow: a total of five of us here at FFF.net now. (*waves pennant*) Go us!

Keep spreading the word, guys! Most of all, I think we have to find a way to make more people aware of the show... :D Well, we have a bit of time to do that...

Wash: 'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah. Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.'

RHYMEPHILE

Thursday, August 19, 2004 2:38 PM

I'm not in Australia (oooh, how I'd love to go, though!) but I remember seeing this in the Blue Sun room some time ago, and thought of you:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/sunroomitem.asp?i=1491

It's a guy who made himself a Blue Sun shirt, and he also mentions he's from Oz. Thought that might help.

Also, buy multiple box sets to lend out! It can't hurt.

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All of me is beautiful and valuable, even the ugly, stupid, and disgusting parts.

YOUNGSPIRIT

Thursday, August 19, 2004 2:54 PM

Thanks for drawing that to my attention! I messaged him, hopefully he (and more!) will be around soon.

Take heed, people of the Southern Hemisphere! Walking around in Firefly-themed clothing will not go unnoticed much longer!

Wash: 'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah. Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.'

JACKOFALL

Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:56 PM

Here I am! The T-Shirt man!

Melbourne is where I currently sit... We have a 'geek society' where a weekly activity is a communal Firefly viewing. This show is our Mecca; our special occasion treat.

On off days, we watch the geeky (but ever-so inferior) LOTR, Star Wars, Buffy, Angel, etc...

The geek will inherit the earth.

HELIA

Thursday, August 19, 2004 11:27 PM

Kiwi Browncoat waves hello.

Hi there,

I'm in Chilly Christchurch. Nice to meet some fellow Australasian Browncoats... didn't think there was that many of us out here on the rim of the Firefly 'Verse.

PRINCESSBIJOU

Friday, August 20, 2004 12:42 AM

Heya everyone!
Im a South Aussie Browncoat - its so exciting that there are other Australian's out there! Sometimes I feel like Im the only one. Believe me - I get some weird looks when the Firefly theme plays when I start up my computer at work! Even so, Ive made it my mission to spread the word - my DVD's have hardly stopped being borrowed since I imported them 6 months ago!
My number one fear is that we wont get to see 'Serenity' in OZ because the series hasnt even been shown on TV. I'm just crossing my fingers that the movie is HUGE in the US!
Its funny, a year or so back I attended a Buffy Convention in Adelaide and one of the big wigs from Channel 7 said that they would be showing Firefly over the 2003/2004 off season, but it didnt happen. I wonder if they are holding off until closer to the movie release, or possibly to see if the movie is successful. Thoughts?
SOOOO great to run into y'all!
PrincessB

Ooh! Mangoes!

BANRIGH

Friday, August 20, 2004 3:20 AM

At an internet cafe right now trying to find t-shirt transfer for a Firefly shirt I am going to make.

So far I can only find a Blue Sun image, but am looking for the fighting elves and a Serenity one.

:)

ARCADY

Friday, August 20, 2004 3:48 AM

Hey there! West Aussie Browncoat here. I've just bought some transfer paper and am going to make my own t-shirt/s, so look out for me and say "Hi!" if you see a brunette in a Blue Sun shirt around Perth

SMUDGE

Friday, August 20, 2004 6:50 AM

Hi
from melbourne imported in about april, It's got me through winter,converted about 6 people. Just bought the aust relase so i can lend out to friends

shiny

OZYBONZA

Friday, August 20, 2004 10:12 AM

Canberra Represent!!!!! I've been spreading the word, made a few converts over here :D

YOUNGSPIRIT

Friday, August 20, 2004 12:14 PM

Wow. What a response! And from a far few places, too!

It certainly does feel like we're on the outer rim of the 'verse over here, and hey, we are... :D But we love it so!

I'm also planning to make some T-shirts etc., if I can find a place that will print onto transfers well enough... my current technological state of affairs is more dismal that I'd like. Can any one offer suggestions, or point me in the direction of any sort of tutorial?

Does anyone know addresses we could write to asking about the show? Considering Channel Seven's treatment of (the last season, at least) of Buffy and Angel, perhaps they aren't the station we should be aiming at (Unless of course they've already bought it and, as suggested, sre holding back). Does anyone here have any industry contacts (film/television) that we would be able to *ahem* entice into helping some sort of campaign to bring Firefly to free-to-air TV? And getting Serenity a opening date in Oz/NZ less than a 2mths/6mths/12mths (etc) after the US and UK?

Sorry, that overenthusiasm again. Oops. Hold me back, boo me down if it gets too much, folks... :D

Not wishing to exclude people outside Melbourne, but Jackofall: where is this group and may I join up? :D Best wishes to everyone...

Wash: 'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah. Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.'

BLAISE

Friday, August 20, 2004 12:32 PM

brisbane here...

and channel 7 acquired the rights to ff quite some time a go...i remembered posting about it at the time. and well...you know channel 7, so i'm sure you know what to expect.

edit: i take that back, channel 7 may very well treat it good, considering the hype around the movie and all, that might provoke them to pull the tapes out of the vault, again, you know what channel 7 is like, they like to be the first to do everything.

BANRIGH

Friday, August 20, 2004 1:41 PM

I just got my blue sun shirt made today! My brother and sister said it was shiny and they are going to get some too I'm getting another one done tomorrow on a tan tank top. :)

If ya see an asian with a orange rogue streak and a blue sun shirt, that'll be me.

If I see anybody with a Firefly Shirt I'll just scream 'BROWNCOAT' at the top of my voice like the freak I am. I am warning you now.

I was lazy and got mine done at a print shop. But it was worth what I paid.

CALHOUN

Friday, August 20, 2004 2:27 PM

Heya all,

Newcastle, NSW browncoat here.

In over a year so far i've converted 30 or more people. Basically I find anyone who takes the time to watch it loves it. Its great when I get someone new hooked on Firefly, its like reliving the show all over again. Cracks me up when they start quoting lines to me.

Ive made 3 sleeveless faded green shirts with the blue sun logo, just like Jaynes, and I wear them proudly.

Lets try to determine who was the first Aussie browncoat... I downloaded the eps approximately 2 weeks after they originally aired.
I've always considered myself "Aussie Browncoat No.1"

Jayne - I like smackin'em! (Safe)

BLAISE

Friday, August 20, 2004 3:07 PM

hmm...i'm not too sure...but i *think* i was the first aussie on this board, prior to the show airing. i came over when i followed a group of Dark Angel trolls, and i ended up defending Firefly, and falling in love with it. Firefly was sadly put at blame for the cancelling of dark angel, although, it really wasn't. i used to run the wekly show chats on irc, but when the show ended i lost a bit of faith- iwasn't expecting a movie! everything i love on tv always gets taken away, so when FF went, i was a little bitter...lol.

i tried to convert everyone i knew! my room mates, my parents...lol, my uni mates hehe. everyonei showed it to, loved it.

