Comments on: My kingdom for a dude with a red beard. http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/04/02/my-kingdom-for-a-dude-with-a-red-beard/ GameLemon: Video Games Gone Funny! Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:25:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: brad http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/04/02/my-kingdom-for-a-dude-with-a-red-beard/#comment-146 brad Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:40:55 +0000 http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/04/02/my-kingdom-for-a-dude-with-a-red-beard/#comment-146 I already knew the trailer was a fake by the time I got around to watching it but I'll be damned if I didn't find myself really wishing it were real. Oh sure, it would blow like every other game-based movie, but I had to believe. 2-1 odds this concept gets picked up and we end up hearing about the REAL Zelda movie by summer, if not sooner. I already knew the trailer was a fake by the time I got around to watching it but I’ll be damned if I didn’t find myself really wishing it were real. Oh sure, it would blow like every other game-based movie, but I had to believe.

2-1 odds this concept gets picked up and we end up hearing about the REAL Zelda movie by summer, if not sooner.

]]> By: vaga_koleso http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/04/02/my-kingdom-for-a-dude-with-a-red-beard/#comment-145 vaga_koleso Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:49:43 +0000 http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/04/02/my-kingdom-for-a-dude-with-a-red-beard/#comment-145 Well, it's more of a brand building thing as opposed to simple advertising. It may not make you want to check IGN but it may (temporarily) elevate the buzz factor of IGN in your mind versus names like Gamespot and Gamespy. Which might mean that next time you are actually looking for a game review to read, where you'd normally just head straight to GameSpot, you might now think, hmm, maybe I should check IGN for a change. It's a subtle thing. That's an oversimplification of course, but you get the idea. As for Rainfall Films, that one is a no brainer. I've never heard of them before this, and you probably haven't either. And if you just saw their name on some uninteresting clip you'd not even notice it. But with this they have attached their name to a much more powerful and well-known brand: Zelda. The two names can now travel together in a certain context, and the Zelda name can open doors where Rainfall Films might have never had a chance to enter. And when some director/producer finally decides to make a Zelda movie (which will definitely happen, and sooner rather than later), they might think, hmm, what was that studio that did that spoof a couple of years back? That actually looked pretty good, maybe I'll give them a call. And there is their path to big time. Well, it’s more of a brand building thing as opposed to simple advertising. It may not make you want to check IGN but it may (temporarily) elevate the buzz factor of IGN in your mind versus names like Gamespot and Gamespy. Which might mean that next time you are actually looking for a game review to read, where you’d normally just head straight to GameSpot, you might now think, hmm, maybe I should check IGN for a change. It’s a subtle thing. That’s an oversimplification of course, but you get the idea.

As for Rainfall Films, that one is a no brainer. I’ve never heard of them before this, and you probably haven’t either. And if you just saw their name on some uninteresting clip you’d not even notice it. But with this they have attached their name to a much more powerful and well-known brand: Zelda. The two names can now travel together in a certain context, and the Zelda name can open doors where Rainfall Films might have never had a chance to enter. And when some director/producer finally decides to make a Zelda movie (which will definitely happen, and sooner rather than later), they might think, hmm, what was that studio that did that spoof a couple of years back? That actually looked pretty good, maybe I’ll give them a call. And there is their path to big time.

]]> By: Bailz http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/04/02/my-kingdom-for-a-dude-with-a-red-beard/#comment-144 Bailz Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:00:20 +0000 http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/04/02/my-kingdom-for-a-dude-with-a-red-beard/#comment-144 While it certainly is elaborate, I fail to see how IGN or Rainfall Films really benefit from it. I watched that trailer a couple times and didn't get the rainfall connection til I read this here blog. It doesn't make me want to check IGN, I can tell you that much. While it certainly is elaborate, I fail to see how IGN or Rainfall Films really benefit from it. I watched that trailer a couple times and didn’t get the rainfall connection til I read this here blog. It doesn’t make me want to check IGN, I can tell you that much.

