Swatch Watch - Paint some turtle on your wall...?

[samxsteal]

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New movie post hidden message Code used to unlock anything?

Anyone remember the Movie site where you enter the ooze code? Maybe these unlock something

[The Boston Ninja Turtle]

so the official movie page posted this image with the tag line

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. #TMNTMovie, August 8th.

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https://www.facebook.com/TMNT/photos/a.235594459897658.1073741828.195045757285862/244108485712922/?type=1


i was going to stay away, i was going to keep my mouth shut till august..but honestly how can people be ok with this as promo? how can you defend the choice behind color swatches? this isnt cool or edgy, or minimalistic,this is lazy of the laziest

someone went to walmart and got color swatches and their numbers and posted them

and this is some form of official image? please someone explain how this is selling a movie?


https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t1.0-9/10414925_244108485712922_9109155817148148671_n.jpg

New movie post hidden message Code used to unlock anything?

Anyone remember the Movie site where you enter the ooze code? Maybe these unlock something


you beat me to it...these are not codes...they are color id's for paint..you take it to home depot, lowes,walmart or sears give em that number and they make that color for you

[Sewer Sirens Podcast]

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New movie post hidden message Code used to unlock anything?

Anyone remember the Movie site where you enter the ooze code? Maybe these unlock something

When I first saw that...I was ticked off. Once again, something un impressive and not exciting.

However, I was also confused. What does it mean? And having some hidden code ... hmm, there may be more to this than meets the eyes. The secrets dwell in the shadows, or in this case, the colors.

Hoping this is more than just ... something that's nothing (if you get what I mean). Let's all try to figure out this code, Technodromers! Let's crack it (if there's anything to crack).

EDIT: Just read what you had to say, Boston ... erg. Man, really? ... really?

[samxsteal]

so the official movie page posted this image with the tag line



https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t1.0-9/q71/s720x720/10414925_244108485712922_9109155817148148671_n.jpg

https://www.facebook.com/TMNT/photos/a.235594459897658.1073741828.195045757285862/244108485712922/?type=1


i was going to stay away, i was going to keep my mouth shut till august..but honestly how can people be ok with this as promo? how can you defend the choice behind color swatches? this isnt cool or edgy, or minimalistic,this is lazy of the laziest

someone went to walmart and got color swatches and their numbers and posted them

and this is some form of official image? please someone explain how this is selling a movie?





you beat me to it...these are not codes...they are color id's for paint..you take it o home depot, lowes,walmart or sears give em that number and they make that color for youI get that but i cant find Raph and Donnies codes anywhere Leo and mikeys are on Pantone Pluss what are the colors "names" they much mean Something why just release paint colors for no reason pluss the purple blue and orange all have layers and lines running through it

When I first saw that...I was ticked off. Once again, something un impressive and not exciting.

However, I was also confused. What does it mean? And having some hidden code ... hmm, there may be more to this than meets the eyes. The secrets dwell in the shadows, or in this case, the colors.

Hoping this is more than just ... something that's nothing (if you get what I mean). Let's all try to figure out this code, Technodromers! Let's crack it (if there's anything to crack).

EDIT: Just read what you had to say, Boston ... erg. Man, really? ... really?

[graphic_content]

so the official movie page posted this image with the tag line



https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t1.0-9/q71/s720x720/10414925_244108485712922_9109155817148148671_n.jpg

https://www.facebook.com/TMNT/photos/a.235594459897658.1073741828.195045757285862/244108485712922/?type=1


i was going to stay away, i was going to keep my mouth shut till august..but honestly how can people be ok with this as promo? how can you defend the choice behind color swatches? this isnt cool or edgy, or minimalistic,this is lazy of the laziest

someone went to walmart and got color swatches and their numbers and posted them

and this is some form of official image? please someone explain how this is selling a movie?





you beat me to it...these are not codes...they are color id's for paint..you take it o home depot, lowes,walmart or sears give em that number and they make that color for you

i was prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt - i got excited thinking these were there lab assignment codes when they were being experimented on...but nope...BOSTON was right. they are swatch/color codes.

the promo images are getting lazier, and lazier.

wow...just, wow...

[electric_sheep]

Actualy it was a code if you take the pic in photoshops and turn the exposion way up you will see
Michael Bay, Liebesman and the whole Platinum Dunes staff gang banging splinter

[samxsteal]

i was prepared to give them the benefit of the doubt - i got excited thinking these were there lab assignment codes when they were being experimented on...but nope...BOSTON was right. they are swatch/color codes.

the promo images are getting lazier, and lazier.

wow...just, wow...

but Donnie's and Raph's aren't try finding them on any paint / color website they dont exist and why in the image are there layers and lines except Raph's?

