Creepy Serenity Promo on Ifilm by ObjectInSpace

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Creepy Serenity Promo on Ifilm

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Wednesday, August 17, 2005 6:03 PM

It seems to be the begining of the mass marketing blitz fir the BDM. Check it out here

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2677821?htv=12

It features a fantastically creepy tese of the film.

For you spoiler-phobes, theres no actual footage from the film used in this short.

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Wednesday, August 17, 2005 7:12 PM

NESS

Wow, that is creepy.

As a spoilerphobe myself, I can assure people that it doesn't seem to spoil the movie. But since I haven't seen the movie it could give a lot away for all I know.

But yeah, creepifying.

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Wednesday, August 17, 2005 7:15 PM

WRIGLEYVILLER

Wow. Very creepy. Nice promo, going for that "what the hell is going on I've got to find out more about this movie" thing. The Matrix did something similar, right?

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Wednesday, August 17, 2005 7:50 PM

SGTGUMP

Neeto-Skeeto!

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Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:16 PM

GROOSALUGG

Geez, and I made the dumb mistake of watching that right before bed. 'Creepy' is definitely the word for it.

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Wednesday, August 17, 2005 8:45 PM

PERIDIDDLE

I'm gonna take a bit of unspoken advice from this thread and wait until it's bright, sunny, happy and DAYTIME before I watch this clip (two hours of Ghost Hunters puts me on edge well enough, thank you ^_^) but I'll definitely check it out ASAP tomorrow. This sounds like a really fantastic promo, though.

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Wow. Very creepy. Nice promo, going for that "what the hell is going on I've got to find out more about this movie" thing. The Matrix did something similar, right?

Yeah...didn't they use a black screen with a Morpheus voiceover explaining the matrix or somesuch? If it's ANYTHING similar to that kind of simplistic yet eye-catching nature, I can't wait to see this promo.

"Bwaa...it's kind of a warrior...strikes fear into the hearts of..."

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 12:05 AM

JAINA

very classy. i like it actually. sets up some intrigue about the movie. hopefully should get some non-firefly flans tingling too.

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 12:09 AM

OPPYH

Freakin awesome. I can't wait to see Serenity.

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 2:44 AM

UNCHARTEDOUTLAW

Good gorram!! That is not only morbid and creepifying, but is that really Summer?!

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 3:16 AM

ELLYDRAGON

That is super creepy!!! It isn't actually in the movie, but I can tell exactly how it relates. I wonder what they're going to do with it promo wise...

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 3:31 AM

SHINY

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Originally posted by ellydragon:
That is super creepy!!! It isn't actually in the movie, but I can tell exactly how it relates. I wonder what they're going to do with it promo wise...

Note the "session 416" -- I get the feeling we'll see more of these, much like the flash backs to Jared's sessions as a child in "The Pretender" TV series...but spookier

Jayne, your mouth is talkin. Might want to look into that.

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 3:55 AM

STILLSHINY

Any chance of Haken hosting this on the torrent link?

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 4:18 AM

ELLYDRAGON

I think you're exactly right. It seems very similar to me in style and direction.

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 4:23 AM

EMMA

hope that isn't what the film is like...i'll be a bag of nerves and have to sleep at the cinema until daylight!

extremely dimensionally transcendental

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 4:30 AM

JAINA

hope there are more of these. i cant see how they could do a series with the characters, in this kind of style. but maybe ... i can definitely see more river ones in the future with the whole session thing.

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 4:36 AM

BLACKDOVE

Not to rain on everyones parade, but I think it's a fake. The setting is bare bones and looks like it was shot in someone's basement. And when Summer Glau appears at the end her face doesn't seem right, as if it's been digitally manipulated.

This screams "fan film" to me, although quite a good one.

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 4:48 AM

DANTE144

Nice.. They said it was 'found' on a limewire type service? hmm.

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 7:12 AM

PERIDIDDLE

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Originally posted by BlackDove:
Not to rain on everyones parade, but I think it's a fake. The setting is bare bones and looks like it was shot in someone's basement. And when Summer Glau appears at the end her face doesn't seem right, as if it's been digitally manipulated.

This screams "fan film" to me, although quite a good one.

"What y'all order a dead guy for?" - Jayne Cobb

I think it was shot blah like that because it's supposed to be from a hidden camera in an inclosed room in the 'Academy' River was in. I, personally, thought it looked like Summer. She's supposed to look slightly younger, maybe? I would watch it again to check...but...um...*twitches and glances around the room*

Let's just say...I'm very, VERY glad I didn't watch that last night. "I can see you." *TWITCH*

"Bwaa...it's kind of a warrior...strikes fear into the hearts of..."

