Project Prometheus Gives Us A Look At David 8’s “Emotions” Caleb Hamilton, April 17, 2012April 17, 2012 Earlier today, a new Prometheus viral video featuring Michael Fassbender as the Weyland Industries android, David 8, premiered online. The ad was a sort of mock-interview in which an off-screen voice asked David a series of questions, one of which being “David, what makes you sad?” The robot then displayed the human emotion of sadness, even shedding tears. Project Prometheus is now giving Weyland Investors an in-depth look at David 8’s Emotion Output Display Module. More after the jump.In order to unlock each of David’s emotions, investors had to decode some binary in special images sent out to 8 film blogs, like the one below from ComingSoon.net. Once one was unlocked, you could read a description of how David would display that emotion. For example, ComingSoon’s code unlocked Anger, which you can read about below. You can see the rest of David’s emotions by clicking the picture.There are definitely more updates coming soon from Project Prometheus, so be sure to check back here often for the latest! You can follow up on our coverage of the Prometheus viral campaign here.You can see more of David when Prometheus hits theaters in 2D, Real-D 3D and IMAX 3D June 8th! ARGs & Campaigns Viral Marketing Project PrometheusPrometheus
The “Amazing Spider-Man” Viral Continues With Wrestling Poster and Website May 7, 2012Earlier today, we told you about the updates to The Amazing Spider-Man viral campaign involving the Parker’s POV website. However, there is even more viral news today, this time coming from the Webbed Menace website. Get the details after the break. Read More
Veronica Mars Movie Update: 4 Days to Go! April 8, 2013April 7, 2013The Veronica Mars Movie Project ends its Kickstarter crowdsourcing effort on Friday, and with around 73,000 backers and $4.8 million pledged, I think we can call it a great success. After the break, read some of the recent updates to the project. Read More
Not Like Mike: The Jordan-Utah Flash Fiasco December 11, 2009In what may be the first major viral marketing event in the history of sports (at least to my knowledge), the NBA Developmental League’s Utah Flash is reaping the success (and failure) of an elaborate campaign. Ryan Corazza has the scoop at ESPN. Apparently, Flash flans were under the assumption they were… Read More