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[TRAILHEAD] Ridley Scott's Prometheus Viral...
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blackfeathers
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2fray2 wrote:
Ridley said:
"There's another [ad] coming, selling a product of Weyland Corporation which is for all intents and purposes a human being, called David. We talk about the Weyland Corporation and we never mention the film at all. But at the end, he puts his finger on the screen –"
Lindelof interrupts: "Don't give it away!" So when will we see this full ad? "I don't know what the plan is," Lindelof says, shooting Scott a wide-eyed look. "I didn't even know we were allowed to talk about it." Scott grins: "Oh dear."


posted earlier:
http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=931831#931831

source article:
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/03/18/prometheus-promo-fassbender/

& we're still waiting for this video.

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 		Weyland Yutani Logo
On the facebook thingy, they are usung the weyland yutani logo as placeholder instead of weyland coro logo. Probably just another inconsistancy

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ObFuSc8
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 		"Discovering Prometheus" countdowns
Yoko99 wrote:

-3 items that count down to roughly 10 hours and 30 minutes from now
-1 item that counts down to roughly 17 hours and 30 minutes from now

and then those weirdly formatted countdowns which are the exact same for 4 items. They all ended with ...73:4 a few minutes ago and now it's gone down to ...70:4. It is definitely counting down as well.

So what, will each of these items represent a week? Like that first unlocked one that says Week 1?


JustThinking wrote:

Would seem like these would be the countdowns to each week's sphere being opened.


These are good questions, but I don't think each of the spheres/items shown represent one week.

There are 9 spheres/items (tic tacs Smile) total, including "Week 1". As Yoko99 already posted:
-3 spheres whose countdowns end at 20:00 central (02:00 UK)
-1 sphere whose countdown ends at 02:57 central (08:57 UK)
-4 spheres whose countdown I think ends Mon April 9 at 01:57 central (07:57 UK)

All of the countdowns seem to terminate within this week, not at points weeks in the future. So I'd guess that each of the spheres will link to an image, clip, pictogram or other mythology related info, with links going live when the respective countdown ends (all for this week). We may get a new set of spheres/items (tic tacs) each week.

Even if my guess about the timing of the 4 unknown countdowns is off, it doesn't seem likely that they'd open successive weeks since since there are only 4 of them (4 weeks would only take us through the week of May 3rd) and their countdowns are identical.

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 		Countdown to....
I checked out those spheres and the countdown timers associated with them.

Three of the spheres had 24 hr timers.

When they got to 00:00, the timers started over at 24:00.

So there was no big explosion or revealing info.

No, not this time, but maybe later.
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 		Green orb also evident on lower right of the app...Wonder if that will come into play. As far as the WY logo...not sure...description of movie mentions "two competing corporations......" so is there another? Or do them end up merging at some point DURING the movie?

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 		Re: "Discovering Prometheus"
ObFuSc8 wrote:

The star map, new stills, GIF & pictogram are all very intriguing as is the description that pops up -- "Join the 'Discovering Prometheus' journey where you will be led to exclusive reveals and activities from this groundbreaking mythology."

I agree they totally seem like they should be ARG related, the fact that only @UK_Prometheus has tweeted about it and the app is only on the Prometheus Movie UK FB page makes me think this is a Prometheus UK FB exclusive and won't tie into the Project Prometheus viral.

Or maybe I've spoken too soon? Just as I was about to hit "submit" @PrometheusMovie tweeted back to me:

@PrometheusMovie wrote:
@0bFuSc8 @UK_Prometheus See what you discover following both. #projectprometheus #discoveringprometheus


https://twitter.com/PrometheusMovie/statuses/188040209072529409

Hmmm.


I think we can divine a couple of things from this new development:

I've noticed that most of the time studios promoting movies via FB have set up separate FB accounts for 'domestic' and 'foreign' promotion. This usually translates to a U.S. account and a U.K. account.

Studios do treat and run their domestic and international publicity separately in most cases, as often release dates are different, campaigns vary quite a bit between the markets, and promotional details run on different timelines.

So the fact that the PROMETHEUS UK FB account is releasing/promoting this app makes total sense in many aspects. It also doesn't mean that this new app is either unrelated or contradictory to the current (if stalled) ARG game for the film. On the same hand, it may never connect to it either.

I suspect that the UK Facebook entity may be used later to publicize international (Europe-specific?) promotions for the film which may be tied to this new app, and perhaps some of these promotions (screenings? etc.) may only be applicable to the international market. Just as a US-only promotion would likely be publicized on the US account for PROMETHEUS in theory.