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 7:36 AM

CALONRIEL

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Originally posted by BlackDove:
Not to rain on everyones parade, but I think it's a fake. The setting is bare bones and looks like it was shot in someone's basement. And when Summer Glau appears at the end her face doesn't seem right, as if it's been digitally manipulated.

This screams "fan film" to me, although quite a good one.

"What y'all order a dead guy for?" - Jayne Cobb

Digitally manipulated? Sorry, I don't see it. Not only does that look exactly like Summer Glau to me, but it also seems as though the "operative" might be portrayed by none other than Mr. Whedon himself. At least, that's sort of what I think he'd look like from behind.

I'm looking forward to more of these being uncovered. Hopefully not all of them will be as "creepifying" to everyone.

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 7:47 AM

DIETCOKE

I think this is a fan video. I think we've been had!

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 8:01 AM

SPINLAND

Sure looks like Summer to me; if they got a look-alike they got a gorram good one.

That one-way glass won't hold her for long: are you next?

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I hope she does the soup thing. It's always a hoot, and we don't all die from it.

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 8:02 AM

JCOZ1701

Creepy! Goosebumps here! Definately going to have people talking about this one!

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 9:32 AM

GUNRUNNER

Ahhhhhhhhh!

Excuse me while I hide under my bunk!

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 10:04 AM

GREENFAERIE

I agree it is a fan vid. The titles and the guy in the white jacket seem like it was shot with a video camera to me. Later comes superimposed footage of Summer from a scene she did in "The 4400" a few months ago. At least, I think it was from that show - she did guest star, and played a very River-esque part. Seems like she's getting type-cast.

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 10:19 AM

CALLMESERENITY

Morbid and creepifying.

But I do kind of hope there are more.

Serenity, First Officer of Destiny

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 10:20 AM

SPINLAND

Has anyone seen her in that role, who could ID the footage as coming therefrom? I've never seen her except as River, so cannot say.

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I can see you.

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 10:32 AM

THEONETRUEBIX

I recall nothing in her 4400 appearance which resembles trhat footage.

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 10:51 AM

RELFEXIVE

Strange... freaky... and very, very cool.

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 12:26 PM

BARCLAY

I also recall nothing from her 4400 appearance that would resemble that (this seemed to be portrayed as more of the "Objects in Space"-esque "in control" River, whereas her 4400 stint would give the appearance of the "Train Job" psycho sister River.

I don't recall the line from her on the 4400 at all, though, admittedly, the ep was at the start of the season many weeks ago.

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 12:35 PM

PERIDIDDLE

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Originally posted by GreenFaerie:
I agree it is a fan vid. The titles and the guy in the white jacket seem like it was shot with a video camera to me. Later comes superimposed footage of Summer from a scene she did in "The 4400" a few months ago. At least, I think it was from that show - she did guest star, and played a very River-esque part. Seems like she's getting type-cast.

She never did a scene like that in The 4400, plus she has 'River' voice, not the more normal 'Summer' voice she had in The 4400. It could very well be a fanvid - but that is DEFINITELY Summer. It COULD be a digital rebuild of somesort, but that's a lot of trouble to go to...and she looks very, very real.

Word is that it's not from Universal. It could be, and they're denying it, or it could be a project Summer and Joss did for the heck of it, or simply Summer and some friends...reasonably, any idea could make sense. A lot of people think it may be part of an Alternate Reality Game ploy, which I think makes a lot of sense. Maybe we'll get Excerpt 1 (or another session completely) on SciFi during their Firefly episode tomorrow? That would be teh awesome.

I'd also like to add...I think it's supposed to be shot from a hidden camera, as if the Academy was keeping video footage of interviews and 'sessions' they did with their 'students'. This is why I think it's kind of bare...it's not supposed to be flashy, it's supposed to be a documentation of River speaking.

"Bwaa...it's kind of a warrior...strikes fear into the hearts of..."

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 1:35 PM

THEONETRUEBIX

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I'd also like to add...I think it's supposed to be shot from a hidden camera, as if the Academy was keeping video footage of interviews and 'sessions' they did with their 'students'. This is why I think it's kind of bare...it's not supposed to be flashy, it's supposed to be a documentation of River speaking.

