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I cannot wait for this movie. It's going to be epic. It just reminds me of how much I love Indiana Jones.
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According to the trailer, Indiana Jones is kidnapped by the Russians and force hired to find some artifact in South America. Then, he finds a young American kid who is looking for the same thing. Finally, he gets in touch with a few of his friends to double cross the Russians and get the artifact away from the Russians and into American hands.
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I'm tired of this now. I've been seeing pub of some kind on this stupid movie for YEARS. Enough. More than enough. Remember when movies took us by surprise? Weren't those the best movies? What happened?
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In fairness to Orincoro, PT, not all of us enjoy the hype and the meta-media more than the product. Posts: 37449 | Registered: May 1999
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Where did I say he had to enjoy the hype? Heck, I don't even have the influence to make 'em click on one of my movie-trailer threads.
I just think you'd have to go -very- far back to find the pre-hype era. Mass-media exploitation of a highly anticipated release goes back at -least- to the 1930s, if not the 1920s.
not all of us enjoy the hype and the meta-media more than the product
You're saying my excitement about films means I'm only interested in the hype?
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Burger King's going to be running an Indiana Jones game. They had a poster of the king wearing a fedora in the restaurant today... It was rather creepy, if you ask me.
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quote:You're saying my excitement about films means I'm only interested in the hype?
No. I mean that I have observed that you are more interested in the hype, promotion, and criticism of pieces of entertainment than you are in the entertainment itself. It means you take a very contextualized approach to media consumption. This is not something I consider a negative; it just means that your experience always includes a couple ounces more "meta-" than most consumers'.
FWIW, I think certain types of movies are hyped more now than they were in my youth. Certainly the "this movie is coming out in two years; here's a single shadowy shot of the hero's profile, plus the logo, in this teaser trailer" trend is something that I don't recall from my childhood.
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quote:Originally posted by Nighthawk: Burger King's going to be running an Indiana Jones game. They had a poster of the king wearing a fedora in the restaurant today... It was rather creepy, if you ask me.
When *isn't* the King rather creepy?
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quote:Originally posted by Nighthawk: Burger King's going to be running an Indiana Jones game. They had a poster of the king wearing a fedora in the restaurant today... It was rather creepy, if you ask me.
When *isn't* the King rather creepy?
This man speaks the truth. I can't think of another mascot who is this creepy, and yet, is promoted this much.
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quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: I just think you'd have to go -very- far back to find the pre-hype era. Mass-media exploitation of a highly anticipated release goes back at -least- to the 1930s, if not the 1920s.
But the best movies, the ones we remember with the most fondness are probably not the ones with super-duper high profile shoots with constant updates on progress. There are examples of those kinds of success, but I can probably name more failures.
Also I understand that the profile of this movie is only really big with internet fanboys. Still, get off my lawn.
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