Monday, October 21, 2002
The Ring |8:00 AM|
If I was to draw a Venn diagram of the people I've run into who have seen "The Ring" and people who would classify the scariest movie they've seen in years as "The Ring" I would only need one circle. (I know at some point I brought up the brilliant joke ages ago about tit fucking being like a Venn diagram). I wish I had more than the standard
Penny Arcade link, but the rest of the folks to whom I'm referring all reside in meatspace. I'm going to go see the damn thing tonight, if possible. If I have to pay for Vorpal or Vid's ticket(s) to drag one or both of them along, so be it. I've been working enough overtime to equal a second part time job.
Despite all the buzzing and yelling of the terrified masses, I know just about nothing about this film. All I know at this point is that I can't sneak up on anyone who has seen it, partially because they tend to jump at the slightest noise, and also because they are often hiding in small places.
Penny Arcade's rant section mentions viral marketing. I wonder how long this concept has been around in its current form. (A perfect example is of course,
The Viral Factory) It's no longer "word of mouth", especially in a communication medium such as Das Uberautobahn Informationen. A side note to me blathering about the internet and its buzzword multimedia components: There have been times for both Vorpal and myself while speaking to each other in person that we wanted some way of displaying an image or playing a particular soundfile to explain or give an example of what we were talking about. This is not to say that Vorpal and I are limited in our ability to carry on a conversation without computers, it's just that when you're trying to describe some damn thing you saw, sometimes it's best just to send a link. But back to the viral thing. Now that you can send people a link to a trailer for a movie you're telling them about, you are a much more effective agent of advertising. Far better than any banner ad company could ever hope to be.
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