OUTLANDER

Friday, August 20, 2004 3:10 PM

I'm an Aussie Firefly fan from Melbourne. I have been one ever since I downloaded The Train Job shortly after it aired in the US. I bought the US DVD set as soon as it came out and have shown it to any one I can drag through my front door and I've just bought two copies of the Australian release of the DVD set, one for my sister for her birthday and the other so I can lend it to more people. I’m also trying to think of other ways to promote Firefly in Australia.

I've checked out a couple of stores like JB hi-fi to see how many copies they had and to start with one store had only one copy and another had none. I checked recently after they got a new shipment in and they now seem to a few more on there shelves. I'm guessing that they underestimated the number of sets that they would need to satisfy demand, seeing that most people that work at a store like JB hi-fi would have never heard of Firefly.

For us in Australia the Firefly frenzy is just beginning.

BLAISE

Friday, August 20, 2004 3:20 PM

i've seen a few copies in K-Mart. i wish i wasn't so poor. i want to buy it, i can't believe i still haven't seen the final 2 unaired eps, i'm completely out of the loop!

lol, i was the same with train job...i literally sat in an irc channel for hours waiting for it to be released. i had the pilot already, so i was really keen. i still wish they had aired the pilot before train job...maybe things would have gone differently...but then again, maybe we wouldn't be getting a movie! lol

YOUNGSPIRIT

Friday, August 20, 2004 3:57 PM

You folks in Melbourne know of "Minotaur"? (Sci-fi, fantasy etc shop in CBD) I went in today and asked if they had the DVD Box set: the assisstant told me they had four and that if I came back at the end of the day there *might* be one left. This show sells itself.

*Come on up and Testify* time: I think it's telling that I'm quite possibly the newest FF fan here. I was one of the Dark Angel fans who heard a lot of "Firefly caused the end of Dark Angel" on forums and consequently saw lots of notes that went something like, "I'm boycotting FOX/Firefly, who's with me?"

I never really thought about it, especially considering that it never came to TV here in Aus., although when I heard about Firefly's cancellation I knew it would cause more uproar: imagine, the sheer irony (if that *is* the proper word to use here...) of a show that is held responsible (by certain TV viewers) for the cancellation of another show being cancelled so quickly itself.

But a friend saw Firefly (she got the Region 1 box set) and suggested I watch it. When it finally came out here on August 4th I snapped it up... and watched spellbound. Around uni classes, tutorials and sleep I managed to watch the entire series within 24 hours.

That I'm here and communicating with so many people in such a short amount of time goes to show, I think, what a treasure this show is and how it affects people.

Well, now that I've spilled my guts, I think I'll go to bed... actually get some sleep... and hope that the various people I've got my discs lent out to at the moment are as spellbound by the show as I was. Yay! More Browncoats! I seriously doubt that there will ever be too many...

Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'

YOUNGSPIRIT

Sunday, August 22, 2004 11:35 AM

As they say here, "BUMP"!

Um, not meaning to be pushy, but would any of the Melbourne people be keen on a get-together sometime mid-September? (After consulting my maddeningly full calender of deadlines...) How does the weekend of September 18th sound to everyone? (by that I mean, somewhere between the night of Friday 17th and Sunday 19th).

Please post and let me know what you think... after all, why should we let these opportunities pass us by?

Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'

BANRIGH

Sunday, August 22, 2004 3:36 PM

I followed the bread crumbs too from a Dark Angel board, I lurked only though, too many trolls.

Funnily enough, going through the same thing with the new BSG series, trolls abound at the skiffy board.

PRINCESSBIJOU

Monday, August 23, 2004 12:23 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by YoungSpirit:

Does anyone know addresses we could write to asking about the show? Considering Channel Seven's treatment of (the last season, at least) of Buffy and Angel, perhaps they aren't the station we should be aiming at (Unless of course they've already bought it and, as suggested, sre holding back). Does anyone here have any industry contacts (film/television) that we would be able to *ahem* entice into helping some sort of campaign to bring Firefly to free-to-air TV?

Hi YoungSpirit,
As I mentioned in my post earlier a Channel Seven Exec spoke at a Buffy Symposium in Adelaide in July 2003 and said that (as someone else has pointed out) that Seven have the rights to Firefly and plan to air it. His name is David Franken and he is the Director of Programming in Brisbane. He's a huge Buffy/Angel/Firefly fan and would be a good place to start for information. He also said we could email him any time with questions, but unfortunately I havent a clue what his email address is. Still, I hope this helps!
Have a great day,
PB

Ooh! Mangoes!

YOUNGSPIRIT

Friday, August 27, 2004 12:34 AM

Thanks for that info, PB! The short news is, David Franken is no longer there. The longer news: I called Channel Seven this morning and they couldn't 'find' him in the system, so they put me onto a program manager in Brisbane who I spoke to for about a minute before he said he was out of the office, could I call him back on Monday. I waited through 7 minutes worth of "Please hold the line" on a long-distance phone call for that! I dispair!

The DoP in Melbourne is called Tony Martinovich (sp?). When I called I didn't get to speak to him (he was out of the office too), but the lady on the switchboard told me that while she couldn't find an email address for either feedback or programming questions, they do have a fax number: 9697-7789. If you decide to send them a fax, and you live outside Victoria, don't forget to include the (03) area code.

I can't believe how difficult it seems to get to find these people, let alone make contact with them! But, come Monday, I'll give it another shot and let you know what I find out (if I find out anything!). (Sorry about the longish post, but I had to get my frustrations out somewhere!)

'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'

PRINCESSBIJOU

Friday, August 27, 2004 1:08 AM

Hey again YoungSpirit,
Wow! You've been busy! What a bugger that David Franken is not at 7 any more. Im sorry about the incurred long distance charges too - Perhaps we should set up an expenses fund? The "YoungSpirit-vs-Channel-7-air-Firefly-in-Oz-or-else" fund? On the aus.tv newsgroup there has been a recent discussion about Firefly, and one of the posters seemed to think that it was sceduled to be shown on 7 later this year in a late night time slot. I'll reply to that post and see where he got that information. We'll get some answers eventually YoungSpirit - no power in the verse can stop us! Please post again on Monday and let us know how you're going.
Xxx
Princess Bijou

Oooh! Mangoes!

VERACOBB

Friday, August 27, 2004 7:42 AM

Hey People. I'm a Browncoat from Perth.

Already have a whole series of tshirts made from the images HellsKitten made. Unfortunately she had to take them down since someone was stealing them and claiming them as their own, but I still have them, so if anyone wants them message me and I can send them to you.

Any Perthians: Please join firefly.meetup.com! There are only a few of us registered there at the moment, and the minimum number of people for a meetup is 5, so we're not getting very far.
It would be shiny to be able to meet people for definate in real life, instead of checking everyones tshirts and eavesdropping on conversations for use of Firefly slang. Not that I would...

