Now You Face ... Marketing - Page 67

SwiftNinjaFox · 07-28-2014, 07:27 PM

Just watched the Shell Shock music video.

Man, some of the CG looks really fake and it looks worse against the really detailed life-like CG of other parts. Splinter looks particularly out of place in some shots. Maybe it's earlier pre-finalized footage they were given for the video?

I really don't like the colored marks on their shells. Seems another dumb addition to try and make an explanation (read: Excuse) for their bandannas.

What if after mutating, one of them liked a color other than what some human scientist marked on their shell?

I do like a lot of the action scenes, though. Still looks fun. And it will break my 1 month sabbatical from pizza, so hey, go ninja, go ninja, go.

I also can't listen to it without kind of thinking "We ride together, we die together. Bad boys for life."

*RaphaelinSTL* · 07-28-2014, 08:55 PM

The way I look at it with this Shell Shocked music video is that TMNT has always had whatever what current with hip hop and electronic music at the time in with it's movie media. Of course we all grew up with "Turtle Power", "Rockin Over the Beat" and "Awesome" from the first 2 movies so it's hard to not listen to those with nostalgia. As someone who currently listens to a slew of all kinds of hip hop (Kanye, Death Grips, MF Doom, Bones, etc.) I don't mind the fact that they're using what's kind of current in 'popular' hip hop right now with this TMNT movie. Of course, musically I think I still prefer the styling of electronic beats and sounds that go with the early soundtracks because I love to romanticize that style of music that you can still find in bands like Timecop1983 or Autre Ne Veut.

Just a small little defense in regards to the song, sure it's silly.....but it is what it is!

UGHShellshocked · 07-29-2014, 03:48 AM

Uhhhh

*Vicky82* · 07-29-2014, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by UGHShellshocked

Uhhhh

http://i.imgur.com/0YUGQpW.jpg

Now thats bad marketing

Saw people complaining about that on Twitter.

Did Austraila change their date because the original release date was in August.

ParamountAU have deleated their tweet now.

mistajee33 · 07-29-2014, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by RaphaelinSTL

The way I look at it with this Shell Shocked music video is that TMNT has always had whatever what current with hip hop and electronic music at the time in with it's movie media. Of course we all grew up with "Turtle Power", "Rockin Over the Beat" and "Awesome" from the first 2 movies so it's hard to not listen to those with nostalgia. As someone who currently listens to a slew of all kinds of hip hop (Kanye, Death Grips, MF Doom, Bones, etc.) I don't mind the fact that they're using what's kind of current in 'popular' hip hop right now with this TMNT movie. Of course, musically I think I still prefer the styling of electronic beats and sounds that go with the early soundtracks because I love to romanticize that style of music that you can still find in bands like Timecop1983 or Autre Ne Veut.

Just a small little defense in regards to the song, sure it's silly.....but it is what it is!

Well said!

*Candy Kappa* · 07-29-2014, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by UGHShellshocked

Uhhhh

http://i.imgur.com/0YUGQpW.jpg

Ouch... That's bad planning.

Radical Raph · 07-29-2014, 07:22 AM

Nice, Paramount. A poster with the date September 11 and an exploding building on it. Nobody will take offense to that.

*Bry* · 07-29-2014, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by UGHShellshocked

Uhhhh

http://i.imgur.com/0YUGQpW.jpg

I know they probably just have some intern running the Twitter feed, but... man. Did nobody involved in the marketing process realize how the date and imagery would look on this one?

SwiftNinjaFox · 07-29-2014, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by RaphaelinSTL

The way I look at it with this Shell Shocked music video is that TMNT has always had whatever what current with hip hop and electronic music at the time in with it's movie media. Of course we all grew up with "Turtle Power", "Rockin Over the Beat" and "Awesome" from the first 2 movies so it's hard to not listen to those with nostalgia. As someone who currently listens to a slew of all kinds of hip hop (Kanye, Death Grips, MF Doom, Bones, etc.) I don't mind the fact that they're using what's kind of current in 'popular' hip hop right now with this TMNT movie. Of course, musically I think I still prefer the styling of electronic beats and sounds that go with the early soundtracks because I love to romanticize that style of music that you can still find in bands like Timecop1983 or Autre Ne Veut.