Studios take a big chance and have to work very hard to coordinate one truly global publicity campaign for a film, and the costs are greater accordingly. I think back to the ARG for TRON:LEGACY which truly ran on a global, simultaneous scale. They have some advantages but also have their own breed of problems to coordinate from the inside. Often it's easier and more economical to simply promote the film separately for the two major markets, even if some aspects overlap.

One possibility, anyway.

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ObFuSc8
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 		Re: "Discovering Prometheus"
FilmEdge wrote:

So the fact that the PROMETHEUS UK FB account is releasing/promoting this app makes total sense in many aspects. It also doesn't mean that this new app is either unrelated or contradictory to the current (if stalled) ARG game for the film. On the same hand, it may never connect to it either.

I suspect that the UK Facebook entity may be used later to publicize international (Europe-specific?) promotions for the film which may be tied to this new app, and perhaps some of these promotions (screenings? etc.) may only be applicable to the international market. Just as a US-only promotion would likely be publicized on the US account for PROMETHEUS in theory.

Studios take a big chance and have to work very hard to coordinate one truly global publicity campaign for a film, and the costs are greater accordingly. I think back to the ARG for TRON:LEGACY which truly ran on a global, simultaneous scale. They have some advantages but also have their own breed of problems to coordinate from the inside. Often it's easier and more economical to simply promote the film separately for the two major markets, even if some aspects overlap.

One possibility, anyway.


Yeah, I get that. I wasn't saying that Discovering Prometheus being released by PROMETHEUS UK FB didn't make sense or it's unrelated or contradictory. I just meant that Discovering Prometheus would likely be complementary to and run parallel with Project Promeheus, though it didn't seem like they'd be interlinked.

In the interim @PrometheusMovie has now also tweeted:

@PrometheusMovie wrote:
Learn more about #ProjectPrometheus on the "Discovering Prometheus" Facebook app! http://on.fb.me/HU7pcz


https://twitter.com/PrometheusMovie/statuses/188077941140365313

This goes along with Project Prometheus & Discovering Prometheus being complementary /parallel, though this tweet even seems to hint they may be interlinked.


FilmEdge wrote:

I think back to the ARG for TRON:LEGACY which truly ran on a global, simultaneous scale.


Ah, but then Flynn Lives was of a completely separate class. Smile

EDITED TO ADD:
Ugh, I am such a dullard. The tweet I posted above links to a NEW "Discovering Prometheus" app on the Prometheus FB page. This is the same star map (same 9 spheres/orbital paths) EXCEPT that there are 8 distinct countdowns.

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 		Understood, ObFuSc8, and my comments weren't addressed to you specifically. Just quoted you for context and a springboard to the idea that I wouldn't be surprised if the two accounts spearhead their own initiatives while allied in the same larger goal.

Either way, it's something NEW and it certainly implies a set timeline for more releases of materials, which is more than we new a couple days ago... even if they don't arise strictly from the ARG. I'm sure the game is on a similar if secret track of its own.

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Agreed.

I'm glad to have new tic-tacs to puzzle through, even if they are just tic-tacs.

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 		"Discovering Prometheus" -- Countdown to who knows when
Rocket Rob wrote:
I checked out those spheres and the countdown timers associated with them.

Three of the spheres had 24 hr timers.

When they got to 00:00, the timers started over at 24:00.

So there was no big explosion or revealing info.

No, not this time, but maybe later.


You're right, I stand corrected. I just checked and the 3 spheres whose countdowns should have ended at 20:00 central have simply RESET, as you posted.

Gah. So where does that leave us?
-3 spheres whose countdowns reset at 20:00 central (02:00 UK) everyday
-1 sphere whose countdown resets at 02:57 central (08:57 UK) everyday
-4 spheres whose countdowns reset (I'm guessing) every 4 days?

The 9 spheres (including the unlocked "Week 1" sphere) are arranged into 4 orbital paths.

3 of the orbital paths run counterclockwise, while only one runs clockwise.

Spheres grouped in the same orbital path have different countdowns, except for the path in which the "Week 1" sphere lies (where the other 2 spheres both have the weird/unknown countdown.)

There are 7 pictographic/logographic symbols (tic-tacs) used in the 9 spheres, 2 of them are used twice (though the spheres that share the same symbol do not share orbital paths or countdowns.)

The pictographic/logographic symbols seem to be the same as those from the Orrery image. They may have been inspired by cuneiform, but are certainly not cuneiform.

Why are there only 3 distinct countdowns if the remaining spheres represent 8 coming weeks/reveals? Will a sphere simply unlock itself when it's countdown reaches zero during it's designated week?

