The last Jayne shirt is being put up for auction by, you guessed it: The CA Browncoats on behalf of Adam Baldwin. The proceeds continue to go to the Marine Corps-Law Enforcement Foundation.

Anybody else watching SciFi channel right now? I turned on the TV and one of my favorites (Safe) is on! Wooh! (Why I don't just pop the DVD in, I don't know).

a *leaked(?)* version of the new Joss Whedon show Dollhouse is on youtube.
If this is way too Firefly unrelated, feel free to delete, I just wanted to pass along the word. can't stop the signal.
and drat.. it was pulled offline... I did not save it.. did anybody?

MORE OVERHERE @kehleyr_icons

PLEASE FRIEND MY COMMUNITY IF YOU LIKE WHAT YOU SEE :-D!

Hi!

Just a reminder that the deadline for pre-sale orders is almost here.

Order by Midnight on May 15th to guarantee your Official CSTS Merchandise!

http://chicagolandbrowncoats.com/csts/merchandise.html

Sponsorship packages are also available!  Since these packages include t-shirts, we will do our best to honor your request but if you order by May 15th, you'll be sure to get the right size.

http://chicagolandbrowncoats.com/csts/donate-sponsor.html

Business Sponsorships are welcome!!

Can't Stop the Serenity
July 19, 2008
at The Portage Theater
Chicago, IL

Serenity!
Door Prizes!
Auctions!
Costume Contest!
...and more!

Hope to see you there!

CSTS Chicago

Hi! New here. I'm looking for a Firefly/Serenity mood theme. Anyone know where I can lay my hands upon one?

A friend brought this up after I showed her this article on the growing popularity of steampunk.

It does have elements of the (mostly Western) Victorian era mixed within a future setting. And there is a noticeable patina on Serenity. There are even goggles, corsets, and boots.

There are many elements, but I'm thinking the dealbreaker might be the fact that it's set in the future with Western-Victorian elements instead of some alternate reality futurist Victorian setting.

So, what say you?

...Is it?

(crossposted all over the bloody place; updated to include region in the subject line)

Pre-registration for BayCon 2008 is now closed. If you missed the boat, you can still buy memberships at the Convention. Registration will be located in the Mendocino room on the lobby level of the Hyatt Regency. (PDF map available here)

At-Con Membership rates are:

$80 Full (Four-Day) Membership
$35 Friday Only
$45 Saturday Only
$40 Sunday Only
$25 Monday Only
$20 One Evening Only

Evening badges will be sold from 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM on Friday and Saturday evenings and from 7:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Sunday. An evening badge is good from the time of purchase until 9:30 AM the following day.

The preliminary programming schedule is now available on the website. The following Firefly/Serenity-related panels are ( back here )
Remember, no plan survives first contact; scheduling, participants, etc., are subject to change.

We hope to see you there!

I went to the Hub Conventions Serenity event yesterday, attended by Ron Glass and Nathan Fillion, and Ron was kind enough to share some tidbits about Shepherd Book's past from the upcoming comic that I thought you might not have already read about. We will find out that:

( SPOILERS for upcoming comic books! )

The comic will be called 'A Shepherd's Tale', according to Ron. Are we excited yet?

Green Queen

More Firefly icons overHERE @ kehleyr_icons
Please friend my community if you like what you see :-D!

saw this and thought of you guys :-)

DRIVE AGAIN?

This week, UniHD's channel is showing fan favorite, "Our Mrs. Reynolds," and they've got a door prize planned for those who show up and post. Between 8:00pm EDT and 8:15pm EDT "The Wedding Day" door prize thread will be open. All you have to do is post in that thread to enter! One post per Browncoat is all that's required. A number will then be picked at random according to the number of posts/entries and the winner receives the door prize. The mods are keeping the prize a secret, so y'all will just have to show up to see.

(Plus, it shows Universal how much we all still love the show/movie/franchise!)

Hey there fellow firefly fans... I'm looking for an icon of River with the text "I can kill you with my brain"... I know I've seen it somewhere but now I can't seem to find it... can you help me out?
Thanks!

EDIT: THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!

Thank you for all who expressed an interest in participating in a re-watch. We have a home!! So, I'm back pimping the site... ;)

The 2008 Firefly Re-Watch will be hosted by firefly_relight and sponsored by annabella (shiny shiny-ness)

We have a schedule ready and I'm looking for volunteers to tackle the discussion opener for episodes. Come check it out!

As a browncoat, and a fanboy in general I sometimes find things that make me go "hmm" and want to share them.  An article published primarily for marketing people, but with broader pop-culture ties (referenced here) talks about the overlap between those that are passionate about something and those that consider that thing "popular".

