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[graphic_content]

Originally Posted by xChri5x

But Josh Hammond said we were almost there!

dude...you're freaking hilarious, I read your post, and couldnt stop laughing.

[chrisdude]

The tweets seem to be rolling in alright.
https://twitter.com/search?f=realtim...movie&src=typd

Probably not trending topic material, yet.

[snooz]

Originally Posted by Bry

How so? They went out of their way to give each Turtle specific designs with unique silhouettes, and now they're not using them in their own promotion. I wouldn't even be hard to do, but the online marketing on this movie has a track record of extreme laziness.

Not wanting to start an argument here, so I will say this and then drop the issue.. but it seems obvious to me that they would NOT do four different silhouettes so that the character posters stay entirely hidden. Viewing it as laziness just seems like a reach to me, because there has been a clear theme among the people who can't get behind this movie. One of the elements has been "lazy marketing". I don't see how this fits that description in any way.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by sethmartin

Oh Naysayers shut up. Learn to have a little fun for crying out loud. Of course I voted for the best turtle Raphael.

Well I dunno, I'm one of "those people" and I've decided to hit this for the benefit of others here.

And I've voted all on each of my four Twitter accounts. So, yeah.



I hope we at least get a download of these posters...

[xChri5x]

It's not even trending on twitter yet.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

This is so embarrassing. In a last-ditch attempt to do some "promotion" for this movie, they force people to use hashtags in order to see a trailer, and hope to God it starts "trending" on Twitter.

How many monkeys are in charge of the film's marketing?

I don't have a Twitter, but I'd totally vote Don.

[xChri5x]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

This is so embarrassing. In a last-ditch attempt to do some "promotion" for this movie, they force people to use hashtags in order to see a trailer, and hope to God it starts "trending" on Twitter.

How many monkeys are in charge of the film's marketing?

I don't have a Twitter, but I'd totally vote Don.

This isn't a last ditch effort. This is 2014.

[Bry]

Originally Posted by graphic_content

well said, and its hard to argue with your logic (not sarcasm - because im actually rethinking my initial excitment)

dont get me wrong, i am excited still, but because hundreds if not thousands of tweets get published every minute, I imagine its get harder and harder to trend - that being said, from a business standpoint, using your consumer base as free marketing is nothing new - logos on t-shirts do the exact same thing. we pay to wear brand, and when seen by others, is basically free marketing. unfortunately i do not think this mentality is anything new, so to be applied to social media, seems like a natural step.

Oh, totally. From a business standpoint, I understand it and I know why they're doing it. Getting the customer to do your marketing for you, for free? It's a bean-counting executive's dream come true! I just personally dislike what that represents. If you tweet about a movie or wear a brand t-shirt because you're a fan and you actively choose to, that's totally cool. And I do that a lot myself. Because it's coming from a place of fandom, reacting to the content, making a personal connection with it and wanting to express that.

But this feels shadier, more manipulative in a way, if that makes sense? It's not simply fans reacting to the content - it's making them work for it in the first place. It makes doing the promotion the customer's job, on top of actually paying the corporation for the product they promoted for them, and... eesh. I worry about where that's leading, y'know?

But... I admittedly have very strong feelings about this sort of thing.

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

How many monkeys are in charge of the film's marketing?

I think we're the monkeys.


Edit: Scrounged up a 5th mostly unused Twitter account I have, so another vote for each.

[sethmartin]

So on the turtle reveal site the turtles are barely colored in! At this rate, we won't get the trailer until October

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by sethmartin

So on the turtle reveal site the turtles are barely colored in! At this rate, we won't get the trailer until October

I dont see the colors, I only see the lock image.

[TMNT is cooler than MOTU]

Originally Posted by Xiewin

I swear, if this is trailer 3...

Brace yourself. It most likely is. Why do you think they haven't posted it yet? They were saving it for this.

[Zulithe]

Originally Posted by sethmartin

So on the turtle reveal site the turtles are barely colored in! At this rate, we won't get the trailer until October

i think it requires the tweets not just clicks... megan fox said in her video that you can vote directly from twitter using the hashtags so... what else makes sense

I think sitting and clicking 10,000 times on the turtles each may not do any good

[sethmartin]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

I dont see the colors, I only see the lock image.

There's not enough color to see on a mobile device. You can only see it on a large display

[BabyTurtles]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

I dont see the colors, I only see the lock image.

if you vote I think it shows the colors :3

the colors are on their toes~

[IndigoErth]

Originally Posted by TigerClaw

I dont see the colors, I only see the lock image.

I see colored tips of their toes of the right foot. They should have started this back in January.

[DevilSpooky]

What the hell is so wrong with this type of marketing? Videogame companies do this all the time and they are extremely successful, stop complaing for the sake of complaining, we get it, the movie sucks, the designs suck, everything sucks, get on with your lives already jeez...

[sethmartin]

I actually love this type of interactive marketing. Just wondering how long this is going to take.

[Bry]

Originally Posted by snooz

Not wanting to start an argument here, so I will say this and then drop the issue.. but it seems obvious to me that they would NOT do four different silhouettes so that the character posters stay entirely hidden. Viewing it as laziness just seems like a reach to me, because there has been a clear theme among the people who can't get behind this movie. One of the elements has been "lazy marketing". I don't see how this fits that description in any way.

The silhouette is... what, Leonardo, right? It's a silhouette of a specific Turtle. There's no reason they couldn't have done the same for each one, considering they have unique designs and would also have unique silhouettes.

And let's be real - the online marketing is criticized for its laziness because it's been lazy. Most of the marketing has been paint swatches, coloured text, and barely-photoshopped stock photos. This actually has a bit of effort behind it, but again - they could have gone the extra mile and clearly chose not to.

Originally Posted by IndigoErth

I think we're the monkeys.

[gettinshell]

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