crunchb3rry Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 You know how when Roswell was canceled and people mailed in Tobasco sauce or when Jericho was canceled and people mailed in canned nuts? We should all mail toilets to HBO! Thrones...get it?Seriously though, those fan rallies worked to get a cancelled show to return at least for one more season, so how about doing it to get a pilot greenlighted? It could work. Maybe mail all four kings from a deck of playing cards to HBO? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 What would be wiser is just to send a polite letter expressing your intention to become an HBO subscriber if they greenlight Game of Thrones, or to explain that you're already a subscriber and are looking forward to it, or perhaps best of all, send a letter about how you've just become an HBO subscriber out of appreciation for their taking a chance on GoT, and that you're really looking forward to it.Subscriptions matter. Decks of cards, not so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchb3rry Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 It's the same thing as a letter, it just gets noticed. The reason fans of Roswell and Jericho sent in physical objects is because it was a unified symbol that simple letters failed to convey as effectively. Letters didn't work, people tried that prior to organizing and getting creative. Anyone willing to take the time to do that would be counted on to subscribe to watch the show because it's clearly something they want, not wait a year to casually rent it at Blockbuster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Well, no, I'm sure plenty of people would urge on the filming and then happily torrent it. Actual subscriptions matter a lot more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchb3rry Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 You missed the point. I'm talking purely about a campaign idea that has worked before. Not for subscriptions, to prove to HBO that this series is worth more than the other pilots in contention without us having to blindly pay money for HBO indefinitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartseverus Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I actually like the idea of sending the 4 kings from a deck of cards (clever, visual, amusing and non-offensive), along with a letter that you will subscribe to HBO specifically because they're bringing us this series. Nice idea, but would only have an effect if many hundreds if not thousands of people actually sat down and did it.ETA: Perhaps the 4 kings, plus one queen? Young Miss Targaryen is a pretty important player, after all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brude Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I'm not so sure a campaign like this would matter - I like the polite letter idea better, myself, though why not combine the two and have a letter and insert the cards in there with it, too.Also, why not use a Thrones card from a Tarot deck, instead...seems more appropriate to me. People can get Tarot decks anywhere these days, and inexpensively too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Instead of cards, insert a copy of your cable company's billing statement showing your HBO subscription. If a bunch of people did that (either sending the statement of an existing subscription, or the statement for a new subscription), that'd by a "thing" they could send to unify their message and maybe get some media notice. It'd also have the benefit of being at least marginally more persuasive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humble Asskicker Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I find this insistence that HBO will be more impressed by a lot of people demonstrating or promising that they will pay money to them over a lot of people sending gimmicky items offensive and laughable.I think we should send HBO photo-shopped pictures of the selected actors in fantasy-ish outifts. Or send the Robert Frost poem to them (it's close enough, isn't it?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iheartseverus Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I find this insistence that HBO will be more impressed by a lot of people demonstrating or promising that they will pay money to them over a lot of people sending gimmicky items offensive and laughable.I'm at a loss how anything in these ideas is personally offensive to you. :dunno: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchb3rry Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 HBO airs more than just a single TV show, those that cancel subscriptions don't matter because enough people subscribe for what the channel offers overall to make that minority irrelevant.The point of this is ONLY to prove this show has a higher interest level than other shows in contention for slots that need to be filled. It doesn't require subscription threats. I provide factual proof this method works and everyone just doesn't get it. Oh well, adios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser_not_appearing_yet Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Its cool that you people are so enthusiastic, but all this really isn't needed. I'm almost certain the show will be picked up. In the unlikely scenario that it doesn't, well then we can fall back on this sort of thing. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brude Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Its cool that you people are so enthusiastic, but all this really isn't needed. I'm almost certain the show will be picked up. In the unlikely scenario that it doesn't, well then we can fall back on this sort of thing. ;)Yeah, HBO is already aware how much buzz is being generated about the show. Let's not shoot our collective wad too early on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Are you people telling me I shouldn't have mailed six dead wolf pups with a threatening letter in my own blood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brude Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Are you people telling me I shouldn't have mailed six dead wolf pups with a threatening letter in my own blood?Um, yeah. We were saving that campaign for if the show gets canceled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xray the Enforcer Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Another vote for the polite letter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ran Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Crunch,You totally misread what I said. Sending a copy of your bill to prove you are a subscriber, or have just subscribed because of the show, isn't a threat of cancellation. It's a show of the fact you're willing to put your money where your mouth is. It's true that if everyone who sends a letter does the same "thing" with it, that it may get more attention -- probably right. But a copy of your bill is a thing everyone who's subscribing can send, and HBO will be way more impressed by that than a few playing cards. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik of Hazelfield Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 The best way to get a greenlight? Hype it on the Internet. Write on this board and on others. Write on newspaper comment sections whenever there is news about the show. Make sure everyone knows how awesome this show will be and how much you look forward to it.Then if it does get a first season, start a hype again but this time IRL as well. See to it that all your friends watch it. Buy the DVDs when they get out. Subscribe for HBO. Ask your local TV channel if they're going to send the show. The only way to get HBO to continue filming is to get enough viewers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subtle plague Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Are you people telling me I shouldn't have mailed six dead wolf pups with a threatening letter in my own blood?Better include a threatening video where you cut your arm for the blood and start uttering nonsensical ASOIAF babble while writing the letter. Also important: looking at the camera with strange and feverish eyes. The feverish eyes work 99% of the time when hardcore fans want a show to be greenlight. it is known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchman Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 I shudder to think what got sent when they cancelled swingtown........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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