I apologize for the randomness of my tic-tac related queries and observations.

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 		Re: "Discovering Prometheus" -- Countdown to who knows when
ObFuSc8 wrote:
Rocket Rob wrote:
I checked out those spheres and the countdown timers associated with them.

Three of the spheres had 24 hr timers.

When they got to 00:00, the timers started over at 24:00.

So there was no big explosion or revealing info.

No, not this time, but maybe later.


You're right, I stand corrected. I just checked and the 3 spheres whose countdowns should have ended at 20:00 central have simply RESET, as you posted.

Gah. So where does that leave us?
-3 spheres whose countdowns reset at 20:00 central (02:00 UK) everyday
-1 sphere whose countdown resets at 02:57 central (08:57 UK) everyday
-4 spheres whose countdowns reset (I'm guessing) every 4 days?

The 9 spheres (including the unlocked "Week 1" sphere) are arranged into 4 orbital paths.

3 of the orbital paths run counterclockwise, while only one runs clockwise.

Spheres grouped in the same orbital path have different countdowns, except for the path in which the "Week 1" sphere lies (where the other 2 spheres both have the weird/unknown countdown.)

There are 7 pictographic/logographic symbols (tic-tacs) used in the 9 spheres, 2 of them are used twice (though the spheres that share the same symbol do not share orbital paths or countdowns.)

The pictographic/logographic symbols seem to be the same as those from the Orrery image. They may have been inspired by cuneiform, but are certainly not cuneiform.

Why are there only 3 distinct countdowns if the remaining spheres represent 8 coming weeks/reveals? Will a sphere simply unlock itself when it's countdown reaches zero during it's designated week?

I apologize for the randomness of my tic-tac related queries and observations.


I don't send out the fish barrel often but I posted this just one page ago, we gotta start reading the backpages folks Wink

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/posting.php?p=934955&mode=topicreview&postorder=DESC#934955

The data.xml lists these dates:

WEEK 2 Wed Apr 11
WEEK 3 Wed Apr 18
WEEK 4 Wed Apr 25
WEEK 5 Wed May 2
WEEK 6 Wed May 9
WEEK 7 Wed May 16
WEEK 8 Wed May 23
WEEK 9 Wed May 30

Prometheus is released June 1st in the UK
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 		"Discovering Prometheus" app now on Prometheus FB page
Duh. I am such a dullard. That'll teach me to post long, random tic-tac related ramblings.

@PrometheusMovie's tweet (in my post above) led to a "Discovering Prometheus" app now linked to it's own FB page (not the Prometheus UK FB).

Prometheus (US) FB app: https://apps.facebook.com/starmap_us/
Prometheus UK FB app: https://apps.facebook.com/starmap_uk/

At this point I am tired of sorting through tic-tacs but both starmaps seem the same (have the same 9 spheres in the same 4 orbital paths) EXCEPT that spheres on the US star map have 8 DISTINCT countdowns.

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 		Re: "Discovering Prometheus" -- Countdown to who knows when
Jane Smith wrote:

I don't send out the fish barrel often but I posted this just one page ago, we gotta start reading the backpages folks Wink

http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/posting.php?p=934955&mode=topicreview&postorder=DESC#934955

The data.xml lists these dates:

WEEK 2 Wed Apr 11
WEEK 3 Wed Apr 18
WEEK 4 Wed Apr 25
WEEK 5 Wed May 2
WEEK 6 Wed May 9
WEEK 7 Wed May 16
WEEK 8 Wed May 23
WEEK 9 Wed May 30

Prometheus is released June 1st in the UK


Oops, yeah I saw your post but was reading quickly and thought you meant predicted dates (since your original post stated they were projected dates and didn't say they were pulled from the data.xml.)

Jane Smith wrote:
WEEK 2 Wed Apr 11
WEEK 3 Wed Apr 18
WEEK 4 Wed Apr 25
WEEK 5 Wed May 2
WEEK 6 Wed May 9
WEEK 7 Wed May 16
WEEK 8 Wed May 23
WEEK 9 Wed May 30



These are what was projected may change


Wink

~~Jane


Will have to see if the US/UK star maps have the same dates, or different ones.

EDIT:
The dates from the US star map are the same (makes sense). The countdowns on the US starmap accurately reflect the dates listed.

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 		Humm, i tried to synchronize sphere that are on the same elliptic, that not work...



EDIT: those symbols on the spheres may mean something ?



Also: Trailer is different in US and UK facebook apps..

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Is this it? No one appears to be home. The ARG is dead......

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