MI:III advertising gone too far?

Acid · 04-30-2006, 07:22 PM

Now the newspaper boxes in LA play the MI:III theme song when you open them. LAPD didn't know what was going on and some customers thought there was a bomb inside the boxes. The LAPD actually blew up a box before they figured out what was happening. Advertising gone too far? How about those mobile advertising billboards? Discuss.

Faultline · 04-30-2006, 07:33 PM

Sounds like a waste of money to me. I don't think it will get anyone excited about the film that isn't already stoked.

However, I think that opening up one of the overhead containers on a plane and finding a bunch of snakes would get me excited about the upcoming Snakes on a Plane.

Acid · 04-30-2006, 07:35 PM

That would be funny to watch

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Adrielle · 04-30-2006, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Faultline

Sounds like a waste of money to me. I don't think it will get anyone excited about the film that isn't already stoked.

However, I think that opening up one of the overhead containers on a plane and finding a bunch of snakes would get me excited about the upcoming Snakes on a Plane.

Sounds like a waste of money to me, too. But, it wouldn't be America if we weren't wasting money, am I right?!

And, on a related note:

Buckets · 04-30-2006, 10:06 PM

THIS is advertising gone too far. Just wrong. :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdAIt...arch=oozinator

**CingularDuality** · 04-30-2006, 11:25 PM

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Originally Posted by pecker

THIS is advertising gone too far. Just wrong. :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdAIt...arch=oozinator

I thought that was fake, but it's a real product: http://www.hasbro.com/default.cfm?pa...oduct_id=17359

Obi · 05-01-2006, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by black death5

Now the newspaper boxes in LA play the MI:III theme song when you open them. LAPD didn't know what was going on and some customers thought there was a bomb inside the boxes. The LAPD actually blew up a box before they figured out what was happening. Advertising gone too far? How about those mobile advertising billboards? Discuss.

A bomb?!

LAPD blew up a newspaper box because it played the MI theme tune? If you opened a newspaper box and it played the MI tune would your first reaction be "Oh crap it's a bomb."? If you were in the bomb squad and someone said "A newspaper box is playing a song when you open it" would your first reaction be to blow it up?

Am I wrong to think that these people are completely crazy?

I think it's an original advertising idea and if they have the money to spend on it then why not? The person who opens the box will hear the tune and tell people about what happened because it's so unusual. Soon people will be talking about it on internet forums.

Mateo · 05-01-2006, 01:29 PM

It all depends. Did the newspaper machine say it was going to self destruct in 5 seconds?

**Wyzcrak** · 05-01-2006, 01:42 PM

Boo, Mateo.

Booooooo.

Mateo · 05-01-2006, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Wyzcrak

Boo, Mateo.

Booooooo.

You are just upset I got to it first!

Adrielle · 05-01-2006, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Wyzcrak

Boo, Mateo.

Booooooo.

ROFL...

Mateo that was pretty awful. XD

**TheFeniX** · 05-02-2006, 12:38 AM

I think the real crime here would be that MI has gone from a Secret Agent thriller style movie into "LOL he's leik James Bond plus ahnolhd! But he's emerican! And we got teh fat guy frum red dragon!"

Arf · 05-02-2006, 03:10 AM

Even if they knew it was a music box I think blowing it up was the right thing to do.

aeroripper · 05-02-2006, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by pecker

THIS is advertising gone too far. Just wrong. :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdAIt...arch=oozinator

LOL, so wrong

**Rincewind** · 05-02-2006, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Arf

Even if they knew it was a music box I think blowing it up was the right thing to do.

Awesome.

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