Posts Tagged ‘propagation planning’
quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
22 Feb, 2009 • posts i've written • 3 comments
(roughly translates to “who watches the watchmen?”)
I admit, I’m a late entrant into the fan world of The Watchmen. I bought the graphic novel on Saturday and finished it this evening; and like everyone else that loved it on first pass, I’ll be re-reading it after I finish this post. I became so fascinated with the novel because of how well it’s being marketed online. Whomever is responsible, (surely fans and the studio), the full effort deserves careful study. Bits of content are continually floating out into the ether for fans to pick up, string together, and tell their own stories. And the film has relied heavily on fans to tell their friends the story behind the fragments. Eric, I owe it to you as well for pushing me to read the graphic novel and helping me to assemble the pieces. This is the perfect intersection of propagation planning and fan passion. I think it’s interesting that when first announced, many die-hard fans were against the movie, but I’m seeing more and more positive sentiment for the film these days.
I thought I’d help push you along now, dear reader, by assembling some of the pieces I’ve found. Please read the graphic novel (in all bookstores right now) and add anything you find to the comments of this post.
- Wil Wheaton reviews The Watchmen. (no spoilers)
- Dr. Manhattan Condoms
- Old School Minutemen arcade game
- Making of video journal
- Download only (new trend) two-part Watchmen game (xbox and ps3)
- Images and Audio artifacts from the Watchmen dimension
- The New Frontiersman online (looks a bit like the Drudge Report)
- An iPhone app (free)
- Watchmen toys
- Japanese trailer
- (NEW) Dr. Manhattan’s powers and the laws of physics
- (NEW) Making Dr. Manhattan glow
- (NEWER) iPhone game coming out March 6th
- (NEWEST) Watchmen as 80’s cartoon
And for my RSS readers, you should really click through to see the embedded player with loads of video content.
