Category: Geeky Fanboy

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Letter to Fans from Jewel Staite

Jewel Staite writes a letter to Browncoats everywhere From Firefly Fans.net — included here in its entirety simply because I’m having problems getting to FFN and suppose some of the rest of you will to.

Just wanted to say thank-you to everyone who made Dragon*Con such an
absolute blast. All three of us had an excellent time, and we were floored by the support and the love from the fans out there. The little Firefly that could, right? How is it that this could have happened? I can’t explain it. All I can do is feel grateful.
As for how much we need to make our first couple of weekends in order to carry on with our fantastic trilogy: All studios ever want to do is make their money back. That constitutes a huge hit for them. So as long as that budget comes back to them, which is $40 mil as we all know, then they will be happy as clams. Whoever made the comment ( I was snooping) that the second weekend is almost as important as the first weekend is absolutely correct: the interest has to carry through a little bit. A big drop in ticket sales after opening weekend is never a good thing. So if you do plan on seeing it twice, do so once the first weekend, and once the second weekend. Now, if you’re a TRUE fan (like me), then you’ll see it five times the first weekend and five times the second!! I for one am seeing it at least twice the day it opens, and I’m taking all of my family and all of my friends…
This is very exciting for all of us. We feel the anticipation and the enthusiasm building for this project, and after working so hard and loving it so much, it feels really redeaming. (think I spelled that wrong but who cares). To those of you I met at the con who expressed that enthusiasm to me personally, I LOVE you truly. I can promise you that this film will give you goosebumps, as it did to me, and you will walk away satisfied. There may be things you will love and there may be things you don’t, but I trust Joss’s storytelling ability whole-heartedly, and I can say that he is a very brilliant man who knows how to work an audience!
Thank you again for everything you’ve done for us. I’m glad we’re your “big damn heroes”, and I feel proud. This is the best fan base there ever was for the best show that ever was. Here’s to upcoming successes! You’re awesome!

I won’t say how many time I’ll be going to this — I probably won’t see it the first two weekends any more than I’ve seen… Our Mrs. Reynolds. How’s that?

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Haven’t had one of these in awhile…

Box Office Prophets lists Serenity as it’s pick of the day.

The problem Whedon faced was that Firefly was auctioned off to a group of people who lacked the rudimentary skills to decipher the show’s strengths. Fox Network wanted a replacement for the recently completed X-Files or at least its passionate fanbase, and eventually its ratings. What they got was an ideological successor to The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
In layman’s terms, this is the equivalent of asking Santa Claus for a computer only to discover thousands of dollars of jewelry in your stocking. The fact that one could be bartered off for the other was lost on the organization, so the diamonds were thrown down the garbage disposal.
Fortune has smiled upon the zealous Firefly fanbase, though, as Universal Pictures has boldly stuck its hand down the drain and snatched out the elusive gem. Serenity, the Firefly movie, is a go.
That sound you hear is Joss Whedon having the last laugh.

Man, if Fox ever needs help kicking itself, I hereby volunteer my feet.

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The concert

Okay, I’ve finally gotten a chance to sit still for a second and talk about the concert we went to on Monday. Starting from the top:
Charlotte Martin: if you’ve ever thought it would be kind of cool to be a Tori Amos fan but ultimately couldn’t handle the stress, allow me to present Charlotte Martin who gives you great piano and voice without the vaguely off-putting “I see deep people” vibe. Call it Amos-style music from someone with whom it’d be a lot more fun to hang out over margaritas.
Her voice fantastic, versatile, clear, and brilliant (for lack of better and more gushing adjectives). Her piano playing is also amazing – alternatively forceful and dark (most impressive) or ethereal and light.
And… the rest of the band? Hardly. Just voice and piano — there are worse things. In retrospect, I would happily plunk down the concert ticket cost just to see her perform a full set. I recommend buying the album if any of the above raving sounds interesting, because you’ll probably enjoy it, but I even more heartily advise listening to her live, if you have the means. In fact, my only complaint with the studio album (recently released from RCA) is that it’s is very… well, it’s very clean (no between-track chit-chat that might have helped capture the singer’s personality). Simply, it lacks some of the fun and fire of the live performance.
Especially the fun: Martin interrupts her own songs to chat with the audience and is generally open, amusing, smart, self-deprecating, and witty, and that doesn’t capture the kind of life she brings to the songs themselves; you leave afterwards really liking this girl — yes, wishing her success and all of that smaltzy stuff, but most importantly checking the next time she’ll be in town (she’s visited Denver three times in the last four months and will be back ‘soonish’ as part of the “Vaginas Vote” tour).

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JLU

From Comics Continuum:

Amy Acker, best known as Fred on The WB’s Angel, is providing a guest-voice for an upcoming episode of Justice League Unlimited.

If all you know of Amy Acker is “Fred”, you’ll find this vocal casting odd, but if you throw in Ilyria, it’s a dead cinch.