I pretty sure there is more to this then just paint colors

[The Boston Ninja Turtle]

EDIT: Just read what you had to say, Boston ... erg. Man, really? ... really?

sadly yes...i have a bud who works at home depot he confirmed it for me, they are paint codes


but Donnie's and Raph's aren't try finding them on any paint / color website they dont exist and why in the image are there layers and lines except Raph's?

I pretty sure there is more to this then just paint colors

youd be surprised what paint can have these days..lines,spots, military design, even checker board


but i am not seeing the lines you speak of in these


they much mean Something why just release paint colors for no reason

because they dont care anymore, its that simple...they are hoping it goes away incase they movie just bombs...why spend money on something when you have no faith in it

if this was a standard we would see it all the time...like "optimus prime red" or "Bumblebee yellow"

[electric_sheep]

If that is not a "code" for different character posters or even character teasers or something.. that is ridiculous.. I've loved just about everything I've seen regarding this movie.. I've defended it for almost 5 years now.. But I cannot defend this.. and I don't want to either. If this is nothing more than what I see here.. than it is unbelievably pathetic and lazy. It's insulting. Get your F-ing **** together!!!!!!

Hah, it's not. I had similar thing to this when i scraped my car and needed to repaint it, it's just the code for the paint...

[Sewer Sirens Podcast]

If that is not a "code" for different character posters or even character teasers or something.. that is ridiculous.. I've loved just about everything I've seen regarding this movie.. I've defended it for almost 5 years now.. But I cannot defend this.. and I don't want to either. If this is nothing more than what I see here.. than it is unbelievably pathetic and lazy. It's insulting. Get your F-ing **** together!!!!!!

Amen. Makes me start to question ... if they put this much thought into marketing, how much thought did they put into this film? If they put out this type of 'quality' marketing, what kind of 'quality' will be put behind the film? :-?:cry:

[samxsteal]

sadly yes...i have a bud who works at home depot he confirmed it for me, they are paint codes




youd be surprised what paint can have these days..lines,spots, military design, even checker board


but i am not seeing the lines you speak of in these




because they dont care anymore, its that simple...they are hoping it goes away incase they movie just bombs...why spend money on something when you have no faith in it

if this was a standard we would see it all the time...like "optimus prime red" or "Bumblebee yellow"

If that is not a "code" for different character posters or even character teasers or something.. that is ridiculous.. I've loved just about everything I've seen regarding this movie.. I've defended it for almost 5 years now.. But I cannot defend this.. and I don't want to either. If this is nothing more than what I see here.. than it is unbelievably pathetic and lazy. It's insulting. Get your F-ing **** together!!!!!!

Amen. Makes me start to question ... if they put this much thought into marketing, how much thought did they put into this film? If they put out this type of 'quality' marketing, what kind of 'quality' will be put behind the film? :-?:cry:

What im saying it Donnie 93-15u Code does not exist on any paint website or color code website it doesn't exist Neither does Raph's 55-15u Code

WHy have them there if they don't exist?

IM possitive there is more to this then just "Paint" colors seeing as two of the four Codes aren't real

[electric_sheep]

What im saying it Donnie 93-15u Code does not exist on any paint website or color code website it doesn't exist Neither does Raph's 55-15u Code

WHy have them there if they don't exist?

IM possitive there is more to this then just "Paint" colors seeing as two of the four Codes aren't real

It might mean eather 15 or 45 or ranging from 15 to 45, that's nothing important...

[The Boston Ninja Turtle]

What im saying it Donnie 93-15u Code does not exist on any paint website or color code website it doesn't exist Neither does Raph's 55-15u Code

WHy have them there if they don't exist?

IM possitive there is more to this then just "Paint" colors seeing as two of the four Codes aren't real

oh those lines....you mean the dash.......those lines mean its more of a mixed color..they have to take whatever 93 is and 15u mix them and you get that purple as opposed to buying a premade paint color like the blue or orange

"raph" is the same ...it looks like 15u is the base paint and 93 and 55 are what you add to get the right color


here is the 15u color reference they are the base paint

http://paintref.com/cgi-bin/colorcodedisplay.cgi?code=15U&manuf=GM&rows=50

[Sewer Sirens Podcast]

Well.. I don't think the Marketing team had anything to do with making the movie.. they are just hired for marketing.. and they should be F-ing fired. Seriously I am starting to get pissed off. The movie is close to completion so I've heard.. there is no excuse for this GARBAGE!!! Seriously, A F-ING COLOR CODE POSTER? Why not release a poster of Shredder or something? I get that you want to save it for the big screen but come on.. I've seen better marketing for Youtube shows.
Now is the time to turn it up a notch. This has been such a dry month.. people are getting rambunctious.. I understand that a trailer is literally right around the corner.. but there is no excuse for releasing this minimalistic ****. You couldn't even follow up the Leo poster from a few weeks ago with posters for the rest of them?? Get your **** together and put out something worthwhile

What I'm saying is that they could have gotten better people to do the marketing. If they are signing off and approving of this marketing, if they're fine with this being the way they sell their film, I'm not sure how much 'faith they have in the film', as many like to say.