On the conversion front, I have *counts* six, so far, just bought two more copies as presents (that'll make 8) and I met a guy at uni the other day that just got the box set and is obsessed, and he's gonna set about converting people, so seems things are going well.

Wow my sentences just get longer and longer. I shall stop now. Good luck with the harrasment of Ch 7. I was thinking they wouldn't bother showing it now the box sets are out, but if people want to be optimistic I'm all for it. Stopping now. Really.

Keep flying!

Can we start getting sexed already?[/i\

ZARQUON

Friday, August 27, 2004 9:48 AM

Hey, fellow Melbournian here.

Personally I think Ch7 would be wise to wait until the BDM hits theatres. Then they've got free advertising from the movie, and can use cheesy catch phrases like "you've seen the movie, now go back and see where it all began". I hate that sort of crap, but at least it'll get viewers in that won't have heard of Firefly until the movie came out. Of course I'm sure channel 7 execs have no idea there's a movie coming so... oh well.

OUTLANDER

Friday, August 27, 2004 2:03 PM

If channel 7 was smart they would show the series as a lead in for the movie when it is released in Australia. To me this would be a cool and clever thing to do.

So in other words it will never happen. Channel 7 has never been cool or clever. Look at what they did to 24. 24 was one of Channel 7 biggest shows then somebody at Channel 7 decided it was a good move to air the third season of 24 at 9.30pm instead of 8.30pm. I along with many others didn't realise that the series had returned until after a couple of episodes. The rating slumped because people missed the start of the season or because it was on to late for some viewers and then they shift it to 10.30pm and then no body watch it. This is lesson in how to kill a popular show, and they wounder why they are coming last in the ratings. Way to go Channel 7.

On second thoughts I don’t want Channel 7 to go anywhere near Firefly. Knowing their luck and our luck Channel 7 will probably show it at 9.30pm on a Friday night (just like they did with Tru Calling) and then when the rating go bad they will probably shift it to 11.30pm on Monday (Tru Calling disappeared from Friday night but has not reappeared any where else) . I’m happy to stick to word of mouth and the DVD set.

I’m surprised that Foxtell haven’t show Firefly yet, but I guess that means that Channel 7 is still holding on to the rights. So who knows what is going to happen. Broadcasting Firefly in Australia could make a lot of money for Channel 7 as long as they treat it right.

ROUTIER

Saturday, August 28, 2004 5:07 AM

Sydney calling.

I happened across Firefly while watching the SCI-FI Channel on holiday in Canada a couple of months ago. I'd heard of the show, of course, but wasn't prepared for it being so gorram good! After seeing "Our Mrs Reynolds", I went right out the next day & bought the box set, which I then foolishly mailed back to Sydney. Canada Post is expensive, so I sent it surface. It arrived here a few weeks ago - just before the region 4 release. Oh well - at least the speed of the music is right (not that many people would notice anyway), even if the resolution is lower. I bought the R4 release as well, so I can capture better stills for research purposes.

My wife & I have spent a lot of time since then converting people & spreading the word. They watch a couple of episodes here, then I send them off with the advice "$50 at Kmart!".

Very much looking forward to the movie. I want to get some Blue Sun t-shirts made up so I can get knowing looks from fellow fans in the street.

VERACOBB

Sunday, August 29, 2004 4:42 AM

Quick message for Outlander and anyone else who might care:

Tru Calling is back on TV this Tuesday at 10:30pm.

Also for anyone with Foxtel, David Boreanaz will be on The Sharon Osbourne Show at 3:30pm Tue, repeated 5am Wed.

I do like seeing our people out in other places. Just hoping ch 7 will put Miss Match back on so we can see Nathan on the show.

Ciao all :)

Can we start getting sexed already?

YOUNGSPIRIT

Sunday, August 29, 2004 12:10 PM

Here, here! When I found out Our Captain, of all people, was on Miss Match (episodes 11, 12, 13, 14 & 16 according to the IMDb), I was so annoyed that they'd taken both it and Tru Calling off. And after all their "Girl Power Friday" promotions... ;)

I think marketing wise, Channel Seven would be keener to wait until the BDM comes out, see how it goes, and see if it's worth putting on the series. This is obviously the wrong way around: we want to spread the word (to thems that need it told, no less!) before the BDM comes out, and the best way to do so is through the series that made us all fall in love with all 10 main characters in the first place!

I'll contact Channel Seven again soon, hopefully I'll have a name, number, fax number, or email address for us to campaign to soon. :D

'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'

NEWMELBOURNEFAN

Sunday, August 29, 2004 1:47 PM

Well now, I had absolutely no idea so many were already into this fantastic show from the land down under, much less from Sunny (for the moment) New Melbourne (try to ignore all the fish). I have been attempting to download all the episodes that aired but only managed to get Ariel, so when I stumbled upon the box set at JB, I thought I'd died and gone to Joss Whedon heaven. Have been spreading the good word to potential browncoats, mostly fans of Joss' other masterpieces, but yet to lend the box set out. The more we can convert and convince to buy the box set here, the more likely the film will actually be released.

First got into Joss when I saw the Buffy movie and loved it (although I was fairly young then), and pretty much forgot about it until the show aired. Ever since then Channel 7 have treated Joss' shows with total disrespect, much like they treat every decent show they get the rights of (Anyone else a Stargate Fan too?). Buffy and Angel were pretty much the only shows I watched until recently when they both finished and now I never watch Channel 7. To be honest I seriously doubt Channel 7 to make any good decision, they'll always screw up.

Getting a bit long, so yeah, just wanted to ask how old most other Aussie fans were, and if at uni which ones, cos I just graduated from Melbourne on the weekend. Bye for now!

BOYD

Sunday, August 29, 2004 1:50 PM

Haha I am from a little further south
But from down under none the less

Any other Kiwi browncoats?

Cheers,
Boyd

YOUNGSPIRIT

Sunday, August 29, 2004 1:55 PM

Congrats on your graduation! I have a friend who also just graduated. I don't know about everyone else here, but I'm 20, and I'm half-way through uni at the moment.

So... yeah. :D I have to say, I really like your username: the first time I heard that phrase in the series I went bakc and played it again, just to be sure. Hee. It was so cool... but then I was wondering why they chose "Melbourne"... and where did the "fish thing" come from? =D

Boyd: Helia (who posted above in this thread) in in Christchurch.. . and I'm sure there are a few more around who haven't found their way here yet...

Keep spreading the word!

'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'

NEWMELBOURNEFAN

Sunday, August 29, 2004 2:08 PM

Something that I found a little odd was why didn't the SciFi network over there in North America not appproach Joss for the show. It seems like the perfect place for it? I mean Stargate has just gone into its Eighth season over there, not to mention the new spin-off Atlantis (which we will never see here in Melbourne thank you Channel 7). I'm not really sure how the whole Cable network thing goes though so, anyway.

