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    If you don't go see the ATHF movie, the terrorists have won

    Apparently there was a huge FBI/homeland security thing that went down in Boston today. The culprit? An "underground" marketing scheme for the new Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie.

    That's right, everyone got freaked out over what looks to be a Lite Brite rendition of Ignignot flipping the bird "as hard as he can."

    Check out the story (w/ video):
    http://cbs4boston.com/topstories/loc...031135507.html

    First question: Why exactly (in the video above) did they have to blur out a totally incomprenhsible middle finger? There's nothing there that would indicate what finger it was unless you actually knew the cartoon. The media is laughable.

    Second question: Not really a question persay--moreso a comment. Game over. The terrorists have won. One (albeit devastating) event happens in this country and everyone immediately goes on permanent "bomb watch alert." Please. I've seen close-up pictures of these things, and they don't look like anything more complicated than a rigged-up Lite Brite. It amazes me at what people will freak out over anymore.

    I'm not saying that people shouldn't be completely removed from noticing things, but there's vigilance and there's stupidity--we seem to have a whole lot of stupids in this country.

    EDIT: There's no such thing as bad publicity, though--that's for sure. Count on the movie to rake in a few extra hundred thousand (at least) just because people who wouldn't have normally went will want to go see what caused all the ruckus. The movie will "blow up," if you will. (LOLOL BOMB JOKEZ SOMEONE CALL HOMELAND SICURITY)
    Last edited by ConcreteSchlyrd; 01-31-2007, 09:57 PM.
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    It is outrageous, in a post 9/11 world, that a company would use this type of marketing scheme. I am prepared to take any and all legal action against Turner Broadcasting and its affiliates for any and all expenses incurred during the response to today’s incidents. Boston will look to coordinate our efforts going forward with Cambridge, Somerville and any other affected agencies.
    I hate this fucking country sometimes.
    Originally posted by Tone
    Women who smoke cigarettes are sexy, not repulsive. It depends on the number smoked. less is better

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    • #3
      Saw this on FoxNews - it was funny hearing Brit Hume and Sheppard Smith talk about plot "details" of Aqua Teen.

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      • #4
        I love how fucking scared and stupid people are these days.
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        • #5
          I like that Turner Broadcasting folded on air like they did.
          Reclusion
          "That's what's so illogical about being a smurf. I mean, what's the point in living if you don't have a dick?"

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          • #6
            Yeah let's ask the college marketing professor for his expert opinion...
            You ate some priest porridge

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            • #7
              I saw the video of the guys actually putting them up on the walls. It's a shame I can't remember what site it was on.

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              • #8
                Seriously... people thought those things were bombs?

                Holy paranoia.
                Maybe God was the first suicide bomber and the Big Bang was his moment of Glory.

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                • #9
                  wwwwwwWELCOME TO AMERIKKA BITCHES
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                  • #10
                    rofl saw that on the news this morning too
                    Ill-timed force will be ineffective; act with precision; timing is everything. Knowing where and when to strike is more important than strength; misapplied ability is disability. Unreasonable or undue force will defeat itself

                    1:money> lWTF I ASKED FOR BUTT SECKS AND U DIDNT GIVE ME THAT.
                    1:money> i need a loose-meat butthole



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                    Evasive <E> GIMME MY BOT
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                    Cigarettes> wunderbar?

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by News article this morning
                      BOSTON - A judge ordered two men held on bond Thursday for allegedly placing electronic advertising devices around the city, stirring fears of terrorism and shutting down parts of Boston. Peter Berdovsky, 27, and Sean Stevens, 28, were held on $2,500 cash bond each after they pleaded not guilty to placing a hoax device and disorderly conduct.
                      Note to Boston:

                      TAKE A DEEP BREATH. TAKE TWO SECONDS AND TAKE A DEEP BREATH. Can we please calm down for a second and not prove to the rest of the world that we are so overly litigious?

                      EDIT: What about this, exactly, is a "hoax?" They were marketing devices at best, guerilla art at worst. Jesus on a hot tin roof, does anyone in power not think this is a little over-the-top?
                      Music and medicine, I'm living in a place where they overlap.

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                      • #12
                        Concrete, you are forgetting you are post-nine-eleven here. If you use nine-eleven in a phrase everything suddenly becomes serious. It's the worst that happened to the world EVER!
                        You ate some priest porridge

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Zerzera View Post
                          Concrete, you are forgetting you are post-nine-eleven here. If you use nine-eleven in a phrase everything suddenly becomes serious. It's the worst that happened to the world EVER!
                          You forgot the slash, "/".

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                          • #14
                            I was waiting to see a new form of viral marketing, and it made me laugh to see it came in the form of ATHF.

                            In all the reports I've read, every one of them say something to the effect of "how can you do this in a post-9/11 era?" I just shake my head.

                            Fuck the terrorists. Ignignokt ftw
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                            DoCk>> there's sucking up going on? i want in on it too :P

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by ConcreteSchlyrd View Post
                              Note to Boston:

                              TAKE A DEEP BREATH. TAKE TWO SECONDS AND TAKE A DEEP BREATH. Can we please calm down for a second and not prove to the rest of the world that we are so overly litigious?

                              EDIT: What about this, exactly, is a "hoax?" They were marketing devices at best, guerilla art at worst. Jesus on a hot tin roof, does anyone in power not think this is a little over-the-top?
                              I am seriously convinced that our leaders are not only the most incompetent, but also the most immoral people in our nation.

                              Where the fuck do we find these guys.
                              Originally posted by Tone
                              Women who smoke cigarettes are sexy, not repulsive. It depends on the number smoked. less is better

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