As promised: I'm just off the phone with my contact at Criterion. He is
waiting for more
detailed info as well but what he could tell me is that "an outside party" (and
I believe him
that he doesn't know who it is, has asked Fox for "their share" of theatrical
releases of the
TV shows. So it sounds like the Writer's strike theory on Whedonesque might be
right. I
asked him if it was the writer's strike and he said he totally hadn't thought of
that but it
made more sense than any guess he had come up with. He says that Fox as a
business
actually wants to figure this out and continue the theatrical releases because
it's a good
source of revenue and in their best interest to do so.


So this might just be a temporary problem that will be settled with the Writer's
Strike.
Let's hold off on the angry mob scenes for now.

I've asked Cary to e-mail me a copy of Fox's official statement as soon as he
gets it and he
promised to do so.

I'm a very cynical person and I'm pretty good at knowing when I'm being lied to.
I believe
this guy is telling me what he believes to be the truth. Frankly he sounded a
bit in awe of
the fandom. He knows we are mighty and he doesn't want us angry.


(if someone want's to copy the above to Whedonesque since I haven't scored an
account
there- feel free)

I asked if the Music would be affected by this and he said no, so who knows how
to find
out how to get the rights to use the soundtrack for OMWF sing-a-long without the
visuals.
I am willing to get up on stage and make a fool of myself pantomimiing if I get
a few fools
to join me.

I have to run all this by Will, but I bet if we can square the music thing I
think he'd be up
for it.

So people please speak up (even if you can't make it this month but you've gone
in the
past or plan to go in the future, you opinion will give me an idea of what our
pubilc would
prefer:


Buffy Movie : yes or no?

People Hamming it up on stage to the soundtrack (if we get clearance) ? yes or
no

Social event at the movie theater (costumes, games etc.)without Audio Visual
Aids?: yes or
no


Dramatic reading of the comics (again if I can figure out how to get
clearance)yes or no

Combination of the above (specify)???

Something else that hasn't been thought of????


Mellissa, if you and your crew want to co -host this I would be thrilled.





--- In sfbrowncoats@yahoogroups.com, "laurateresad" <laurateresad@...> wrote:
>
> Hey y'all
>
> Laura- hostess from the Cerrito here:
>
>
> Cary, the Criterion contact sent me an e-mail with his cell # and says he
wants to
discuss
> this with me. I'm assuming Mellissa got the same message. I've called his
cell and left a
> message for him to call me back. I will post here as soon as I get off the
phone with
him.
>
>
> This is about all Fox TV shows being pulled from theatrical release (and
airline viewing
as
> well) not just Buffy and Firefly. Not sure why yet.
>
>
> When I was a youth group leader, our church had to pay a licencing fee to show
movies
in
> church.
>
>
> The Parkway show has been rescheduled because the theater had to quickly
shuffle to
> make sure it had something going on that night. The El Cerrito show is
still up in the
air.
> Criterion has offered us Buffy the Movie which is, I know a sad substitute but
how do
> people feel about it?I'm kind of leaning towards a Cerito-Con where we don't
show any
> sthinking movie but make it a social event with costumes and games and perhaps
a
sing-
> a-long with a cd IF it won't get the theater in hot water. Would people
come if there
> wasn't a movie but fun activities or would you rather have the Buffy Movie and
then
some
> fun activities?
>
> And yes, let's hold off on mailing things and calling or making a fuss until
we have more
> facts.
>