How One Angry Fan Proved That There’s Too Much Movie Marketing




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Summary: How much movie advertising is too much? What’s the number? When 25% of the movie is online in ads before it comes out? 10%? 2%? Are you ready to go back to a world where the magic and mystery happens when you’re in the theater instead of at your laptop? Louis Plamondon’s (aka Sleepy Skunk) “Amazing Spider-Man in 25 Minutes” is an awesome look at the movie, but it’s also a critical middle finger to movie marketers for stealing that magic. We spoke with the mash-up editor about finding 20% of a blockbuster online before it hit theaters, what that means for piracy and how that’s deeply unfair to the people who worked on the movie. Download Episode #139 On This Week’s Show: We Don’t Drink Cocoa Anymore [The Beginning – The End]:  The terrible feeling that we’re drowning in movie marketing has been proven. The joke is no longer funny. Sleepy Skunk talks about the viral video that hit big. That Variety article Sleepy Skunk mentions Please go rate us on iTunes. It means a lot to us. Promise. Last Time on the Show: How to Film Someone Killing Himself Get In Touch With Us: Call Reject Radio: (512) 212-1301 Email Reject Radio: radio@filmschoolrejects.com Reject Radio on Twitter: twitter.com/RejectRadio Subscribe to Reject Radio: