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by **Starman** » May 16th 2005 10:19 pm

What marketing fuck at Lucasarts came up with that? Seriously. Drop that commercial NOW.

http://www.starwars.com/episode-iii/release/trailer/tminus3.html

by **ETandElliott** » May 16th 2005 10:22 pm

SW is being whored everywhere, I don't really give a fuck.

by **Starman** » May 16th 2005 10:24 pm

They were doing so well. The Tragedy II trailer was kickass, and then they come up with this crap. It's so funny how minimal marketing still worked in '77 and now they're whoring a film they don't need to.

by **pimponwater** » May 16th 2005 10:25 pm

That was just lame when I heard/saw/read everyone else say it, but now that Lucasfilm jacked it, that's the gayest shit I ever seen.

by **ETandElliott** » May 16th 2005 10:27 pm

Is there any point to bitching about an ad, you're seeing the movie either way.

by **Qui-Gon Kim** » May 16th 2005 10:27 pm

Well, it's no worse than "Yoda da Man" on the AOTC DVD commercials. Remember that?

by **darthpsychotic** » May 16th 2005 10:28 pm

It's the new "Yo Da Man" :what:

by **Starman** » May 16th 2005 10:30 pm

It's funny because I was talking to my dad just yesterday about how movies have changed over the years and I specifically said that even taglines are getting to be awful. This was before I saw the "Sith Happens" tag today (saw in on G4). That's just horrible. I thought taglines like that were reserved for shit like Baseketball and that caliber. Could you imagine what Dances With Wolves would be like if they marketed it today? "Go...where no...buffalo....have gone....BEFORE!"

ETAndElliot4Ever wrote:Is there any point to bitching about an ad, you're seeing the movie either way.

Yes, and I imagine you're much younger than me so it would be pointless to try to convey what a good movie used to be like.

Superman's tag line was "You'll belive a man could fly". Perfect tagline.

Yeah, I forgot about the Yoda thing.

by **ETandElliott** » May 16th 2005 10:55 pm

Starman wrote:Yes, and I imagine you're much younger than me so it would be pointless to try to convey what a good movie used to be like.

Superman's tag line was "You'll belive a man could fly". Perfect tagline.

Yeah, I forgot about the Yoda thing.

I just think you're making a big deal out of one commercial airing a couple days before the movie for one day. This isn't the theatrical trailer, this is just a tv spot that'll probably air on Nickelodean or something.

by **pimponwater** » May 16th 2005 10:58 pm

Oh ok, so it's supposed to buffer fart jokes.

by **BrotherTheFirst** » May 16th 2005 11:02 pm

enter the cheese.

good times.

by **femme01** » May 16th 2005 11:18 pm

sith happens

by **CoGro** » May 16th 2005 11:24 pm

'Yoda man' was the worst thing I had ever seen Star Wars attached to.

by **pika122689** » May 16th 2005 11:35 pm

lol that was hilarious

by **hypertext** » May 17th 2005 12:47 am

What's worse: "Sith happens" or that freakin lame anouncer at the end of all the trailers "opens everywhere may 19th". His voice doesn't fit and besides. we can read the big red letters at the end of the trailers! They could at least have had JEJ as vader say that crap, at least then it would sort of fit.

by **Starman** » May 17th 2005 7:28 am

In 1979, the tagline for Alien was "In space, noone can hear you scream". The tagline alone sent shivers up your spine. "Sith Happens" is a poor attempt at humor which is a complete converse to the Tragedy II trailer. Is this a comedy? A Tragedy? Is Will Ferrel in it?

by **Chilly** » May 17th 2005 7:30 am

i think your going too far.. sure its not the best trailer ever.. but it could be alot worse...

its light humour.. not meant to make you scream with laughter.. just a rise smile will do.. and then stfu and wait for the film

by **OboeCop** » May 17th 2005 7:34 am

meh... it's not so bad. At least they didn't put "Sith Happens" together. I actually took it to mean:

