Re: "Avatar" whoring reaches EPIC levels
Obveeus
"Ian J. Ball" <ijball-...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> David Johnston <da...@block.net> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 17:07:51 -0800 (PST), RichA <rande...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Now you've got the characters in "Bones" drooling over...Avatar
>> >tickets! Jesus, but they are WORRIED about this film's potential
>> >early box office demise!
>>
>> Why do you care?
>
> Because it's marketing taken to inane extremes.
...or it makes the show appear topical and the characters appear more
'real'.
A character mentioning a desire to go see a new movie is not anywhere near
as inane as some product placements. Rita Rocks once had the dad sitting on
the couch reading. When asked what he was doing he said he was cleaning the
toilet, then held up the box of 'scrubbing bubbles' and explained how they
were doing the work for him.
Ubiquitous
>Now you've got the characters in "Bones" drooling over...Avatar
>tickets! Jesus, but they are WORRIED about this film's potential
>early box office demise!
I noticed McDonald's has some sort of advertising campaign for
the movie that just started up this weekend. I fail to see how
eating a Big Mac is anything remotely like Avatar, unless they're
slipping hallucinogens in them for a limited time.
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TBerk
> I noticed McDonald's has some sort of advertising campaign for
> the movie that just started up this weekend. I fail to see how
> eating a Big Mac is anything remotely like Avatar, unless they're
> slipping hallucinogens in them for a limited time.
>
> --
McDonald's is putting Avatar figures in the Happy Meals and I saw some
kind on Big Mac 'Avatar' combo, but I didn't really see the avatar-
ness of it.
I've seen it in some strange places, but I couldn't be bothered to
remember them right now, just that 'Avatar' is being spread wide and
in some cases deep too.
Keep in mind though, it's be stupid to put all the money and time into
it as they did and didn't tell anybody about.
berk
Remysun
> I fail to see how
> eating a Big Mac is anything remotely like Avatar, unless they're
> slipping hallucinogens in them for a limited time.
It's the "really special" sauce.
Ubiquitous
That explains why those people start hallunicing about neon pink plants!
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Obveeus
"TBerk" <bayar...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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On Dec 21, 12:37 pm, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>> I noticed McDonald's has some sort of advertising campaign for
>> the movie that just started up this weekend. I fail to see how
>> eating a Big Mac is anything remotely like Avatar, unless they're
>> slipping hallucinogens in them for a limited time.
>McDonald's is putting Avatar figures in the Happy Meals and I saw some
>kind on Big Mac 'Avatar' combo, but I didn't really see the avatar-
>ness of it.
You guys are really onto something here. It is very odd indeed, for
McDonald's to be doing a movie promotion and even more odd for them to be
giving away movie toys in their Happy Meals. You should be on the lookout
for other proof of strange subversive activity. If you see any Avatar toys
show up with a Mattel logo or you see any video games come out based upon
the movie; that will be all the proof of conspiracy that you need. Run for
the hills if you see any of that stuff because the world is surely about to
end.
Mac Breck
> remys...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> On Dec 21, 3:37 pm, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>>> I fail to see how
>>> eating a Big Mac is anything remotely like Avatar, unless they're
>>> slipping hallucinogens in them for a limited time.
>>
>> It's the "really special" sauce.
>
> That explains why those people start hallunicing about neon pink
> plants!
It does seem like a really lame ad.
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again."
Ubiquitous
We'll know something truely IS afoot if those toys have "made in china" stamped
on them!
Obveeus
It is a secret plot to trick all the Christians into following Taoist
beliefs! Do the evils of this Avatar movie know no bounds?
trotsky
> In article <hgqjeb$nmf$1...@news.eternal-september.org>, Obv...@aol.com wrote:
>> "TBerk" <bayar...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:ef67aa1f-adee-4018...@15g2000prz.googlegroups.com...
>> On Dec 21, 12:37 pm, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>>
>>>> I noticed McDonald's has some sort of advertising campaign for
>>>> the movie that just started up this weekend. I fail to see how
>>>> eating a Big Mac is anything remotely like Avatar, unless they're
>>>> slipping hallucinogens in them for a limited time.
>>> McDonald's is putting Avatar figures in the Happy Meals and I saw some
>>> kind on Big Mac 'Avatar' combo, but I didn't really see the avatar-
>>> ness of it.
>> You guys are really onto something here. It is very odd indeed, for
>> McDonald's to be doing a movie promotion and even more odd for them to be
>> giving away movie toys in their Happy Meals. You should be on the lookout
>> for other proof of strange subversive activity. If you see any Avatar toys
>> show up with a Mattel logo or you see any video games come out based upon
>> the movie; that will be all the proof of conspiracy that you need. Run for
>> the hills if you see any of that stuff because the world is surely about to
>> end.
>
> We'll know something truely IS afoot if those toys have "made in china" stamped
> on them!
Gay!
Dymphna
Other than the graphics and all whites are evil killers who want to ruin
the land and kill everyone. Is there anything more to this movie?
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David
M) wrote:
>In article <hgqjeb$nmf$1...@news.eternal-september.org>, "Obveeus"
><Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>You guys are really onto something here. It is very odd indeed, for
>>McDonald's to be doing a movie promotion and even more odd for them to be
>>giving away movie toys in their Happy Meals.
>
>It isn't unprecedented, they also did it for Jurassic Park (and the joke
>was "Eat at McDonald's -- it'll make Jurassic").
I think those were re-labeled "We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story" toys
they couldn't give away.
erilar
relate to the obscure subject line, but the only plug I've noticed in
something was in a Bones episode.
I just saw the movie--in part because people whose opinions I find
disgusting when not silly have been slamming it.
I've been reading sf for about 60 years now, and I've seen plenty of bad
sf movies and a very few good ones. This one is terrific. I never
thought about special effects at all; I was just pulled into the world
of Pandora and its people.
