Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Now w/ Shiny!)

[Leckomaniac]

Dude... That was a big story a few months back. Check the thread. Dodge paid a huge amount of money to get that on there.

Oh I must have totally missed that. I just came across it matter of factly. I would imagine that they shelled out a great deal of cash. I am way too lazy to go searching through pages worth of stuff to find the discussion and the specifics.

Sorry for bringing up old news. My bad.

[Lord Voldemoo]

Dude... That was a big story a few months back. Check the thread. Dodge paid a huge amount of money to get that on there.

really?

I get the point is to make money but...

ah, fuck this movie. I'm boycotting it now.

[ONeillSG1]

Awesome trailer. It gives me hope.

[Adam Balm]

One thing though...

Can anyone tell me what spy satellites point up at the sky, and not down at the earth?

[Lord Voldemoo]

One thing though...

Can anyone tell me what spy satellites point up at the sky, and not down at the earth?

[cliche]I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you[/cliche]

It may be a dumb use of the term "spy satellites" but we have stuff looking out, don't we? Looking for meteors and whatnot? I don't know if we use satellites for that kind of thing...

[Adam Balm]

One thing though...

Can anyone tell me what spy satellites point up at the sky, and not down at the earth?

[cliche]I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you[/cliche]

It may be a dumb use of the term "spy satellites" but we have stuff looking out, don't we? Looking for meteors and whatnot? I don't know if we use satellites for that kind of thing...

Well, we got radar for tracking orbital debris.. Space Command does it, I actually toured the place once. NASA and JPL track nearby asteroids in their NEAT program. So yes, the government has plenty of stuff looking out, but I can't see any military or "spy sat" purpose for it....

ETA:

HAHAHHA. Check this out from the NEAT wiki:

NEAT has a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Air Force to use a GEODSS telescope located on Haleakala, Maui, Hawaii. GEODSS stands for Ground-based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance and these wide field Air Force telescopes were designed to optically observe Earth orbital spacecraft. The NEAT team designed a CCD camera and computer system for the GEODSS telescope. The CCD camera format is 4096 × 4096 pixels and the field of view is 1.2° × 1.6°.

WIKIPWNT! It's not a spysat, but the airforce does have an earthbound telescope looking out there.

[Leckomaniac]

One thing though...

Can anyone tell me what spy satellites point up at the sky, and not down at the earth?

[cliche]I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you[/cliche]

It may be a dumb use of the term "spy satellites" but we have stuff looking out, don't we? Looking for meteors and whatnot? I don't know if we use satellites for that kind of thing...

Well, we got radar for tracking orbital debris.. Space Command does it, I actually toured the place once. Yes, the government has plenty of stuff looking out, but I can't see any military or "spy sat" purpose for it....

But, theoretically, wouldn't a world with superheroes who can fly need military spy sat technology to make sure no heroes are flying in their air space? Maybe?

[Lord Voldemoo]

One thing though...

Can anyone tell me what spy satellites point up at the sky, and not down at the earth?

[cliche]I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you[/cliche]

It may be a dumb use of the term "spy satellites" but we have stuff looking out, don't we? Looking for meteors and whatnot? I don't know if we use satellites for that kind of thing...

Well, we got radar for tracking orbital debris.. Space Command does it, I actually toured the place once. Yes, the government has plenty of stuff looking out, but I can't see any military or "spy sat" purpose for it....

But, theoretically, wouldn't a world with superheroes who can fly need military spy sat technology to make sure no heroes are flying in their air space? Maybe?

Makes more sense than anything else I can think of...NO-PRIZE!!!!

[buster00]

YO, BEHOLT BAH-LAC-TUS AN' SHIT!



"Stop trying to hit me and hit me!"

[wonkabar]

There's one of these Life-size Silver Surfer lobby standees at my local theater, but I didn't have my phone on me so I didn't get a pic (I might take some when Spidey comes out though)...anyway, those were from a dude in Tucson.

[Ribbons]

There's one of these Life-size Silver Surfer lobby standees at my local theater, but I didn't have my phone on me so I didn't get a pic (I might take some when Spidey comes out though)...anyway, those were from a dude in Tucson.

Oh snaps! I am so stealing that if there's one near me.

[Nachokoolaid]

That's awesome. I wonder what's that's made of. Doesn't seem to be shiny cardboard. I guess some type of plastic, but that looks slick.

[godzillasushi]

There's one of these Life-size Silver Surfer lobby standees at my local theater, but I didn't have my phone on me so I didn't get a pic (I might take some when Spidey comes out though)...anyway, those were from a dude in Tucson.

Yea mine has one to. It's sorta goofy though. We just look at it and shake our heads.