Yeah I freaken when I heard the word Melbourne come out of Mals mouth (they say it so funny don't they). I don't quite get the water/fish thing thing either, but I guess they have to call the planets something. I could be wrong but there didn't seem to be many other planets named after actual present day cities, so maybe Joss has some affection for the greatest city in the world and the location of the Commonwealth Games in 2 years. Hooray for the mens hockey team in Athens, yaaaaaaayyy!!!!!. Oh.... ok bye.

YOUNGSPIRIT

Sunday, August 29, 2004 2:44 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by NEWMelbourneFan:
Something that I found a little odd was why didn't the SciFi network over there in North America not appproach Joss for the show. It seems like the perfect place for it?

You won't believe this, but I heard someone say that the head of SCI-FI network doesn't like science fiction. Somebody give me a break! Why on earth would you take a job - the top jopb, no less - at a network whose name alone indicates its intent to screen (hopefully, high-quality) science fiction shows.

I've always maintained that there aren't enough television fans amongst network executives, but that really takes the cake...!!!

And I have to agree, the Olympic teams have done very well this year. I didn't have the chance to see much, but what I did see was always amazing.

'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'

OUTLANDER

Sunday, August 29, 2004 5:00 PM

Thanks for the heads up VERACOBB, though I've already watched all of Tru Calling season 1. A friend of mine downloaded them all. Tru Calling is definitely no substitute for Buffy and Angel. It's a pity Eliza did Tru instead of Faith.

YOUNGSPIRIT

Wednesday, September 1, 2004 7:33 AM

Hi Guys,
Still working on contact details for Channel 7. If anyone wants to help, here are the phone numbers for the Channel 7 switchboard (I presume) in each Capital City:

Melbourne: (03) 9697 7777
Sydney: (02) 8777 7777

Canberra: (02) 6242 3700 ("Prime")
Adelaide: (08) 8342 7777

Perth: (08) 9344 0777
Darwin: (08) 8941 5777

Brisbane: (07) 3369 7777
Hobart: no number listed

Anyone else sensing a trend here?

A repeat question for all Melbournians: Is anyone interested in meeting sometime the weekend of Saturday 18th? I figured perhaps we could meet at some sort of central Cafe or Restaurant for an hour or so, talk a bit, get to know some fellow Browncoats in the area. If any one is interested, please post a reply or email me: young__spirit (at) hotmail (dot) com . I'd really like to get to know some fellow Browncoats in Melbourne.

'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'

NOVA

Wednesday, September 1, 2004 9:24 PM

I'm a new Kiwi Browncoat. I only know of Helia and possibly Boyd... and that was from the posts above .

I'm not sure if we'll see Firefly in New Zealand. I know for a fact that Sky TV aren't interested in getting it. That just leaves the Networks and Prime.

JENDANDY

Thursday, September 2, 2004 10:41 AM

Hey there,

Well, I'm not an 'official' Aussie since I was born in the U.S. (A few more years and I can be though!) but I live in Sydney. There seems to be quite a bit of us from Australia, glad to see this country ain't missing out!

JEN The Sig-less Wonder

MISSVIC

Sunday, September 5, 2004 6:05 AM

Melbourne FireFly fan here.

Some friends of ours ordered the dvds from the US around xmas, and had been telling us how good the show was.
I waited till the dvds were released locally, and watched the whole series straight away. Love it.

I'm hoping Channel 7 will start playing the episodes soon. More people need to see this show.

------------------------
as she counted the spiders
as they crawled up inside her

YOUNGSPIRIT

Wednesday, September 8, 2004 12:16 PM

Hi guys, a bit more on the Channel Seven front:

The Channel Seven Corporate site lists

Channel Seven
PO Box 777
Pyrmont NSW 2009

as their postal address. Whether this refers to all public correspondence also, I don't know, but I thougt I'd keep you guys updated with what I've found out. If anyone cares to write, let us know if and when you get a reply!

'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'

BOOSTER

Thursday, September 9, 2004 4:06 AM

I am a Sydney Browncoat, was converted bout 3 months ago.
Am really looking forward to the film.

SMEGHEAD

Thursday, September 9, 2004 12:27 PM

Hi, new Browncoat from Brisbane. Finally purchased the DVD set. I haven't even finished watching the whole series yet but I am so caught up in it that I just had to jump on and start posting on here. I already cant wait to see Serenity and am on the road to converting as many people as I can to make sure this thing gets exactly the treatment I know it deserves.
Pleasure to be on board.

YOUNGSPIRIT

Sunday, September 12, 2004 2:26 PM

^ I see we have at least one Red Dwarf fan... :D

So glad to see the Aussies and Kiwis continuing to roll on in.

I have to say, to date I haven't had any reaction on the idea of a Melbournian Browncoat Meet-up at all. Did I just pick a bad time/day/date, or is no one interested? Let me know: young__spirit (at) hotmail (dot) com

NEWMELBOURNEFAN

Sunday, September 12, 2004 3:22 PM

I did send you an email last weekend young spirit, it may not have got to you, I'll try again. My email is j.scarcebrook@tpg.com.au

YOUNGSPIRIT

Sunday, September 12, 2004 3:52 PM

Thanks for trying! Be sure to check you have TWO underscores there... young__spirit (at) hotmail (dot) com

In regards to "the Campaign", Cassandra28 over at the Serenity-Movie boards has written a template letter some of you folk may be interested in using. Here's the link... http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/index.html?fuseaction=for
um.viewtopic&p=68293#68293 but note that you *do* need to be logged in to get to the forum. Registering is quick and easy, so get over there and have a peek... :D

HARLTHEMAD

Monday, September 13, 2004 5:03 AM

Sydney here. Converted a few months ago thanks to my cousin and a colleague at work, now with my trusty well used DVD set, I've converted 10 people who have bought the DVDs too and are now busy converting others. This should be a pyramid scheme, then we'd really roll the bucks in.

I hope Aussies will be in the film or new tv series, a few bushranger themes wouldn't go astray in this universe.

And if they want Australian born Chinese guys, I'm in!

-- H

HARLTHEMAD

Monday, September 13, 2004 5:05 AM

Also, all you Aussies, go to Andrew Denton's Enough Rope site and click on "Suggest a guest" and suggest Joss Whedon

http://www.abc.net.au/enoughrope

-- H

NEWMELBOURNEFAN

Monday, September 13, 2004 5:24 AM

Hey HarlTheMad, if this system were a pyramid scheme, which colour robe would you be up to? Blue? How many have you turned? And the rest is food? By the Way I'm talking about the episode of Angel, ummmm... "Disharmony" Season 2.