I've had faith that they've had faith, but now I'm losing my faith that they have faith and are faithfully working on this film with faith.

[Bry]

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https://www.facebook.com/TMNT/photos/a.235594459897658.1073741828.195045757285862/244108485712922/?type=1

i was going to stay away, i was going to keep my mouth shut till august..but honestly how can people be ok with this as promo? how can you defend the choice behind color swatches? this isnt cool or edgy, or minimalistic,this is lazy of the laziest

someone went to walmart and got color swatches and their numbers and posted them

and this is some form of official image? please someone explain how this is selling a movie?

you beat me to it...these are not codes...they are color id's for paint..you take it to home depot, lowes,walmart or sears give em that number and they make that color for you

http://media.giphy.com/media/Lt7HRgMlDo0Vy/giphy.gif

Provided there really isn't something more to this... F for lack of effort, Marketing Team. Again.

I can't decide if this is a step up or down from this thing a few weeks back:

https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t1.0-9/p720x720/10325621_241359269321177_5131216769467631064_n.jpg

[Puddinpop]

What I'm saying is that they could have gotten better people to do the marketing. If they are signing off and approving of this marketing, if they're fine with this being the way they sell their film, I'm not sure how much 'faith they have in the film', as many like to say.

I've had faith that they've had faith, but now I'm losing my faith that they have faith and are faithfully working on this film with faith.

Well I can't blame you lol.. I don't think it is indicative of a low quality movie.. at all. I think they are just putting out a minimalistic **** picture to kill time before releasing something more significant.. like a trailer. But I am starting to lose patience. I thought the marketing for Spiderman looked desperate.. It was way to much.. but they obviously had faith in their product so.. Apes has had little marketing also.. and they are even closer to release than TMNT. With every movie I've seen this year the Marketing always picks up the month of release.. We are still two months out.. So I don't think that this one little picture means that they have little faith in the film. If this is the kind of **** we get in July then I think that could be saying something. I don't think Paramount would spend 130 million bucks on a film and then just.. let it go down the drain. I think there are some really cool things coming. I just think this is a ridiculous picture.

[Sewer Sirens Podcast]

Well I can't blame you lol.. I don't think it is indicative of a low quality movie.. at all. I think they are just putting out a minimalistic **** picture to kill time before releasing something more significant.. like a trailer. But I am starting to lose patience. I thought the marketing for Spiderman looked desperate.. It was way to much.. but they obviously had faith in their product so.. Apes has had little marketing also.. and they are even closer to release than TMNT. With every movie I've seen this year the Marketing always picks up the month of release.. We are still two months out.. So I don't think that this one little picture means that they have little faith in the film. If this is the kind of **** we get in July then I think that could be saying something. I don't think Paramount would spend 130 million bucks on a film and then just.. let it go down the drain. I think there are some really cool things coming. I just think this is a ridiculous picture.

It's true, a film can be great and have horrible marketing. Or vice versa. I'm just not sure why they put out stuff like this, I think I may prefer nothing at all.

And I don't doubt that we'll see a pick up in marketing soon. I'm pretty sure they will. But as you said, one still of Shredder would be a good way to intrigue people in the time being, not ... paint colors.

[The Boston Ninja Turtle]

I think they are just putting out a minimalistic **** picture to kill time before releasing something more significant.. like a trailer.

i am willing to give it the benefit of the doubt that this is the facebook team instead of the marketing team


its still no excuse but i can't believe the market on a summer movie goes this low

[pdizzle]

Well.. I don't think the Marketing team had anything to do with making the movie.. they are just hired for marketing.. and they should be F-ing fired. Seriously I am starting to get pissed off. The movie is close to completion so I've heard.. there is no excuse for this GARBAGE!!! Seriously, A F-ING COLOR CODE POSTER? Why not release a poster of Shredder or something? I get that you want to save it for the big screen but come on.. I've seen better marketing for Youtube shows.
Now is the time to turn it up a notch. This has been such a dry month.. people are getting rambunctious.. I understand that a trailer is literally right around the corner.. but there is no excuse for releasing this minimalistic ****. You couldn't even follow up the Leo poster from a few weeks ago with posters for the rest of them?? Get your **** together and put out something worthwhile

What I'm saying is that they could have gotten better people to do the marketing. If they are signing off and approving of this marketing, if they're fine with this being the way they sell their film, I'm not sure how much 'faith they have in the film', as many like to say.

I've had faith that they've had faith, but now I'm losing my faith that they have faith and are faithfully working on this film with faith.

http://media.giphy.com/media/Lt7HRgMlDo0Vy/giphy.gif

Provided there really isn't something more to this... F for lack of effort, Marketing Team. Again.

