The Fourth Kind

[Drunken Durfin]

So, I saw the trailer to The Fourth Kind (http://www.thefourthkind.net/) last night when I went to see Whiteout (3 stars IMHO). The 4th kind claims to be based on actual events and also use archival footage from the main character's real-life counterpart's hypno therapy sessions with her patients.

There is lots of hype about the movie, and it would appear that there is some real BS going on with fake websites that support the movie's claims that "this shit really happened man!" So, since I have a little bit of time on my hands, I decided to check out the real story behind the hype.

Several googles latter, I am rather annoyed. There are a lot of conflicting reports on the web about the validity of the movie's claims. Furthermore, it appears that there is a disinformation campaign going on where the people at the studio are making fake websites. Now, this was fun for stuff like Wall-E's http://www.buynlarge.com/NewsCenter.html, because the fakery was quite apparent. Putting up BS medical journal websites though, come on. Stop wasting my time.

Have a look at http://alaskapsychiatryjournal.org/entries/Dr-Abigail-Tyler-Bio.html then go to the home page. I have not checked it out myself, but apparently the website was registered in 2009. No home page info. No nothing.

http://community.adn.com/adn/node/143292


Another site, www.alaskanewsarchive.com, features a story from the Nome Nugget about Tyler moving to Nome for research. The problem? The story is credited to Nugget editor and publisher Nancy McGuire, who says it's baloney and she never wrote it.

Both the news site and the medical journal site were created just last month, according to domain-name research sites.

Ron Adler is CEO and director of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute. Denise Dillard is president of the Alaska Psychological Association. They said this week they’ve never heard of the Alaska Psychiatry Journal, or of Abigail Tyler.

I don't care at all if the movie is based on some drunken Nome'ian ramblings. However, I would like to find out for myself, but this apparent viral marketing campaign of the movie just pisses me off. Let me find out the real story and then I will be more interested in your movie. Making me sift through all these fake sites pisses me off.

Now, all that being said. I am totally going to go see this flick, looks really creepy.

[Kuyuk]

Meh, pick a place in the world where there's not too many people and has a mystique, add a supernatural event, say it's based loosely around real events, but since the population is tiny, not enough people could say it's true or not, and you have yourself a movie.


Saw the preview, thought it could be semi-interesting, but much like every other suspense movie, it'll probably let me down.

[iJin]

That owl in the preview kicks ass.

[Kuyuk]

Someone say owl?

http://www.futurevisions.net/pchen/digital/06_Labyrinth.jpeg

[ElvenFury]

Someone say owl?

http://www.futurevisions.net/pchen/digital/06_Labyrinth.jpeg

Did someone say gay?

http://www.morethings.com/music/david_bowie/david-bowie-138.jpg

[Swami71]

Did someone say gay?



The Labyrinth is one of my favorite movies. And David Bowie is just bi-curious. :yes:

[iJin]

Did someone say sexy David Bowie?

[Kuyuk]

http://ivealwaysbeenhere.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/6a00e55396b685883301053721a61a970b-800wi.jpg

[4a6c1]

Alaska is weird enough without people in Hollywood fixating on its weirdness. I can only say one thing for sure. The theatre will be packed Every. Single. Night. in Fairbanks, AK while this movie runs. As they were for Into the Wild and 30 Days of Night. Alaskans have a special kind of ego about the state they live in... as they should (minus 80 is no joke).

[4a6c1]

...Slime and snails
...Puppy dog tails

[iJin]

http://ivealwaysbeenhere.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/6a00e55396b685883301053721a61a970b-800wi.jpg

Thank you!

[4a6c1]

Mmmm, hairmetal mullet. It just wouldnt be the same without the eyeshadow and neck ruffles. And him being the tallest male in the movie because the rest are goblin sized.

I remember being really really disappointed as a little girl when I found out he didnt have actual magical powers.

[ElvenFury]

I remember being really really disappointed as a little girl when I found out he didnt have actual magical powers.

And thus little Jihnas' man-hating began...

[Tisket]

Alaska is weird enough without people in Hollywood fixating on its weirdness.

Alaskans like to pretend they are unique snowflakes but in reality c'mon, they like their starbucks, big screen tvs, and generic malls as much as the rest of America.


Alaskans have a special kind of ego about the state they live in... as they should (minus 80 is no joke).

Bit of an exaggeration on the mean temp but even so, I find it as unimpressive as those who live in deserts who complain about the heat when most of their time is spent in air conditioned comfort. Most Alaskans experience with that kind of cold involves the run from a heated building to a preheated car.


I found out he didnt have actual magical powers.

Lying bitch.

[4a6c1]

Bit of an exaggeration on the mean temp but even so, I find it as unimpressive as those who live in deserts who complain about the heat when most of their time is spent in air conditioned comfort. Most Alaskans experience with that kind of cold involves the run from a heated building to a preheated car.




Right. Not the average but what blows my mind is when I hear a story about Joe Suburbia moving up there and within 2 years owns 20 racing dogs and (inbetween fishing on the Yukon and working on the pipeline), runs dogs from Whitehorse to Fairbanks every year.

I agree that Anchorage people are Starbucks normal. The rest of the state....meh, bonkers as bingo.

[radamanthys]

One of my favorite people in the world is a buddy I met at a music festival. He's all kinds of ridiculous, but in an awesome way. He's Alaskan native; part Ahtna- one of the last of twenty speakers of the native languages, and the very last able to read and write fluently in that language.

He's also is a semi-famous poet and author. Pulitzer nominee, if that means anything.

[Kyra231]

Lying bitch.

:rofl:

[Hips]

http://ivealwaysbeenhere.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/6a00e55396b685883301053721a61a970b-800wi.jpg

Did someone say trouser snake?

[4a6c1]

I dont see trousers. I see spandex.