Comments on: Was the Giant Lego Boulder Video Actually Produced by Teak Motion Visuals? http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals "If you want a vision of the future, imagine Larry Ellison eating a hot dog - forever" editor@SFCitizen.com Fri, 24 May 2013 22:15:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lego Indiana Jones Video is Stealth Marketing? | Will Video for Food http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-893 Lego Indiana Jones Video is Stealth Marketing? | Will Video for Food Wed, 28 May 2008 03:11:42 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-893 [...] The San Francisco Citizen posts that the work is that of Teak Motion Visual, but BoingBoing has a comment naming Sausalito marketing group “Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners.” Either way, what did anyone get out of concealing a potential sponsor (if indeed there was one)? Maybe fewer people would have seen it? It has 800,000 views to date, so maybe it would have lost 10% or 20% of those views if it had a “thanks to (insert sponsor’s name here) for funding this” at the end? Instead we have bad buzz about stealth marketing, specific producers and sponsors.  [...] [...] The San Francisco Citizen posts that the work is that of Teak Motion Visual, but BoingBoing has a comment naming Sausalito marketing group “Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners.” Either way, what did anyone get out of concealing a potential sponsor (if indeed there was one)? Maybe fewer people would have seen it? It has 800,000 views to date, so maybe it would have lost 10% or 20% of those views if it had a “thanks to (insert sponsor’s name here) for funding this” at the end? Instead we have bad buzz about stealth marketing, specific producers and sponsors.  [...]

]]> By: the blog blog » Indiana Jones Clip a Covert Viral Video http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-888 the blog blog » Indiana Jones Clip a Covert Viral Video Tue, 27 May 2008 22:08:32 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-888 [...] daring. Kinda makes me want to see the new film.” And as it turns out, that is exactly what THEY wanted me to think!  Ugh.  Now I don’t want to see the film (at least in the [...] [...] daring. Kinda makes me want to see the new film.” And as it turns out, that is exactly what THEY wanted me to think!  Ugh.  Now I don’t want to see the film (at least in the [...]

]]> By: sfcitizen http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-886 sfcitizen Tue, 27 May 2008 18:34:13 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-886 I doubt this particular full service ad agency could be "decimated" by any one particular stunt, but elements of the LucasFilm / LucasArts "empire" seem to be taking an interest today in behavior that famous Boing Boinger Xeni Jardin labelled "douchey" yeasterday. The doucheyness isn't the idea itself, but the execution. I doubt this particular full service ad agency could be “decimated” by any one particular stunt, but elements of the LucasFilm / LucasArts “empire” seem to be taking an interest today in behavior that famous Boing Boinger Xeni Jardin labelled “douchey” yeasterday.

The doucheyness isn’t the idea itself, but the execution.

]]> By: Chris http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-885 Chris Tue, 27 May 2008 18:16:29 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-885 Irregardless, getting caught creating fake viral advertisements can totally decimate an advertising agency. :-) Irregardless, getting caught creating fake viral advertisements can totally decimate an advertising agency.

:-)

]]> By: Tailspin http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-883 Tailspin Tue, 27 May 2008 16:54:33 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-883 Since we're discussing EPIC FAIL , Claiming you know what a "word" is really dings your credibility. I looked up word in the dictionary, none of the definitions mentioned we had to run new words by you first. I checked first.gov and the UN's website for the department of Word Security and could find no trace of them. It seems that anyone, anywhere can create and use any word they wish....IRREGARDLESS of the communicational effectiveness of said word. While your panties are nicely knotted, It turns out there is no Galactic Spelling and Punctuation council either ! Gosh. That seems to imply that theses things you call proper spelling, punctuation, and words, are simply conventions that we are quite free to ignore. Since we’re discussing EPIC FAIL , Claiming you know what a “word” is really dings your credibility. I looked up word in the dictionary, none of the definitions mentioned we had to run new words by you first. I checked first.gov and the UN’s website for the department of Word Security and could find no trace of them. It seems that anyone, anywhere can create and use any word they wish….IRREGARDLESS of the communicational effectiveness of said word. While your panties are nicely knotted, It turns out there is no Galactic Spelling and Punctuation council either ! Gosh. That seems to imply that theses things you call proper spelling, punctuation, and words, are simply conventions that we are quite free to ignore.

]]> By: sfcitizen http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-882 sfcitizen Tue, 27 May 2008 15:41:45 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-882 IRREGARDLESS yesterday, IRREGARDLESS today, IRREGARDLESS forever! Summary: "Irregardless seems to be moving slowly in the direction of standardization. It has gone from nonexistence in the 1910 publication of Etymological Dictionary of the English Language,[7] to being a normality in modern dictionary publications, and it frequently occurs in edited professional prose. The fact that its listing as a "humorous usage" has practically disappeared today supplies further evidence in favor of acceptance. Some argue that adding a second negative to a word like regardless is a humorous way to illustrate an underabundance of irregard." IRREGARDLESS yesterday,
IRREGARDLESS today,
IRREGARDLESS forever!

Summary:
“Irregardless seems to be moving slowly in the direction of standardization. It has gone from nonexistence in the 1910 publication of Etymological Dictionary of the English Language,[7] to being a normality in modern dictionary publications, and it frequently occurs in edited professional prose. The fact that its listing as a “humorous usage” has practically disappeared today supplies further evidence in favor of acceptance. Some argue that adding a second negative to a word like regardless is a humorous way to illustrate an underabundance of irregard.”

]]> By: Nick http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-881 Nick Tue, 27 May 2008 15:32:42 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-881 "IRREGARDLESS"?!?!? Fucking -seriously-? Since we're discussing EPIC FAIL, I would point out to you that "irregardless" is not a word, and really dings your credibility. “IRREGARDLESS”?!?!?

Fucking -seriously-?

Since we’re discussing EPIC FAIL, I would point out to you that “irregardless” is not a word, and really dings your credibility.

]]> By: Jeremy Gregg http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-880 Jeremy Gregg Tue, 27 May 2008 04:16:48 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-880 Ha! great video, "irregardless" of all the criticism you've taken... Jeremy Gregg, Editor The Raiser's Razor http://theraiser.blogspot.com Ha! great video, “irregardless” of all the criticism you’ve taken…

Jeremy Gregg, Editor
The Raiser’s Razor
http://theraiser.blogspot.com

]]> By: redumn http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-875 redumn Mon, 26 May 2008 23:06:06 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-875 re: dumn you know, if the spanish language can have an institute for the furtherance of their "native tongue" surely the trade language that has been bastardized to all hell could at least get a group of volunteers. eat. shoots. leaves, mofos - think of the pandas. incidentally, the video seems viral, and the patterns on the block DO seem contrived. not to mention that 5 million lego pieces would be extraordinarily heavy. re: dumn

you know, if the spanish language can have an institute for the furtherance of their “native tongue” surely the trade language that has been bastardized to all hell could at least get a group of volunteers. eat. shoots. leaves, mofos – think of the pandas.

incidentally, the video seems viral, and the patterns on the block DO seem contrived. not to mention that 5 million lego pieces would be extraordinarily heavy.

]]> By: dumn http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-874 dumn Mon, 26 May 2008 21:29:52 +0000 http://sfcitizen.com/blog/2008/05/21/was-the-giant-lego-boulder-video-actually-produced-by-teak-motion-visuals/#comment-874 actually the beauty of the english language is that we can invent words that other people can understand, they eventually end up in the dictionary. Or did you think theres a central commitee that invents new words for us actually the beauty of the english language is that we can invent words that other people can understand, they eventually end up in the dictionary. Or did you think theres a central commitee that invents new words for us

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