On the 17th May, Twentieth Century Fox announced the cancellation of one of the networks latest series, Dark Angel. The series chronicles the adventures of a young woman named Max, who escaped from a secret Government facility ten years ago, and has been running ever since. But as she broke out, there was a terrorist attack involving an electro-magnetic pulse which basically turned all the 1’s and 0’s in the banks into 0’s, causing the world to slide into a depression from which it will never recover. The facility she escaped from, Project Manticore, was developing super soldiers by experimenting with genetic splicing and mixing animal DNA with that of human DNA. Max was part of the X series, more precisely, the X5’s. Every transgenic Manticore created was branded with a barcode on the back of their neck as identification.

After teaming up with a man named Logan Cale, a man who also goes by the name of Eyes Only, who is determined to do something about the mess the world is in, she managed to track down her fellow X5’s who escaped. However, in an attempt to end the hunt, Max was captured while destroying Manticore’s DNA lab. Luckily, with the aid of a fellow X5, Alec, and one of the mutant ‘failures’ named Joshua, Max escaped and also eliminated the Manticore threat once and for all.

But despite being a hit for the network, Dark Angel was officially cancelled, leaving unanswered questions especially from the feature length season finale which was directed by King Of The World Cameron. So what can you do to help save this series from extinction? Stop Dark Angel from being another Fox cast off! I have created a petition for saving the show, as has many other fans! Write off to people in a position to make a difference at Fox, and flood the offices with barcodes taken from anything at all. Show them that Dark Angel has a loyal fanbase!

Replacing Dark Angel will be Joss Whedon’s Firefly. While I admire Joss’ work, and eagerly await Firefly, I would much rather have Dark Angel. With the loss of The X Files, Fox is taking a huge gamble by getting rid of Dark Angel as there is a chance Firefly could flop, whereas DA already has a fanbase. It would be much more sensible for them to keep DA on our screens!

To show your support, join in on the campaign – send letters and barcodes, sign the petitions, add your name to the Guestbook and leave a message in the Forum! And don’t forget to spread the word! Use the banner below to publicise the Barcode Campaign! Tell your friends, post this address on Messageboards and through E Groups!

Save Dark Angel!

· Sign The Barcode Campaign Petition!

· Sign Other Petitions!

· Write To The Suits At Fox!

· Post Barcodes!

Petitions

Click on one of the links below to visit one of the petitions! Regular updates will be posted on this page, such as petition signings, etc.

The Barcode Campaign Petition

Renew Dark Angel: We Want Season 3

Renew Dark Angel For A Third Season

Snail Mail

You can contact the suits at Fox by writing to these addresses. I urge as many people as possible to write off sending as many barcodes collected from packets, labels, etc. Show them that Dark Angel still has an audience and we are as loyal to the show as Roswell’s audience was to it. Roswell was cancelled several times, and was saved by fan intervention. Roswell fans sent empty bottles of Tabasco (a trademark of Roswell) to The WB, and then to UPN. Snail Mail is generally viewed upon more highly than E Mail.

Snail Mail Advice:

· Hand written letters seem far more personal, therefore I would recommend hand written letters rather than typed copies.

· Tell them what got you hooked on the show – why you find it such a good series and why they should continue to broadcast it.

· Be as polite as possible – the wrong impression could lead the suits to ignore the campaign.

· Suggest that if a third series is impossible then ask that a tele-movie is commissioned to answer the cliff-hanger.

You can contact the suites at Fox using the following addresses.

Gail Berman
Fox Broadcasting Entertainment President
Fox Headquarters
10201 West Pico Blvd
Los Angeles CA
90035

David Nevins, Executive Vice President, Programming
Fox Broadcasting Company
10201 W. Pico Blvd.
Bldg. 100, Room 4510
Los Angeles, CA 90035 U.S.A

What About Sci Fi?

There is also the possibility that Dark Angel could be picked up by The Sci Fi Channel.

Bonnie Hammer
Audience Services
The Sci-Fi Channel
USA Networks
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020

Barry Diller
USA Networks Inc.
152 West 57th Street
42nd floor
New York, N.Y. 10019

E Mailing Fox

The email addresses for Fox are:

· Gail Berman, Fox Director: GailB@Fox.com

· Sandy Grushow, Fox Director: SandyG@Fox.com

· Kim Fitzgerald, Series Publicist: kimfi@fox.com

· Karin Failla, Studio Publicist: karinf@fox.com

· Fox Feedback: askfox@foxinc.com

Other Campaigns

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Link To This Campaign

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Contact Me

You can contact me by email at iwanttobelieveuk@yahoo.co.uk! If You have contacted either The Fox Network, The Sci Fi channel or someone else who may pick up Dark Angel, please either contact me or sign the Guestbook!