I can't decide if this is a step up or down from this thing a few weeks back:

https://scontent-a-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/t1.0-9/p720x720/10325621_241359269321177_5131216769467631064_n.jpg

nothing more can be said about this crap. As an ellite enthusist for this film it not only gives this films marketing a bad name but people who is positive for this film a bad name as well and this is ****ing ridiculous that this late in the game they would put **** like this out. And the thing is, the marketing team is setting back getting their 7 goddamn chuckles in for the day collecting their paychecks for this crap laughing all the way to the bank. I swear the ones who market this damn film must really hate the tmnt property to show this much disrespect in putting these last few things out...their goddamn tmnt terrorist or something making sure they belittle the fans as much as possible along the way....this seriously pisses me off and they all need to be fired......imediately.......:x

[Puddinpop]

nothing more can be said about this crap. As an ellite enthusist for this film it not only gives this films marketing a bad name but people who is positive for this film a bad name as well and this is ****ing ridiculous that this late in the game they would put **** like this out. And the thing is, the marketing team is setting back getting their 7 goddamn chuckles in for the day collecting their paychecks for this crap laughing all the way to the bank. I swear the ones who market this damn film must really hate the tmnt property to show this much disrespect in putting these last few things out...their goddamn tmnt terrorist or something making sure they belittle the fans as much as possible along the way....this seriously pisses me off and they all need to be fired......imediately.......:x

I agree... yea it's a **** picture.. but it's not that late in the game.. Like I said before Marketing for any movie usually picks up the month of release.. I mean Age of extinction is going to make stupid amounts of money, but yet they haven't had crazy marketing yet.. and it's less than a month away. That's Paramount's money bag lol. I just think they put out minimalistic **** lately. It's an insult to us TMNT enthusiast.. It has to be the Facebook guy.. I think the four weapons posters were official.. but not this ****.. I could be wrong though. I don't think it gives us a bad name.. it's not our fault that they put something like this out. I still think the movie will be great. But make no mistake about it.. this marketing has been terrible thus far.

But I know exactly how you feel dude

[tmntmikey23]

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New movie post hidden message Code used to unlock anything?

Anyone remember the Movie site where you enter the ooze code? Maybe these unlock something

The codes under the names are the color codes for that exact color if you wanted to paint something that exact color :D

[Bry]

The codes under the names are the color codes for that exact color if you wanted to paint something that exact color :D

Alternately, you can go to the paint store and ask for a basic blue, purple, red, or orange.

[tmntmikey23]

Alternately, you can go to the paint store and ask for a basic blue, purple, red, or orange.

True or if you want you can go in to paint on your computer and copy the color and you got the color.

[pennydreadful]

I prefer the concept art over the design we got. Without the fu man chu and such.

However, I'm still open to the new Splinter. We haven't even seen a real frontal view of him yet.

True - something else that I hope they have in the next trailer! :)


you beat me to it...these are not codes...they are color id's for paint..you take it to home depot, lowes,walmart or sears give em that number and they make that color for you

... paint codes. Motherflipping paint codes.

http://wrongside1.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/wtf-gif.gif

Seriously, I know this decision was most likely motivated by stupidity rather than an out-and-out desire to raise my blood pressure, but god it's hard not to feel like they're deliberately messing with us when they do sh*te like this.

I've had faith that they've had faith, but now I'm losing my faith that they have faith and are faithfully working on this film with faith.

Here's a faith top-up. :lol:

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0f206KCEh1r64gm2.gif

Ok yeah, bad pun is bad... but in my defense, it's first thing in the morning and I haven't had breakfast yet!

[Rooish]

Here's a faith top-up. :lol:

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0f206KCEh1r64gm2.gif


Thank you, there is never enough Faith in this world.

I don't know what this stupidity is. Seriously. Does anyone have any idea what this color marketing stupidity is?? Like why? Why?? Does anyone think they have something exciting planned to explain this madness?

[Ramboraph4life aka Matt]

This is not just 'Bad Marketing'.

It is the Worst Marketing Ever for a 'big budget movie'.

And I just have to :lol:

I'd dare anyone to find a movie that has had worse Marketing than this flick.

[#MechaFresh]

This is not just 'Bad Marketing'.

It is the Worst Marketing Ever for a 'big budget movie'.

And I just have to :lol:

I'd dare anyone to find a movie that has had worse Marketing than this flick.


Dragonball Evolution.

[Jester]

Dragonball Evolution.
Did DBE have any marketing?

[#MechaFresh]

Did DBE have any marketing?

Barely.

A trailer and a poster along with 2-3 tv spots that aired on Cartoon Network. The marketing was bad in my opinion, hardly anyone knew about the film (save for the diehard fans) until they discovered the film's poster (for me, it was at the back of a theater hall at an AMC theater). My reaction simply was, Wow ;)

The film was also pushed back from its original August 2008 release to April 2009.

[Machias Banshee]

Okay... since the image thread is images only, and I KNOW people wanna discuss this, I created a new thread for you... :)

I have to say, the marketing methods for this movie confound me.....