Now apply this to Firefly/Serenity:
* It is Joss (Passion)
* It is Science Fiction (Popular)
* It has Western overtones (used to be popular, but is now just passion)
* It was moved around on the schedule(Passion)
* It was shown out of order (Passion)
* The movie had a limited marketing budget (passion)
* The DVD Sales are largely word-of-mouth driven (Passion)

What we have is something that is peaked mostly on Passion, but tipping into the gap between passion and popular.  As Firefly and Serenity become more popular it will lose some of its appeal for the passionate.  Let's be honest, many of us are drawn to it because of its 'fringe' appeal in the first place.

We all want FF/S to be popular because that will drive more production.  But we also need to be aware that as it approaches popularity, the audience will change and the nature of that which we love may change.  It may be that in order for it to be truly huge it can't have Browncoats (There's a hypothesis I hope never proves true!).  It just interested me that what the article seems to suggest is that the FF/S that we share collectively may never be expanded beyond our fan-produced offerings because in order to make it worthwhile to the money-people it might alienate the very consumers that sustain it.

Just food for thought.

More reading on related subjects:
The Long Tail
1000 True Fans

Hi,

My name is Beth and I am the Chairman of 2008's Browncoat Ball.

I have a favor to ask: We're looking around for the best Firefly/Serenity Fan Videos out. I was wondering if you fine folks could point me in the direction of some fanvids that you love. These would be used for one of our Ball activities, and proper credit would be given.

Thanks in advance, and if you have one you'd like us to potentially use at the Ball, email me at beth at austinbrowncoats dot com.

Check out the event at: www.browncoatball.com

X-Posted to Firefly Communities

Hope you guys don't mind a pimp from a long time lurker. Feel free to delete if it's a problem~

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The independently owned and operated Little Art Theatre in Yellow Springs will host two free screenings of the 2005 adventure film SERENITY to benefit the international human rights organization Equality Now.

Screenings will be held Saturday, June 21, 2008 at 4 p.m. and Monday, June 23 at 7:30 p.m. (Doors open 30 minutes before show time.) Although there is no admission charge to the event, donations to Equality Now are strongly encouraged. Donations will be collected at the event, and can also be made online at LittleArt.com beginning Friday, May 9.

Equality Now works to end violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world through the mobilization of public pressure. Issues of concern to Equality Now include rape, domestic violence, reproductive rights, trafficking, female genital mutilation, political participation and gender discrimination.

Beginning in 2006, fans of SERENITY and its writer-director, Joss Whedon, began organizing screenings of the film around the world to raise money and awareness to benefit Equality Now. (Whedon was an Equality Now "Men on the Front Lines" honoree in 2005.) 2008 marks the first time an Ohio theater outside of Cleveland has participated in this worldwide effort.

"The Little Art is extremely proud to host these free screenings, and to offer Yellow Springs, Dayton and our neighboring communities this important opportunity to come together in support of equality and opportunity for women around the world," said Little Art owner Jenny Cowperthwaite.

Shown at the Little Art from a pristine, high-definition digital source, SERENITY stars Nathan Fillion as Captain Malcolm Reynolds, a hardened veteran of a galactic civil war, who now ekes out a living pulling off small crimes and transport-for-hire aboard his ship, Serenity. He leads a small, eclectic crew who are the closest thing he has left to family — squabbling, insubordinate and undyingly loyal. When Mal takes on two new passengers — a young doctor and his unstable, telepathic sister — he gets much more than he bargained for: The pair are fugitives from the coalition dominating the universe, who will stop at nothing to reclaim the girl and her unique abilities. The crew that was once used to skimming the outskirts of the galaxy unnoticed find themselves caught between the unstoppable military force of the Universal Alliance and the fury of the Reavers, savages who roam the very edge of space. (Universal Pictures)

From the Equality Now website (equalitynow.org): "Equality Now is extremely grateful for the support of [SERENITY fans] and inspired by the tremendous energy and commitment they have put into their efforts to support our work to end human rights abuses against women and girls around the world."

SERENITY runs 119 minutes and has been rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Assocation of America "for sequences of intense violence and action, and some sexual references."

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Contact: Zack McGhee / zack@littleart.com / (937) 767-7671

Online: LittleArt.com / CantStopTheSerenity.com / EqualityNow.org

Is anyone interested in a 'group' Firefly rewatch?? See details below.



2008 FIREFLY REWATCH

I'm swinging by quickly, just to share a few icons...

[12] Firefly
Preview:
 

The rest are all HERE @ precious_jemz . Comments are lovely, and credit is not necessary. ♥