No, seriously. I see a lot fairly baffling stuff on the internet, but this one I just don't get.
Watch it and tell me.
Although, now that I think of it, if I can just manage to get it broadcast on Al-Jazeera without that little note at the bottom, it might cut pretty heavily into the pro-Bin Laden demographic.
Launched by Bravo Romeo Delta at January 28, 2005 03:10 PMI didn't see the actual tape (having turned off plug-ins, javascript, etc), but the warning sounds based on the movie, "The Ring". This is a US remake of a Japanese film, in which people are dying mysteriously, revolving around a strange videotape.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298130/
John C>
I believe most of it is from a film made by Salvador Dali in the 20s -- as Mr. Crawford mentioned, the soundtrack and the end image of the old well (perhaps some of the imagery as well) are from The Ring. Interesting. I must pass it along. Or I will die.
Posted by: RDO at January 29, 2005 01:17 AMFirst comment just about hit it. It's a "viral" marketing ploy for the sequel to "The Ring", called, surprisingly enough, "Ring 2".
Since the first movie did nothing for me, I don't believe that I'll make any effort to see the second, although I do know a woman who can't wait, since she and her daughter were both scared quite thoroughly by the first movie.
I also don't believe that I'm going to croak in
the next 7 days.