[NinjaPug]

They really don't care about marketing this film properly at all. Did any of these people have marketing experience? What a joke.

[Sewer Sirens Podcast]

Okay... since the image thread is images only, and I KNOW people wanna discuss this, I created a new thread for you... :)

I have to say, the marketing methods for this movie confound me.....

Awesome! This is great, thanks.

[The Boston Ninja Turtle]

i will admit i find the red really pale....i always picture raph a deep red..to show his ferocity

not to fond of the orange either maybe its my computer

[Puddinpop]

It's a bit weak to say the least.. I think the Facebook page is putting this crap out. I hoping that in the next month or two it will pick up like every other film has :wink:

[TrickOrTreater]

Oh man. Is it my birthday or something?

This is too good and hilarious to be true.

[Donatello19]

Wait, I'm confused...that's like...actual marketing for the movie? Seriously?

[TurtleTitan97]

The marketing for this film isn't just sad, it's pathetic....

[TrickOrTreater]

An actual quote from the facebook page this image came from:

They could take a big dump for 10 minutes in the movie and I will still love it just because its tmnt. Reguardless of the story line or the animation. Its still turtles.

Amazing.

[The Boston Ninja Turtle]

An actual quote from the facebook page this image came from:



Amazing.

yea i saw that one too...it made me really sad

[TrickOrTreater]

yea i saw that one too...it made me really sad

This is the bottom line the movie is hoping for.

Put out a mediocre or worse product and just hope upon hope the nerds will love it regardless. Or at LEAST pay to see it.

Just like Transformers.

[Donatello19]

The marketing for this film isn't just sad, it's pathetic....

Well I just discovered some new marketing for it...they've teamed up with the Crush soda brand. Look in the 2014 movie merchandise thread...

[TigerClaw]

Well I just discovered some new marketing for it...they've teamed up with the Crush soda brand. Look in the 2014 movie merchandise thread...
This basically.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/750x600q90/835/o9sbl.jpg

[TrickOrTreater]

Well I just discovered some new marketing for it...they've teamed up with the Crush soda brand. Look in the 2014 movie merchandise thread...

http://i.imgur.com/gWOJMYr.gif?1

[Donatello19]

Oh, were they already posted here? I didn't see 'em...but I did post a pic of one of the plastic bottles, which will feature TMNT labels.

[NinjaPug]

Crush? Really? Couldn't get Diet Rite to promote your movie ?

[TrickOrTreater]

Crush? Really? Couldn't get Diet Rite to promote your movie ?

Is TAB still around? Could've reached a bigger demographic there.

[Cure]

This is the bottom line the movie is hoping for.

Put out a mediocre or worse product and just hope upon hope the nerds will love it regardless. Or at LEAST pay to see it.

Just like Transformers.

Because nerds were the only ones who paid to see that billion dollar franchise.

[TrickOrTreater]

Because nerds were the only ones who paid to see that billion dollar franchise.

Because I totally said they were.

[Pondslider]

Is TAB still around? Could've reached a bigger demographic there.

RC Cola passed, so they had to take what they could get.

[TrickOrTreater]

RC Cola passed, so they had to take what they could get.

President of Mr. Pibb just laughed and laughed and laughed.

[The Boston Ninja Turtle]

they should've called Surge....market it as Mutagen..it practically sells itself!

[Jester]

Crush? Really? Couldn't get Diet Rite to promote your movie ?

RC Cola passed, so they had to take what they could get.
Crush, Diet Rite, and RC are all owned by the Dr Pepper/Snapple group.... :P

You ignorance of soda branding makes me sad

[/sarcasm]

[TrickOrTreater]

Crush, Diet Rite, and RC are all owned by the Dr Pepper/Snapple group.... :P

You ignorance of soda branding makes me sad

[/sarcasm]

Dr. Pepper/Snapple are the SHIELD/Hydra of the soda universe.

[Puddinpop]

Because nerds were the only ones who paid to see that billion dollar franchise.

Love that packaging.. Gotta get one
I can't wait for this film to make a boat load of money and have lots of sequels..

http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130730133555/austinally/images/1/12/Excited.gif

[pennydreadful]

Oh man. Is it my birthday or something?

This is too good and hilarious to be true.

It's not your birthday - it's candy for your knuckles. And tonight's Halloween!

An actual quote from the facebook page this image came from:

They could take a big dump for 10 minutes in the movie and I will still love it just because its tmnt. Reguardless of the story line or the animation. Its still turtles.

Amazing.

So "Two Turtles, One Cup" would be fine with this person then. Good to know. :lol:

Crush? Really? Couldn't get Diet Rite to promote your movie ?

RC Cola passed, so they had to take what they could get.

Ok this part - it's probably a cultural thing as I'm in Australia; I gather this is dodgy somehow? Can someone give me a little more detail; is this a really cheap/crappy soda brand or something?

