Transformers Movie invades MySpace.com
Monday, March 26th, 2007 10:54PM CDT
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Posted by Venomous Prime on March 26th, 2007 @ 11:29pm CDT
Posted by dabattousai on March 26th, 2007 @ 11:31pm CDT
Posted by ShGarland_1383 on March 26th, 2007 @ 11:39pm CDT
Posted by Supreme Convoy on March 26th, 2007 @ 11:43pm CDT
Posted by ShGarland_1383 on March 26th, 2007 @ 11:45pm CDT
dabattousai wrote:Is Megatron's face different from the previous photos we have seen of it?
I think they did change it at some point. Also remember this is what I think you'd call a portrait shot, where we're looking at the sides of their heads.
Wonder if it'll be 3D. Nephew was able to get into a Meet the Robinsons sneak preview, and I've still got the glasses from getting to go along (they're a lot better than those cheesy red and blue cardboard things they used to have).
Posted by Seibertron on March 27th, 2007 @ 12:10am CDT
Posted by ShGarland_1383 on March 27th, 2007 @ 12:14am CDT
Seibertron wrote:Alright, somebody humor me with this train of thought for a moment. How does the Transformers Movie Myspace page get over 30,000 members in the first 5 or 6 hours of it being live? I know Transformers are pretty damn popular but something seems a little fishy. Especially when you look at who the top people are in the list. That, or this is the beginning of what the next few months are going to bring those of us who have loyally followed this hobby prior to the movie coming out. I call shenanigans.
I've already pointed out the auto-add to friends thingie, but that doesn't explain having 30,000 friends..... I call shenanigans too.
Posted by Seibertron on March 27th, 2007 @ 12:24am CDT
ShGarland_1383 wrote:Seibertron wrote:Alright, somebody humor me with this train of thought for a moment. How does the Transformers Movie Myspace page get over 30,000 members in the first 5 or 6 hours of it being live? I know Transformers are pretty damn popular but something seems a little fishy. Especially when you look at who the top people are in the list. That, or this is the beginning of what the next few months are going to bring those of us who have loyally followed this hobby prior to the movie coming out. I call shenanigans.
I've already pointed out the auto-add to friends thingie, but that doesn't explain having 30,000 friends..... I call shenanigans too.
I'm not trying to sound like a spoilsport, it just sounds like bullshit that there'd be 30,000 insta-fans in 5 hours to sign up. I've seen this before with some of other insta-MySpace pages in the past but not being a part of other hobbies I couldn't really judge.
I mean seriously ... these people in the top 8?
If I'm wrong, then the movie folks were right in making the decisions that they made with the movie. If they're right, then they did the right things by ignoring what us hard core fans have demanded/requested/suggested. If they're right ... there are tens of thousands of Transformers fans who are very anxious to see this movie who have nothing to do with Botcon or being a part of the fan websites. I don't have a problem with this ... that actually proves my theory that there are tons more fans out there then there are members on the sites.
Ah, my mind is just reeling at the whole 30,000+ members in 5 or 6 hours on the Transformers Movie MySpace page. I am perplexed and would love to hear some more thoughts on this.
Posted by ShGarland_1383 on March 27th, 2007 @ 1:10am CDT
Seibertron wrote:ShGarland_1383 wrote:Seibertron wrote:Alright, somebody humor me with this train of thought for a moment. How does the Transformers Movie Myspace page get over 30,000 members in the first 5 or 6 hours of it being live? I know Transformers are pretty damn popular but something seems a little fishy. Especially when you look at who the top people are in the list. That, or this is the beginning of what the next few months are going to bring those of us who have loyally followed this hobby prior to the movie coming out. I call shenanigans.
I've already pointed out the auto-add to friends thingie, but that doesn't explain having 30,000 friends..... I call shenanigans too.
I'm not trying to sound like a spoilsport, it just sounds like bullshit that there'd be 30,000 insta-fans in 5 hours to sign up. I've seen this before with some of other insta-MySpace pages in the past but not being a part of other hobbies I couldn't really judge.
I mean seriously ... these people in the top 8?
