Tuesday, 21 April 2009
Thursday, 16 April 2009
Pepperoni Flavored Wolverine Clip
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When I think Wolverine, I think delicious pizza. Ok maybe not, but I will from now on since Papa Johns Pizza (who refuses to deliver to my home unless I find some way to move it one block to the west) is hosting an exclusive new clip from X-Men Origins:
The clip is a longer version of the now, very over played sequence you’ve seen in the trailer where Wolverine takes out a helicopter. Apparently before he took out the helicopter he also took out a heavily armored Hummer. As a Wolverine fan, I have a small problem with this clip. No it’s not all the excessive CGI and bad green screen work. Here’s the problem: When the chopper crashes, Wolverine is thrown free thus saving him from the fiery wreckage of the chopper. Why? If you’re making a movie about an indestructible character, shouldn’t you let him crash with the chopper and then maybe crawl his way out of the wreckage? I mean the whole thrown from the chopper as it crashes thing looks ridiculously unrealistic so why do it? This is Wolverine, you don’t need cheap coincidence to save him. Let him blow up with the helicopter, and then walk out singed but healed. What, you didn’t want to mess up his jacket? Lame.
See it for yourself. Watch the full clip over at Papa Johns.
Friday, 10 April 2009
Which Movie Has the Better Pizza Promotion: Wolverine or Terminator Salvation?
Posted by Sean.
Nothing says summer blockbuster quite like a good fast food promotion, and although Happy Meals have always been a pretty reliable marketing tool in the past, this year it seems like Hollywood has a hankerin’ for some ‘za instead. Earlier this week Pizza Hut unveiled a new website for Terminator Salvation where they will be showing off exclusive footage from the movie and running a contest with some sweet prizes including a trip to the Hollywood premiere. On top of that, they will also be giving away a free one-topping medium pizza to anyone named John Connor or Sarah Connor on Thursday, May 21. I’m serious.
Not to be outdone, Papa John’s just launched a promotion of their own this week for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. They’re not giving away any prizes, but instead, they’ve created a new pizza specifically for Logan and his pals: the XL X-treme Cheese Pizza, which comes loaded with nearly a full pound of cheese! Genius. Obviously the folks at Fox are still so busy doing damage control on the leaked workprint that they don’t seem to realize that being associated with “a full pound of cheese” might be a bad thing for Wolverine’s rep. Well, at least Papa John’s didn’t give away the movie’s top secret (read: not in the least bit shocking) PG-13 rating. What do you think, which pizza promotion offers the best value in the current economic climate? Is one less embarrassing than the other?
