I'm the opposite. I was hoping it was that first thing.
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$78,000 crowdfunded for movie, uses the money on champagne. But 2 years later...
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I'm the opposite. I was hoping it was that first thing.
It fits the budget then.
It'll come out and the trailer will be the entire movie they did a double double bluff.
supernormal
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From reading it seems like they didn't actually make a movie and made a sort of documentary of the whole experience. But seeing the trailer reveals:
"That 'This is spinal tap' documentary? I can't believe a band like that actually existed!" -Cuburt
They made a movie with the money they raised. How are people not understanding this?
Of course they were trolling.
It just so happens that the trolling was how they were making the movie.
andythinkpad
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Don't burn your money through kickstarter. Just support through Patreon or subscribe on youtube channels.
Also read threads?
And the really fools are not the people who paid money and thought they got scammed but the people who thought people got scammed and laughed at them because of how brilliant a plan it was.
Meta^2
And watch trailers
The people laughing and thinking this was brilliant don't think people got scammed.
If you watch the trailer from the OP it's really obviously not a scam.
People laughed because it's clever. No one was scammed.
Jack Scofield
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Holy fuck how are people not understanding this?
LyleLanley
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I'm confused by a bunch of posts in here, it sounds like backers got the movie they were expecting.
The internet has ruined you.
No one has time for insignificant things like reading the OP or watching a trailer. Gotta get those anti-crowdfunding shitposts out there real quick or nobody will know how you feel!
This is brilliant, such a crazy long con. Like imagine having to suffer in silence through people hating you and posting your personal details while you're actually working hard on the thing people paid for, it's madness. Major props to these guys for going through with this, I hope the movie is good now!
Jesus is it that hard to watch a movie trailer or read a thread?
> Guys ask for money to make movie
> Guys get money
> Guys disappear with occasional photos of what looks to be them blowing the money
> 2 years later, they post video saying they aren't making the movie
> Turns out said video is part of the trailer for the movie, which is actually being made, and is about 3 guys who ask for money for a movie and blow it all.
It was all a part of the plan. Nobody got scammed. Nobody got cheated. The movie matches their original pitch video perfectly.
> Guys ask for money to make movie
> Guys get money
> Guys disappear with occasional photos of what looks to be them blowing the money
> 2 years later, they post video saying they aren't making the movie
> Turns out said video is part of the trailer for the movie, which is actually being made, and is about 3 guys who ask for money for a movie and blow it all.
It was all a part of the plan. Nobody got scammed. Nobody got cheated. The movie matches their original pitch video perfectly.
That's actually the crux of this I think. There's a strange desire out there from some people to identify crowdfunding scams (or potential scam, which to them is all crowdfunding) and jump in to let people know how dumb everyone who contributed is and how kickstarter is for idiots.
being aggressively non-chalant is how you appear above this, you see
I mean it was made for $78k I'm pretty sure this isn't gonna be in theaters.
It could appear at some film festivals. I wouldn't doubt something like this gets screened at SxSW either.
You mean not doing a scam, spend money in the production of a actual movie with the meta of the theme of the movie being not making the movie?
Not a great scam idea there
I mean it was made for $78k I'm pretty sure this isn't gonna be in theaters.
Shame if so, would have liked to see it on the big screen. But I bet someone in Hollywood is going to make a film based on it, that much is for certain.
...that's what the movie is about.
Their IRL pitch video, is also the fake pitch video they raise the money they blow in the film.
You mean not doing a scam, spend money in the production of a actual movie with the meta of the theme of the movie being not making the movie?
Not a great scam idea there
I was actually joking in that post, although to be fair I DID assume they were releasing a documentary on themselves NOT making a movie as a comment on the Kickstarter process (hence why it could have worked as a scam) as opposed to making a fully fledged film in its own right, so my bad for that.
Diprosalic
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Smh at some people. If this is a scam then the scammers are not very good at it.
Someone find the Mitchell and Webb conspiracy video with the moob landing.
There you go:
https://www.google.ch/url?sa=t&sour...NeI-2N807bCTPTYTg&sig2=cmPQKP9nbgMLcsTvpRyFXA
Someone find the Mitchell and Webb conspiracy video with the moob landing.
There you go:
https://www.google.ch/url?sa=t&sour...NeI-2N807bCTPTYTg&sig2=cmPQKP9nbgMLcsTvpRyFXA
LOL
ThatGayWolf
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This is a brilliant idea and looks a pretty fun watch. Masterfully exposes the average NeoGAF user's attention span and OP comprehension.
Wait, that wasn't the meta commentary?
Wait, that wasn't the meta commentary?
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