I don't care, I'm still free

[orangerful]

snagged from the FireflyFans.net forums - Joss Whedon's intro speech seen before each "Serenity" preview.

No spoilers, just good ol' fashioned Joss-speak.


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Hi,my name is Joss Whedon. Before we begin the special screening, I have a little
story I want to tell you. It's about a TV show called Firefly.


Firefly went on the air a few years ago and was instantly hailed by critics as
one of the most canceled shows of the year. It was ignored and abandoned
and the story should end there, but it doesn't, because the people who made the
show and the people who saw the show (which is...roughly...the same number of
people) fell in love with it a little bit...too much to let it go, too much to
lay down arms when the battle looked pretty much lost. In Hollywood, people like that are
called 'unrealistic' ... 'quixotic' ... 'obsessive'.


In my world, they're called 'Browncoats'.


Whether you've watched the show, or saw the DVD's, or whether you've never set
foot in the Firefly universe before tonight, the fact that you're here means
that you are part of something...something that is a little bit remarkable.
This movie should not exist. Failed TV shows don't get made into major
motion pictures unless the creator, the cast, and the fans believe beyond
reason.


It's what I've felt. It's what I've seen...in the DVD sales, the booths at the
cons run by fans, the websites, the fundraisers... all the work the fans
have done to help make this movie. It is, in an unprecedented sense, your movie...which
means, if it sucks, it's your fault. You let us down, but let's
not dwell on your failures because the work is not done.


I have to finish making it. Obviously not quite the final cut and you
will notice some placeholders in music and effects, but we're very close. Once
we are finished, we have to get people to see it. Now, obviously the studio is
going to do their thing. There will be ads and trailers and all that joy, but
this movie doesn't have stars and it doesn't have a giant mega-budget or even a
simple salable premise. What it has is us, the people who believed
unreasonably.


If this movie matters to you, let somebody know. Let everybody know.
Make yourselves heard. If you don't like the movie, this is a time for quiet,
silent contemplation. But, when the unfinished credits roll, if you still call
yourself a Browncoat, remember the millions of people who don't...who might.


I want us to do this together. The cast is going to be appearing wherever they
can. I'm going to be blogging and stumping and whatever I can think of. We've
got Can'tStopTheSignal.com up and running...I'm fairly certain. We're all doing
everything we can to make this the event that it should be.


Just remember, they tried to kill us...they did kill us...and
here we are. We have done the impossible, and that makes us mighty. Thank you
for helping to get this movie as far as it has gotten.


Welcome to Serenity.

Comments

[whitemartyr.livejournal.com]

WOW. That really, really rocks. Thanks for sharing! Yay Joss!

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

I'm hoping they put it as a easter egg or something on the Serenity DVD, because he was...well, he was adorable. He did this silly little grin at the end. It's something I would love to watch over and over, gives me a warm fuzzy.

[persephones-rev.livejournal.com]

Bravo, Joss! *applauds*

Thanks for sharing, hun. :D

[orangerful.livejournal.com]

I had to share. Being a fan of Joss just makes you feel so good inside! How could I not pass that around :-)

[persephones-rev.livejournal.com]

That's what I love about Joss and Lucas... they appreciate their fan-base, enough so that they'll even tease. (I heard part of Lucas' speech at CIII where he told his fans not to let SW rule their lives... to leave their uncle's moisture farm and explore the galaxy. Funny!) Yay for innovative thinkers!