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Alan Smithee posted:Ugh, he's probably gonna get his funding too. Well, at any rate, at least 50 people could potentially discover the thick stench that hangs around Knowles that the rest of us who have been to an Alamo Drafthouse premiere have been able to experience. I've sat several rows behind the dude over the course of several occasions, and it wafts and lingers.. it is positively nauseating. Note this was ~6 years ago, so who knows if things have changed with him being married, but still it sticks in my head.
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I need $100,000 to make a documentary that answers questions about NICKIE MINAJ. What sort of questions? I don't know. I'm just making this documentary because a 12 year old girl wants to meet NICKIE MINAJ. It's going to be a must-see spectacular, though! I tend to read project descriptions before watching the attached video because the crazy, lazy and stupid almost always show their incompetence three sentences into the introduction. In this case I wish I had watched the video first because it tells as much about the project as the actual kickstarter itself does. That is to say; nothing. I wonder if the author accidentally uploaded the wrong video or something. You're an ingenious man, Howard Haines. By telling your ten your old kids that they can go to MineCon only if they pay their own accommodation costs, plane tickets and admission fees you've cleverly avoided weeks of begging and nagging. You're also teaching your kids a valuable lesson when this project eventually crashes and burns; namely that nobody in the world has any need for KickStartered T-shirt printing services. This is something a lot of adults cannot grasp, so it's a good thing you're teaching your children at an early age! Take, for instance: This project to print a run of plain T-shirts with a tiny lobster printed on the chest. Or this zero-effort 'creative campaign' to provoke people into thinking about the importance of education. Because if there's anything that can do so, it's a cheap shirt with the phrase 'got education?' printed on it. 'Our T-shirts aren't anything like those cheap modern T-shirts, they're premium vintage quality T-shirts' said the small business owner, shamelessly begging people for money to keep his business afloat. 'We don't just slap a logo on our shirts and launch it to the masses, but we make tangible elements that create a conversation piece. Our T-shirts are a tribute to what once was and what comes next'. I wonder what kind of conversations they hope to start with the 'Negro League' license they want to obtain. 'Hello Bob, is that a new Negro League T-shirt you have?' 'Yes Tim, it is. Racial segregation was a terrible thing in our nation's history'. 'It most certainly was, Bob'.
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AlbieQuirky posted:Here's my question for that documentarian: how the gently caress do you not know the woman's name is Nicki Minaj, no e? How dare you question Daryl Noble, indendent producer who started working from home and is now reaching out to us?  For you nonbelievers, here is some of his amazing work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ4xrqgIBA0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0SHMBP_NMg
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Zybourne Clock posted:You're an ingenious man, Howard Haines. By telling your ten your old kids that they can go to MineCon only if they pay their own accommodation costs, plane tickets and admission fees you've cleverly avoided weeks of begging and nagging. You're also teaching your kids a valuable lesson when this project eventually crashes and burns; namely that nobody in the world has any need for KickStartered T-shirt printing services. This is something a lot of adults cannot grasp, so it's a good thing you're teaching your children at an early age! This isn't Howard Haines' first go in the awful Kickstarter rodeo: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1479873632/kbeaners-sandals-a-curved-heel-design/ http://www.brainhuddle.com/2013/04/30/kickstarter-lessons-learned/
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Zybourne Clock posted:'Our T-shirts aren't anything like those cheap modern T-shirts, they're premium vintage quality T-shirts' said the small business owner, shamelessly begging people for money to keep his business afloat. 'We don't just slap a logo on our shirts and launch it to the masses, but we make tangible elements that create a conversation piece. Our T-shirts are a tribute to what once was and what comes next'. I wonder what kind of conversations they hope to start with the 'Negro League' license they want to obtain.
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Autechresaint posted:Well, at any rate, at least 50 people could potentially discover the thick stench that hangs around Knowles that the rest of us who have been to an Alamo Drafthouse premiere have been able to experience. I've sat several rows behind the dude over the course of several occasions, and it wafts and lingers.. it is positively nauseating. Knowles has been open about the fact that he wears adult diapers to movie marathons so he doesn't have to miss a moment, so I'm not surprised. Seriously,  Harry Knowles is a disgusting human being. He almost single-handedly porpagated the talking point that the girl in Heroes was a perma-virgin because her regenerative powers meant she would re-grow her hymen endlessly.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9tyGzeYrgY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhnoxUqmZH4
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...of SCIENCE! posted:Knowles has been open about the fact that he wears adult diapers to movie marathons so he doesn't have to miss a moment, so I'm not surprised. How the hell is he so tight with all these industry people he namedrops constantly? I've never really read any of his stuff in depth, is he really really funny, like funny enough to justify being an overgoon?