YOUNGSPIRIT

Monday, September 13, 2004 6:46 AM

I've already suggested Joss to Enough Rope (admittedly, only after someone suggested it on the Serenity boards...) Having to limit the 'why' to only 50 words is hard, though!

Harl, thanks for joining us! I don't know what level/colour you'd be at, but you'd have to be high up! LOL. :D

JENDANDY

Monday, September 13, 2004 9:20 AM

I'm still pretty new to Australia so I gotta ask - what's Enough Rope?

Oh, and as a stay-at-home mom who knows practically nobody and can't convince her husband (yet!) to watch Firefly, anyone from Sydney want to meet up for the movie? *Willow-type impression* Cus, ya know, that would be cool.

I dunno if it's been done already in Aus but even if it's one I can't make it too, like in Melbourne or Brisbane or somewhere, we really should have some sort of meet.

-Sig Rebel-
(Sick of blabbing on about her favorite shows to someone who couldn't care less )

BEYONDCOMPELLED

Monday, September 13, 2004 11:19 AM

hey perth browncoat floating around here, got the dvd's the day they came out and I watched them all within 4 days. Now anxiously awaiting the movie and glad to see not the only aussie fan. Enough rope is a show on the abc with a pretty funny guy called andrew denton

LIBOSIS

Monday, September 13, 2004 11:43 AM

Heya ... Libosis at buffy.com.au ... Just reading your post regarding Aussie members ... we've got plenty on our boards ...

Cheers
Libosis

NEWMELBOURNEFAN

Monday, September 13, 2004 11:48 AM

Good to see Ozzy Browncoats still trickling through, everyone keep speaking up and spreading the good word.

To JenDandy, YoungSpirit and I are trying to organise a Shindig down in Melbourne, but so far no one has spoken up and shown any interest. Shour Out LOUD people, let's share our love of that wonderful crew and embrace your inner geek. Although, I don't consider watching Joss Whedon shows to be that geeky, in the Star Trek sort oof sense. I actually found a great many people in the Arts Faculty of my uni who were Fans, and they aren't geeks, just intelectuals, like me

By the way JenDandy, as BeyondCompelled mentioned, Enough Rope is a show broadcast on the ABC on Monday nights. It is an interview show hosted by the very witty Andrew Denton (who has been in the biz for yonks). The difference between Enough Rope and other talk shows it is uninterupted and Ad free, and it is extremely informative and intelligent. His interview with Mel Brooks was amazing.

Well enough rambling.

HARLTHEMAD

Tuesday, September 14, 2004 12:53 AM

Glad you elaborated on the coat thing - I'm not really a fan of either Angel or Buffy (seen a few episodes of each though), and before all of you rise up and burn me at the stake, I'll say that I nevertheless think that they're both two really good, thoughtful shows, just not my cup of tea is all.

That and there's a man hanging out of a spaceship with a really big gun pointed at you all, so no lynching now.

Andrew Denton's prolly Australia's best interviewer, he has a way of drawing people he interviews in and drilling down to core issues close to their heart. He does it through humour and wit, and a lot of people watch his show because they're intelligent interviews, no fluff or pretensions. Monday nights 9:30 on ABC (channel 2) - have a look at the website at some of the transcripts, they're really interesting.

http://www.abc.net.au/enoughrope

Where are you from originally?

-- H

CLEANER

Tuesday, September 14, 2004 2:06 AM

Brisbane Browncoat here!

"If wishes were horses we'd all be eating steak!!!"

JENDANDY

Tuesday, September 14, 2004 3:45 AM

I'm from Florida originally but I'm a permenant resident in Australia now, which means I can do everything you lot do except for vote. I can apply for citizenship in a few years I think.

I'll look at Andrew Denton's transcripts and maybe check out a show or two sometime. What are the chances he would interview Joss Whedon?

-Sig Rebel-

HARLTHEMAD

Tuesday, September 14, 2004 4:01 AM

I think kinda high, he doesn't aim for big shot kinda people, just the really interesting ones, and I think once he spiels Joss' background a bit, people will sorta go "Oh, THAT guy", and even if they don't, I think Joss is so heady that he could gargle honey and it'd sound interesting. And think of the sympathy he'd stir up from your average aussie when he lets on how much of a fight he had to put up with Fox, knowing how much the Aussie psyche is all about the underdog. It'd be a boon for publicity, and hey, if Australia supported it that much, maybe Joss could move the production to Fox Studios Sydney!

Wait a minute - Hmmmmm!!! I really like this idea! I'm thinking Farscape, Matrix, Space Above and Beyond, Star Wars - it's right up our alley!

Hey Joss! Come down here, we'd film it for ya!

-- H

SUZE2000

Tuesday, September 14, 2004 5:30 AM

Hi, originally from Perth, in Brissie at the moment. Heading for London (via Perth) in a couple of weeks.

How long in London? Who knows? :)

Have converted... I don't know how many so far, as I lent a mate all my VCDs (downloaded as the shows aired in the US - since I KNEW that it would never air here on FTA) and I know he lent them to all his mates and so on (it's a pyramid scheme - and I'm sure they all rushed out to buy the DVDs). So conservatively about 20. Could be a lot more.

Suze

YOUNGSPIRIT

Wednesday, September 15, 2004 8:03 AM

Great to see still more Aussie and Kiwi Browncoats checking in. Due to a low number of expressions of interest, the Melbourne Shindig is not going ahead. I'll try to organise another date in early October soon...

Back on Andrew Denton and Enough Rope vs. Rove:

Rove certainly has the numbers on Denton, and that's certainly a consideration. But Denton does seriously amazing interviews. I remember seeing Hugh Jackman's interview on Rove, and then the following Monday I saw him on Enough Rope. Obviously, Denton has more time to devote to each interviewee, but it was at that moment that I realised exactly how superficial some of the Rove interviews are. Entertaining - yes, very often; enlightening... not always.

So come on, people! Suggest Joss Whedon on the "Enough Rope" website: http://www2b.abc.net.au/enoughrope/suggestaguest/

And who knows... perhaps Rove would follow suit! He interviewed James Marsters when he came out in July... it is not outside the realm of possibility!

'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'

ADELE

Wednesday, September 15, 2004 8:45 AM

Hi There!

I'm in Sydney but originally from Newcastle - good to see there's one or two of you out there, I thought I was alone!

Heading overseas on holidays later on this week, and am hoping to catch up with some browncoats over there. It's amazing how organised etc. they are with the lobbying - dunno if 7 would listen to that kind of pressure .. then again, has it ever been done before here?

I say we give it a red hot shot. Also, I think Joss would be GREAT on Denton - it'd be just the kind of guest he'd love (and we could all go and be in the studio audience. That'd be cool)

Anyway, best go pack, but I'm keen on some kind of a meet and greet too. Can't guarantee I'll have time (or money) to make it south tho - it might take a bit more organisation and we can do it later in the year.

