Sort of:
http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/s...iral+Marketing
I suppose it's a little weird, but I'd like to think the "Columbia Pictures" lady at the beginning, as typical of most movies tied to Columbia Pictures, is a big clue that it is a movie.
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Aug 29th, 2009 09:35 PM #1
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Not sure if there's been a topic about this before. I just saw a commercial on the space channel and it linked to this website:
http://www.instituteforhumancontinuity.org/
I was like WTF!
Here's the commercial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh7yK8Hjglo
That's a very very creepy way to promote the upcoming movie!
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Aug 29th, 2009 09:49 PM #2
Last edited by 45ED; Aug 29th, 2009 at 09:52 PM.
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Aug 29th, 2009 09:53 PM #3
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Aug 29th, 2009 10:50 PM #4
It's a shame the Space channel would associate itself with Hollywood fluff like this. I guess it's no different than having Seth Shostak, the face and voice of S.E.T.I promoting Jodie Foster's movie, Contact when that movie was in theatres.
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Aug 29th, 2009 11:24 PM #5
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Aug 30th, 2009 12:38 AM #6
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Aug 30th, 2009 12:40 AM #7
just saw this commercial, and i called it as viral marketing instantly. so obvious.
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Aug 30th, 2009 08:14 AM #9
you clearly do not understand how marketing people get paid.
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Aug 30th, 2009 08:45 AM #10
Yes.
Judging on the majority opinion here, the advertisements for 2012 and District 9 were obvious in their movie-promoting nature. These billboards, however deceptive you think they are, were labeled appropriately so that if a person actually watched the clips instead of staring blindly, they could tell it was for a movie.
Still sore about being fooled by the District 9 advertisements, I see.
Last edited by 45ED; Aug 30th, 2009 at 12:45 PM.
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I am so going to see this movie
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Man I hope Paris Hilton, Perez Hilton and Heidy & Spencer aren't on that ship...or ark rather.

It's Roland Emmerich, he's known for making large scale disaster ridden full of CGI movies. (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, 10,000 BC, Godzilla)
It seems he has something against New York City as NYC gets destroyed A LOT in his movies.
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"I would prefer even to fail with honor than to win by cheating" (Sophocles). But an honourable win over a cheater's fail? Best.
RFD Terms: Korean girlfriend • Vanessa Burger, Olsen Twins, Omar Abracadabra • linking OP to notorious trolls (ClownBaby for roommates, Kommander_Kornflakes for weird posts, Stanislavspon for end-of-world predictions, etc.) • Dell Sewing Machines • does it hot? • Mennonite girlfriend • Pull a Furqan • Shame has been achieved • ju leon/jew lion (more coming) ••••• •
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Aug 30th, 2009 02:17 PM #15
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