Operation Kimmunication; new direction for FFF?

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Let me introduce myself; I’m Mike, I’m almost 21, live in merry old England and I’ve recently been hooked by the Kim Possible bug.
I was very disheartened to learn that the series/franchise had ended production, since Kim Possible is such an amazing show.
Looking for information on a possible Season 5, or even just rumours, I found this site, but, from what I can gather, half the fans who campaigned for the 4th series were satisfied with what they got, a full ending seen in the series episodes themselves and Graduation compared to the end kissing scene of So The Drama, and moved on to other shows and avoided contributing to the Fight For Five campaign.
The other half of the fan base still desperately clings onto slim hope for another full season.
Aside from a new ride opening in one of Disney’s resorts, nothing has been heard of anything new to do with Kim Possible (and this is most probably the ‘secret super project’ mentioned in the ‘So The Finale’ blog,) and it’s quite possible that Disney sees the franchise as being fully concluded even while it’s still insanely popular amongst people of all age groups and nationalities; its rabid fan base is just asleep due to official Kim Possible inactivity (yes, even the ones who were satisfied with the Season 4 episodes and ending), but I just know it’s a sleeping giant ready to be reawakened..
The fact of the matter is, asking for a full and 5th season for Kim Possible at this moment seems very unlikely to happen, and nothing has been heard of regarding anything else.
While I myself am still a bit torn in opinion about a 5th season doing an epic ‘Jump The Shark’, I also crave more Team Possible adventures, but that’s probably because I’m a little sad to realize I missed Kim Possible during its heyday and that the franchise is considered to be concluded.
However, it is all not despairing news; if they see how much the world wide fan base wants more Kim Possible, it might rope them into wanting to do more. J They are also freelance (guns for hire writers!), meaning that although they work for Nickelodeon on the Madagascar spin off show, they could also work on new Kim Possible material when a good opportunity arises. They’ve also had at least a years break now to reenergize their creative juices by working on other projects.
It’s my opinion that the Fight For Five should reorganize and reenergize with a new, more realistic goal ultimately culminating in the mere chance of having a new series.
The proposal is of having another Kim Possible movie such as a Sitch In Time set at College, or (as someone on the Internet mentioned before) the summer before College.
Even if the movie does not do well which I doubt, it’d still give the fan base an exciting jolt. J
The original viewing base has also ‘grown up’, with many of the original viewers themselves now into or post High School so the College theme could easily fit in with their television viewing palettes.
Even if a new series is unlikely to come directly to come through ratings alone for the third (or fourth, depending on your episode/movie opinions of Graduation), it would drastically re-awaken the fan base and provide much needed muscle to rebirth the various Kim Possible revival movements.
This would also be a great ‘toe in the water’ for both the fan base at world wide large and Disney themselves; having a possibly lower budget televised movie compared to a full series would be a less risky test to see if the show, and by extension, the entire franchise has any hope of continuing to be a money maker (let’s face it, Disney is a business, they have to survive) and fans will be able to see if the show has finally ‘Jumped the Shark’.
If the televised movie is an insane viewing success like I probably would expect it would be (and if Disney advertised it correctly at the right times), it would most probably force Disney to reconsider its current attitude towards Kim Possible being a finished piece and could continue the franchise in some sort or another, be it more computer games or comics if more televised material isn’t an option.
Disney are sitting upon a closed off gold mine, but this is also a double edged sword; while the prospect of more Team Possible adventures is as great as a free Nacho day to Ron, there’s also the chance they’d over milk the franchise causing irreparable damage; as I mentioned before, this personally feels like a double edged sword to me.
While the raging hunter of having new Kim Possible material burns in me, the fear of disappointment that it could also spoil the show completely by ‘Jumping the Shark’ is also there.
While the idea of this campaign seems pointless and for naught, there’s nothing wrong with passionately trying.
New tactics should also be considered; the mailing of flowers to the Disney CEO containing the yet unformed petition or at least information upon it, fly overs of Disney’s HQ with banners, etc to grab the media’s attention, etc.
A full fifth season seems unlikely to happen at this time, but a new movie hopefully causing a new season to be considered would be a more realistic goal, or, perhaps being a better idea, a sequel series a.k.a. Ben 10, Ben 10: Alien Force and Ben 10: Evolution’s.
Operation: Kimmunication.
Any thoughts about booting this campaign up from the ashes?
What d’ya think?

[fireandchutes77]

Wow, an excellent first post!