Just a small little defense in regards to the song, sure it's silly.....but it is what it is!

Agreed, I have no real issue with the music. It's fairly catchy.

~~Sumac~~ · 07-29-2014, 08:53 AM

Almost everything pertaining to this project becomes trainwreck one way or another.

graphic_content · 07-29-2014, 09:24 AM

I lived in NY when this happened, and I had family (who worked in the towers) and friends directly affected by the attack - this doesn't offend me in the slightest.

Explosions happen in nearly every major summer blockbuster - NOW, is it an unfortunate coincidence that a film that has building explosions is also releasing on the 11th of September, yes. BUT are people reaching to make something out of really nothing. DEFINITELY.

*Powder* · 07-29-2014, 09:33 AM

I'm also a New Yorker, whose father's car was covered in soot from the towers when he managed to make it home safely. I personally am not offended, but there's no denying that particular ad is in poor taste... People would be reaching to accuse the team of intentionally doing this to cause upset, yes, but it's not reaching to make the immediate connection & find it distasteful.

*RaphaelinSTL* · 07-29-2014, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by SwiftNinjaFox

Agreed, I have no real issue with the music. It's fairly catchy.

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Originally Posted by mistajee33

Well said!

Hey thanks guys! Just something my brother, an equally gigantic TMNT fan, and I were discussing the other day. We busted out the old Sega Genesis and realized we never had the Hyperstone Heist...so we were on a mission to any video game type store that carried old school games to find it and we were listening to the old TMNT soundtracks. We talked about how silly the song is but realized that in terms of kids now, they're probably eating this song up just like we did for some of those tracks on the old soundtracks. Possibly.

I too find the beat very catchy as well.

stefan2009 · 07-29-2014, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by UGHShellshocked

Uhhhh

http://i.imgur.com/0YUGQpW.jpg

well, everybody is now aware the movie is coming out

bad press is press

*MrTMNT2012* · 07-29-2014, 10:04 AM

I personally found it funny how such a big studio could make a gargantuan goof! The marketing hasn't really been clever, what with the 'Shelfie' video and such, but this is plain stupidity.

Not offended, just find it funny.

*Vicky82* · 07-29-2014, 10:17 AM

TMZ has picked up the story.

http://www.tmz.com/2014/07/29/teenag...er-tweet-tmnt/

I expect other news sites will mention it too.

graphic_content · 07-29-2014, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by MrTMNT2012

I personally found it funny how such a big studio could make a gargantuan goof! The marketing hasn't really been clever, what with the 'Shelfie' video and such, but this is plain stupidity.

Not offended, just find it funny.

i thought the 'shellfie' was just plain dumb. but i had to admit, that as just wasnt for me, a male in my 30s, it was for the kiddies.

*MrTMNT2012* · 07-29-2014, 10:21 AM

Does anyone else think maybe this was intentional? I mean, there's no way they're THAT dumb right? This must've been a publicity stunt!

*Vicky82* · 07-29-2014, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by MrTMNT2012

Does anyone else think maybe this was intentional? I mean, there's no way they're THAT dumb right? This must've been a publicity stunt!

No it's just coincidence. It's just that Australia's release date for the movie is on September 11th and the poster was released a couple of weeks ago. They probably have to use a different poster now.

I don't get why some people getting upset over it, 9/11 happened in the US not Australia. If it was a US poster/9/11 release date, I can understand why people would be upset.

I wouldn't be upset if another country had a poster with the turtles coming out of an exploded train and had July 7th release date.

pdizzle · 07-29-2014, 10:33 AM

Sept 11 is austrailas release date....i think it would be different if it was released like that in the states but it wasnt. Just seems like peoe might be reaching on this one...

07-28-2014, 07:27 PM	#1321
SwiftNinjaFox Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Texas Posts: 924	Just watched the Shell Shock music video. Man, some of the CG looks really fake and it looks worse against the really detailed life-like CG of other parts. Splinter looks particularly out of place in some shots. Maybe it's earlier pre-finalized footage they were given for the video? I really don't like the colored marks on their shells. Seems another dumb addition to try and make an explanation (read: Excuse) for their bandannas. What if after mutating, one of them liked a color other than what some human scientist marked on their shell? I do like a lot of the action scenes, though. Still looks fun. And it will break my 1 month sabbatical from pizza, so hey, go ninja, go ninja, go. I also can't listen to it without kind of thinking "We ride together, we die together. Bad boys for life." __________________ Ninja Fox Games & Geekery: http://ninjafoxgames..com/ Last edited by SwiftNinjaFox; 07-28-2014 at 07:42 PM.

