Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Insanely Awesome Marketing....More concerning Inception


Remember that one time when I said, "I'll not be posting any more on "Inception" for a while"...................well I lied.


I can't seem to really contain my excitement in any way except for talking about it, and the fact that my family is sick to death of hearing me go on and on endlessly about "Inception"..well I really have no other option than to post it here do I? I mean really what does my family want from me? They keep upping the brilliant marketing, they keep revealing bits of more information and there is still 44 days left until its release, how can I be expected to remain silent? Yeah, it's completely unfair to even expect me to remain quiet about "Inception"!


So with that lets get down to the point shall we? The beginning of the campaign (not counting trailers) began with Mind Crime. At first the game here was extremely primitive, you just ran through a maze trying to avoid detection and being caught. Then after a while phase two opened up there and the graphics were better, the game play was different AND you could view the trailer and see pictures as your ran through the maze of the city. One day a paper appeared in the game with a note on it saying "Deliver to Capt. Bartel". After typing this into the search bar you are taken to a video of Christopher Nolan interviewing two real legit dream experts, and another who is probably an actress (she brings up the ability to enter dreams).


Around this time a new website appears. http://www.pasivdevice.org/. Going to this website you will see and learn how to use the Portable Automated Somnacin IntraVenous device.......the device that places the character's in "Inception" into the dreams. Here there are numerous pages about the PASIV device. Pretty interesting stuff.


Now today we have been given Dream-Share: Tactical Employment Procedures Manual. The manual was sent to Wired Magazine. It was in a very weathered and beaten folder with the words CLASSIFIED stamped across it. You can check out the scanned pictures from the Manual by clicking here there you will also be able to read about the manual in more detail.


The pages contain pretty cryptic pictures, and all the words are mostly blotted out with black ink leaving the mystery hanging. but the chapters are as follows.


1. Specialists/Operatives

2. Environment Creation

3. The Dream/Waking World Relationship

4. The Hostile Subconscious

5. Warfare in the Dream

6. Interrogation Techniques

7. PASIVE device instructions


now I don't know about you but the mystery and the intrigue is pulling me farther and farther in! Not only did they do this but at Prince of Persia (which I am reviewing tomorrow) they played the "Reality Behind Inception" first look featurette before the movie which was incredible. It had interviews with Nolan and DiCaprio as well as showed the rotating hallway set and more shots from the film. As soon as that gets put up on the Internet I'll throw a link up here so you can all check it out. I urge everyone to check out those links above. Again I'm sorry, but I just can't help myself when it comes to "Inception"

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