I agree with your movie idea; I think it'd have a better shot - and wider appeal - than a 5th season airing only on Disney.

On an aside: I've been with the show since the beginning, and it seems amazing that there are still people discovering it and loving it. (Granted, I shouldn't be so surprised - I only discovered "Ghost in the Shell" in October of last year.)

If you're looking for KP websites to get involved with, I'd also recommend checking out one that I'm a senior member at, the Global Justice Alliance.

I don't mean to topic-bomb your thread with a "come look at us!" post like those annoying people on AOL (or whatever the equivalent to AOL is in the UK), but I - and the GJA forum, like all forums - are always on the lookout for articulate posters to discuss our favorite show with.

[darthjoe2056]

yes the idea sounds good

[FFF Guy]

I'm kind of half decided on your post. I've seen stuff like this mentioned all the time and I don't think its the tactics really that will help. I think the idea and the tactics are good and I don't see why we can't mention them in e-mails etc.

I think any idea should be considered right now... I think Disney just want to leave KP as it is and marketing it to its full potential until its gone. So, I really don't believe that any other set of tactics will work better than another set, but the idea of getting KP into their heads.

Although, I thought the flowers and banners idea was great! Just the its our budget that goes against us unfortunately. Still great idea's and its these posts that get people thinking

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Jun 18, 2009 0:17:39 GMT -5 fireandchutes77 said:

Wow, an excellent first post!

I agree with your movie idea; I think it'd have a better shot - and wider appeal - than a 5th season airing only on Disney.

On an aside: I've been with the show since the beginning, and it seems amazing that there are still people discovering it and loving it. (Granted, I shouldn't be so surprised - I only discovered "Ghost in the Shell" in October of last year.)

If you're looking for KP websites to get involved with, I'd also recommend checking out one that I'm a senior member at, the Global Justice Alliance.

I don't mean to topic-bomb your thread with a "come look at us!" post like those annoying people on AOL (or whatever the equivalent to AOL is in the UK), but I - and the GJA forum, like all forums - are always on the lookout for articulate posters to discuss our favorite show with.

Thanks.
Yeah, I think another movie is a better shot than another series straight away, but the movie being a huge success leading to another series seems more realistic a goal.
The KP community seems also very fractured, another reason of this cause would be to reunite the splinter groups back into another campaign like the original Series 4 fight.
Quick edit: Also, the reason it's such a 'sleeper' hit is that it's a good show which wasn't given more advertisement as it deserved.
Heck, a new movie would rope in even more/new fans.

Jun 18, 2009 3:10:14 GMT -5 darthjoe2056 said:

yes the idea sounds good

Good to know it's a hit.

Jun 18, 2009 7:35:09 GMT -5 FFF Guy said:

I'm kind of half decided on your post. I've seen stuff like this mentioned all the time and I don't think its the tactics really that will help. I think the idea and the tactics are good and I don't see why we can't mention them in e-mails etc.

I think any idea should be considered right now... I think Disney just want to leave KP as it is and marketing it to its full potential until its gone. So, I really don't believe that any other set of tactics will work better than another set, but the idea of getting KP into their heads.

Although, I thought the flowers and banners idea was great! Just the its our budget that goes against us unfortunately. Still great idea's and its these posts that get people thinking

Unfortunately, by sitting back and letting Kim Possible slowly fade into oblivion they're not marketing the show to its full potential; let's face it, since Kim Possible, the majority of Disney shows which have come on since then haven't attracted that many a number, and the ones which did rival Kim Possible have also gone the same as a KP.
The reason Kim Possible has a better chance of surviving via a fan campaign is that it's already succeeded once before, and although it's broken up into factions at the moment, all it'll take one is good middle ground cause to reunite everyone and, 'reforge' the crusade', as it were.
I'm hoping Operation: Kimmunication would be able to do this.
Plus, Serenity/Firefly campaign. 'Nuff said.

[shockwave]

Starting a petition on PetitionOnline.com, this is first version of the campaigns manifesto.

