Following hard on the heels of MTV and Coca Cola, another renowned corporate logo makes its way into the metaverse-- this time in the form of a virtual premiere for 20th Century Fox's X-Men: The Last Stand on the island of Avalon. The event (happening even as I type this) will stream live video from the movie's red carpet premiere in Cannes, France, with extended trailers and footage for the attending Resident audience. So another milestone in the ongoing merger of the virtual world with established legacy media like film. The event is the brainchild of Fizik Baskerville of UK branding company Rivers Run Red, who was last seen on this blog simulcasting a BBC concert and integrating assets from Disney movies into SL. Since then, I should say by way of full disclosure, I've become a part-time consultant for RRR-- another milestone of sorts.
Update, 3:15 PM: Pathfinder Linden just created a Flickr set taken from the red carpet. Bringing together comic book culture and Internet folklore, guests at the virtual premiere of a movie about mutant outcasts struggling to find their niche in the world include a furry and the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Hamlet -
please, oh please post snaps of the SL Mutants who attend the virtual premiere. That's going to be just awesome. Like Halloween in May.
Posted by: hunter walk | Monday, May 22, 2006 at 02:37 PM
Check da update link, baby!
Posted by: Hamlet Au | Monday, May 22, 2006 at 03:20 PM
Just as note: here is my video blog coverage of that event.
Posted by: Tao Takashi | Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at 02:52 AM
They should have put more time into not messing up the plot then on ads.
Posted by: Link Analyst | Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 08:56 PM