Myspace.com Movie Marketing

I've noticed a scary trend as of late. Hollywood, in it's late-to-the-party style, has decided to use Myspace.com as a marketing tool for upcoming films. Now - if anything can put a nail in the 'cool' factor of something it's the corporate adoption and manipulation of it, so Myspace.com's hip factor ( sexual predators vs 14 year olds non-withstanding ) may be coming to an end.

That aside, I'm worried about the possible extension of using Myspace 'friends' as viral marketing and reviews for movies. I don’t know how well the typical ‘net’ speak could translate into advertising. Imagine if they had done this for Star Wars Episode III and put a typical comment on the theatre poster or DVD cover:


So Anak1n is Lke, OMG u r Teh Ev1l, and Palp is like, yeh – I AM TEH EV1L but the Jedi are n00bs.

So Anak1n and ob1 fight, and Anak1n is Lke, I am teh roxxor with the L1te S8ber, and Ob1 is Lke d0n’t m8k me get 1337 on u and then he haxxorz Anak1n all up and Anak1n is Lke OMG WTF!!!111 I h8 u.

Citizen Kane - 60 Words in 60 Seconds

It’s A Sleigh. It’s A Sleigh. It’s A Sleigh. It’s A Sleigh. It’s A Sleigh.
It’s A Sleigh. It’s A Sleigh. It’s A Sleigh. It’s A Sleigh. It’s A Sleigh.
It’s A Sleigh. It’s A Sleigh. It’s A Sleigh. It’s A Sleigh. It’s A Sleigh.
It’s A Sleigh. It’s A Sleigh. It’s A Sleigh. It’s A Sleigh. It’s A Sleigh.

Comic Con - May 20, 2006

Good Time Was Had By All, Eric, Glenn, Brent, Deana and Silent Bob giving Vader the Bunny Ears......


http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a91/marcrluce/Con-May-2006/

The Day The Earth Stood Still - 60 Words In 60 Seconds

Mix one part pride of just winning World War II with the terror of Russia testing their own atomic bomb. Add a splash of flying saucer influence, and a pinch of Red Commie paranoia. Apply generous icing blended from the promise of the fledgling United Nations and its goal of global oversight. Bake at 350 degrees or 2 Gort seconds.

The Skeletor Show

I'm not going to do this frequently. Actually, I really want to do very little of it. Web sites that exist only as link laiden lists to other sites are a dime a million. But this is funny.

Children of the 80's Unite!!!

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C92B8ADA8247C55D

Thank You For Smoking 60 Words In 60 Seconds

Charter a plane. Name it Tobacco & Cigarettes. Fill it with one quarter each smokers, non-smokers, anti-smoking fanatics, and cigarette manufactures. One wing is public opinion, the other is the law. Watch as the plane gets hijacked, repeatedly. Each group interchangeably unconcerned with the effects of smoking, the value of personal liberty, and the role of law in public health.

Hostel - 60 Words in 60 Seconds

Is it a cautionary tale of ravenous American exploitation of people abroad? Is it a warning of twenty-something’s ever escalating parade of hedonistic conquest after conquest? Does it wish to point out that unchecked capitalism can only result in the suffering of the body politic at the hands of the elite? Don’t know nor care. It’s good scary – gory stuff.