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"Nothing is impossible for a Possible!"
Operation: Kimmunication is a petition and campaign from the unimaginably large world wide fan base of Kim Possible to Disney to get Kim Possible itself brought back onto the air in the form of a new movie and -if successful- a new series or season based upon that movie or the original show.
I (and millions of others) were very disheartened -if not heartbroken- to learn/know that the series/franchise had ended current production since Kim Possible is such an amazing television show.
This petition is designed to be a double middle ground for both Disney and the collective fan base (including those various splinter groups inside the Kim Possible community who either believe that Kim Possible deserves a fifth season or the others who have decided they were satisfied with the ending of Kim Possible in the fourth season compared to the simple 'kiss' ending seen at 'So The Drama' in order to reunite them into one coherent group once again) across the world who wish to see Kim Possible back onto the air in one form or another.
The fact of the matter is, asking for a full and fifth season of Kim Possible at this very moment in time seems very unlikely to happen, and no news has been heard of regarding the future of the Kim Possible franchise.
The original viewing base has also ‘grown up’, with many of the original viewers themselves now into or post High School so the College theme could easily fit in with their television viewing palettes.
Aside from a new ride opening in one of Disney’s resorts, nothing has been heard of anything new to do with Kim Possible and it’s quite obvious to see that Disney sees the franchise as being fully concluded even thought it’s still insanely popular amongst people of all age groups and nationalities across the world.
The fan base is just simply asleep due to official Kim Possible inactivity; this also makes it a sleeping giant ready to be reawakened..
This would also be a great ‘toe in the water’ for both the fan base in the world wide at large and Disney themselves by having a possibly lower budget (compared to a full series) televised movie which is a less risky test to see if the show, and by extension, the entire franchise has any hope of continuing to be a money maker (let’s face it, Disney is a business, they have to survive) and fans will be able to see if the show has finally ‘Jumped the Shark’.
This would be a better option than letting this excellent show fade into relative obscurity, and if Disney acts with decisive smartness it could also be a great money earner for them.
The ratings for Kim Possible back in its prime (and indeed, in the shows current last season) were enough for it to hold its own/out compete newer shows brought onto the air, a testament to the popularity of the show.
The original show creators are freelance (guns for hire) writers; they're not completely bound to Nickelodeon or any other studio so that means that although they're working at Nickelodeon right now on the Madagascar spin off show it also means they can come back to work for Disney upon new Kim Possible material. They've had an entire year and a half to recharge their creative juices, and it's been mentioned many times before by themselves in various Internet forum posts and interviews from various sources that if Disney gave them a window, they'd go back to working on Kim Possible as long as they had original storylines planned out.
If enough people sign this petition (again, even a greater number than the original season 4 campaign) this might be enough to at least make Disney reconsider the Kim Possible franchise as being a completed piece, which can lead to other possibilities for the franchise such as the aforementioned movie idea.
Kim Possible is a sleeping giant ready to be reawakened; all it needs is support.
If you support even just one of the points in the above mission statement, sign this petition so we can hopefully convince Disney to change their minds about Kim Possible being concluded.
Spread the word, sign the petition, Kimme depends upon it.
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[FFF Guy]

You should us the link so we can sign.

[shockwave]

I haven't created the petition yet, I want to get the mission outline right first!
Remember, this could be easily seen by hundreds of thousands of people once the word spreads so the mission statement has to be correct and compelling to make even those who who are against more Kim Possible sign up.

[shockwave]

Well, this is probably rushing the outline of the mission a bit, but I've created the petition.
Just waiting upon the activation Email.

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www.petitiononline.com/OpKimmie/

Operation: Kimmunication.

Just waiting upon Email.

[manofevil]

Been here and done this before but WTF! let's go for it again.

[shockwave]

That's the spirit! Only problem is waiting for that darn Email to come through now, lol.

The more people know about it, the more sig's we'll get. Exposure is key, obviously...hmm...

[shockwave]

Still waiting for the Email. (sigh)

[shockwave]

Email didn't come through, looking for alternate petition site.

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Remade the petition, giving it one more day, if it doesn't come through then (either of them), I'll look for an alternate petition site.
When the petition goes up, spread the word and link everywhere you see; Youtube comments on Kim Possible videos or its episodes, fan sites, etc. Spread it as much as you can, and the signatures will ramp up.
We should also try and capture the fan base in Germany too, since there's a strangely large amount of fans out there. This isn't just the bog standard "We want a fifth season!" petition, this is a middle ground where anyone and everyone can agree on while getting similiar results.

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I got tired of waiting for PetitionOnline, so I went to an alternate site.
The petition is now up!
www.ipetitions.com/petition/Kimmunication/index.html

[elvisjj]

Hi Mike, as I said before I'm opened to anything with Kim Possible as long as we get more Kim Possible. I want a season Five, but I'm good with another Disney Channel original Kim Possible movie hopefully involving the College years or even better a feature length animated motion picture.

The focus is to keep Kim Possible in the spotlight and that's what we need to do. But your ideas are great and lets keep pushing them.