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Gimmick Palooza! – zookey

zookey

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Posts: 1902
From: Great Falls, Montana, USA
Registered: 04-28-2002
 		http://gear.ign.com/articles/758/758311p1.html


what is even more sad is that I want that case---it is actually a REALLY cool idea--makes DVD shopping more fun--but some sneaky feeling tells me the first people that will jump on that are those who need some sort of gimmick to sell a movie because their movie sucked----but still tho the inner geek in me knows if I saw 2 different cases of the same movie with all the same features I would go for the one with the glasses LOL

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spade89

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Posts: 561
From: houston,tx
Registered: 11-28-2006
 		amazingly the content filtering system here at my school won't let me see that???
quote:

The site you are attempting to visit:

http://gear.ign.com/articles/758/758311p1.html
is blocked because it belongs to the following category:

Extreme
If you feel the web page you are attempting to access is incorrectly blocked you can ask for further assistance from the Help Desk. Please be prepared to supply the Help Desk support technician the following information:

DATE: Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:53:22 GMT
URL: http://gear.ign.com/articles/758/758311p1.html
CATEGORY: Extreme
CLIENT IP: 10.38.97.225

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jestermax

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Posts: 1064
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: 06-21-2006
 		theres ways around content filters you need to find a site that embeds a browser in it (it just forwards the content) or something like that.
sorry though, i can't give you a listing because i don't remember
spade89

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Posts: 561
From: houston,tx
Registered: 11-28-2006
 		yeah,some people here use proxy servers to view myspace and stuff...

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Matthew(22:36-40)"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
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bwoogie

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Posts: 380
From: kansas usa
Registered: 03-12-2005
 		i dont really see how that will help sells. i know i wouldnt buy a movie just because i can look at the case with 3d glasses... thats just awkward anyways.

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zookey

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Posts: 1902
From: Great Falls, Montana, USA
Registered: 04-28-2002
quote:
Originally posted by bwoogie:
i dont really see how that will help sells. i know i wouldnt buy a movie just because i can look at the case with 3d glasses... thats just awkward anyways.

Well yeah the whole rule of buying good movies only still applies, but still if that is accenting a good movie it is a good geek gimick LOL---never wanted to see Stealth but the gimick that pushed its' UMD release (the UMD came with a special demo version of WipeOut where yo ucan drive the stealth plane along the tracks) almost made me want to rent it, but the suckiness of the movie kept me away

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HanClinto

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Posts: 1828
From: Indiana
Registered: 10-11-2004
 		Good news Spade (and others with content blocking systems)... just like with Myspace, you're not missing that much in that IGN article. It just has a picture of a concept box that has a set of lenses in the bottom you look in to view different slides of the movie in 3d. It's meant to be a gimmick to sell more copies -- it's interesting, but nothing worth circumventing a proxy for.

Getting around proxies during college got me into more trouble than I would have liked, and it was a bad habit to get into.

So anyways, yeah -- even though the site isn't all that bad, it's not that great, and you're not missing much.

--clint