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I had never heard about this before this week. And I largely agree with Ming. I'm generally with the fiction shouldn't be passed off as truth camp.
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You mean you're against lies. Ditto.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
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It was a "movie"... if people are stupid enough to believe it, that's their problem. It wasn't billed as truth or reality.Originally posted by Apocalypse
What about the Blair Witch Project? There are many people who thought it was true long after it came out.
If it was labeled or identified as fiction or make believe, I would have no problem with it. It probably still would have generated tons of interest. Instead, while it might generate some buzz for whatever event they will be hyping in the end, it's likely to piss some people off.
And I'm a firm believer that marketing shouldn't be pissing off potential customers
Keep on Civin'
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Same here.Originally posted by Victor Galis
I had never heard about this before this week. And I largely agree with Ming. I'm generally with the fiction shouldn't be passed off as truth camp.BlahComment
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Blair Witch Project was passed off as a documentary. In doing that, it falls right in there with unethical.Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
"Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ BraindeadComment
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What Sloww said. There was even a Sci Fi channel special on it which presented it as a documentary with interviews with various people treating it like it was real. Never once did they say it was just a movie.Originally posted by Ming
It was a "movie"... if people are stupid enough to believe it, that's their problem. It wasn't billed as truth or reality.
If it was labeled or identified as fiction or make believe, I would have no problem with it. It probably still would have generated tons of interest. Instead, while it might generate some buzz for whatever event they will be hyping in the end, it's likely to piss some people off.
And I'm a firm believer that marketing shouldn't be pissing off potential customers
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Re: LonelyGirl15
Originally posted by Ming
What do you think of this?
Uh . . . . . .
it's possible to become a celebrity on YouTube?
A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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But only if you are a hot nubile young chick who has a good film editor and story writer behind you.
Try http://wordforge.net/index.php for discussion and debate.Comment
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Originally posted by Oerdin
But only if you are a hot nubile young chick who has a good film editor and story writer behind you.
Unethical or not -- I thought her scheme was ****ing clever.
A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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Never saw the special, and I never saw it billed as a documentary... and if I had, I might have died laughingOriginally posted by Apocalypse
What Sloww said. There was even a Sci Fi channel special on it which presented it as a documentary with interviews with various people treating it like it was real. Never once did they say it was just a movie.
Keep on Civin'
RIP rah, Tony Bogey & Baron OComment
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I agree with Ming.
But it would have been okay is she had gotten naked.Comment
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While I agree that marketing shouldn't piss people off, I wouldn't want to stop folks like these to experiment with these new forms of media.Originally posted by Ming
And I'm a firm believer that marketing shouldn't be pissing off potential customers
The truth may have caught up with these guys, but I think these clips have done both YT and consumers good. I think it lowers the threshold for people to produce such clips, whether scripted or real, because they have witnessed the size of the public and the fandom that surrounds it.
So, let's hear it for the new reality show on YT: "Merciless Ming, Diary of a Poly Mod"!Comment
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Curse of the Blair Witch (1999) (TV)Plot Outline: A documentary exploring the life of the Blair Witch and the ... as a promotional prelude to the release of The Blair Witch Project (1999). ...
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I thought you supported George W. Bush?Originally posted by SlowwHand
You mean you're against lies. Ditto.
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