"Hey you vandelism kids....over here....something shiny to screw up."

[Fried Gold]

One thing though...

Can anyone tell me what spy satellites point up at the sky, and not down at the earth?

There is no suggestion that the spy satellite in the trailer was pointing away from the Earth. I think it was an image of Silver Surfer in our atmosphere.

And I believe there have been "spy satellites" observing space, since the US/Soviet Union went a bit crazy thinking each side was going to launch spaceships at each other.

[so sorry]

Two things:

1.) what the hell is a Super Skrull?

2.) I'll throw my vote with the "wtf power changing" crowd (which seems to be everyone but Burl, what else is new!)

[Ribbons]

what the hell is a Super Skrull?

The Super-Skrull is some Skrull dude who was given all four of the FF's powers via genetic modification. Or artificial insemination. One of those. He was sent to earth to kill the Fantastic Four for some reason or another.

[so sorry]

thanks Ribs, I wiki'ed him/it and read all about it...

[Ribbons]

thanks Ribs, I wiki'ed him/it and read all about it...

Me too. Uh, I mean... I knew all about the Super-Skrull this whole time! Who says I didn't?!?!

[Leckomaniac]

So it looks like this film is running 95 minutes long...and will have midnight showings.

95 minutes long?!?!?! That isn't a lot of time to introduce SS and thwart Cloudactus...plus deal with Doom.

[havocSchultz]

So it looks like this film is running 95 minutes long...and will have midnight showings.

95 minutes long?!?!?! That isn't a lot of time to introduce SS and thwart Cloudactus...plus deal with Doom.

That's roughly how long X3 was...
And that worked out fine...

[Leckomaniac]

So it looks like this film is running 95 minutes long...and will have midnight showings.

95 minutes long?!?!?! That isn't a lot of time to introduce SS and thwart Cloudactus...plus deal with Doom.

That's roughly how long X3 was...
And that worked out fine...

Surely you jest.

[havocSchultz]

But of course...

And don't call me Shirley...

[Pacino86845]

There's one of these Life-size Silver Surfer lobby standees at my local theater, but I didn't have my phone on me so I didn't get a pic (I might take some when Spidey comes out though)...anyway, those were from a dude in Tucson.

Yea mine has one to. It's sorta goofy though. We just look at it and shake our heads.

"Hey you vandelism kids....over here....something shiny to screw up."

Shiny... shiny...

[Leckomaniac]

But of course...

And don't call me Shirley...

I walked right into that one.

[Pacino86845]

Shiny you jest?

[havocSchultz]

But of course...

And don't call me shinning...

[GizmoGremlins]

I'm REALLY hoping this one turns out better than the last one, and these clips are so far helping me support that hope. I particularly like TV Spot #2 where you can see them switching powers. Sue Storm on fire... hell yeah! Fingers crossed until the release of the film.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
TV Spot #3
TV Spot #2
The CW Exclusive Film Clip

[Nachokoolaid]

It suddenly feels like I'm gardening in here. Mmmm...

[Theta]

It suddenly feels like I'm gardening in here. Mmmm...

Now, now. These aren't the Talkbacks. We don't refer to blatant marketing tactics as "plants."



















We get them banned! Dino, I believe Gizmo there has a date with your finely-crafted Italian boot?

[The Garbage Man]

Fox has partnered with the Franklin Mint to produce U.S. quarters featuring the Silver Surfer.

What the fucking hell? The federal government partners with a movie studio to produce legal tender as advertisement for a movie... and the movie they go with is the sequel to Fantastic Four?

[Leckomaniac]

Fox has partnered with the Franklin Mint to produce U.S. quarters featuring the Silver Surfer.

What the fucking hell? The federal government partners with a movie studio to produce legal tender as advertisement for a movie... and the movie they go with is the sequel to Fantastic Four?

That is pretty fucking bizarre.

[Adam Balm]

In Galactus we trust.

[godzillasushi]

I want my tax forms to be embedded with Spider-man.

[Flumm]

Teh Power Co$mic?

[minstrel]

This is incredible. My first thought was that the coin couldn't possibly be legal tender, but the link says it is.

Aren't there laws against this? Doesn't legal tender have to meet certain standards?

WTF??

[buster00]

Fox has partnered with the Franklin Mint to produce U.S. quarters featuring the Silver Surfer.

What the fucking hell? The federal government partners with a movie studio to produce legal tender as advertisement for a movie... and the movie they go with is the sequel to Fantastic Four?

That quarter doesn't have enough silver.


Ironic, really.


Not even irony. More of a zinc-coppery.

[Al Shut]

That's so bizzare I'll believe it when I see it.

