TMNT Marketing Skewed?

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 07-10-2014, 05:47 PM

I've noticed that the new movie seems to be getting much more attention from programs and magazines geared toward adults than kids, all the clips and plugs I've seen have been on shows like Access Hollywood or Dish Nation(which had Robbie Rist as a guest today discussing Megan Fox's childhood crush on his character!) , TMZ, or in Cosmo and other adult-read magazines. Others have commented that Nick hasn't shown trailers for it, and I've seen only ONE trailer in the theater. (Sadly, I missed all but the last trailer before T4, so I don't know if it had one here.)

Do you think the marketing has skewed toward adults over kids for this movie? It seems like they have been putting more emphasis on things like Megan's role, Whoopie being cast, and other side-issues rather than the actual subject of the movie itself.

A_Little_Too_Raph.9859 · 07-10-2014, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

I've noticed that the new movie seems to be getting much more attention from programs and magazines geared toward adults than kids, all the clips and plugs I've seen have been on shows like Access Hollywood or Dish Nation(which had Robbie Rist as a guest today discussing Megan Fox's childhood crush on his character!) , TMZ, or in Cosmo and other adult-read magazines. Others have commented that Nick hasn't shown trailers for it, and I've seen only ONE trailer in the theater. (Sadly, I missed all but the last trailer before T4, so I don't know if it had one here.)

Do you think the marketing has skewed toward adults over kids for this movie? It seems like they have been putting more emphasis on things like Megan's role, Whoopie being cast, and other side-issues rather than the actual subject of the movie itself.

Whoever said that Nickelodeon hasn't shown any trailers for this movie is flat out lying...they show trailers for this movie ALL THE TIME!!!

*The Boston Ninja Turtle* · 07-10-2014, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Raphael_9859

Whoever said that Nickelodeon hasn't shown any trailers for this movie is flat out lying...they show trailers for this movie ALL THE TIME!!!

No there is no flat out lying

...different regions air different commercial blocks style all the time...some NICK channels in some areas may not be showing them and some may be...personally in my area ive seen NO tmnt trailers outside the web no matter the channel

yet tons of Apes,Transformers,GOTG and now Lucy

and as i said in my thread this isnt me being a hater or whiney fan boy, or not a true fan...marketing seems to vary by region

in fact the only marketing ive seen locally is one pizza hut window decal of raphs sai with the poppers

A_Little_Too_Raph.9859 · 07-10-2014, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by The Boston Ninja Turtle

not true...regions are different commercial style all the time...some NICK channels in some areas may not be showing them and some may be...personally in my area ive seen NO tmnt trailers outside the web no matter the channel

yet tons of Apes,Transformers,GOTG and now Lucy

But to say that Nick hasn't shown ANY trailers is false...just because you haven't seen them doesn't mean the station isn't airing them

*MsMarvelDuckie* · 07-10-2014, 06:19 PM

Obviously, if y don't see them in your area, that means Nick isn't airing them in that area. It's pretty simple. And it's not one or two people saying this, but SEVERAL. In different areas. So it appears that Nick hasn't been airing them in a large part of their viewership's regions. That's really odd for what is probably considered a "kids' movie" by most. My question is whether anyone thinks this means it may be being marketed more for adults.

*Powder* · 07-10-2014, 06:22 PM

I'm in the southeast & I haven't seen any trailers on Nick (or any other channel for that matter, but I admit I don't watch that much TV). Still, you'd think it's a given they'd air it during TMNT, but no dice on my side of the states. Weird.

*The Boston Ninja Turtle* · 07-10-2014, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by MsMarvelDuckie

My question is whether anyone thinks this means it may be being marketed more for adults.

on topic i wonder this to especially after this past week,

i mean crush and Pizza hut aside though i have only seen kids style Merch especially with all the back to school stuff

so its really confusing

as for the airing of Adds im on the east coast (if my name didn't give it away)

but you know id also like the add i have not seen any Trailers attached to movies and every person i ask who has seen a movie says the same thing

A_Little_Too_Raph.9859 · 07-10-2014, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Powder

I'm in the southeast & I haven't seen any trailers on Nick (or any other channel for that matter, but I admit I don't watch that much TV). Still, you'd think it's a given they'd air it during TMNT, but no dice on my side of the states. Weird.

I'm in the southeast...South Carolina. I see them ALL THE TIME on Nick. Every other commercial is a TMNT commercial.

*The Boston Ninja Turtle* · 07-10-2014, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Raphael_9859

I'm in the southeast...South Carolina. I see them ALL THE TIME on Nick. Every other commercial is a TMNT commercial.

TMNT movie? or TMNT in general?

*Powder* · 07-10-2014, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Raphael_9859

I'm in the southeast...South Carolina. I see them ALL THE TIME on Nick. Every other commercial is a TMNT commercial.

Dude, I'm in South Carolina too! Funny coincidence. Do you have Time Warner cable, as I do? But like I said, when I'm watching, I don't see anything. Maybe it's bad timing.

& where in SC are you, if you don't mind my asking? I'm in Lexington. Originally from NY, though.

*IndigoErth* · 07-10-2014, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Raphael_9859

Whoever said that Nickelodeon hasn't shown any trailers for this movie is flat out lying...they show trailers for this movie ALL THE TIME!!!

Goodness.

Could just be that many simply haven't been as lucky as you to catch it on Nick, eh?

Doesn't make people liars if in their experience - or area - it doesn't seem to be happening... I mean I've personally seen zilch. Guess you live in Luckyland.

A_Little_Too_Raph.9859 · 07-10-2014, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by The Boston Ninja Turtle

TMNT movie? or TMNT in general? and to be honest im inclined to ask you to prove it...because really there is nothing here that airs TMNT aside from the toon

The movie...

