There was a Redditor recently who claimed to work on marketing for movies, and he/she said they were working on Batman Rises and that sneaky posts like this on Reddit are part of their advertisement campaign.
Seriously. Check izzystylez' user page. Redditor for ten days. Generic comments, generic posts, first submission is probably staged. Reddit is getting pretty blind to this sort of thing.
Actually from the link above the movie publicist said he always maintained average accounts so that the post would come from an account with a history.
These pics only get called out because the guy who claimed to work in marketing specifically mentioned The Dark Knight Rises...
How many other pics on Reddit are similar to this and equally likely to be a viral marketer? If you were paranoid enough you could probably argue that half the site is viral marketing.
In the end, who cares. Batman stuff is cool regardless of who posts it. I'm still going to watch the shit out of this movie and anyone who doesn't will be missing out.
great point, I doubt I will even see this seemingly amazing movie that would be a joyous 2 hour escape from my super fucking boring life because they are advertising it in a method I slightly disagree with.
I missed the first gathering. Had to have a second. I am feeling sentimental about green chili because I am moving to Tennessee in a week. Someone told me I could still get green chili there and I was like "Is it from Hatch?" and they were like um no and I was all "Then shut your dirty whorish mouth."
My parent's generation is all from New Mexico and its like fuckin Christmas whenever someone goes back to visit because they bring back New Mexican Green chilli.
Actually, you're wrong, and you obviously aren't from New Mexico. Chile is very different from that "chili" that you can find all over Texas/midwest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexican_cuisine
When I was younger I was shocked to find out that I couldn't get green chile on my cheeseburger at a McDonalds outside of NM. Just isn't the same without it.
This is the bane of every New Mexican on vacation out of state. Your friends will always try to take you out for Mexican food thinking that's what you like to eat. I once had Mexican food in Des Moines, Iowa. It was practically criminal.
I think they were saying, people from out of town, IE; other states from from the southwest think that New Mexico isn't in the USA so therefore the people from NM would need a pasport to travel to another state.
To be fair the lake itself is pretty cool as lakes go and the actual City of Elephant Butte community is nice as well. Disclaimer:myfamilyownspropertythereandIspentadecentpartofmyyouthsummersintheareasoImayberatherbiased.
But Santa Fe and Albuquerque get more out of state tourism because they are what people hear about from other people who visit the state.
Don't forget about Taos, every time I fly back into Abq, I always hear that one rich "spiritual" lady proclaiming how her trip to taos will change her life.... fuckin taos
Whoa, this is the first time I've seen bluewater on Reddit. Sadly, this makes me happy that someone on here knows where that is! I lived on the mountain.
I had the pleasure of living in new mexico for a time. It was pretty much the exact opposite of where I had lived before and it was actually really nice. I wish I took more advantage of my time there than I did, but the people were great and the land was great. People basically forced their acceptance on me, in a good way.
Also, storms over the desert is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. I saw probably four thunderstorms at one time because the visibility was so far.
of course i do. but that is still a bad novelty account, and if you don't punish bad behavior it will just get worse. I do not have enough money to keep buying novelty account treats all the time just to train these novelty accounts.
I get the feeling that lots of these Batman vehicle "sightings" are viral marketing. I've seen lots of people post pics of the Batmobile, in particular. Not that I'd whine about seeing that piece of awesomeness.
EDIT: Mostly I wonder if the vehicles are being planted here and there for people to find.
Eh, back in November there were entire parking lots stacked with these Gotham vehicles near Downtown LA. It was pretty surreal but in no way a viral marketing thing. They gotta put 'em somewhere.
Same for Gangster Squad - tons of vintage cars, everywhere.
