WTF? LOOKING TO START PANIC IN THE STREETS?

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Okay we've all heard the 2012 stuff, but this is going overboard. Can we talk about causing widespread panic, a lottery? For your chance at survival! I mean really WTF?

Anyways here is the site, I saw this on a commerical and it was a really armageddon type commercial...

The IHC: The Institute for Human Continuity

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    Alright, after more research it looks like a viral campaign for the MOVIE as the site is owned by Sony Pictures. I could see this ad campaign going very much the wrong way and causing panic as it doesn't give any indication on the site or the commercial that it is for a movie.

    Sylvia

    EDIT: Okay there is a small little thing at the bottom of the page, but I am sure there are others that would miss it too.
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Motley
      Originally Posted by Sylvia Rolfe View Post

      Alright, after more research it looks like a viral campaign for the MOVIE as the site is owned by Sony Pictures. I could see this ad campaign going very much the wrong way and causing panic as it doesn't give any indication on the site or the commercial that it is for a movie.

      Sylvia
      well except that part at the bottom that says 'Explore the 2012 Movie Experience'
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    you know this is for a movie right?
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    Yah well I am sure I am not the only one who would go to that site and miss that part LOL, and on the commercial it didn't mention a movie at all.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Originally Posted by Sylvia Rolfe View Post

      Yah well I am sure I am not the only one who would go to that site and miss that part LOL, and on the commercial it didn't mention a movie at all.
      It was hard not to see it after you mentioned it, but I can see why it would be over looked if you didn't know.
      In fact I noticed the yellow "This is the End" sign and "Farewell Atlantis" first and still said WTF:confused:
      Having the site on a .org was a good trick by them also
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    Thats probably the point though. To have people posting stuff like yours in various forums when they see it because they didnt see the movie part either. When you first look at it, it looks like a very slick site. too slick for the government.

    Im suprised that someone hasn't come up with a site like this for something similar but it be relatively useless.


    Like 'buy a star' where you can 'purchase' a star to be named after you or a loved one , but really all you get is a nifty little package of paperwork and pictures (for about 90 bucks). Or the guy that is selling acreage on the moon. I'm wondering why someone isnt selling 2012 survival packages or t-shirts that say I SURVIVED 2012 or MAYANS PREDICTED OUR DESTRUCTION but all i got was this lousy t-shirt
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    Im suprised that someone hasn't come up with a site like this for something similar but it be relatively useless.
    They did. It was called "The Secret".
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Motley
      Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

      They did. It was called "The Secret".
      'The Secret' isn't useless, its just a copy of 'The Science of Getting Rich' by wallace wattles which was first printed at the beginning of the century (around 1908 i think). Pretty much every self help 'guru' since that time can pretty much thank wattles for their success. Now that its public domain, anyone that wants to can reprint it and its just as good now as it was then.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Oksa
    Sounds like they have found a clever way of promoting their movie. Reminiscent of Orson Welles' radio broadcast of War of the Worlds. A lot of people believed it was true.

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    • Profile picture of the author HeySal
      Originally Posted by Michael Oksa View Post

      Sounds like they have found a clever way of promoting their movie. Reminiscent of Orson Welles' radio broadcast of War of the Worlds. A lot of people believed it was true.

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      That was something wasn't it? Probably the best marketing ever done. People killed themselves over it. I doubt the website in question here -- or anything else ever again will be as effective as Orson was.
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        Originally Posted by HeySal View Post

        That was something wasn't it? Probably the best marketing ever done. People killed themselves over it. I doubt the website in question here -- or anything else ever again will be as effective as Orson was.
        I dont think anyone will ever get over on the public to the extent wells did, but every now and then you'll see some viral video that comes out that kind of sucks people in for a bit.
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  • Profile picture of the author Phnx
    They're going all out on this, aren't they.

    I'll watch anything with John Cusack in, so it'll hopefully be pretty good. 'Knowing' was a disappointment - except at the end with that solar flare.

    I like a good disaster movie.....I loved Independance Day!

    Let's hope this one lives up to the hype.
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    • Profile picture of the author ThomM
      Originally Posted by Phnx View Post

      They're going all out on this, aren't they.

      I'll watch anything with John Cusack in, so it'll hopefully be pretty good. 'Knowing' was a disappointment - except at the end with that solar flare.

      I like a good disaster movie.....I loved Independance Day!

      Let's hope this one lives up to the hype.
      I still watch it every time it's on the tube
      But then I do that with the Matrix and Men in Black also:rolleyes:
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    Orsen Wells was really good at what he did, but that's my point, people died because of it, and I could see the same thing happening.

    And yes I hope it is a better movie than Knowing as well. It was iffy at best.

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      Originally Posted by Sylvia Rolfe View Post

      Orsen Wells was really good at what he did, but that's my point, people died because of it, and I could see the same thing happening.

      And yes I hope it is a better movie than Knowing as well. It was iffy at best.

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      Maybe I'm missing something, but I can't find any verifiable deaths due to Well's War Of The World broadcast.
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  • Profile picture of the author HeySal
    There were many as far as documents I've seen. God, please don't ask for links because the documentaries weren't online. I'm sure someone reading this might remember one or two of them. There's been many made because of the impact of Orson's show. What makes me wonder about how deeply gullible people can be is I believe that show aired on Halloween and people still went freako berzerk over it.
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  • Profile picture of the author KimW
    Yes it was on Halloween. Yes, people then,just as now are very gullible.
    But statements like that need proof to back them up.
    I have read a lot about the broadcast, but never heard anyone say there were deaths atributed to it until this thread.
    I just spent some more time looking and still can't find any.
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    • Profile picture of the author Michael Motley
      Originally Posted by KimW View Post

      Yes it was on Halloween. Yes, people then,just as now are very gullible.
      But statements like that need proof to back them up.
      I have read a lot about the broadcast, but never heard anyone say there were deaths atributed to it until this thread.
      I just spent some more time looking and still can't find any.
      I dont think people are as gullible today. But you never know. I think that the net would allow people to check a story out before they freak, but then again the technology of today could make a much more believeable 'occurance'
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      • Profile picture of the author KimW
        Originally Posted by Michael Motley View Post

        I dont think people are as gullible today. But you never know. I think that the net would allow people to check a story out before they freak, but then again the technology of today could make a much more believeable 'occurance'
        It's not that they aren't as gullible, they are just gullible in a different way.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    You NEVER know. Frankly, I thought that ad was an ad for some stupid cult until I saw the end. Some "TRUTH" is FAR dumber and stranger than any fiction ever dreamed up. So only volume tends to indicate deception.

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