New Mouth Taped Shut Post Leads to “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” Viral Michael Lee, October 10, 2011October 10, 2011 We have been wondering for a long time what mouthtapedshut.com, the tumblr site for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, was really all about, was it a viral site or was it just a site for teaser images? Sony’s newly launched ComesForthintheThaw.com, we can surmise it is the latter. Hit the jump to see what this new site is all about.As hinted in their newest post (via Slashfilm), Comesforthinthethaw.com opens with a white background with text that reads “What is hidden in the snow, comes forth in the thaw. Clicking on the link takes you to a new page. We can hear yet another teaser for the score conducted by Trenzt Reznor and Atticus Ross and a POV look of Milleninum, the magazine that Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) runs. As cycle of ice begins to cover the screen and is quickly thawed out and the image becomes clearer to reveal sounds of trains and announcements, doors opening, water running, what sounds like to be a struggle, and some conversing between two characters.We can’t make much of this now, but this site takes from the mystery and specter of mouthtapedshut.com. Having never read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, I can only expect this mystery to grow darker even when clues shed more light. ARGs & Campaigns Viral Marketing comesforthinthethaw.comMouth-Taped-Shut.comThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Comic-Con 2013: “Ender’s Game” Panel Coverage, Footage Reaction, & Harrison Ford July 18, 2013July 18, 2013The 2013 San Diego Comic-Con officially kicked off it’s festivities with a few smaller panels for geek-related films, but the one panel that everyone must have been waiting for is Ender’s Game. Based on the Orson Scott Card novel of the same name, Ender’s Game follows the story of the… Read More
Learn About Our Alien Enemies Thanks To New “Battle: Los Angeles” Viral Site January 19, 2011January 19, 2011Faithful readers to the site know that I am usually pretty objective in my reporting, but I have to admit, this got the nerd inside of me really excited. Sony’s alien war film Battle: Los Angeles has been dabbling in viral marketing since Comic-Con, but it looks like they may… Read More
Accept This Mighty Quest For “Knights Of Badassdom” And Regale Everyone With Tales Of Your Badassness January 4, 2014After 3 long years, the release of director Joe Lynch’s ode to Medieval Live Action Role Playing Knights of Badassdom is nigh. While it has been a very difficult journey for the film which stars Peter Dinklage, Steve Zahn and Summer Glau, that doesn’t mean the final days leading up… Read More