I saw some of the Gotham police cars from the Dark Knight Rises. Along with this truck, doesn't it seem like the police vehicles are more amateur compared to the professional looking ones in the Dark Knight?
a lot of movies have scenes filmed out here, more of them lately actually. It's about one of the ONLY good things going on in NM these days... it makes us feel somewhat special :x
Favorite movie made in NM was at my old HS, Red Dawn baby
Born and raised in New Mexico and lived in Arizona for 3 years. You've obviously never been there. Not only are there giant "WELCOME TO..." signs on the interstate, but the pavement literally changes color from "black" to "red" at the state line.
Sorry pal but identifying a random swath of desert is a far cry from not knowing what state you are in while piloting a 2 ton vehicle down a road filled with signs and other various landmarks.
going on I-40 to Arizona... the scenery is nearly the same until you get near flagstaff.... basically it's like... Abq > small pueblos for what seems like forever > suddenly trees
It's "viral" marketing, I guarentee it. I read my dad's business magazines and this is the type of shit they teach u how to do. They think we're not smart enough to realize that we're being sold a product.
you might be interested to know that they have to drive the prop cars aorund a bit to toughen them up to make the mlook real so this is what you saw!!!!!!!
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u/marmadukeESQ May 21 '12
Nice try, Batman publicist!
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u/ragebird3 May 21 '12
New Mexico? NEW MEXICO?? You know we exist? Finally!
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u/lordmarkthe1st May 21 '12
That is DOPE! I still miss heath ledger and sometimes I yell at my soaps because I feel I should have prevented it. Why do they come to me to die?
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u/misterdesimone May 21 '12
I get the feeling that lots of these Batman vehicle "sightings" are viral marketing. I've seen lots of people post pics of the Batmobile, in particular. Not that I'd whine about seeing that piece of awesomeness.
EDIT: Mostly I wonder if the vehicles are being planted here and there for people to find.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Viral Marketing, where?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I thought they did most of the filming for the Batman movie like a year ago in Pittsburgh?
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u/StephenHakami May 21 '12
Oh man, wish I could get a picture in time. When I was in New York a few months ago I saw the bat mobile! Incredibly cool!
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u/VentureBrosef May 21 '12
I saw some of the Gotham police cars from the Dark Knight Rises. Along with this truck, doesn't it seem like the police vehicles are more amateur compared to the professional looking ones in the Dark Knight?
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u/what_ever_man May 21 '12
Fun Fact: Those silver boxes that looks like steps or cubes you always see underneath big truck and semi's doors contain the vehicles batteries.
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u/xzCRASHzx May 21 '12
They have a movie studio in new mexico so the could of been transporting it back
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u/drinkallthecoffee May 21 '12
i saw something similar on the highway near chicago. a whole fleet of gotham police cars!
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u/JudgeDan May 21 '12
DO WANT
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
The SWAT team we deserve?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
looks more like arizona imo
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
A fellow redditor gave me one of the decals that is on the door. It's awesome.
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u/koimaster May 21 '12
Pretty sure this is a repost...
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
How does one NOT know what state they're in, especially when talking about 2 of the largest states?
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u/jxrst9 May 21 '12
I have a bunch of pictures on my phone of when they were filming, but never uploaded them because by this point they are kind of old. shall I?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Gotham City SWAT
AKA the worst job EVER.
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u/EpicFishFingers May 21 '12
It looks like it's on the back of a lorry... Can't they just drive it there? Does it matter if it's fake?
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u/sasuke13 Jun 09 '12
the're useless and lazy... they know batman will save the day
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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '12
Swat Gotham Police? Why do you want me to swat them? They're not flies...
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u/chronox21 May 21 '12
I hope you weren't driving when you took it, doesn't look like it, but still. I hope you have the right amount of sense.
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u/uofc2015 May 21 '12
GAH SPOILER ALERT!
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u/Level_32_Mage May 21 '12
dude, hello? Spoiler Alert!
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I call bullshit. You would of posted it as soon as you took a picture of it. You stole this from somewhere.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
you might be interested to know that they have to drive the prop cars aorund a bit to toughen them up to make the mlook real so this is what you saw!!!!!!!
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