Ask and ye shall receive. I have the commercial saved on my DVR.

A_Little_Too_Raph.9859 · 07-10-2014, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Powder

Dude, I'm in South Carolina too! Funny coincidence. Do you have Time Warner cable, as I do? But like I said, when I'm watching, I don't see anything. Maybe it's bad timing.

& where in SC are you, if you don't mind my asking? I'm in Lexington. Originally from NY, though.

I'm in Anderson County and I have Charter...

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Goodness.

Could just be that many simply haven't been as lucky as you to catch it on Nick, eh?

Maybe it's not bad timing but maybe it's the provider? I don't know....I trailers on Nick for the movie MULTIPLE times a day

*TigerClaw* · 07-10-2014, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Raphael_9859

The movie...

Ask and ye shall receive. I have the commercial saved on my DVR.
http://i.imgur.com/qynLS16.png

Is it the same one from the World Cup?

*IndigoErth* · 07-10-2014, 06:43 PM

Spongebob... the only other thing I watch much of on Nick. Still seen nothing up my way. *sigh*

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Originally Posted by Raphael_9859

Maybe it's not bad timing but maybe it's the provider? I don't know....I trailers on Nick for the movie MULTIPLE times a day

Yeah, I'm thinking so prob... I mean I've got Comcast and my service comes out of Philly, that one should be a no brainer. :\

A 1 min trailer is listed available on demand from Comcast, but that's all I've come across.

A_Little_Too_Raph.9859 · 07-10-2014, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by TigerClaw

Is it the same one from the World Cup?

no, it's one of the earlier ones. I haven't seen that one anywhere on TV yet

A_Little_Too_Raph.9859 · 07-10-2014, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by IndigoErth

Spongebob... the only other thing I watch much of on Nick. Still seen nothing up my way. *sigh*

Yeah, I'm thinking so prob... I mean I've got Comcast and my service comes out of Philly, that one should be a no brainer. :\

A 1 min trailer is listed available on demand from Comcast, but that's all I've come across.

Maybe I'm just lucky, but I swear I can't turn on Nick and NOT see a TMNT Movie trailer...I'd turn to Nick now but I'm waiting on Big Brother to come on!

Xiewin · 07-10-2014, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Raphael_9859

I'm in the southeast...South Carolina. I see them ALL THE TIME on Nick. Every other commercial is a TMNT commercial.

No offence, but im pretty sure not every area in the US is going to air the same commercials/TV spots.

*Powder* · 07-10-2014, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Raphael_9859

I'm in Anderson County and I have Charter...

Maybe it's not bad timing but maybe it's the provider? I don't know....I trailers on Nick for the movie MULTIPLE times a day

Heh, anywhere near this joint? The irony would be great.

As for the topic at hand, it's gotta be the provider, man. A lot of the time they have different sponsors & whatnot. Makes sense to me.
Too bad I'm missing out. It'd be neat to see a TMNT trailer on the boobtube.

*Zulithe* · 07-10-2014, 06:49 PM

I think it's a waste to play TV spots so early before a film, especially if the film doesn't have the hugest marketing budget.

They'll start pushing more ads in front of popular kid/teen programming more and more as we hit mid- to late-july (especially the later.)

07-10-2014, 05:47 PM	#1
MsMarvelDuckie I Married a Duck! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: The bowels of Hell, Texas(otherwise known as Decatur) Posts: 8,773	TMNT Marketing Skewed? I've noticed that the new movie seems to be getting much more attention from programs and magazines geared toward adults than kids, all the clips and plugs I've seen have been on shows like Access Hollywood or Dish Nation(which had Robbie Rist as a guest today discussing Megan Fox's childhood crush on his character!) , TMZ, or in Cosmo and other adult-read magazines. Others have commented that Nick hasn't shown trailers for it, and I've seen only ONE trailer in the theater. (Sadly, I missed all but the last trailer before T4, so I don't know if it had one here.) Do you think the marketing has skewed toward adults over kids for this movie? It seems like they have been putting more emphasis on things like Megan's role, Whoopie being cast, and other side-issues rather than the actual subject of the movie itself. __________________ "You IDIOTS! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -from "Spaceballs" "Where Science ends, magic begins." -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491 My various stories and fan-fics are now here- https://m.fanfiction.net/u/4770494/#end

07-10-2014, 06:19 PM	#5
MsMarvelDuckie I Married a Duck! Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: The bowels of Hell, Texas(otherwise known as Decatur) Posts: 8,773	Obviously, if y don't see them in your area, that means Nick isn't airing them in that area. It's pretty simple. And it's not one or two people saying this, but SEVERAL. In different areas. So it appears that Nick hasn't been airing them in a large part of their viewership's regions. That's really odd for what is probably considered a "kids' movie" by most. My question is whether anyone thinks this means it may be being marketed more for adults. __________________ "You IDIOTS! You've captured their STUNT doubles!" -from "Spaceballs" "Where Science ends, magic begins." -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491 My various stories and fan-fics are now here- https://m.fanfiction.net/u/4770494/#end

07-10-2014, 06:22 PM	#6
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,945	I'm in the southeast & I haven't seen any trailers on Nick (or any other channel for that matter, but I admit I don't watch that much TV). Still, you'd think it's a given they'd air it during TMNT, but no dice on my side of the states. Weird.

07-10-2014, 06:49 PM	#20
Zulithe Ninjutsu Master Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 6,418	I think it's a waste to play TV spots so early before a film, especially if the film doesn't have the hugest marketing budget. They'll start pushing more ads in front of popular kid/teen programming more and more as we hit mid- to late-july (especially the later.)