Posted on 07/17/2004 8:50:22 AM PDT by Jalapeno
Saturday, July 17, 2004 Posted: 12:37 AM EDT (0437 GMT)
NEW YORK (AP) -- The Sci Fi Channel admitted that it lied last month in claiming it was at odds with filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan and was making an unauthorized biography about his "buried secret."
The hoax was part of a "guerilla marketing campaign" that went too far, network president Bonnie Hammer said Friday.
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Yeah right. This is also out of th Moore playbook. People eat this stuff up.
Next thing you know, someone is going to say that the Blair Witch Project wasn't really made by three college students who disappeared in Maryland.
And this surprises who...?
They did the same thing with a faux documentary about the Blair Witch Project and backstory like 5 years ago.
How is this different from other Hollyweird hijinks? Hey a rapper can make lyrics talking about abortion babies and get fired from his radio station (his CD coming out soon). Paris Hilton's sex tape,etc.
I just got the Sci Fi channel after wanting it for a long time.
It was perfectly obvious that the promo was a spoof; I can't imagine anyone thinking otherwise.
But, hey, more pub for the movie.
Sheesh! Now what am I going to do with all this popcorn and beer? Next thing ya know they'll be saying that wrestling is choreographed. Oh, the heartbreak of it all . . .(slaps head)
I was a balloon handler at the parade once. The announcer dude directing the floats cussed a blue streak *LOL* Glad I wasn't there when Sonic the Hedgehog took out a lamppost.
I saw previews for this movie. There is a Village surrounded by woods that no one can leave because of an agreement with mysterious creatures that live in the woods. Let me go out on a limb and conjecture that everyone is the Village turns out to be dead--they only think they're alive. Wouldn't that be totally unexpected? (wink, wink)
And I assure you wrestling is real. No way "The Rock" could be faking so much raw emotion in those interviews....
At least, I hope that's not also the idea behind The Village. I've been looking forward to it, and if that turns out to be the secret, I won't know who to be madder at - Shyamalan for ripping off The Others, or you for spoiling it... ;-)
hehehe I think the Rock is the real deal unlike that steaming pile of jabroni Effing Kerry ;-)
Truthfully, I have no idea what the twist will be (or if there even will be one). But I was ticked since I thought the Others has basically the same surprise ending as the Sixth Sense (which meant the "surprise" had lost its punch). I would hate to think he would have the gaul to use the same twist a 3rd time (but who knows). I was also disappointed with Signs (aliens who've mastered interstellar travel can't seem to figure out door knobs). Unless The Village gets really great reviews, I will likely wait till its out in DVD to watch it.
It was obvious it was a spoof when the Raven flew out of the room when they opened the door..
But I could easily see dense people (and there are a lot of them) believing it was a "real" documentary.
Oh, there's a twist.
I have a feeling this one will simply PO people rather than amaze them.
As soon as the program was over we ran to the Internet to find out more on the back story only to find out it was a movie. I thought it was an extremely good marketing campaign.
You know this is really funny, last night I was commenting to my wife about how much this "documentary" is nothing but hype to build this Shyamalan guy up. Get his name out there and what do you know.. all of the sudden he releases a movie.
Well!
How disappointing.
If you can't believe TV, what can you believe any more?
Shyamalan was behind "The Sixth Sense". He's already done the "dead-thinking-they're-alive" thing. I doubt he'd do it again.
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