From: Erin Fencil Subject: Ways GL could drive fans nuts Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 09:08:39 -0500 George Lucas is still working on Episode 1, and it must be frustrating for him to hear all the commotion from people who hate the title. Why not fight fire with fire? Drive the fans nutty and play with their heads for a change. 10 devious ways George Lucas could drive critical fans insane 10)Release a single copy of the Ep1 trailer to a tiny, third-rate theater that shows 2-month old movies and charges 50 cents. Better yet, allow it to only be shown once and without prior advertising. The fans who catch the trailer will go on the Internet and be told they're crazy for hallucinating an entire trailer, and it'll be too late to prove because the film copy will already have been destroyed! 9)Insert small "in-jokes" in the movie. In a scene with thousands of people, have a single guy picking his nose. This will cause fans to lose sleep over it and spend hours online arguing its existence and implications. Not to mention they'll buy more tickets to see it with friends so they can point it out and prove it's there. 8)Only release the movie on beta. 7)Subliminal images in the film! Try one of Lobot flashing a peace sign or Gonk with a message: "I am the droid messiah! Ye shall follow me!" 6)Have at least one explosion or other disaster that cannot be easily explained, like Jabba's sail barge. Purposely make the cause of it ambiguous. This will again cause fans to lose sleep and gnash teeth. 5)Simultaneously release copies of the film with different endings. Deny it. 6)Actually call the movie Red Tails. That'll show them not to complain! 5)Hire Leonardo DiCaprio for a "leading role," film for months and then cut all his footage except for a scene where he's fixing a power droid in the background. 4)In the credits, switch names around and add "Boba Fett....Jeremy Bulloch" even if he's not in the movie. 3)Meet with action figure company to decide on ways small amounts of figures can be shipped with incorrect markings, packaging, etc. Let the scalpers arrive like sharks to blood. 2)Have the X-rated Threepio trading card mysteriously released in the Ep1 trading card set, and no one understands how it got there. Really. And the number one way GL can confuse deserving fans... 1)Misspell random words in the opening sequence. "A long time ago in a galexy far, far away..." >:) Hope you enjoyed! _________________________________________________________________________ From: "Cheetah!" Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 13:18:22 -0800 Erin Fencil wrote: > > 10)Release a single copy of the Ep1 trailer to a tiny, third-rate > theater that shows 2-month old movies and charges 50 cents. Better yet, > allow it to only be shown once and without prior advertising. The fans > who catch the trailer will go on the Internet and be told they're crazy > for hallucinating an entire trailer, and it'll be too late to prove > because the film copy will already have been destroyed! That would also miff the whole MPA, as well as blow any shots at grossing on the 1st release... > 9)Insert small "in-jokes" in the movie. In a scene with thousands of > people, have a single guy picking his nose. This will cause fans to > lose sleep over it and spend hours online arguing its existence and > implications. Not to mention they'll buy more tickets to see it with > friends so they can point it out and prove it's there. How about body outlines on the floor of any Cantinas or Tapcafs in the movie, ala the Naked Gun 33 1/3?? include a body outline on a wall, etc. > 8)Only release the movie on beta. That's just plain cruel! > 7)Subliminal images in the film! Try one of Lobot flashing a peace sign > or Gonk with a message: "I am the droid messiah! Ye shall follow me!" Better yet, just 1 product endorsement hidden in the background, like a can of Mountain Dew, or one of the "higher-up" businesses on the Coruscant skyscrapers is a Taco Bell.. now *that* would get this bunch buzzing... =) > 6)Have at least one explosion or other disaster that cannot be easily > explained, like Jabba's sail barge. Purposely make the cause of it > ambiguous. This will again cause fans to lose sleep and gnash teeth. > > 5)Simultaneously release copies of the film with different endings. > Deny it. ROTFL! I really *like* that one... > 6)Actually call the movie Red Tails. That'll show them not to complain! > > 5)Hire Leonardo DiCaprio for a "leading role," film for months and then > cut all his footage except for a scene where he's fixing a power droid > in the background. > > 4)In the credits, switch names around and add "Boba Fett....Jeremy > Bulloch" even if he's not in the movie. And a dozen red llamas somewhere in the credits... [snippety-doo-dah] > And the number one way GL can confuse deserving fans... > > 1)Misspell random words in the opening sequence. "A long time ago in a > galexy far, far away..." >:) Better yet, the opening sequence is as dyslexic as Yoda.. as if it were in his own words... =) ____________________________________________________________________________ From: neit289851@aol.comXIZOR (NEIT289851) Date: 27 Oct 1998 00:43:36 GMT >Better yet, the opening sequence is as dyslexic as Yoda.. as if it were >in his own words... =) Still better, have Yoda reading it, so those fans who don't know how to read will still know what's going on... ;-P ____________________________________________________________________________ From: "Cheetah!" Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 22:22:16 -0800 Even better still, have the ushers dress up & act like Yoda, who read the scrolling to the audience.. While we are at it, dress up all of the Trashcans in the lobby to look like GONK.. with a little electronic GONK box that say's GONK! everytime someone throws something away.. =) Oh yeah, and replace the ushers flashlights with lightsabers.. that'll keep the talking down.. ___________________________________________________________________________