If serenity DOES get here (fingers, legs and toes crossed) we should have a major shindig

Delstar

ADELE

Wednesday, September 15, 2004 9:17 AM

Hey Youngspirit -
just got yr email - how the hell do i reply??
Adele

HARLTHEMAD

Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:14 PM

Ya, a meet would sound pretty cool

Good point about Rove following Denton's lead and interviewing him, they've done that heaps of times.

Someone mentioned something about staking out Sunrise Seven's Martin Place studio with placards and what not - I like the sound of that idea. Uni holidays begin next week - I might see if I can journey on to Martin Place and stand outside those windows with different placards for the entire time. I'd plan on switching placards every 15-30 minutes or so, might give em something to talk about, and hey, any publicity is good publicity, right?

So let's have some suggestions about the different types of placards you'd want to be seen - here's a few to start with:

1) "I'm not gay but JOSS IS A HOTTIE"

2) "I'll be in my bunk"

3) "Burn the land and boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me"

4) "FIREFLY 4 TEH WIN!!1!"

5) "They'll rape us to death, eat our flesh and sew our skin to their clothes. And if we're very, very lucky, they'll do it in that order."

-- H

HARLTHEMAD

Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:30 PM

By the way, Youngspirit, about t-shirt companies etc, we've gone through a few because of where I work (Macquarie Uni), we wear work t-shirts there, and the best company we found (ie. shirts don't shrink, printing stays on ever after multiple washes, quality is good, etc) is actually in your neck of the woods if I recall correctly. I'll see if I can dig around for their contact details.

-- H

YOUNGSPIRIT

Thursday, September 16, 2004 7:28 AM

Awesome, Harl, thanks so much for that!

I think if you were to parade in Martin Place, you might want to rethink that last potential placard idea... this *is* morning/breakfast television after all! If you decide to go on a pilgrimage to Martin Place, let us know what day you'll be there! We could all send in emails that day - the combination would be attention-catching! Plus, we'd all want to see the infamous Harl on telly.

It might also be wise to put something like "Aussies want to see Firefly!" on the opposite side of the placards, so the execs who may see it would know what you're on about... otherwise I think it would just be a glorified in-joke... a damn good one, but still... no one would get it, ask questions about it, or get excited about it, and that's exactly what we need, gorram it! LOL.

Perhaps you could make ones saying "Australia wants the Big Damn Heroes", or just "Big Damn Heros". Perhaps use a blown-up version of the Blue Sun logo. A riff on "Captain Tightpants" wouldn't go astray

Can anyone think of any other potential placard slogans?

BTW, Harl:

Quote:
And if they want Australian born Chinese guys, I'm in!

You reckon they might want/need Caucasian gals who are learning Mandarin?

'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'

VERACOBB

Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:06 AM

re: Harl's Sunrise idea
Like YoungSpirit I agree that you definitely need to put something a bit more relevant on the placards. There ain't no point to holding up quotes and things, if it's don't mean nothing to folks. The placards need to very clearly say FIREFLY so that Channel 7 get the message.

The email idea is great as well YS. Let us know when you do it Harl, and then we can show our support as well. Tis a shame being based in Perth. Nothing ever happens here. But I'll be with you in spirit. :D I think you should rally other people into going with you. The more fuss the better!

Can we start getting sexed already?

ADELE

Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:11 AM

The only problem is that I read today 7 is putting up sandblasted glass to stop protestors distracting from the news. (You would have thought they'd have worked out having street level news was an invitation to people to put their point of view across!!)Hopefully I'm wrong about this.....

NEWMELBOURNEFAN

Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:33 AM

Clearly Channel 7 are trying to do what they do in the States on the Today show or whatever with Katie Couric or whatever her name is, and Al Rocher the weather dude (anyone see that episode of Family guy? "It's gon' rain!") Sorry for the obscure reference, I'll try to keep it relevant in the future.

I'm an auteur, with two u's and a little moustache

HARLTHEMAD

Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:49 AM

They're frosting the glass? I know they frosted the ones behind the newsreader guy, but surely they won't behind koshy and mel?

I wonder if I'd be asked to move on by security or something. Does anyone know if the US show have people waving placards in their windows? Maybe the chances of people being asked to move on would diminish if we had a bigger group doing this. A few sydney siders on this forum, but not a heck of a lot - I don't know if my mates would be able to pull off a stunt like this with me cuz they all work full time (so do I, but I'm on study leave this year).

Anyone here mad enough to help out? I'm thinking we could take just one step further and make up t-shirts for ourselves or wear jumpsuits or something, make up a firefly sandwich board and hand out flyers about the DVD set / Serenity fact sheet with screenshots of some of the episodes or something. All outside Sunrise's little window so we can still hold up placards. Course we'd need someone to film it so we can put up footage of it here, etc.

-- H

ADELE

Thursday, September 16, 2004 11:10 AM

Maybe it is just the newsreader Harl. Hope so. I'd love to participate, but unfortunately do morning shifts at work, and plus i'll be away for the next five weeks.

Sorry - not so useful for you! But LOVE the sandwich board idea.

Y'know I went back to Kmart today to ask about dvds (don't know if I mentioned this already - but if so, sorry for being boring)they had noooo idea. That's three stores that don't stock it.

The only guy who'd even heard of our big damn heros was in the video shop. He says it's always out on rental, so there must be more of us around than are letting on.

Well, night all - I have a fun 5am start - more joy than you can poke a stick at!

YOUNGSPIRIT

Thursday, September 16, 2004 2:49 PM

Adele - have you asked if you can place flyers inside the rental Firefly DVD covers? Perhaps some of "11th Hour"'s post-card sized arwork, with the address of this thread written along the bottom? I asked at a local sci-fi store, one of the assistants said "yeah, sure," when I told her I was trying to engage a little guerilla marketing... now I just have to come up with something to do!

Thanks so much to everyone who's recommened Joss Whedon to Enough Rope. I went over and looked at the Guestbook - there are SO many recommendations, so it never hurts to add one if you haven't done so yet - but hopefully they'll take our advice, and make us all very happy Browncoats by interviewing Joss...!

'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'

HARLTHEMAD

Thursday, September 16, 2004 3:00 PM

Yeah, I gotta say, it's been a great effort on the Denton front. Course, it doesn't hurt to do it again even if you've already done it ;) I did... hehehe

Good idea about the video store guerilla marketing thing.

-- H

LOSTINSPACE

Friday, September 17, 2004 9:59 AM

Hey everyone,
heard about this board from one on the official site.

Here is the link for andrew d:

http://www.abc.net.au/enoughrope

He would be better than ROve, Rove only interviews one person from overseas per epp - on the tv link thing, and this is always like a movie star or actor, so i doubt they would pick Joss. ALso, when Andrew interviews Lisa-marie Presley a while ago what she said made news in America, so i think we could find a lot more out if he was on Enough Rope.

