A Styrofoam container showed up at my desk the other day. It looked like an ice chest, and it was filled with all kinds of goodies. Both normal and grotesque. And it was enough to get me more than a little giddy about the upcoming movie Repo Men:
Let me walk you through my grizzly adventure. Here's what I found, waiting at my desk:
I get closer:
I open the lid:
There's a copy of Wired in there, with a page bookmarked:
Pages: 1 2
wow. The movie doesn't look great but they certainly earn some points for creative (and expensive) promotional swag
charlieromeobravo
Mar. 9, 2010 14:05pm
so THIS is the genesis of all those stellar movie revies for less than stellar movies (read: any positive review for Van Helsing). I hope they didnt buy your vote.
thebro88
Mar. 9, 2010 14:59pm
Um, no, styrofoam does not buy my vote. Home entertainment system? Maybe. But why are you both assuming this movie's gonna suck? I think there's some intriguing dark genius at work here - mixing the current health care debate/recession fallout/foreclosure crisis with an all-out horror yarn. I'm seeing this next Monday, and I really think it COULD be good. That said, no, nothing could save Van Helsing. Not even a home entertainment system.
Steven James Snyder
Mar. 9, 2010 16:13pm
For the record: we get tons of swag for everything and anything on a daily basis. None of that stuff sways our vote one way or another.
Peter Ha
Mar. 9, 2010 19:36pm