CN in deep doo-doo after panic in Boston.

[Nathander]

Originally Posted by evilhopscotch

BEST

PRESS CONFERENCE

EVER

IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.

Hear hear. I say such press conferences are what we need MORE of.

Originally Posted by AerostarMonk

All in all it's terrible marketing. If it worked properly, no one who hasn't seen the show would've got it anyway. It was a poor campaign in the first place, you must admit. So like I said before, pretty much both sides are to blame.
Oh, and those two guys could've shown a little more tact at that press conference. That was pretty much uncalled for.

I will say this: while I stand by the idea that the entire thing was (or should have been) harmless, there's no question that it was a poor marketing ploy, especially in the current society we're living in where anything that's small and electronic could possibly be conceived as a bomb.

Now, while it was a poor campaign, I really don't agree with putting blame upon Adult Swim for it, or at least not to a major extent. While they could have been conceived (and well, were conceived) to be bombs by those seeing them, the reason they turned out to cause so much panic was because people didn't stop to think. Like Mr. Marshmallow basically said, if these were bombs, they were quite possibly the most poorly crafted bombs ever imagined.

The thing about the press conference was this: was the way they behaved themselves in poor taste? Yes. I can't really argue with that. However, even with it being in bad taste, I think they were treating it, oddly enough, in the most logical way possible. That is, they were treating a ridiculous event well....ridiculously. So, while not in good taste, I will admit I was amused by it. I do, however, feel bad for their lawyer. I would've hated attempting to defend those two and explain how they were acting while that was going on.

For the moment, I'll refrain from saying much of anything else, because my own personal bias of the show (I own all four DVDs) will almost certainly make me defend the show more than any logical person should. While I stretch, if Matt Maiellaro and Dave Willis called their fans to them in order to summon some kind of bizarre militia, I would probably fight and die in their service. You all probably think I'm kidding; sadly, while even I don't know for certain, I'm probably not.

I'll end with this before I babble any longer: I think the Mooninites have finally proven that The Moon Rulez #1.