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Post by Prophecy Girl on Oct 11, 2010 17:16:37 GMT -5
Our Vigilante page, while short-lived, was a success because the Fox people took note of how poorly their media campaign was doing. So now we've been asked to help out Fox (no, really). Here are our missions: 1. Get the Like numbers up. We sort of laughed, hysterically, at how few people "LIKED" the Official Movie Page, but now it's on us, so it's sort of not funny anymore. PLEASE ASK YOUR FRIENDS TO LIKE, and... 2. They want Love & Other Drugs updates. From us. So I'm going to be cruising the thread in the movies section and also I'll be looking here, in case you find anything. I've been doing this for YEARS and never has someone official asked us for help. So for the love of Jake, let's rally behind this cause. (It's not like we have anything else to do...plus, there might be swag involved if we pull our weight.) OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE HERE: www.facebook.com/loveandotherdrugsmovieCheck it out, tell your friends, and if you have news, let me know. That is all.
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joelliea
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I'm too stressed out; I choose to think of Jake Gyllenhaal over everything.
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Post by joelliea on Oct 12, 2010 2:43:32 GMT -5
Aaaa no wonder I found updates from the official facebook page suddenly filling up my wall. And they are REALLY active now. I was like, huh, where've they been all this time? Hahaha.
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Post by Prophecy Girl on Oct 12, 2010 10:42:27 GMT -5
Ha, I know! They FINALLY got their acts together. And they really do want our help (and I told them we were glad to give it!).
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Post by Prophecy Girl on Oct 20, 2010 9:12:18 GMT -5
OK, FOR REAL, these people suck. I have a whole blog entry planned out in my head, but obviously I have been preoccupied and unable to write it as of yet. The short story is that the guy with the official page e-mailed me, like, twice and then just stopped responding to me, even after I sent him a bunch of stuff (which he never used). He promised me swag and everything! Sadly, I took our page down in the meantime so for all that effort I have a) no page of my own, b) no swag, and c) someone official who now probably thinks I'm stalking him because I e-mailed him a few times after he didn't respond in a valiant attempt make myself seem relevant to the cause. Me trying to help people and then have them ignore me = the story of my entire life. So anyway, the LAOD people ARE TERRIBLE. And they still have fewer than 1000 "Likes"!! Henceforth, you can ignore the original post in this thread (even though you kind of were already...which is fine...)
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KD
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I am the epitome of everything you wish not to be.
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Post by KD on Oct 20, 2010 21:53:20 GMT -5
No freaking appreciation for the fans. Douchebags, all of them. :\
no swag is the worst part of it, as well.
RAEG.
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Post by sasha on Oct 21, 2010 13:20:58 GMT -5
erm stupid blondike here > what means "swag"
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Post by Vanessa on Oct 21, 2010 13:37:33 GMT -5
Hey Sasha, it's just a silly term here in the states for goodies from the movie people, like maybe posters, or other junk that they may give away. I haven't actually seen any LAOD merchandise for sale yet except posters, but you never know. Or it could even have been free passes to see the movie or even as great as an autographed poster. Unfortunately, it looks like we did a lot of work to help him out & he just blew PG off. I know I sent her a lot of stuff to forward to him back when he first asked for help. Oh well, I tried, at least. & now I am just going to try to be patient while I wait for the movie to be here asap! ;D
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Post by Kokomo (aka NSA) on Oct 21, 2010 14:53:45 GMT -5
At the risk of offending anyone, here I go with my brutally honest opinion about all this. I wasn't ever keen on the idea of trashing our page in the interest of Fox. I have always had this sneaking suspicion that it was all so they (Fox) could monopolize the fandom of L&OD. And we worked hard on that page and - though I admit I haven't contributed much in the past few weeks due to large amounts of personal and school-related stuff to do - it broke my heart when it was subsequently pulled. I understand why PG did it and I harbor no negative feelings towards her for that, and for goodness sakes she's grieving the loss of a loved one right now. Its not her fault Fox didn't come through. I just feel like we put a lot into that page (blood, sweat & tears) and Fox only ever aimed to get our page pulled so they could monopolize the whole thing.
So there you have it, the big hairy truth. Hope you don't hate me!
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Post by Vanessa on Oct 21, 2010 15:06:05 GMT -5
No worries, Katie, you certainly have good reason to feel like that after all the work you did on the page. I wish the guy had been honest with her & either came out & asked her to remove it if indeed that was his agenda, or come through & replied to her emails to let her know we were helping. I am not upset about us not getting any swag, although it would have been nice, but I am irritated & annoyed that the guy blew her off like he did after we came through with what he asked of us.
Anyway, I hope everything is OK for you, I saw your other post on the other thread & replied earlier.
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Post by S4M985 on Oct 22, 2010 7:11:19 GMT -5
Have i missed something??!! Im confused!!
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Post by sasha on Oct 22, 2010 8:39:44 GMT -5
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Post by Prophecy Girl on Oct 24, 2010 11:13:03 GMT -5
I'm a little too emotionally drained right now to give this the thought it deserves, but Katie, I had a feeling you felt that way and just know that you can *always* tell me stuff like that. I certainly make mistakes and I made one this time. I got swept up thinking we were really going to be part of something that could be helpful...but...as is the story of my life...I got nothing.
I saved all the stuff from the old page. All of it. If you guys are interested in pulling it back together, say the word and Katie, Vanessa, and anyone else who wants to help can go for it.
Personally, I un-liked the official movie page and removed it from ISJ's Facebook page. Kind of petty, but if this week has taught me anything, it's how utterly unimportant (failed) corporate marketing schemes are...
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Post by Vanessa on Oct 24, 2010 11:27:15 GMT -5
Hey PG, glad to see you back, we all really missed your presence.
Personally I don't care about doing it again, I just have too much going on right now, unfortunately. If Katie would like to, that's a good thing in my opinion & she should go for it. ;D
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Post by sasha on Oct 24, 2010 14:34:38 GMT -5
I did unlike it too .... that is just so bad behavior they shown ...
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Post by Kokomo (aka NSA) on Oct 24, 2010 16:58:09 GMT -5
I appreciate you saying that, Beck. I can certainly understand where you're coming from. Just know -- NO HARD FEELINGS!!! I'm sorry to say I don't think I'll be able to do another page. Not from bitterness or anything, I just literally don't have the time and *at the risk of offending anyone again* I've kind of lost interest. Obviously, my fandom of Jake hasn't changed and I'm still stoked for the movie, I'm just going to be really busy the next couple months with school projects, the holidays, and working. Honestly, Google Alerts have become more of an annoyance than an interest as of late. I know I haven't been contributing much of anything at all and that obviously doesn't qualify me to do another page. God bless you, Becky, for keeping up with the forum and blog and stuff like you have, especially despite your personal stuff right now!!!! And I always appreciate Vanessa's contributions. If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have even know Dill is history. And I know she's busy too with things, so my hat's off to both of you.
Oh, and I officially "ignored" Vanessa's invite to the official page today. Nothing against Vanessa, I just don't want anything to do with that page. Now or ever. I'm glad I have all of you to share Jake adorations and frustrations. And I'm thankful for this forum where I'm sure I'll gush about L&OD when it comes out.
Love you all! (sry this is so dramatic...just in that mood right now)
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