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Dwayne Caldwell
Master Film Handler

Posts: 323
From: Rockwall, TX, USA
Registered: Apr 2000

posted 11-19-2001 03:53 PM

I'd have thought rather than two mascots named 1 and 0 AMC would have just put arms, legs, and a smile on a DMD and called him "Chip".

I'm sure though that since the DMD is a creation of TI there would be copyright issues, but couldn't you just see it? Chip running around inside the DLP projector all happy and crap and then he jumps into the motherboard right as the light's about to hit him and bounce off into the lenses and we follow the light beam until it hits the screen with the AMC logo? Now that I think about it, that probably would piss off the TI people. Oh well, never mind then.

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John Anastasio
Master Film Handler

Posts: 325
From: Trenton, NJ, USA
Registered: Sep 2000

posted 11-19-2001 07:26 PM

Okay, Charles... you're right. I've never heard people whistle the AMC tune. They're too busy groaning. Why does every chain think it's got to have some cute little creature to introduce its features? That little clip craphead has always made me gag. The "Let's go out to the Lobby" thing that UA is using is even worse. When I saw it for the first time I turned to the guy next to me and said "what the HELL was that about?" and the entire audience laughed. The GCC thingie with the walking popcorn box was enough to make you wanna throw a brick through the screen. They'd do better producing something with a little more class.

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Charles Everett
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1470
From: New Jersey
Registered: May 2001

posted 11-20-2001 12:23 PM

John A: That snipe you refer to is a MovieFone spot. UA is not the only chain running it.

What would really be cool? The Pepsi Girl meets Rambo. People would do anything to see that, wouldn't they?

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John Anastasio
Master Film Handler

Posts: 325
From: Trenton, NJ, USA
Registered: Sep 2000

posted 11-20-2001 06:35 PM

Or maybe a Pepsi girl version of "Bambi Meets Godzilla", where she gets flattened by a giant foot. I'd PAY to see that one.

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Ken Lackner
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1907
From: Atlanta, GA, USA
Registered: Sep 2001

posted 11-20-2001 11:54 PM

I thought the GCC policy was cute once. Then it got really boring really fast. Besides, isn't that depicting canabalism?

Strangely enough, I have not grown tired of the Regal roller coaster policy. I started to, but when I saw the Pepsi Girl, I quickly wished for the roller coaster back. Who says whishe don't come true? Now I can listen to it all day.

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