If I'm wrong, then the movie folks were right in making the decisions that they made with the movie. If they're right, then they did the right things by ignoring what us hard core fans have demanded/requested/suggested. If they're right ... there are tens of thousands of Transformers fans who are very anxious to see this movie who have nothing to do with Botcon or being a part of the fan websites. I don't have a problem with this ... that actually proves my theory that there are tons more fans out there then there are members on the sites.
Ah, my mind is just reeling at the whole 30,000+ members in 5 or 6 hours on the Transformers Movie MySpace page. I am perplexed and would love to hear some more thoughts on this.
Don't leave Jeffree Star out, if you wanna talk about the top eight.
I don't blame you though. How the hell do you make 30k worth of friends in 6 hours? It is rather hard to believe, even with the auto-add to friends thingie they've got going.
Posted by NightFall on March 27th, 2007 @ 2:17am CDT
Posted by Autobot032 on March 27th, 2007 @ 2:18am CDT
Seibertron wrote:ShGarland_1383 wrote:Seibertron wrote:Alright, somebody humor me with this train of thought for a moment. How does the Transformers Movie Myspace page get over 30,000 members in the first 5 or 6 hours of it being live? I know Transformers are pretty damn popular but something seems a little fishy. Especially when you look at who the top people are in the list. That, or this is the beginning of what the next few months are going to bring those of us who have loyally followed this hobby prior to the movie coming out. I call shenanigans.
I've already pointed out the auto-add to friends thingie, but that doesn't explain having 30,000 friends..... I call shenanigans too.
I'm not trying to sound like a spoilsport, it just sounds like bullshit that there'd be 30,000 insta-fans in 5 hours to sign up. I've seen this before with some of other insta-MySpace pages in the past but not being a part of other hobbies I couldn't really judge.
I mean seriously ... these people in the top 8?
If I'm wrong, then the movie folks were right in making the decisions that they made with the movie. If they're right, then they did the right things by ignoring what us hard core fans have demanded/requested/suggested. If they're right ... there are tens of thousands of Transformers fans who are very anxious to see this movie who have nothing to do with Botcon or being a part of the fan websites. I don't have a problem with this ... that actually proves my theory that there are tons more fans out there then there are members on the sites.
Ah, my mind is just reeling at the whole 30,000+ members in 5 or 6 hours on the Transformers Movie MySpace page. I am perplexed and would love to hear some more thoughts on this.
The woman in the 3rd photo actually seems like she might be legit. I've seen women like her be really geeky deep down.
Still...I think this is ridiculously cool.
Posted by Venomous Prime on March 27th, 2007 @ 2:19am CDT
Posted by ShGarland_1383 on March 27th, 2007 @ 3:11am CDT
Venomous Prime wrote:I feel like I got the short end of the stick here, For the first time in the history of me I post something news worthy way before anyone else and I get overlooked. I'm not complaining, it's just I posted it first!
I wouldn't make anything of it. You've actually got a leg up on me though. Most of the things I've come across that I thought were news worthy actually weren't at all. (Remember those KB exclusive Universe repaints of Snow Cat and Downshift? I thought my finding them was news, but they'd actually been out a while by the time I found them.)
Posted by Stickshift on March 27th, 2007 @ 3:50am CDT
Posted by Leonardo on March 27th, 2007 @ 3:54am CDT
Venomous Prime wrote:I feel like I got the short end of the stick here, For the first time in the history of me I post something news worthy way before anyone else and I get overlooked. I'm not complaining, it's just I posted it first!
It's happened a few times in the past couple of weeks.
Posted by Starscream on March 27th, 2007 @ 8:16am CDT
In my experience working wtih myspace at Victory Records, they would have no problems beefing up the profile to look like more people are actively supporting the promotion. All in all, it make the casual viewer think WOW, I'm missing out! And that's what Myspace is all about. It's Spam 2.0, and putting a quick 30,000 friend on there only speeds up the process.
We had a "bigshot" from myspace come in our office one day and this was before they sold for a billion or whatever. The guy was a total smoosh. He was in Chicago for the "myspace party" at the metro. Our joke was everyone walked around with dry erase boards writing comments to each other on them. haha
But yeah, promotion is promotion. It doesn't really "hurt" to fake 30,000 friends. It just means there were 20-30-thousand LESS participants than they expected.