[unikrunk]

Fox has partnered with the Franklin Mint to produce U.S. quarters featuring the Silver Surfer.

What the fucking hell? The federal government partners with a movie studio to produce legal tender as advertisement for a movie... and the movie they go with is the sequel to Fantastic Four?

That quarter doesn't have enough silver.


Ironic, really.


Not even irony. More of a zinc-coppery.

I see what you did there...

Man, those FF tv spots are pissing me off; they look too good. The movie looks like it is good.

But..the first one was so bad...of coourse, I was never 'wowed' by the advertising for the first one.

Goddammit Marvel. The movie better be what you've been selling me; this bait and switch shit is getting wicked old.

[Zarles]

That Bah-lac-tus pic up there has me impampilashing all over myself. I didn't even know I was capable.

[DinoDeLaurentiis]

The Dino, he wants his a golden ticket, eh?

Hehehe....

In alla seriousness, I donna think a the stories, they are a correct... I canna find a the 'nothing about a the coin onna the official website of a the US Mint, eh? It's a prolly just a some promotional item via the Franklin Mint.

[The Todd]

Fox has partnered with the Franklin Mint to produce U.S. quarters featuring the Silver Surfer.

What the fucking hell? The federal government partners with a movie studio to produce legal tender as advertisement for a movie... and the movie they go with is the sequel to Fantastic Four?

In alla seriousness, I donna think a the stories, they are a correct... I canna find a the 'nothing about a the coin onna the official website of a the US Mint, eh? It's a prolly just a some promotional item via the Franklin Mint.

The Dino is right. The Franklin Mint is not the same as the US Mint that prints all the money and stamps all the coins for use in US currency.

Few companies in the entire world have touched the lives of more people than The Franklin Mint. For more than 40 years, the world’s leading private mint has created works of fine art, magnificent objets, and treasured collectibles that not only bring us joy, but that enhance our lives as we share their beauty and significance with family and friends.
The Franklin Mint was founded in 1964 when it began striking legal tender coins for foreign countries, as well as commemorative medallions, casino tokens and precious metal ingots. Eventually, the product line was expanded to include the sculptures, deluxe games, precision die-cast models, beautiful collector dolls, and more sought-after collectibles for which the Mint is now world famous.

[The Garbage Man]

This legal tender coin is a 2005 California statehood commemorative quarter minted by the United States Mint and specially color-enhanced by The Franklin Mint for Twentieth Century Fox.

I took that to mean the coins will be struck with the Surfer image by the Federal Mint, then colored by the Franklin Mint. On the reread, sounds like they'll be regular California coins and Franklin Mint is just painting over the backs.

Lame, but at least I can regain a tiny bit of faith in the U.S. government.

[DinoDeLaurentiis]

I took that to mean the coins will be struck with the Surfer image by the Federal Mint, then colored by the Franklin Mint. On the reread, sounds like they'll be regular California coins and Franklin Mint is just painting over the backs.

That's a what it a says, but like I said, I donna think a the inna'formation inna the story, she is a correct. This is a prolly one of a those stories where a the facts, they are a misinna'terpreted atta the source anna then a the viral nature of a the interweb, she takes over anna spreads a the misinna'formation like a the wildfire, no?

[wonkabar]

Fox has partnered with the Franklin Mint to produce U.S. quarters featuring the Silver Surfer.

What the fucking hell? The federal government partners with a movie studio to produce legal tender as advertisement for a movie... and the movie they go with is the sequel to Fantastic Four?

That quarter doesn't have enough silver.


Ironic, really.


Not even irony. More of a zinc-coppery.

Totally....TOO BLUE! Like, why didn't they just use silver of the coin? Yeah, it's painted on rather than engraved.... flat on one side. Lame

[Leckomaniac]

So in a nice little twist:

The US Mint is PISSED About the Silver Sufer Quarter

Apparently it is, you know, illegal to do what they did.

[Adam Balm]

Once again, the Dino's suspicions prove to be correct.

[DinoDeLaurentiis]

Once again, the Dino's suspicions prove to be correct.

Yes, yes... when will alla you putzes gonna to learn, eh?

[Leckomaniac]

New Trailer

A lot more humor in this one. Some of the FX looked a bit weak, but it is hard to tell on that shitty viewing format. Still, count me excited. What I really need to know is why Jessica Alba looks so damn creepy? Seriously, what the fuck is going on there?

[Adam Balm]

*scrapes eyeballs with wire brush*

[Leckomaniac]

*scrapes eyeballs with wire brush*

ITS NOT WORTH IT ADAM! IT ISN'T WORTH IT!!!!!!!!!!!!