Newsgroup: it.fan.tv.buffy
Titolo: Secondo voi quanto ci si può credere?

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Investigating FireflySeason2.com. 'Tis the season for bizarre "Firefly"
relaunch efforts. Shortly after BrowncoatsRiseAgain.com decided to refund
all money and re-direct its efforts, another site called FireflySeason2.com
did a soft launch -- asking you to give them demographic data in the hope
of eventually offering subscribers new "Firefly" episodes via "monthly DVD
deliveries, TV On-Demand using your cable or satellite provider, or
computer viewing via Streaming Download." Is it legit? The PDX Browncoats
investigate....
[ edited by HudsonVC on 2006-01-23 00:49 ]
PDX Browncoat Jim e-mailed the site for more info and got the following
reply:
_____
Yes, it is true that we are in development for Season 2 of Firefly (FFS2).
This is not just another fan attempt at relighting the show. Our company is
using official channels to license the property from 20th Century Fox,
produce the show, and sell to cable operators.
I would appreciate any help you can offer in rallying fans to the official
site ... and have them signup. The demographic data collected there is
vital in our presentations to potential buyers and advertisers.
Not all of this is public info yet, so please be prudent when posting or
releasing information. As our lawyers clear items for release, our PR firm
will issue official press releases, and we will post those on the site as
well.
Thank you for your interest & passion. Keep flying...
-Ace Underhill
Cine Support Intl.
_____
"Ace Underhill"? Ahem. (Does Ace not think any of us are aware of "Lord of
the Rings"?) Cine-Support (here's their Web site) is a production company
offering to do location work in Costa Rica -- a lovely nation, to be sure,
but for some reason I don't see Whedon and the entire cast moving to
Central America. Mr. Underhill's business card contained no phone number,
only his Web and e-mail addresses.
Another PDX Browncoat offers up the WHOIS registration info, with
commentary:
_____
Registrant:
UP.BSE
110 Universal City
Universal City, CA 91608
US
818-777-1000
Domain Name: 
FIREFLYSEASON2.COM
Administrative Contact:
Development, Project 
in...@brilliantscreen.com
110 Universal City
Universal City, CA 91608
US
818-777-1000
Technical Contact:
Development, Project 
in...@brilliantscreen.com
110 Universal City
Universal City, CA 91608
US
818-777-1000
Domain Servers in listed order:
DNS1.NEWMILLENNIUMHOLDINGS.COM64.69.65.198
DNS2.NEWMILLENNIUMHOLDINGS.COM64.69.65.197
I, personally, don't think it's legit because 
newmillenniumholdings.com
 and
brilliantscreen.com
 don't appear to have anything to do with Universal. I
think they could put down any contact information they want to make it
appear legit (thus the Universal address and phone number).
Also, I think there would have been some other news of this if it was
actually something that was in the works.
I thought about calling 
818-777-1000
 and just asking if they own the
domain, but I can't think of a story good enough to actually get them
to give me the info....
_____
HudsonVC here. Personally? Until I get more info, and given the misleading
registration, obvious pseudonym, deliberately vague details and reluctance
to release info hidden behind vague "lawyer authorization" phrasings, my
skeptic's radar is going seriously blinkety on this. This is not how
entertainment develops publicly.
Browncoats, I wouldn't give them a single scrap of demographic info until
"Ace" offers up some more info on what he's doing with it. And if they
start asking fans for "seed money" before there's even a whiff of official
confirmation (or, even worse, ask for your credit-card info or SSN in a
follow-up e-mail), run for the hills.
Discuss.
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/pdxbrowncoats/
http://www.fireflyseason2.com/index.asp
http://browncoatsriseagain.com/
-- 
Jolan Tru, Filippo "Hytok" Simone
L'oracolo sampdoriano di Sunnydale
http://janeway.splinder.com/
http://lacasadeglielfi.altervista.org/

 
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Poco. Inoltre cosa c'entrerebbe la Universal con i diritti di Firefly? 
Mah... sembra una vaccata. Cmq immagino che Joss smentira' se sembra 
troppo vero ^__^
-- 
Laz - [ 
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 ]
"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, 
you're gonna see some serious shit!" 

troppo vero ^__^
Beh, speriamo di no! :-)
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