I would be willing to do the thing in Sydney for Sunrise. To show Australia the geek i am. I have uni holidays in two weeks i think. Im in Wollongong by the way. And with the handing out of flyers and stuff. Maybe we could get Grant to interview us. It is a possibility.

ALso, because we have the election soon, we could make election themed posters. "Vote one Firefly/Serenity/Mal/Jayne", or somehow include the Alliance vs Browncoats theme.

Contact me at
object . in . space @ gmail . com . au
take out the space and leave the full stops.

Lets make Australia the biggest goram supporters of Firefly the verse has ever seen!

YOUNGSPIRIT

Friday, September 17, 2004 11:11 AM

I'm back to remind everyone about www.meetup.com - The Melbourne group now has 5 members, and Brisbane has 6 (but Canberra only has 1). C'mon, everyone, there isn't even a Sydney group yet!! So get along and create or join a group. I think this site will be a great way to organise get-togethers.
Melbournians: the next scheduled meet is Sunday October 10th. Go to meetup.com and RSVP now! I *know* there are more than 5 Firefly fans in Melbourne!

'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'

LOSTINSPACE

Saturday, September 18, 2004 5:01 AM

i made a Sydney meetup group! So go and join! I havnt made a place to meet or anything, just thought it would be good to see how many Browncoats we are dealing with first and get in contatct. Im in Wollongong but can get to Sydney pretty easily

Here is the link to join:

http://firefly.meetup.com/209/

YOUNGSPIRIT

Wednesday, September 22, 2004 4:42 AM

Browncoats, I can't ask you enough to go to http://www2b.abc.net.au/enoughrope/suggestaguest/ and suggest Joss as a guest for Enough Rope if you haven't already!

On Meetups... here are the direct links to the meetup groups in the Aussie capitals that have them (so far):

Canberra: http://firefly.meetup.com/173/
Melbourne: http://firefly.meetup.com/161/
Sydney: http://firefly.meetup.com/209/
Perth: http://firefly.meetup.com/23/
Brisbane: http://firefly.meetup.com/29/
Unfortunately, no sites/groups for Hobart or Darwin... yet!

The majority of groups now have between 4 and 8 members... go go along, join up (if you haven't already) and start organising meetups!

By the by, has anyone here written to/called Channel 7 and gotten a response yet?

'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'

JENSKI

Wednesday, September 22, 2004 2:46 PM

Hey folks,

I'm a Melbourne Browncoat, currently working in Malaysia but expecting to be back home for Christmas.

I'm mostly over at the OB but lurk here on occasion. There are at least 3 other Aussies over there (GOLDEN_FOOL [Melbourne], Cassandra028 and McShaz [Perth]) and 1 Kiwi (aDrunkard)

I've signed up to meetup.com, and plan on hooking up to a local shindig when I get back.

Interesting side note: They screened most of the series in Malaysia over the last 2 months - strange because they're only just screening Season 7 of Buffy - who'dve thought that we'd get stuff later than Asia?

"Some people juggle geese."

LOSTINSPACE

Wednesday, September 22, 2004 11:34 PM

NEWS!
This is from serenitymovie.com

http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/index.html?fuseaction=for
um.viewtopic&t=4863&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=75

Cassandra28 did some great work and found out that:

Ok, I got a reply from Channel 7 regarding Firefly... They do own the rights.

They also said: "I have registered your comments and views regarding the scheduling of this program. Feedback from viewers is always welcomed." Let's take them up on that...!

If you want to write to them, the point of contact at Seven Corporate is:

Graeme Hill
Head of Programming Scheduling
Seven Network Ltd
PO Box 777
Pymont NSW 2009

----

So now we know that Seven does own the rights (unfortunatly??). Now we have to get them to show it.
Sydney Firefly has only two members: http://firefly.meetup.com/209/

PRINCESSBIJOU

Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:34 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by YoungSpirit:
Browncoats, I can't ask you enough to go to http://www2b.abc.net.au/enoughrope/suggestaguest/ and suggest Joss as a guest for Enough Rope if you haven't already!

Ha ha ha! I just had a check through the suggest a guest entries on the Enough Rope site and there are SO MANY "Joss" requests - its fantastic! Here's hoping the ABC pay attention! Joss is way out in front in number of requests, (good job browncoats!!!) but whats the deal with all the Gavin Rossdale requests?? he's the guy from "Bush" right?? Magda Szubanski's popular too - gotta love Magda!

Have a great day Aussie Browncoats!

Oooh! Mangoes!

LOSTINSPACE

Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:58 AM

wow! we are up to 27!!
And someone at the website has added a bit of someones entry about Joss just under the "suggest a guest" in the menu. So now on nearly every page it has:

Joss Whedon
Because he is the smart, hilarious, touching, brilliant, witty, inspired, g....
—Caitlin Harris

Great work!

PRINCESSBIJOU

Thursday, September 23, 2004 7:17 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by lostinspace:
Joss Whedon
Because he is the smart, hilarious, touching, brilliant, witty, inspired, g....
—Caitlin Harris

Great work!

Hey! Thats my quote!
Damn Ive just given away my alias by admitting to my real name... no stalkers please!

Here's my full submission:
Joss Whedon
Comments: Because he is the smart, hilarious, touching, brilliant, witty, inspired, generous, humble, talented, intelligent, gracious, side-splittingly funny hero to millions of geeks the world over (and many non-geeks!) and soon to take over the world when his directorial debut "Serenity" hits the screens in April 2005. Take notice Enough Rope, Joss Whedon could talk about belly button fluff and it would still be a fascinating conversation!

Oooh! Mangoes!

NEWMELBOURNEFAN

Thursday, September 23, 2004 8:48 AM

I remember reading that submission and laughing. How can Mr. Denton pass up on this oppurtunity when there are literally thousands of Australians dying to know more about our beloved creator of ....... goodlyness.

I'm an auteur, with two u's and a little moustache

LOSTINSPACE

Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:03 AM

Well the beginning of that quote is on nearly all the Enough Rope pages. I bet they read it and thought, wow... heaps of people want to see Joss!
I think they noticed us!

STEALTH

Thursday, September 23, 2004 10:19 AM

Hi guys Brisbane here. Converted 7 so far and 3 in progress.
RE:The Martin Place idea: I think we need to be carefull how we might be perceived by those not in love with Joss's work..YET! and taint the quilty of the series with our actions using cards with inapproate messages, messages on buildings with spray cans etc will NOT endear us to the powers that be and may be used as an excuse to NOT show the show or anything to do with it.
I think we need to be out there doing stuff just to be carefull how we do it.
I'm just as excited about this show as the rest of you.

JENDANDY

Thursday, September 23, 2004 12:24 PM

Sydney only has 2 members so far on meetup.com. Come on, we're the largest city in Australia for goodness sake! (Aren't we? LOL My American roots are showing...)