ALSO, did anyone realize that myspace releases a brand new feature with this movie? The ability to make PHOTO ALBUMS. Kind of a big deal... with Xmen 3 they allowed you to make more than a top 8 friends, which people had been begging for. That just makes even more people become friends with the promotion.
And There is definitely an auto-friend acceptor, however I am not accepted yet....
The movie's pay BIG MONEY for this kind of exposure. Someone should keep track how long it's up!!!
I am stoaked, only I was hoping for the new trailer soon.
Posted by Leonardo on March 27th, 2007 @ 8:29am CDT
diablien wrote:ALSO, did anyone realize that myspace releases a brand new feature with this movie? The ability to make PHOTO ALBUMS. Kind of a big deal...
Wait, have they released that feature to tie-in with the movie, or is it just coincidence in timing?
Posted by Kayevcee on March 27th, 2007 @ 8:35am CDT
I would think that more than 90% of the people on the friends list for the movie page are of the "I remember Transformers! There was one that was a truck!" fraternity who remember TF as something they liked when they were kids but they haven't thought much about since. The Marvel comic back in the day sold 1,000,000 copies a month in the US alone and the cartoon reached at least ten times that many kids who, barring accident or misfortune, are all still around today. They think of Transformers as something cool, but all they know about them in recent years is that there were some posters and T-shirts in music stores recently and according to the paper/MTV/myspace, they're now making a movie about them.
Transformers is a big part of pop culture history. The number of people who remember it fondly far outweighs the number who are actively involved in the online fandom. Those who grew up with TF (ie pretty much anyone from the 80s and 90s) are also in the right age range to be your average Myspace user. 30,000? No problem.
At least, as far as I can see.
-Nick
Posted by Venomous Prime on March 27th, 2007 @ 9:44am CDT
Leonardo wrote:diablien wrote:ALSO, did anyone realize that myspace releases a brand new feature with this movie? The ability to make PHOTO ALBUMS. Kind of a big deal...
Wait, have they released that feature to tie-in with the movie, or is it just coincidence in timing?
Yes, on your picture page it says to "transform your pictures"
ShGarland_1383 wrote:I wouldn't make anything of it. You've actually got a leg up on me though. Most of the things I've come across that I thought were news worthy actually weren't at all. (Remember those KB exclusive Universe repaints of Snow Cat and Downshift? I thought my finding them was news, but they'd actually been out a while by the time I found them.)
My point is that whenever someone else posts news and its posted a few times by a few other people around the same time everyone gets credit for it.
I posted it an hour before Seibs did and I don't get squat, not even an honorable mention.
Posted by Immortal Starscream on March 27th, 2007 @ 5:50pm CDT
i got the auto frind thing for transformers, but i got a second one for clicking join the decepticons. theyre both the same page, so people who are "joining" the bots or cons are being added and counted twice, not to mention i see a lot of friends there that are onmes that spammed me when i first got a myspace page. half of said accounts were deleated for being spammers.
Posted by Bottom Out on March 27th, 2007 @ 6:56pm CDT
ShGarland_1383 wrote:dabattousai wrote: Also remember this is what I think you'd call a portrait shot, where we're looking at the sides of their heads.
profile shot
Posted by D-340 on March 27th, 2007 @ 7:59pm CDT
Immortal Starscream wrote:as for the crap loads of friends, i know how its being done
i got the auto frind thing for transformers, but i got a second one for clicking join the decepticons. theyre both the same page, so people who are "joining" the bots or cons are being added and counted twice, not to mention i see a lot of friends there that are onmes that spammed me when i first got a myspace page. half of said accounts were deleated for being spammers.
Right and right. I noticed being counted twice as well. And with the way Myspace has been lately, most of the friends on there have to be spam accounts. The regular members like us just delete the numerous ones we get a day(one day within 10 min. I got 50 spam hits). But as far as a promo site goes, they'll most likely approve all to bolster the numbers. Then the numbers generate interest, so on and so on. Marketing at it's most basic, but hey what's it gonna hurt. All that's gonna do is make sure the movies a hit money-wise.
Posted by Zombie Starscream on March 27th, 2007 @ 7:59pm CDT
Posted by Mechanurgist on March 27th, 2007 @ 11:01pm CDT
And yes, myspace is a high-school popularity contest.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on March 30th, 2007 @ 9:10pm CDT