Comments on: Weekend Vid Picks: Fan Films Good Enough to Fool You http://gigaom.com/2008/04/06/weekend-vid-picks-fan-films-good-enough-to-fool-you/ Fri, 24 May 2013 04:46:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: IGN’s iPWN: The Newest (And Hopefully Last) iPhone App Review Show http://gigaom.com/2008/04/06/weekend-vid-picks-fan-films-good-enough-to-fool-you/#comment-457057 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:32:10 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3639#comment-457057 [...] seem like a perfect fit for IGN, where previous video successes have been much more in the fake trailer for a Legend of Zelda film model. Profanity, alas, does not equal [...]

]]> By: NBC Skimps on Online Olympics Coverage — Again - NewTeeVee Station http://gigaom.com/2008/04/06/weekend-vid-picks-fan-films-good-enough-to-fool-you/#comment-457056 Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:35:51 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3639#comment-457056 [...] seem like a perfect fit for IGN, where previous video successes have been much more in the fake trailer for a Legend of Zelda film model. Profanity, alas, does not equal [...]

]]> By: Potter Puppet Pals Gets Stuck In Your Head - NewTeeVee Station http://gigaom.com/2008/04/06/weekend-vid-picks-fan-films-good-enough-to-fool-you/#comment-457055 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:06:30 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3639#comment-457055 [...] Star Wars and Star Trek franchises have both had fan films that climbed to viral popularity; the time for the Harry Potter franchise to reach similar heights [...]

]]> By: Set Jericho and Friday Night Lights Free « NewTeeVee http://gigaom.com/2008/04/06/weekend-vid-picks-fan-films-good-enough-to-fool-you/#comment-457054 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:04:52 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3639#comment-457054 [...] movies. Then empower the fans with the tools they need to create their own stories (fan films are getting quite good these days) to fill in the gaps before another batch of content is [...]

]]> By: Angela Wilson Gyetvan http://gigaom.com/2008/04/06/weekend-vid-picks-fan-films-good-enough-to-fool-you/#comment-457053 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:40:08 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3639#comment-457053 Small world story — the actor who played Ganon, Gregory Lee Kenyon, is a friend from my East Coast grad-school bartending days. He said the shoot was enormously fun, but not sure he earned enough dough to convince him to sit in a makeup chair for the required five hours required each day to make him sufficiently mean and green. Perhaps if they get a REAL movie deal out of this . . .

]]> By: Tim Street http://gigaom.com/2008/04/06/weekend-vid-picks-fan-films-good-enough-to-fool-you/#comment-457052 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:29:29 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=3639#comment-457052 I would love to see a list of how many planned April Fool’s Videos got Rick Rolled.

I wish I could have been a fly on the wall when the marketing people who paid all that money to create April Fool’s Viral Videos for YouTube – you know – the one’s who put their jobs on the line with their bosses only to see a Rick Astley video.

Did they have to get on the phone and explain to their bosses? Did they have to call the client and make nice? Did they lose a client?

I want to know!

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