07-28-2014, 08:55 PM	#1322
RaphaelinSTL Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: St. Louis Posts: 1,948	The way I look at it with this Shell Shocked music video is that TMNT has always had whatever what current with hip hop and electronic music at the time in with it's movie media. Of course we all grew up with "Turtle Power", "Rockin Over the Beat" and "Awesome" from the first 2 movies so it's hard to not listen to those with nostalgia. As someone who currently listens to a slew of all kinds of hip hop (Kanye, Death Grips, MF Doom, Bones, etc.) I don't mind the fact that they're using what's kind of current in 'popular' hip hop right now with this TMNT movie. Of course, musically I think I still prefer the styling of electronic beats and sounds that go with the early soundtracks because I love to romanticize that style of music that you can still find in bands like Timecop1983 or Autre Ne Veut. Just a small little defense in regards to the song, sure it's silly.....but it is what it is! __________________

07-29-2014, 07:22 AM	#1327
Radical Raph Stone Warrior Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 702	Nice, Paramount. A poster with the date September 11 and an exploding building on it. Nobody will take offense to that. __________________ "Less rahk n' row, boys!" -Leuhnardoh

07-29-2014, 10:04 AM	#1335
MrTMNT2012 Mad Scientist Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,512	I personally found it funny how such a big studio could make a gargantuan goof! The marketing hasn't really been clever, what with the 'Shelfie' video and such, but this is plain stupidity. Not offended, just find it funny. __________________ Fav Quote - 87 Leo: "TURTLES FIGHT WITH HONOUR!" Fav Series - 2012 Nickelodeon Fav Game - Out of the Shadows Fav Comic - IDW Series Fav Movie - Liebesman's TMNT (2014)

07-29-2014, 10:17 AM	#1336
Vicky82 Emperor Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Dunstable, UK Posts: 5,804	TMZ has picked up the story. http://www.tmz.com/2014/07/29/teenag...er-tweet-tmnt/ I expect other news sites will mention it too. __________________ My heart!!!! One of my favourite moments.

07-29-2014, 03:48 AM	#1323
UGHShellshocked Hench Mutant Join Date: Mar 2014 Posts: 442	Uhhhh

07-29-2014, 08:53 AM	#1330
~~Sumac~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 6,129	Almost everything pertaining to this project becomes trainwreck one way or another.

07-29-2014, 09:24 AM	#1331
graphic_content Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,423	I lived in NY when this happened, and I had family (who worked in the towers) and friends directly affected by the attack - this doesn't offend me in the slightest. Explosions happen in nearly every major summer blockbuster - NOW, is it an unfortunate coincidence that a film that has building explosions is also releasing on the 11th of September, yes. *BUT are people reaching to make something out of really nothing. DEFINITELY.*

07-29-2014, 09:33 AM	#1332
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,945	I'm also a New Yorker, whose father's car was covered in soot from the towers when he managed to make it home safely. I personally am not offended, but there's no denying that particular ad is in poor taste... People would be reaching to accuse the team of intentionally doing this to cause upset, yes, but it's not reaching to make the immediate connection & find it distasteful.

07-29-2014, 10:21 AM	#1338
MrTMNT2012 Mad Scientist Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 1,512	Does anyone else think maybe this was intentional? I mean, there's no way they're THAT dumb right? This must've been a publicity stunt! __________________ Fav Quote - 87 Leo: "TURTLES FIGHT WITH HONOUR!" Fav Series - 2012 Nickelodeon Fav Game - Out of the Shadows Fav Comic - IDW Series Fav Movie - Liebesman's TMNT (2014)

07-29-2014, 10:33 AM	#1340
pdizzle Stone Warrior Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: east coast, usa Posts: 529	Sept 11 is austrailas release date....i think it would be different if it was released like that in the states but it wasnt. Just seems like peoe might be reaching on this one...