[TrickOrTreater]

It's not your birthday - it's candy for your knuckles. And tonight's Halloween!



So "Two Turtles, One Cup" would be fine with this person then. Good to know. :lol:





Ok this part - it's probably a cultural thing as I'm in Australia; I gather this is dodgy somehow? Can someone give me a little more detail; is this a really cheap/crappy soda brand or something?

Crush is what you reach for when Fanta isn't around.

[Jester]

Ok this part - it's probably a cultural thing as I'm in Australia; I gather this is dodgy somehow? Can someone give me a little more detail; is this a really cheap/crappy soda brand or something?
Orange (and other fruit flavored) Crush are made by the 3rd largest soda maker in America (Coke and Pepsi being the "Big 2") Dr. Pepper/Snapple, who make RC Cola, Diet Rite (essentially Diet RC...I think), 7Up, A&W Root Bear among others.

[Candy Kappa]

Dr. Pepper/Snapple are the SHIELD/Hydra of the soda universe.

Hail Snapple

[Lou 500]

they should've called Surge....market it as Mutagen..it practically sells itself!

Cans of Monster made to look like TCRI canisters would be fantastic.

[electric_sheep]

This basically.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/750x600q90/835/o9sbl.jpg

Do they have only that promo image? :tlol:

[mistajee33]

They're Pantone colour codes. This isn't some secret message.

Both this and the Beatles t-shirt reference are probably put together by the FB marketing team. They're both little nods to the world of graphic design. I'm guessing they have a design student putting together these images, hence the "insider" references and the low quality of those silhouette posters.

Not saying that they're good marketing images – clearly it's the opposite, since they're causing so much confusion :lol:

[UGHShellshocked]

I would have preferred a ****ing trailer and instead we are getting nothing but merch before we have really been sold the movie. Its putting the cart before the horse. If this is the type of mentality that a person running the page has where they actually think that fans would rather see some ****** ass names on a shirt or some paint swatches then I hope someone stifles that idiot.

That seems like what facebook and particularly these movie related facebook pages have become. No news. So fill it with terrible memes and ********.

[CrazySquirrel]

Guys its not lazy its showing hiw iconic the turtles colors are... man this thread...

[TrickOrTreater]

Guys its not lazy its showing hiw iconic the turtles colors are... man this thread...

Yes. Squares of color with names under them.

I get chills just thinking about it.

[Bry]

Guys its not lazy its showing hiw iconic the turtles colors are... man this thread...

Again... it's basic blue, purple, red, and orange.

It's like if they advertised a Batman movie with a plain grey or black box with "Batman" written underneath. It's about as low-effort as marketing gets. There's minimalism, and then there's... this.

[electric_sheep]

My theory that they've shot something that will create strong fan backlash and are refusing to show us anything because they know how we will react is sounding more and more plausiblle...

[graphic_content]

Guys its not lazy its showing hiw iconic the turtles colors are... man this thread...

im sorry, but it is lazy - there are plenty of ways to display the iconic colors, variations that are a heck of a lot more creative, and require more thought than this.

I posted on the FB page, that we as fans (especially those of us hyped for the film) deserve better than basic geometry to promote this film...and my post was deleted. not a coincidence imo.

Yes. Squares of color with names under them.

I get chills just thinking about it.

TRICK - let me be the 11,000th person to welcome you back, :lol: we never really saw eye to eye on things, but damn if you didnt make for interesting conversations.

keep the comments coming bro.

[Sewer Sirens Podcast]

I posted on the FB page, that we as fans (especially those of us hyped for the film) deserve better than basic geometry to promote this film...and my post was deleted. not a coincidence imo

Wow, that's ... wow. :ohwell:

If people don't like it ... they don't like it. Deleting negative comments from your page is just a way to deceive yourself and others you are doing a job well done.

[The Boston Ninja Turtle]

Guys its not lazy its showing hiw iconic the turtles colors are... man this thread...


its lazy, both sides agree on that...it took no effort to make this and without the name are even more basic color swatches that you get al walmart for free

Yes. Squares of color with names under them.

I get chills just thinking about it.

Trick i have missed you

[Bry]

Yes. Squares of color with names under them.

I get chills just thinking about it.

Someone please let Marvel Studios know I'm available for their online marketing team. Here's my portfolio:

http://s8.postimg.org/x70123n51/hulkswatch.png

[Puddinpop]

I posted on the FB page, that we as fans (especially those of us hyped for the film) deserve better than basic geometry to promote this film...and my post was deleted. not a coincidence imo.

Really? That's bull.. It's not like you were cursing or being obnoxious.. the guy probably took it personally lol. Bc I've got a feeling it's the guy/girl behind the FB doing this minimalistic garbage lately.. regardless. The marketing team SHOULD be.....Marketing!

