That Jamaicans are low-key and non-confrontational?
Ha.
Ha.
Ha!!!
Jayne: We was just about to spring into action, Captain. Complicated escape and rescue op. Wash: I was going to watch. It was very exciting.
'Shindig'
The Minearverse 4: Support Group for Clumsy People
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Jesse - Jul 27, 2005 1:34:46 pm PDT #1846 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Jul 27, 2005 1:49:55 pm PDT #1847 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
That Jamaicans are low-key and non-confrontational?
See, it's not fair to extrapolate from me to all my countrymen.
Cass - Jul 27, 2005 1:56:51 pm PDT #1848 of 10001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Man, you're like jamicas.
What were you saying to Cass, then?I'm ita!
Except for the parts where I am not.
t does math
We tend to think the same waiters are nummy.
See? Totally ita.
Lee - Jul 27, 2005 2:01:49 pm PDT #1849 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Yay for Vacation, Kristen! I hope you have a great one.
Am I going to see you this weekend, so I can buy you a drink in thanks for the VM episodes?
Largo - Jul 27, 2005 2:28:10 pm PDT #1850 of 10001
What? I go away to D.C. for a week (after my first post), and I come back to learn “The Inside” has been pre-empted tonight? Shoot. Now, what am I going to do before “Lost”?
It makes fans feel good to think that they may have made a difference. It makes good copy in the press and helps promote the movie. It just makes me, personally, twitchy.
Why? I’m new, so, I’m not down w/ the history. I’m catching up…some. But I need to fill in some of the cracks before I weigh in w/ anything. Is there some place (website? message board?) I can visit to learn all about the history of “Firefly” and “Serenity” fans?
Consuela - Jul 27, 2005 4:01:27 pm PDT #1851 of 10001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Btw, who started the drive to buy Firefly DVDs for the overseas forces?
Just to track back to this: I forget who it was in the FF campaign, but they got the idea from someone in the Save Farscape campaign, who has a husband in the military. SF has been running a series of programs for the last couple of years involving dvd donations to CONUS and overseas military personnel. That and the library donation project were very successful.
Is there some place (website? message board?) I can visit to learn all about the history of “Firefly” and “Serenity” fans?
You can talk to Allyson and Kristen, since they were there.
Allyson - Jul 27, 2005 4:13:26 pm PDT #1852 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
The woman who planned up the DVDs to the Troops was Susie, and I can't remember her board name.
I can sum up.
Kiba got an email from Kai Cole (Joss' wife) explaining that Firefly was in trouble, and would she help distribute an internet petition to help save it.
Kiba said of course. I emailed Kiba and told her petitions were for chumps. And offered to help if I could.
Kristen got a signed copy of Out of Gas from Tim in the mail with a note, "hope you'll stick with us as long as we're on" or something to that effect.
We got all mama-bearish. Contacted Kiba, told her we were in. Decided on Variety ad and postcard campaign.
Called Chris Buchanan (Mutant Enemy Prez) and said, "we need stuff to ebay to finance campaign. He verily sent stuff. We verily got lots o money.
Encouraged fans to send postcards to FOX. Purchased ad in Variety. Organized nationwide viewing parties. Sent hosts of viewing parties lots of postcards to distribute, along with Nathan Fillion autographed headshot, his gross low-fat bean dip recipe, and a F:IA t-shirt.
Sent press copies of Ariel and asked them to take another look. Sent copies of Variety ad to sponsors saying, "dude, we advertised for you, give us some love and buy more ad time."
Show canceled.
Hooray, it's xmas. We get a tour of Serenity and crew jackets. Yippee.
Sent postcards to SciFi, UPN, wherever Joss was pitching is where we directed postcards.
Fans send us to spa and beautiful flowers. We feel the love and call it quits.
Kat - Jul 27, 2005 4:42:12 pm PDT #1853 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
That Jamaicans are low-key and non-confrontational?
In in the HA corner with Jesse.
Cashmere - Jul 27, 2005 5:03:03 pm PDT #1854 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.
his gross low-fat bean dip recipe
When you use full fat sour cream, refried beans and guacamole, it's really not that bad.
bon bon - Jul 27, 2005 5:04:00 pm PDT #1855 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I think you can drop the bean dip at that point.