About the RE Movie Competition w/RE2 - Capcom's Reply
Rob McGregor
worth of messages, and so I had to reorganize my news settings. Anyway I
can't reply to the original message but in any case for people wondering
what happened about the RE movie competition that took place with the
release of RE2. This is the reply I got from Capcom today.
I'd love to know what the prize was... because I really couldn't think
of anything worth taking the place of being in the movie. BTW - Looking
through magazines from 1997/98 I just noticed that Capcom didn't even
require you to purchase anything to enter. Entry forms could be also
picked up in store or entered online through Capcom.com I believe.
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Hello,
Thank you for contacting Capcom. In regards to your inquiry, the winner
of
the Resident Evil 2 contest did not appear in the movie because it was
filmed in Germany. Therefore, the winner was awarded a prize of
equivalent
value.
Best Wishes,
Philip Navidad
Gav³
Probably something like, A life-time assurance of not coming into contact
with the T-Virus.....or your money back. :-p
"Rob McGregor" <mcgr...@xtra.co.nz> wrote in message
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Dr. Birkin
remember correctly. I notice they didn't disclose the name of the winner,
for privacy I assume. I think with contests like this if you specifically
ask they have to supply the name of the winner for verification. I for one
beleive them, so I won't ask.
I wonder how they establish equivalant. Would it be like paying you scale
SAG wages for one day? About 200 bucks I think, just a guess.
"Gavł" <DONT_SPAM...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Tlalocelotl Tlatoani
>
I just noticed that Capcom didn't even
> require you to purchase anything to enter. Entry forms could be also
> picked up in store or entered online through Capcom.com I believe.
That's pretty standard with most contests, I think that's to avoid
being legally classified as a lottery, which are illegal.
TT
Rob McGregor
rarity. The ad mentioned a lot of prizes so I assume it was supposed to go to
someone anyway though.
I doubt it'd have a lot to do with the pay rate.... they probably factored in
travel costs (from the US or Canada for if it was filiming in the US) along with
an educated value of the prize.
I'd assumed the same thing about the winner, although you'd think they would
have mentioned the competition being won at some stage however.
Rob McGregor
Yeah I was thinking that, so thats why I went looking through stacks and
stacks of magazines for the one ad to see if my thoughts were correct.
Specifically it states:
"Movie Sweepstakes. Win a part in the upcoming Resident Evil movie or dozens
of other killer prizes! No purchase nessassary. To dig up further details,
visit our website at www.capcom.com or wherever Resident Evil 2 is sold."
Gary
Rob McGregor wrote:
To me that's a rip off and reflects poorly on Capcom. I'm not sayimg
that they didn't have the right to do that. If you look at the official
rules in the RE2 instrauction book, it does explain they have that option.
Still, they misled everyone. Turns out that they were only selling the
CONCEPT of offering a movie appearance as a prize. They didn't take any
effort to make it reality. That hurts their reputation.
It was the big yellow starburst on the cover of RE2 that the world saw
and not the tiny print in the back of the instruction book. The movie was
filmed in Germany. So what? A couple of grand out of Capcom's pocket to
send someone to Germany would have been a small price to pay in order to
preserve their credibilty.
Compare: "WIN A PART IN THE RESIDENT EVIL MOVIE!!!" to "we have
exercised our legal option has stipulated in paragraph two of the the
official rules...blah blah blah."
(Neither of those are exact quotes but you get the idea.)
-B O N G O
Gary
Rob McGregor wrote:
> Pinball game? Hmm.... interesting. I guess it must be worth it because of it's
> rarity. The ad mentioned a lot of prizes so I assume it was supposed to go to
> someone anyway though.
I think the rules said someting about a Capcom arcade game. I don't think they
specified pinball. Does Capcom make pinball machines? Would be cool if they made an
RE pinball game.
Dr. Birkin
"Gary" <g...@pacificnet.net> wrote in message
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I re-read all that I could find about the contest, and it wasn't much. The
fine print says a coin-op arcade game so I guess I was wrong. I seem to
recall a larger add somewhere that had a picture of an arcade game and I'm
not sure why I thought pinball.
As far as I know Capcom doesn't make pinball machines. The only company that
I know of off hand is Midway / Bally and they liscense anyone and everyone
for their machines.
Tlalocelotl Tlatoani
>
> To me that's a rip off and reflects poorly on Capcom. I'm not sayimg
> that they didn't have the right to do that. If you look at the official
> rules in the RE2 instrauction book, it does explain they have that option.
> Still, they misled everyone. Turns out that they were only selling the
> CONCEPT of offering a movie appearance as a prize. They didn't take any
> effort to make it reality. That hurts their reputation.
I guess you aren't aware of the background on the RE movie. It was
supposed to be released in 2000(?) but the discarding of the original
Romero script pushed the movie back quite a bit. I'm sure there are some
other issues at hand that we the public do not know about.
TT
Rob McGregor
Tlalocelotl Tlatoani wrote:
Woah, it goes way back more than that. Read the production chronology I wrote @
http://umbrella.biohazardextreme.com - it's in the story section (provided the
site will load for you-it's flash based). It was a long trip in development
hell... about 5 years from first annoucement to release.
Gary
Tlalocelotl Tlatoani wrote:
I'm aware. All the same, they could have made an effort to be true to their
advertising. I know there was a big delay in the production but they should
have known that was a possibility. They should have considered that when they
decided to cheapen the cover of RE2 whit that big, ugly "WIN A PART IN THE
MOVIE!!!" banner.
Tlalocelotl Tlatoani
How many movie/production studios PLAN on being held back several
years? Answer : None. The other prize is a consolation if nothing goes
right, or some deal goes bad. Suppose the company that bought the rights
to make the RE film goes out of business? Up and decides not to make the
movie for another 5 years for some other whack reason? Remember that
Capcom was not in control of the steering wheel. They sold that wheel to
someone else.
TT
Dr. Birkin
"Gary"
>
> I'm aware. All the same, they could have made an effort to be true to
their
> advertising. I know there was a big delay in the production but they
should
> have known that was a possibility. They should have considered that when
they
> decided to cheapen the cover of RE2 whit that big, ugly "WIN A PART IN THE
> MOVIE!!!" banner.
>
> -B O N G O
>
I think that Capcom was clueless about the movie buisness. They probably
sold the rights and expected the movie to start imediatly, like it does in
their video game world. They never expected the typical Hollywood do nothing
and talk about everything to start. Once the contest was advertised it was
too late. they couldn't possibly say to the winner, you have to wait five
years for your one day of fame. Their reply about it being in Germany was
just one excuse, the time factor is most likely the straw that roke the
camels back so to speak. I know if I won, I would have been disapointed
about the movie, but I'd have taken the game over waiting five years for
what at the time we all thought might never materialize.