The Worlds Of The Luceverse

Myspace.com Movie Marketing

2006-08-03T10:13:00.000-04:00

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

2006-05-31T13:45:00.000-04:00

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

2006-05-20T17:43:00.000-04:00

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

2006-05-15T13:00:00.000-04:00

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

2006-05-10T13:49:00.000-04:00

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

2006-05-08T10:37:00.000-04:00

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

2006-05-03T10:15:00.000-04:00

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.

Art Related - But Not Film

2006-04-28T13:52:00.000-04:00

I speak and read a little Cyrillic, It is wise to know the ways of your enemy...

The majority of the comments that follow are mostly 'cool' 'dude-thats f'd up' and the like.

Clicky - Mildly NSFW

Classified - 4-24-06

2006-04-24T13:39:00.000-04:00

Occasionally – when a movie review is not at hand I’ll be passing along classified ads from varied sources.

FOR SALE:
1 set of power converters. New – never used. Placed on Lay-Away by whiney teenager. Never picked up. Must sell – deep discount.

Call 1-TOS-SHE-STTN

WANTED:
Elven Grace. Passed mine to wounded Hobbit, wasted it going to Un-Dying Lands. Recently Married. Wish to Grace Husband – Child.

Call 1-ARWN-EVNSTR

Syriana - 60 Words in 60 Seconds

2006-04-19T09:40:00.000-04:00

Oh, what a tangled web we weave just for oil to receive. Separate threads are woven together with skill, delivering a political message more hopeless and despondent than liberal or conservative. The actions of those wanting to acquire, contrast that of those possessing with tragic results. No one side ever seeming interested, much less capable of seeing the big picture.

Hills Have Eyes - 60 Words in 60 Seconds

2006-04-19T09:27:00.000-04:00

Overcoming a clunky conservative vs liberal character set up, the hills do indeed have eyes. And mutations. And anger. The throwback to 70’s horror is becoming so common that it’s risking dilusion. However, the eyes peer past the crowd to a view of brutality, despair and terror uncommon in film.

Oldboy - 60 Words in 60 Seconds

2006-04-18T14:07:00.000-04:00

How do you punish someone outside the law? How do you punish yourself? How do you cope with punishment if you don’t understand your transgression? What is the nature of revenge? How deep do you dig into your lost past? When is knowing worse than wondering? What do you do to forget? At what price comes silence? Only Oldboy knows.

Slither - 60 Words in 60 Seconds

2006-04-18T13:56:00.000-04:00

What would your favorite C- movie have been like with keen writing, stylized direction, top notch actors, quality and imaginative special effects? Well, apparently you don’t care because no one went to see this gem. Hopefully this will garner the fan base it deserves on DVD. I think the age of endless internet pre-hype is over. Killed this and Serenity.

V For Vendetta 60 words in 60 seconds.

2006-03-24T12:39:00.000-05:00

Choir – Ceck. Preacher – Check. Bullhorn set to eleven – check. Any semblance of showing a 3rd (or hell, even 2nd) dimension to the political, social or theological issues – whoooops. Must be left in their jumbo saddlebags of ideology. Woman may be the name of frailty, but subtlety, thy name is not V. Plot also lacks internal logic, 10 years under parliament?

Hello - Is This Thing On?

2006-03-07T13:47:00.000-05:00

Just a tech test. What an auspicious beginning.