--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist
Anim8rFSK
denn...@dennism3.invalid (Dennis M) wrote:
> In article <hgqjeb$nmf$1...@news.eternal-september.org>, "Obveeus"
> <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >You guys are really onto something here. It is very odd indeed, for
> >McDonald's to be doing a movie promotion and even more odd for them to be
> >giving away movie toys in their Happy Meals.
>
> It isn't unprecedented, they also did it for Jurassic Park (and the joke
> was "Eat at McDonald's -- it'll make Jurassic").
I still think McDonalds should have made dino size McRibs.
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tom
"erilar" <dra...@chibardun.net.invalid> wrote in message
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> I'm not sure what this thread is about--the post I just read doesn't
> relate to the obscure subject line, but the only plug I've noticed in
> something was in a Bones episode.
>
> I just saw the movie--in part because people whose opinions I find
> disgusting when not silly have been slamming it.
>
> I've been reading sf for about 60 years now, and I've seen plenty of bad
> sf movies and a very few good ones. This one is terrific. I never
> thought about special effects at all; I was just pulled into the world
> of Pandora and its people.
>
Nice to finally hear someone talking about *just* the movie.
Obveeus
"Anim8rFSK" <ANIM...@cox.net> wrote in message
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> In article <dennism3-ya0240800...@news.datemas.de>,
> denn...@dennism3.invalid (Dennis M) wrote:
>
>> In article <hgqjeb$nmf$1...@news.eternal-september.org>, "Obveeus"
>> <Obv...@aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> >You guys are really onto something here. It is very odd indeed, for
>> >McDonald's to be doing a movie promotion and even more odd for them to
>> >be
>> >giving away movie toys in their Happy Meals.
>>
>> It isn't unprecedented, they also did it for Jurassic Park (and the joke
>> was "Eat at McDonald's -- it'll make Jurassic").
>
> I still think McDonalds should have made dino size McRibs.
Flintstone's visual?
Patty Winter
In article <hgs2q8$k3v$1...@news.eternal-september.org>, tom <~@~.com> wrote:
>
>"erilar" <dra...@chibardun.net.invalid> wrote in message
>news:drache-2F4885....@news.eternal-september.org...
>> I'm not sure what this thread is about--the post I just read doesn't
>> relate to the obscure subject line, but the only plug I've noticed in
>> something was in a Bones episode.
[rest of previous posting deleted]
>Nice to finally hear someone talking about *just* the movie.
This thread was cross-posted to rec.arts.tv, so discussions of
how "Avatar" is being promoted on TV are also on topic.
In addition to the extensive storyline about the movie on
"Bones," I spotted a background mention of it (on a theater
marquee) several weeks earlier.
Patty
trotsky
> In article <hgs2q8$k3v$1...@news.eternal-september.org>, tom <~@~.com> wrote:
>> "erilar" <dra...@chibardun.net.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:drache-2F4885....@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> I'm not sure what this thread is about--the post I just read doesn't
>>> relate to the obscure subject line, but the only plug I've noticed in
>>> something was in a Bones episode.
>
> [rest of previous posting deleted]
>
>> Nice to finally hear someone talking about *just* the movie.
>
> This thread was cross-posted to rec.arts.tv, so discussions of
> how "Avatar" is being promoted on TV are also on topic.
Bullshit--you said we were supposed to talk about TV shows.
V S Rawat
> I've been reading sf for about 60 years now, and I've seen plenty of bad
> sf movies and a very few good ones. This one is terrific. I never
> thought about special effects at all; I was just pulled into the world
> of Pandora and its people.
But, Pandora having cute flora and flora is not really the reason that
it should not be disturbed. If Pandora had rather been full of desert
and volcanos and blood sucking worms, should it not be preserved then?
I think it should be preserved even then for the local inhabitants who
, wherever they be, come under the criteria of "that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the
Pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are
instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of
the governed"
So, the soothing flora and fauna and the fearsome animals and high
flying birds in the movie actually kill the message of this film if
spectator feels sad on the destruction of Pandora just because of
these attributes. Whereas the actual message should have been that
Pandora's landscape must not be disturbed period.
For that matter, the end of the film is no end really. Humans had lost
a battle but they will surely come back with more efficiently killing
machines to devastate Pandora and genocide Na'vis. The film didn't
show Navi learning any new or developing any new skills in this first
clash that would have made them more invulnurable. The movie just in
between leaving the clash still on.
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> Other than the graphics and all whites are evil killers who want to ruin
> the land and kill everyone. Is there anything more to this movie?
No. However, movies, let us not forget, are a visual medium, and the visuals
in this one are about as good as it gets. I agree that it is a silly Amerind
fantasy. It is a very entertaining silly Amerind fantasy.
--
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"The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you."
-- Nancy Astor
Avoid normal situations.
> On 12/23/2009 7:47 AM India Time, _erilar_ wrote:
[..]
> For that matter, the end of the film is no end really. Humans had lost
> a battle but they will surely come back with more efficiently killing
> machines to devastate Pandora and genocide Na'vis.
Correct. It was probably planned to have an open door for a sequel all
along.
Ramon
>
> I noticed McDonald's has some sort of advertising campaign for
> the movie that just started up this weekend. I fail to see how
> eating a Big Mac is anything remotely like Avatar, unless they're
> slipping hallucinogens in them for a limited time.
MuckDonald's regularly promotes any popular film, whether it's
relevant to their burgers and fries or not. They consider only money,
and ignore issues like relevance, ethics and responsibility.
BR
Thomas Hejl Pilgaard
df17add0-8284-4a23...@l30g2000yqb.googlegroups.com :
> ignore issues like relevance, ethics and responsibility.
Much like RichA, in many respects...