Great to see this thread is still alive and kicking, go Aussies! I'm off to join the Sydney meet up thingy, hoping it livens up soon.

-Sig Rebel-

THEWOMBINATOR

Friday, September 24, 2004 2:53 AM

Quote:
PrincessBijou-he's the guy from "Bush" right??

Yep that's him.

We're the largest city, but not the largest state.
Thinks....

I think I will have to watch the whole set again over the weekend. hmm.

I better make me a t-shirt too!

----
Anya : Captain Logic is not steering this tugboat.

YOUNGSPIRIT

Sunday, October 3, 2004 2:42 PM

Hi everyone... BUMP!

Question - did any of the Aussie Meetup groups have a meetup on Saturday (the default day for the October Meetups)? Particularly Perth - I saw you had a few RSVPs - did you decide to go ahead with it anyway?

I'm really glad to see that most if not all of the Firefly groups have gained another few members each.

I'm also here to remind Melbournians to ensure they are signed up at http://firefly.meetup.com/161/ because the Melbourne group is meeting this coming Sunday October 10th and we'd love to see as many people there as possible... we already have several RSVPs, so please come along and join us!

I'd also like to remind those who haven't already to please go to the Enough Rope website http://www2b.abc.net.au/enoughrope/suggestaguest/ and suggest Joss as a guest for Denton's next season...

'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'

SCARLETT

Wednesday, October 6, 2004 2:04 PM

Another Melburnian fan here! I've joined the meetup.com group, hopefully in time for this weekend.

Am in the process of converting a friend - I lent him the DVDs 2 weeks ago & he's watched 4 eps, and is loving it so far. Then they go to my sisters, one of whom is a Buffy/Angel fan, the other loathes them, but watches other fantasy/science fiction shows, so I'm interested to see what their reactions will be.

But I need some real life people to talk to about eps - I'm no good with the message boards cos I can never think of what to say.

"Tact is not saying true stuff. I'll pass."

YOUNGSPIRIT

Friday, October 8, 2004 3:06 PM

Guys, I promise that this will be the last time, at least for awhile...:

SUNDAY OCTOBER 10th: If you live in Melbourne, this is the day to come out to Lygon St Carlton and meet other Firefly fans in the Melbourne area. Please go to http://firefly.meetup.com/161/events for all the details - preferably, join up and RSVP to this event, and then you'll be informed about other meetups that happen afterward.

Looking forward to seeing some other Melbournian Browncoats!

'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'

FLAMETREE

Sunday, October 10, 2004 6:58 AM

hello,

I am in Sydney to. What about arranging a Sydney Shindig sometime? Any ideas anyone? I already have a costume :)

KATIELOUOZ

Monday, October 11, 2004 9:58 PM

Hi All!

Sydneysider here.

I'd like to invite you all to http://forums.bducommunity.com/ where other Australian Firefly (and Buffyverse fans) have commenced a discussion of Firefly episode by episode. We're doing one a fortnight.

This website has only been running for only a week - it superseded Buffydownunder.com, which sadly closed last week after 4 years.

So right now, we're trying to resurrect the discussion we'd started on the first 4 episodes of Firefly on the old BDU website before we move forward. Please feel free to visit and share your thoughts about the episodes, or anything to do with Firefly.

I'm also looking for some lost BDU members, to ask them to come back and rejoin the Firefly discussions. We miss you!

So Spikeygoodness, nubs, VeraCobb and willowisadorable - and anyone else I may have missed - if you read this, come to http://forums.bducommunity.com/!

Cheers, KatieLouOz

VERACOBB

Sunday, October 17, 2004 8:36 AM

Yay we have new boards?! That's great news KatieLouOz. I was quite flummoxed when I saw BDU had closed down. I'll surf over there now. And I'll let SpikeyG know.

With regards to the Perth Meetup - we didn't have it last time, as I was bogged down with Uni stuff. I've spent a bit of time the last couple of weeks trying to sort out the site, so hopefully next months will take off. Saturday Nov 6 I think it is. Uni will be over by then, so my friend and I will certainly be there.
All Perthians - go join!

Can we start getting sexed already?

COLSKI

Monday, October 18, 2004 9:35 AM

Finally found this post.

Sydney Browncoat here!!

Slowly converting people but would love to meet up with other Browncoats from Sydney, I have already joined up at meetup.com.

Anybody have any idea if and when Serenity is going to be released in Australia?

Also anybody know the cheapest place to get a DVD set? Read somewhere in this thread that they were selling them at K-mart, might check it out. I want a copy to lend out to friends.

YOUNGSPIRIT

Monday, October 18, 2004 10:53 AM

Colski, I know that both JB Hi-fi and Big W have stocked the DVDs at at some point. It wouldn't surprise me if HMV did too, or K-mart or Target. Good luck!

'Yes... this is a fertile land, and we will thrive. We will rule over all this land, and we will call it... "this land".' 'I think we should call it your grave.' 'Ah! Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!'

KONSTANTINE

Sunday, October 16, 2005 12:45 PM

Hey, another Browncoat from CHCH, eh? Awesome, I was beginning to wonder if there was any others out there. Im thinking of trying to organise a viewing of Firefly or a lil' shindig of our own before the movie comes out. If you'd like to help, or are interested, drop me a line, konstantine_vi@hotmail.com :)

Thanks
K.

TALLAUSSIEBROWNCOAT

Sunday, October 16, 2005 3:16 PM

I'm not too sure, but did you notice where I'm from, or does the name kinda give it away?

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[On sharing Firefly Browncoats' love with relatives, friends and anyone that's remotely curious:]

"It's very Jehovah's Witness, I'm not sure if anyone's actually going door to door, but it's not far off."

- Nathan Fillion

PHI

Sunday, October 16, 2005 4:21 PM

KIWI!!!!!!!!

Well, technically Kiwi on an Aussie passport but I've been in the North Island for the last eleven years.

Frankly, I'm surprised, where are all the NZ'ers??? I know for a fact that firefly was on (granted at a bizarre time but hey, what else is new).

I'm in the UK and have been since Feb so I've been spoilt by the massive English fan base and the drool worthy conventions. I'm dreading going back down under (in November) but maybe I can convert people at uni, who knows how far we can go with enough converts?

Anyway, you can add me to the list of antipodean firefly fans

SHINYKITTEN

Sunday, August 27, 2006 5:32 AM

hey everyone! i too am an Aussie Browncoat! woohoo!! im in sydney.
an aussie fan network would totally rock! it seems as though Oz is well represented in firefly fandom. GO us!!!
-a note to the long ago conversation about t-shirts, have you checked out CafePress.com? it has a HUGE range of every joss whedon related thing you can think of on all kinds of clothing and other stuff. totally check it out!

talk to you later!

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