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HEGEL CURES THESES posted:I'd buy one of those shirts for my dad, and I think he'd like it. Negro League teams ruled. My problems with it are more from the effort side. 1) If you're going to make Negro League memorabilia, don't make t-shirts, make straight up uniforms. 2) The two guys doing this are white. They're from KC, so they probably got a lot of Monarch lore dropped on 'em, but do we really need more white people profiting off of the Negro League? 3) I'm pretty sure they don't own the Negro League licences or trademarks. The MLB routinely sells Negro League ballcaps, so I don't think the 'licencing' they got from the unofficial Negro League museum in Kansas City means what they think it means? pathetic little tramp has a new favorite as of 17:25 on Aug 10, 2013 |
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Alan Smithee posted:How the hell is he so tight with all these industry people he namedrops constantly? I've never really read any of his stuff in depth, is he really really funny, like funny enough to justify being an overgoon? Basically his site got huge in the late 90's by virtue of being the only movie gossip website in existence. It hasn't evolved at all from being the rantings of an obese manchild and the final nail in the coffin was when he started posting the most grotesque payola shill reviews on the planet (Blade 2 is a MASTERPIECE that will make you orgasm!!!!!)
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Alan Smithee posted:How the hell is he so tight with all these industry people he namedrops constantly? I've never really read any of his stuff in depth, is he really really funny, like funny enough to justify being an overgoon? It pretty much had it's hey-day back then as an anonymous way for PA's to leak details on movies back when such things was either limited to trade magazines or usenet groups and he gained infamy as it became clear to studios how the Internet could seriously affect opening weekends thanks to leaked screener reviews. As a result AICN's notoriety was turned around as a marketing tool to generate buzz about films as it's uncensored indie gossip vibe worked well. So nowadays it's contributors are invited to sets, early previews or given freebies in the hopes they'll gush about it in their wild way and make a connection with the more detached followers of cinema. The site's become largely irrelevant as time's gone on as studios are intense with security so the best they can do is try shovel out the faintest of rumors (in case they're right) and keep up the style that attracted their readers over a decade ago. But yeah, Knowles is a horrid horrid writer and everything he pens has dissolved into a barely coherent string of thoughts. I just picked one article at random where he lists Blu-rays that have come out and every paragraph is a bizarre analogy to a past event in his life and how cool something is because it has the voice talent of Patrick Stewart. He's mentally stuck in 1997 where he thinks he has a voice. BogDew has a new favorite as of 18:25 on Aug 10, 2013 |
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There are only two things I know about Paula Deen. 1: she is a TV chef and 2: she loves butter. Food for Forgiveness is a cookbook and somehow also a tribute to Paula. The author has selected a wide range of interesting recipes she wants to include such as-- no wait, she wants you to send in your recipes to her. As a thank-you, she will include the name of every single backer on the back of the book. With a project goal of $40,000, those names will either be printed in a size 2 font or the book will be three meters wide. I suspect this book will be a fitting tribute to Paula Deen in more ways than the author originally intended.
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Zybourne Clock posted:There are only two things I know about Paula Deen. 1: she is a TV chef and 2: she loves butter. Food for Forgiveness is a cookbook and somehow also a tribute to Paula. The author has selected a wide range of interesting recipes she wants to include such as-- no wait, she wants you to send in your recipes to her. As a thank-you, she will include the name of every single backer on the back of the book. With a project goal of $40,000, those names will either be printed in a size 2 font or the book will be three meters wide. The third thing about her you should know is she's a disgusting racist. So unless they aren't taking submissions from minorities I don't think Paula would be into this.
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...of SCIENCE! posted:He almost single-handedly porpagated the talking point that the girl in Heroes was a perma-virgin because her regenerative powers meant she would re-grow her hymen endlessly. I know that sex ed is lacking in some placing but Christ this is offensive on so many levels. 
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Evil Fluffy posted:I know that sex ed is lacking in some placing but Christ this is offensive on so many levels. Yeah it's the common misconception from virgin types/educated by porn that the hymen is some sort of solid barrier.
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Viewtiful Jew posted:This Kickstarter for a Metroid fan film that just went up an hour or so ago might be though. The copyright holder would want to get it taken down as soon as possible. Every person that funds it is a fan of the Metroid series that you will piss off by killing the project, so you want to limit the number of people that see it and fund it.
