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[Kinzart]

[SPEC] Mission: ICEFLY, Related to Syfy's "Alphas"?

[kinzart]

Sorry for double post.
I'd edit my previous post But I dont have an account. I registered ages ago and the registration derped.

I should also note that the 'motorised fly' seen in the clip does have wings but due to terrribad video quality, I couldnt get a good capture.

[Ogawa]

Very interesting find...

Generally I'm pretty outspoken about MIF/TSN being gum only. Alphas wouldn't be a bad connection except for the fact that I feel like it would be bad business to market for it without telling anyone what you're marketing for, all the way past the pilot episode airing. IMO, if this was for Alphas we should know by know.

Still, the theme does seem to fit. And the robo-fly is very curious indeed. Then again, every appearance of the icefly has been the exact same creature, and the robo-fly looks just different enough for me to have some pretty serious doubts.

[spontaneousbob]

I was watching Alphas a few weeks ago, and started thinking the same thing.

The show is about people with "heightened senses" and such. And there was a scene in which one of the characters was offering everyone gum before going in to catch the bad guys because it helped focus the senses or something.

I don't actually think the show's related to ARG so much as I am now very aware of anything and everything having to do with the senses or gum or flies that I come across.

[pilferk]

In a previous episode, there was a mute girl who was able to encode messages in her own "language" (using household objects to make noises).

I wondered this myself...but it would be odd to link it to "Alphas" in such a loose way, considering the season is about half over.

By the time the link was revealed...the season would be almost complete and any "bump" in ratings would be almost impossible to garner.

[Inya]

It's always good the compare things, I'd say, this ARG is getting really defined on what it should be. Somebody can easily grasp the fact that this is for 5 Gum, for obvious reasons. But we can't say the same for anything else. I do like the idea that this could be tied to the show, better than what some others are thinking what this could be for. I never seen the show myself, but it might be something to try out, show that others have shown interest in it and comparing it to this.

Edit: Fixed.

[Kinzart]

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[Inya]

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[ADarkly]

That's interesting about the SDCC people... I couldn't get over there when they were doing envelopes, never saw them. But I would point out that I've gotten oodles of misinformation at SDCC (for non-ARG stuff); generally people aren't given much info about the work they're doing, and frequently even folks working the same booth who *aren't* random lackeys will give you opposing info. For example, people will tell you definitively that a specific giveaway doesn't exist, then give it away the next morning.

It's not deliberate misinformation, it's just lack of communication.

I saw the Alphas promo as well, and thought it was a fun coincidence. But i will tell you for sure: Syfy doesn't do viral advertising. They really don't like spending money on ads at all, and on the heels of cancelling one of their most successful shows due to budget costs, I find it highly unlikely they'd have launched such an expensive, obscure campaign for another.

But hey, if it turns out to not be "just" for gum, cool. If not, cool. I'm just playing for the game.

[Kinzart]

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[sinz]

True on the SyFy thing. They have a low budget =( Cancelled SGU.

[punxtr]

I know... good to know someone else misses SGU.