AMV Salad 4: TV Dinner (next stop - Nekocon)

[Gaelstrom]

You were right moonbunnychan, I apologize to everyone for being the reason this shit happened. I'm very sorry I overestimated this, I just wanted to have some fun, and this was how it expressed itself this year.

It honestly just... baffles me a bit where the logic comes from, until I realize it really isn't logic, just fear of retribution. I'd very much like to know why they were so much more strict this year when AMVS2 had worse scenes from Eiken, and AMVS3 had extremely blatant curses but we never heard anything.

I sincerely hope I walked the line well enough and this one gets us in. I'm ready at any time to make changes if that happens to be necessary tonight, but the guys over there seem to be with a good sense of humor and just need to do the necessary ass-covering, so hopefully enjoyment will win the day.

I gotta say though, maybe I'm erring on the side of caution but if language is their problem, I'd hate to have yet another one sent in and get STILL not shown just because one got left in. I know it makes no sense since they're still willing to show 3...buuut...ya.

It makes me nervous too, but really if they didn't mention it and they accept it, then it gets in and we have our one major swear ala PG13 movies. They're pretty much allowed one or two if they truly want to. They've seen we're willing to do anything they ask, so hopefully that will put the ball in our corner one way or the other (either a little leeway in time to fix more, or leeway with bit more language due to our track record)

[moonbunnychan]

Well hey, everybody HERE and apparently everybody at AMA thought they were hilarious and saw no big deal in it.
To be honest I was sweating it a bit that they might object to all the Geico stuff, since in the AMV contest copyrighted stuff and logos was the reason the trailer category got pulled that one year.

[Squancho]

Links are sent.
With an hour to spare.
Now that it's out of our hands, I'm off to watch my 2004 Scissor Sisters concert DVD.
I'm in the mood for disco, groove, and coffee.
If I could think of a AMV idea for a Scissor Sisters song...
anyway, let's hope this is the one that gets us in.

[Gaelstrom]

Again Deuce, and everyone, even if this one happens to not be censored enough for them, let's still fight for it, we're still early enough for it to be reasonable. They saw what we did with only a day, and that should prove we will not need any time at all to get them another one if they happen to find it still a bit too risque. We just have to argue that point. Your three-year relationship with them seems to get you some definite clout, Deuce, so I don't believe they're interested in letting this thing fall by the wayside.

*crosses fingers*

Now get some much needed rest... I'm gonna shower for an hour to get this muscle loosened in my back ^^ Hearing that AMVS4 wouldn't play yesterday was like insta-stress, just add water.

[Gaelstrom]

Please let us know as soon as you do what our status is, Deuce. Oh and... did you... remember to censor the credits? ^^ I hope that if not they forget to check them.

[Squancho]

Here's the latest word from Otakon:

Okay, it was rough but we got it to work. In watching it again I
noticed we missed one, but we'll get away with it. The trouble isn't
that there's only one "f" bomb. It's that there's one PER VIDEO. So
in three hours there are like 10 of them. *sigh*

Anyway, we got it in and we got it to work. I couldn't get you in for
Friday night with the rest of the new stuff. We just had too much. I
swapped you out for the AMV Salad 3 we had planned. Just so you know,
here is the parody schedule:


Friday: 180 Minutes: New Stuff
10:00:00 Otakon Fan Parody Intro MTM Style 0:00:58
10:01:00 Coming Soon 0:13:28
10:14:30 The A-Kon 2010 Project 0:23:09
10:37:41 DBZ Abridged 11 0:07:43
10:45:24 TSR 0:41:38
11:27:00 The Otakon Video 0:05:15
11:32:17 DBZ Abridged 12 0:10:36
11:42:54 Not Another Gundam Anime 1:10:34
12:52:30 <END>

Saturday: 180 Minutes: Classic Stuff
10:00:00 Otakon Fan Parody Intro MTM Style 0:00:58
10:01:00 Kaji Public Service Announcement 0:00:36
10:01:36 RDCCDX S1E3.0 – Interrogation Vacation 0:03:04
10:04:40 AMV Salad 4 0:24:26
10:29:08 Nappafinger 0:00:31
10:29:41 Dirty Pair: The Revenge of BD Remaster 0:24:32
10:54:13 Kenny: Death More Death 0:01:15
10:55:30 Asuka The Black Knight 0:02:09
10:57:41 Obligatory Eva Trailer 0:01:50
10:59:31 Eva Muppet 0:00:21
10:59:52 Evangelion ReDeath 0:35:18
11:35:12 RDCCDX S1E4.0 – DPODW 04 0:03:03
11:38:15 Otakon 2006 Fan Parody Panic 0:03:10
11:41:27 Fast Food Freedom Fighters 0:37:27
12:18:56 This Video Sucks 0:01:28
12:20:24 Koko Wa Otaku 0:40:37

So mark it on your schedules - it's on!

[Kireblue]

sweet

[Gaelstrom]

Great news, and bad news I guess... I really wanted to see AMVS3 again, and I don't really recognize... well most of those.

Deuce, I have an idea. This may work. Remember when they played AMV Hell 3.14 in front of AMVS2 one night a couple years ago? Could you perhaps write an e-mail like "I have a compromise idea that may work great. What if you played AMVS3 during seating for either Friday or Saturday, that way people have something to watch as they're sitting and people are arriving that was on the previous year and it'll get them in the mood for the actual fanparody block." and you can remind them that they did it with a previous AMVS (I forget which one.)

I think if you were to thank them profusely for letting AMVS4 in and offer this alternative to them, perhaps it will grant us a possibility.

I say let's go for it, the worst they can do is say no, and EVERYONE likes more good entertainment rather than less, and AMVS3 has proven itself.

Can you please give it a shot Deuce? Let's keep going for it until we get a definite no. Possibility always exists as long as action and compromise are in the mix. I may have learned that from a life coach seminar, but it sure as hell is true ^^

[Squancho]

Final word from Otakon (Scott Melzer)...

> I'm sure my editors will be more than happy with the arrangement.
Great. Let them know that due to your hard work we managed to
get it in rather than have it rejected. Over at AMVs, if someone
sends in something unplayable it just... gets rejected. I've got more
leeway since I don't have nine hours of small films to deal with.
Just six.

> Thanks again! I know this will be a bigger hit than AMVS3 was last year.
I think the Geico and some of the other bits are great. I'm
still not a fan of this format (the mini-clip format) and I don't like
the test bars as a transition (kind of annoying and doesn't make any
sense!), but a lot of the bits are good. We'll see.

Perhaps we might have to think about making the transition somehow less annoying? It is a tad abrupt, visually speaking. Again, we can think about it.

And I can't stress this enough. There are only three weeks and a few days until Otakon. We were on borrowed time as it is. Also, there probably weren't as many submissions that year as there were this year (which might explain the inclusion of Leebop, Dr.Tran, and others which had been run for many years before). They had to choose what to play so not all submissions made it.

That said, there is no room for a replay of AMVS3. Otakon has a schedule to keep tight and running on time. Asking them to add a half-hour "pre-show" would be like me rushing the panel out of the room before my allotted time so I can set up to play my audience in. Also, the parody list has already been set so all that's left is to put the shows together, which I know is gonna take time.

Let's not rock the boat by asking for any more than we've been able to get. Otakon is our stage for world premieres and I wanna preserve that.

[Honou_Miko]

AWESOOOOOME.

Now if lady luck stays with us all... any entries in the AMV contest itself will get in.*crosses fingers*