"Revenge of the (Sith) begins (Happens)"

by **Exmortem** » May 17th 2005 7:42 am

c'mon you guys, if you switch the letters in sith you get shit, and shit is gonna happen... :mrgreen:

lucas just doesn't wanna scare the kids with the evil curse words. so you switch some letters and boom SITH HAPPENS haha win win for everyone.. :mad:

bitches

by **MStrike** » May 17th 2005 10:31 am

haha this is a great ad. Come on guys, a little laugh before the storm

by **scottra** » May 17th 2005 11:04 am

Exmortem wrote:c'mon you guys, if you switch the letters in sith you get shit, and shit is gonna happen...

Thanks for clearing that up, I didn't get the joke until you spelled it out.

by **JimJimBinks** » May 17th 2005 2:05 pm

This really isn't that bad. Nothing surprises me after the "Who da man? Yoda Man!" ads for Episode II"

I found one for the DVD, but not for the theatrical Release

http://download.theforce.net/episode2/yodadaman.avi

by **Maveritchell** » May 17th 2005 2:14 pm

Starman wrote:In 1979, the tagline for Alien was "In space, noone can hear you scream". The tagline alone sent shivers up your spine. "Sith Happens" is a poor attempt at humor which is a complete converse to the Tragedy II trailer. Is this a comedy? A Tragedy? Is Will Ferrel in it?

Heh, I'd hardly say that "Sith Happens" was chosen as the tagline. It's just a cheap pun they played on a joke which would have been funny.... had it not been completely rehashed about a million times. As it is, it's just a bad pun, but not an overly obtrusive one. "Yo Da Man" Was a bazillion times worse; this one, at the very least, wasn't narrated by Mr. Comic Book Man. The folks over at marketing are probably just as antsy as we are waiting for this movie to open, and this ad is the result.

by **AnonyJones** » May 17th 2005 2:19 pm

Does anybody have any links to the TV Spot(the older ones too) that aren't the aol links from starwars.com? I'm at school and SonicWall blocks the downloads from progressive.aol.whatever. Thanks.

by **Bandersnatch** » May 17th 2005 2:24 pm

www.starwars.com

by **AnonyJones** » May 17th 2005 2:25 pm

Yeah, that doesn't work. That's why I'm asking for other links.

by **AnonyJones** » May 17th 2005 2:45 pm

Any YouSendIt links or links to the files on anyone's website would be greatly appreciated.

by **Exmortem** » May 17th 2005 3:19 pm

scottra wrote:
Exmortem wrote:c'mon you guys, if you switch the letters in sith you get shit, and shit is gonna happen...

Thanks for clearing that up, I didn't get the joke until you spelled it out.

glad i could help

could be worse...

the sith has hit the fan.

by **Bandersnatch** » May 17th 2005 3:35 pm

Exmortem wrote:
the sith has hit the fan.

Make that "fans."

by **AnonyJones** » May 17th 2005 3:37 pm

Once again, since we're talking about TV Spots, can anyone give me a YouSendIt or YouShareIt or RapidShare link to End of Wars and maybe Protect and Seduction?

by **BubsBigDaddy** » May 17th 2005 4:02 pm

While it does seem that there is a load of over commercialization going on, at least it's about STAR WARS for once, instead of some other crap movie/series, etc.

by **Faid** » May 17th 2005 4:11 pm

JimJimBinks wrote:This really isn't that bad. Nothing surprises me after the "Who da man? Yoda Man!" ads for Episode II"

I found one for the DVD, but not for the theatrical Release

http://download.theforce.net/episode2/yodadaman.avi

Ouch that was much worse than I remembered it being.

by **AnonyJones** » May 17th 2005 7:33 pm

Indeed. I'd delete them now if I could. There were just some people at school who hadn't seen any TV Spots and I was really jonesing for a link.

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