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Zybourne Clock posted:'Our T-shirts aren't anything like those cheap modern T-shirts, they're premium vintage quality T-shirts' said the small business owner, shamelessly begging people for money to keep his business afloat. 'We don't just slap a logo on our shirts and launch it to the masses, but we make tangible elements that create a conversation piece. Our T-shirts are a tribute to what once was and what comes next'. I wonder what kind of conversations they hope to start with the 'Negro League' license they want to obtain. These shirts own and you are a bad person for posting them in this thread.
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mks5000 posted:These shirts own and you are a bad person for posting them in this thread. T-Shirt Kickstarters are stupid as hell no matter how good the shirt designs are because custom t-shirt printing places are about a dime a dozen.
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pathetic little tramp posted:My problems with it are more from the effort side. The fact the dudes are white and appropriating anothers culture/oppression does seem pretty offensive. If someone absolutely has to profit from the segregation era at least they should be black. Or even the players themselves, some of the old blokes are still around.
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There's quite a bit of really nicely done Negro League memorabilia available from stores and businesses owned by black people already, so why the Kickstarter for white dudes to jump on the bandwagon?
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isoprenaline posted:The fact the dudes are white and appropriating anothers culture/oppression does seem pretty offensive. If someone absolutely has to profit from the segregation era at least they should be black. Or even the players themselves, some of the old blokes are still around. Basically this. The fact that they haven't even gone out of their way to include any of the people involved or the numerous advocacy groups that exist reeks of the worst kinds of appropriation.
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:T-Shirt Kickstarters are stupid as hell no matter how good the shirt designs are because custom t-shirt printing places are about a dime a dozen. Now, I'm not arguing the merits of this particular shirt Kickstarter, but to say all of them are stupid just because is a bit disingenuous. Yes, custom t-shirt printing place are about a dime a dozen. But it also costs far less per shirt to order a whole lot of them at once, rather than a few at a time. And getting a lot of people to pledge in advance means that you're not out a bunch of money if it turns out you were wrong about how popular your design was going to be and end up not selling any.
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Count Chocula posted:http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/paranormal-extremes-text-messages-from-the-dead "Intervention of the Dead" is a movie I'd actually see.
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pathetic little tramp posted:3) I'm pretty sure they don't own the Negro League licences or trademarks. The MLB routinely sells Negro League ballcaps, so I don't think the 'licencing' they got from the unofficial Negro League museum in Kansas City means what they think it means?
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TheJoker138 posted:"Intervention of the Dead" is a movie I'd actually see. Yes, I'd imagine it would be a group of family and friends trying to convince a zombie that he's no longer actually living and to rest in peace. quote:
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Viewtiful Jew posted:This Kickstarter for a Metroid fan film that just went up an hour or so ago might be though. The storyboard scene in their pitch is the opening scene from the first Star Wars, where the Stormtroopers board Leia's ship. It's like there's no original ideas.
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Nnep posted:What exactly is the demographic for a negro league t-shirt? Besides Spike Lee, who wears them all the time? Frat dudes at historically black colleges and universities.
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Zybourne Clock posted:There are only two things I know about Paula Deen. 1: she is a TV chef and 2: she loves butter. She also developed Type 2 Diabetes as a result of her diet. Rather than disclose this, she continued to market her metabolic disorder-causing recipes while investing in a company whose main product is insulin for three years. She only revealed her affiliation with the company when she decided she could make more money by becoming a paid spokesperson for them. She literally made people sick so she could sell them the cure. And she's a crazy racist who wanted to make her son's wedding "very southern" by dressing up the exclusively black waitstaff like plantation servants, but at least she hasn't yet found a way to profit off the KKK.
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opaopa13 posted:She also developed Type 2 Diabetes as a result of her diet. Rather than disclose this, she continued to market her metabolic disorder-causing recipes while investing in a company whose main product is insulin for three years. She only revealed her affiliation with the company when she decided she could make more money by becoming a paid spokesperson for them.  Or, for the fancier klansman, this one is called "Birds of a feather"  For distinguished Grand Wizards, she also has plain bright red cloths.
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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2032712287/pet-security-system-your-camera-is-your-scanner Human facial recognition is barely passable but for $50,000 we're gonna get nearly perfect facial recognition for dogs. (Actually they only need $4,250 to "finish" the software, the rest is for "servers".) I'm a little suspicious of the claims in the demo videos, to put it mildly.
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anotherone posted:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2032712287/pet-security-system-your-camera-is-your-scanner Did his dog edit the video for him? How did he look at the finished video and go "Yeah, this will bring me 50K!" ? EDIT: Garth is adorable  (and for some reason the demo videos sound better than the main one). Too bad the whole thing is a huge scam, intentional or not.
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Cross posting from the Kickstarter Gaming thread, I just found a new There are just so many things. Many, many things 
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