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Marketing has reached new levels of absurdity

posted in You are all weirdos.
Published March 07, 2006
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Last night, while I was enjoying the two-hour 24-a-thon on Fox, I noticed something peculiar.


There were commercials... advertising a commercial.


Seriously. There were about 3-4 commercials saying to stay tuned for the special X-Men 3 trailer comming up sometime within the next hour.


So there are now commercials for commercials.


Marketing has truly reached a new level of absurdity.
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Rob Loach
X3 looks awesome! I just saw the preview!!!
March 07, 2006 12:06 PM
evolutional
Stand by for my reply after these messages...

.. eat snacky s'mores ...
March 07, 2006 12:32 PM
evolutional
In some ways it doesn't suprise me what with people waiting outside of cinemas to watch the next Star Wars trailer. But you're right, it's pretty absurd - especially as you could watch the trailer on t'internet whenever you want.
March 07, 2006 12:33 PM
johnhattan
So you're making a comment about a commercial for a commercial for a trailer for a sequel to a movie based on a comic book.

And now I'm commenting on that.

If somebody quotes this comment, the universe will likely run out of stack space and reboot.
March 07, 2006 01:02 PM
Anon Mike
Quote:If somebody quotes this comment, the universe will likely run out of stack space and reboot.


...

dang
March 07, 2006 01:33 PM
Mithrandir
Quote:
So you're making a comment about a commercial for a commercial for a trailer for a sequel to a movie based on a comic book.

And now I'm commenting on that.

If somebody quotes this comment, the universe will likely run out of stack space and reboot.


You missed a level.

Technically, it's a comment about a commercial for a commercial for a trailer for a sequel to a sequel (which is in itself based on a graphic novel based on a comic book) to a movie based on a comic book.

...

March 07, 2006 01:38 PM
Ravuya
Quote:
Quote:If somebody quotes this comment, the universe will likely run out of stack space and reboot.




...

dang


So that's what happened to the GDNet server.
March 07, 2006 03:27 PM
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