And, in fact, the bare nature of many pieces of viral marketing is often an artifact of two things: One, budget. Two, the sparseness of it creates a "this can't be official" mystique about the whole thing.

And the entire point is to get people talking about it.

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Thursday, August 18, 2005 8:04 PM

VELOXI

Whoa, CREEPY! LOVED IT!

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Saturday, August 20, 2005 1:41 AM

JAINA

it's not a fanvid. i know people are very adept at creating them but come on, lets be cynical but not that cynical! it cant be a fanvid. look at it. just because it looks like the quality's poor (thats just the way the vid has been compressed and shown on the net) and it's rather bizarre doesn't mean it's not official.

dont you think we need a unique marketing campaign for our dear serenity?

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Saturday, August 20, 2005 2:34 AM

PSYCHICRIVER

I wouldnt have thought it was a fanvid. And I'm fairly certain thats Summer.

I'm gonna ask her about it on Wednesday if I can, see if she can shed any light on the matter!

PsychicRiver

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Saturday, August 20, 2005 4:37 AM

SHINYSEVEN2

A little shout-out to the Brit Browncoats:

"We gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a biro!"

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Saturday, August 20, 2005 4:43 AM

PIZMOBEACH

... fully loaded, safety off...

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Originally posted by PsychicRiver:
I'm gonna ask her about it on Wednesday if I can, see if she can shed any light on the matter!

If you get a chance ask her if that's the back of Nathan's head while you're at it - sure looks like him to me... knowing his jokey nature I wouldn't put it past him...

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Saturday, August 20, 2005 6:08 AM

JAINA

it woulda been funny if it was joss convlusing in the chair!

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Saturday, August 20, 2005 7:26 PM

WHISPER

Okay, when i first watched this i was a little disappointed. It wasn't nearly as creepy as I thought it would be from the reactions of people. BUT... i was also watching it really small (stupid dial-up connection).

So i DL'd it and watched it fullscreen and wow did that make a difference. Very very creepy the second time around.

Kudos to those who made it, be they an official party or unofficial.

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Saturday, August 20, 2005 8:24 PM

KENADAK

I just posted this to "Digg" www.digg.com

if you are a member (or you want to register *Free) please Digg it to get us a little more press in the world... more news is good news!

head to:
http://digg.com/movies/digg
to find it.

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Sunday, August 21, 2005 8:56 PM

MOMMAFIREFLY

I liked it a lot! I hope it is some sort of official promo, because I would love to see more!!

No power in the 'verse can stop me!!!

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Tuesday, August 23, 2005 3:52 AM

LOCKESCYTHE

ahhhh.

Its like gone or something. Clicked the link says file not found. Can someone send it to my gmail?

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Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:45 AM

THEONETRUEBIX

To find the original, and updates to the marketing campaign (if that's what this is), see

http://www.session416.com/

where I am trying to track all of this.

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Tuesday, August 23, 2005 11:12 AM

LITWOLF689

Yea, that gave me major chills. Very creepy.

"Two roads diverged in a wood and I took the road less traveled by and they CANCELLED MY FREAKIN' SHOW! I totally shoulda took the road that had all those people on it. Damnit." ~Joss

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Tuesday, August 23, 2005 1:40 PM

GWENHARKER

Glad to know that this is all official (at least, I'm thinking it is from session one)

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Tuesday, August 23, 2005 1:46 PM

THEONETRUEBIX

Major mirror of both clips:

http://www.ourmedia.org/user/36721/track

I will upload any new ones there as well, so distribute that URL. Please try to hit the other online discussions on this, because my server is still dragging due to my own mirror of this (I seem to have gotten it first). A list of other such places is here:

http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/session-416/links/Discussions_Els
ewher_001124402191/

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Tuesday, August 23, 2005 2:51 PM

WICKEDLESTER

holy mother of god! that was the scariest thing!

Got a Smoke?

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Tuesday, August 23, 2005 4:03 PM

KENADAK

Reminds me of a book by William Gibson... 'Pattern Recognition'

"not to mention the "Forum" that she posted on was called "FFF" hmmm.

ok... so, now I want more "Footage"

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Tuesday, August 23, 2005 5:53 PM

MOMMAFIREFLY

Just watched the second promo in this series. It was interesting to see how River was when the "Sessions" started. I hope they do a lot of these. They would make a cool extra on the DVD.

No power in the 'verse can stop me!!!

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