I do know that sometimes if you post something up top in the comments section that after refreshing the page everything gets flipped and the comments ends up being all the way at the bottom. But if you knew that already and it really was deleted that's pathetic.
We do deserve better than color code pictures. It IS a disappointment, I can't wait for things to actually pick up in the next month or two and I hope they have some cool **** ahead. At this point I just want the damn movie anyway but for the sake of the movie they need to fire this marketing team. Period

[chrisdude]

They post images on occasion. Dag. Y'all are acting like this image was in the toy section for $8.99.

https://twitter.com/TMNTMovie

[zodiac brave]

:trolleye:Guys its not lazy its showing hiw iconic the turtles colors are... man this thread...

seriously.

god forbid they try something a little to the left or a little more interesting, right?

when i saw this i thought it was pretty awesome. i'd hang that in my nerd cave. (it's not just "plain" colors.)

from a nerdy standpoint i thought it was cool to know specifically what the color mixes were, should i ever wanna use the specific colors from this version of the tmnt. from the standpoint of someone who enjoys art, i thought this was pretty original in terms of referencing the property itself.

most of you are right in the fact that this doesn't look like its meant as marketing to the hard core fans (if it's anything more than facebook marketing at all). but you know, this image along with the "ampersand" image are probably meant to appeal to the general masses. that style is really in right now, especially the "ampersand" image...its all over t shirts and hats and posters.

maybe they are shying away a bit from outright showing the turtles because of the backlash, but that doesn't justify the reaction this is getting.

really, it's just a freakin fb pic. those weapons in hand posters are great and its true...marketing for films like this these days really doesn't ramp up til a few weeks before release, because nowadays there's so much free marketing going around on social networks and the like.

and the whole crush thing?

i mean, mac n cheese is ok, but not crush soda?

christ...

can you say "entitled fanboy syndrome"?

[UGHShellshocked]

Cans of Monster made to look like TCRI canisters would be fantastic.

Do you remember the early 90s beverage called Gelooze or Jellooze, it was like a plastic bottle full of jello.

Would be a perfect tie in if they brought it back and had it in mini TCRI canisters.

But again that is merchandise before delivering a decent trailer.

[UGHShellshocked]

Guys its not lazy its showing hiw iconic the turtles colors are... man this thread...

Imagine the poor saps who are looking at these paint swatches and are color blind. :lol:

[Glados]

References aside, this is kinda lazy marketing and this one takes the cake! Good lord, really... ? Atrocious! *saves for future drawing reference*

[pennydreadful]

Yes. Squares of color with names under them.

I get chills just thinking about it.

Someone please let Marvel Studios know I'm available for their online marketing team. Here's my portfolio:

http://s8.postimg.org/x70123n51/hulkswatch.png

:lol::lol::lol:

most of you are right in the fact that this doesn't look like its meant as marketing to the hard core fans (if it's anything more than facebook marketing at all). but you know, this image along with the "ampersand" image are probably meant to appeal to the general masses. that style is really in right now, especially the "ampersand" image...its all over t shirts and hats and posters.

I don't think the general masses really care about paint swatches. I could be wrong, lord knows I have a difficult enough time relating to 90% of the human race as it is, but I just can't see those paint swatches whipping ANYONE into a frenzy. It's one of the most bizarre pieces of marketing I have ever seen - though still not insane enough to reach Candy Tongue Jar Jar levels of wtf-ery.

[Galactus]

I'd wager this swatch watch wouldn't be getting much or indeed any criticism if it wasn't all we're getting.

If there was officially released concept art and designs and trailers that do more than tease and interviews hyping up specific things then things like this would be viewed as harmless fun.

It's just late in the day for posters of hands and silhouettes of previously released images and the like just don't cut this late in the game and of course people are going to react badly to them as well as assume the reason they're not making the same effort to promote this as similar movies are being promoted is because they've got nothing to hype us.

[TrickOrTreater]

I posted on the FB page, that we as fans (especially those of us hyped for the film) deserve better than basic geometry to promote this film...and my post was deleted. not a coincidence imo.

That's the level we're dealing with here folks.

Delete any possible bad press and release as little as possible to avoid it.

TRICK - let me be the 11,000th person to welcome you back, :lol: we never really saw eye to eye on things, but damn if you didnt make for interesting conversations.

keep the comments coming bro.

Oh I will! This fiasco certainly gives me enough!

its lazy, both sides agree on that...it took no effort to make this and without the name are even more basic color swatches that you get al walmart for free

Trick i have missed you

I've missed you too.

Someone please let Marvel Studios know I'm available for their online marketing team. Here's my portfolio:

http://s8.postimg.org/x70123n51/hulkswatch.png

You're hired.

Such minimalist. Very edge. Much art.

