Thursday, February 01, 2007
Aqua Teens give Bostonians the finger.
I think it's obvious to everyone that the Aqua Teens now pose a greater threat to Americans than the Terrorists. Perhaps even greater than Global Warming. Note the similarities between Aqua and Al Queada.
In a marketing ploy gone bad, concerned citizens of Boston confused these irrevent Lite Brites with suspicious devices. What's most amusing is that Fox News went wall-to-wall with the coverage. CNN, strangely absent. As it turns out, Ted Turner owns both Cartoon Network and CNN. I can just hear the producers snickering at the repeated Fox News Alerts.
Well Ted, we'll see who gets the last laugh when you get slapped with a $500,000 fine for the publicity stunt.
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we'll see indeed. i bet the hefty fine will have 'em thinking twice! clearly they have screwed up the marketing campaign. i wonder if they'll cancel the movie now.
it's beyond absurd. as they said, they have been up for a couple of weeks. they did it in ten other cities, and the other ones just took them down and threw them away. i'm shocked at how poorly boston reacted. i'll be shocked it turner pays the fine.
So, yeah. That's what I get for just throwing up posts and not reading my own blog, I forgot there are other writers! With opinions totally opposite mine!
I thought this whole thing was awesome. Using electronic message boards was the next logical step in the viral graffiti culture. It's just unfortunate that someone couldn't see the forest through the trees (or in this case, the Moonitie through the LEDs) and thought, "OMG! Technology! Doom!"
But I think this whole brouhaha was really serendipitous. This campaign has now gone from 10 cities to nationwide. How many people outside a college dormitory actually knew what the hell a Moonitie was before it was picked up my the mass media?
Half a mil? For that kind of media placement? That's a deal!
Those guys won't go to jail. There was no malicious intent, which you must prove for most of the heavy-handed charges to stick. The worst they can get convicted on would be vandalism or littering.
Plus, I love the way the guys handled their press conference. A lot of people thought the whole, "We'll only take questions pertaining to 1970s hairstyles," thing made them look like complete asses, but I thought it was hilarious and brilliant. It's totally punk rock. And very much in the style of Adult Swim.
All this being said, I really hate Aqua Teen Hunger Force. I find it brain-numbingly stupid.
But do I want a Moonitie Light Brite.
Mmm... merchandising....
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