]]> By: vaga_koleso http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/04/02/my-kingdom-for-a-dude-with-a-red-beard/#comment-143 vaga_koleso Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:04:48 +0000 http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/04/02/my-kingdom-for-a-dude-with-a-red-beard/#comment-143 In terms of the actors, the Link guy is actually in IMDB, I think (pretty minor roles, though), but not the rest of the cast. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2202251/ In terms of the actors, the Link guy is actually in IMDB, I think (pretty minor roles, though), but not the rest of the cast.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2202251/

]]> By: MuppetGrrl http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/04/02/my-kingdom-for-a-dude-with-a-red-beard/#comment-142 MuppetGrrl Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:51:23 +0000 http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/04/02/my-kingdom-for-a-dude-with-a-red-beard/#comment-142 This little bastard caught me for about two seconds--and I doublechecked imdb, and nothing. Boobheads. This little bastard caught me for about two seconds–and I doublechecked imdb, and nothing. Boobheads.

]]> By: melinda http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/04/02/my-kingdom-for-a-dude-with-a-red-beard/#comment-140 melinda Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:38:30 +0000 http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/04/02/my-kingdom-for-a-dude-with-a-red-beard/#comment-140 oh...and fyi vaga, you are an enormous dork. oh…and fyi vaga, you are an enormous dork.

]]> By: melinda http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/04/02/my-kingdom-for-a-dude-with-a-red-beard/#comment-139 melinda Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:37:10 +0000 http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/04/02/my-kingdom-for-a-dude-with-a-red-beard/#comment-139 Oh yeah. This wasn't from an IGN machine! Well, one of the points that has been made on the dork boards (oh the power of the dork boards) is that Rainfall Films is a REAL company. (http://www.rainfallfilms.com/) If that is the case, then my guess is that IGN did little else besides host and possibly come up with the prank. I think this was made to pad Rainfall's resume. Oh yeah. This wasn’t from an IGN machine!

Well, one of the points that has been made on the dork boards (oh the power of the dork boards) is that Rainfall Films is a REAL company. (http://www.rainfallfilms.com/)

If that is the case, then my guess is that IGN did little else besides host and possibly come up with the prank. I think this was made to pad Rainfall’s resume.

]]> By: vaga_koleso http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/04/02/my-kingdom-for-a-dude-with-a-red-beard/#comment-138 vaga_koleso Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:17:15 +0000 http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2008/04/02/my-kingdom-for-a-dude-with-a-red-beard/#comment-138 well, I don't know what size dork <i>I</i> am exactly, but yeah, where the hell does IGN get the resources to put something like this together? I mean that's definitely NOT all CGI, that's real actors there, and a piece of SOME kind of movie set, right? Does IGN own a movie studio that I am not aware of where they could do something like this? So, yes, it may be a fake, but I'd be more inclined to believe that: a) this IS a real trailer, and releasing it on April Fools, and then "fessing up" is all a clever marketing ploy, and it WILL eventually be revealed in earnest or b) this is a trailer based on the footage from some other unannounced (or possibly canceled) film, cleverly manipulated by IGN to become a Zelda trailer for a day. But either way, that footage must have come from somewhere other than IGN's PCs. Or maybe I am just a GIANT dork. well, I don’t know what size dork I am exactly, but yeah, where the hell does IGN get the resources to put something like this together? I mean that’s definitely NOT all CGI, that’s real actors there, and a piece of SOME kind of movie set, right? Does IGN own a movie studio that I am not aware of where they could do something like this? So, yes, it may be a fake, but I’d be more inclined to believe that:

a) this IS a real trailer, and releasing it on April Fools, and then “fessing up” is all a clever marketing ploy, and it WILL eventually be revealed in earnest or
b) this is a trailer based on the footage from some other unannounced (or possibly canceled) film, cleverly manipulated by IGN to become a Zelda trailer for a day.

But either way, that footage must have come from somewhere other than IGN’s PCs.

Or maybe I am just a GIANT dork.

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