:lol::lol::lol:

I don't think the general masses really care about paint swatches. I could be wrong, lord knows I have a difficult enough time relating to 90% of the human race as it is, but I just can't see those paint swatches whipping ANYONE into a frenzy. It's one of the most bizarre pieces of marketing I have ever seen - though still not insane enough to reach Candy Tongue Jar Jar levels of wtf-ery.

Seriously. The "general audience" doesn't give a single damn about this movie's facebook page. Least of all of four friggin' color squares.

[mistajee33]

Seriously. The "general audience" doesn't give a single damn about this movie's facebook page. Least of all of four friggin' color squares.

Exactly. Which is why minimal effort is put into the images that appear on it. It doesn't matter. To be honest, social media marketing holds very little weight in general, across the board.

And in this case, the only people checking the page for updates constantly are people like us, and we're gonna do it regardless of what half-assed images they put up. All they do is keep the momentum going, which is what they're doing, because here we are talking about them.

[TrickOrTreater]

Exactly. Which is why minimal effort is put into the images that appear on it. It doesn't matter. To be honest, social media marketing holds very little weight in general, across the board.

And in this case, the only people checking the page for updates constantly are people like us, and we're gonna do it regardless of what half-assed images they put up. All they do is keep the momentum going, which is what they're doing, because here we are talking about them.

Why don't you go take a gander at The Dark Knight's viral marketing campaign and learn yourself about filmmakers who actually give a damn about the fans.

[mistajee33]

Why don't you go take a gander at The Dark Knight's viral marketing campaign and learn yourself about filmmakers who actually give a damn about the fans.

Obviously this is a night and day comparison. That was a massive campaign across various mediums. This is a single Facebook page. The two movies clearly have extremely different strategies. And this one probably has a tiny budget. I'm not defending it, but data is still very unclear as to whether viral and social media-related marketing has much of an impact.

At this stage in the game, some complex viral marketing campaign won't do any good anyway. And who's to say TDK's viral stuff ended up putting any asses in the seats? It basically just drummed up anticipation from fans, and then more traditional marketing methods did the heavy lifting.

Unfortunately we haven't seen much of that from this movie either :lol:

But yeah, you're right, the fact that there has been so little doesn't show much fan appreciation.

[TrickOrTreater]

At this stage in the game, some complex viral marketing campaign won't do any good anyway. And who's to say TDK's viral stuff ended up putting any asses in the seats? It basically just drummed up anticipation from fans, and then more traditional marketing methods did the heavy lifting.

No sh*t. It was literally ALL for the fan's enjoyment. They spent all that money and all that effort and time just to give fans something they'll remember for the rest of their lives. And I totally will.

We sat and watched a candle in a jack o lantern with a bat shaped mouth melt and melt over days just for a film still. But it was awesome because it was of Joker and the pumpkin rotted on ONE side. Like Two-Face and the pumpkin in The Long Halloween.

It spanned a year and 4 months and the entire planet. Everybody, whether you were there in person or just online figuring out the puzzles and clues, got a chance to participate and enjoy awesome things. From official film stills to dozens of posters to teasers and trailers to viral marketing props and memorabilia.

Speaking of which...

Unfortunately we haven't seen much of that from this movie either :lol:

Yeah. We get basically the same 1:30 teaser over and over again but just shorter and with a second or two of new footage for this movie.

On top of leaked photos and color swatch squares.

It's a travesty.

[Pondslider]

can't wait for things to actually pick up in the next month or two and I hope they have some cool **** ahead.

http://i61.tinypic.com/hspzwj.jpg
Krusty is coming... Krusty is coming...

Honestly no offense, but this is what I think of when people talk about the marketing picking up as if there's some kind of media blitz just around the corner. Maybe there is, but that this point I'm not holding my breath. I'm sure there will be a couple TV ads and another trailer or two (maybe even some new footage in those), but that's about all I'm expecting.

[pennydreadful]

I'd wager this swatch watch wouldn't be getting much or indeed any criticism if it wasn't all we're getting.

If there was officially released concept art and designs and trailers that do more than tease and interviews hyping up specific things then things like this would be viewed as harmless fun.

It's just late in the day for posters of hands and silhouettes of previously released images and the like just don't cut this late in the game and of course people are going to react badly to them as well as assume the reason they're not making the same effort to promote this as similar movies are being promoted is because they've got nothing to hype us.

That's actually hit the nail right on the head for me - I wouldn't be wasting two seconds bitching about the paint swatches if we'd gotten more (and better) promo before this. But when this is one of the only things we've had so far...

https://p.gr-assets.com/540x540/fit/hostedimages/1380736089/3116966.gif

[graphic_content]

That's actually hit the nail right on the head for me - I wouldn't be wasting two seconds bitching about the paint swatches if we'd gotten more (and better) promo before this. But when this is one of the only things we've had so far...

https://p.gr-assets.com/540x540/fit/hostedimages/1380736089/3116966.gif

personally, this is stuff they should have been releasing about a year ago. these are great TEASER images, nothing more.

so in short. i agree.