I got this stuff off "Aviation Week"
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
largest Flying Billboard
I am awaiting the release of "The Hobbit" on December 14th, I enjoyed "the Rings" trilogy immensely and the same people that worked "rings" are doing this movie. I read J.R.R. Tolkien when I was in the 6th grade, my Dad had gotten me the "hobbit" and the Rings Trilogy. It opened a new world for me that I still enjoy today. I read "Fantasy" books and played A.D&D and other games. We even played this in the field and when we were deployed. Especially when we were waiting to return to the world after the end of hostilities. it kept our minds occupied. I havn't played it in many years but I still like the genre.
I got this stuff off "Aviation Week"
Air New Zealand
is getting some major mileage – literally – from what is believed to be
the largest-ever graphic to be applied to an aircraft. The airline on
Nov. 23 unveiled a Boeing 777-300ER with a full-length image advertising
the soon-to-be-released movie adaptation of Tolkien classic The Hobbit.
The 777 has already flown on Air NZ’s Auckland-Los Angeles-London
route, and will be returning with cast members who will be attending the
world premiere of The Hobbit in Wellington on Nov. 28. The airline has
promised that the flying billboard will “make a brief spectacular
appearance” at the red-carpet event. (Photo from Air New Zealand)
Like the earlier Lord
of the Rings trilogy, the Hobbit movies are expected to boost tourism
to New Zealand. The films were shot in the country, and feature some of
its most picturesque landscape. Air New Zealand is taking further
advantage of the marketing tie-in by using a Hobbit-themed safety
briefing video on its flights. It was filmed by the Academy
Award-winning Weta Workshop, which was heavily involved in both the
Hobbit and Lord of the Rings films. The safety briefing video featured
cast The Hobbit as well as its own crew members. The online version of
the safety briefing video has received more than 10 million hits since
its Nov. 1 release. The briefing can be viewed below.
I got this stuff off "Aviation Week"
Air New Zealand
is getting some major mileage – literally – from what is believed to be
the largest-ever graphic to be applied to an aircraft. The airline on
Nov. 23 unveiled a Boeing 777-300ER with a full-length image advertising
the soon-to-be-released movie adaptation of Tolkien classic The Hobbit.
The 777 has already flown on Air NZ’s Auckland-Los Angeles-London
route, and will be returning with cast members who will be attending the
world premiere of The Hobbit in Wellington on Nov. 28. The airline has
promised that the flying billboard will “make a brief spectacular
appearance” at the red-carpet event. (Photo from Air New Zealand)
Like the earlier Lord
of the Rings trilogy, the Hobbit movies are expected to boost tourism
to New Zealand. The films were shot in the country, and feature some of
its most picturesque landscape. Air New Zealand is taking further
advantage of the marketing tie-in by using a Hobbit-themed safety
briefing video on its flights. It was filmed by the Academy
Award-winning Weta Workshop, which was heavily involved in both the
Hobbit and Lord of the Rings films. The safety briefing video featured
cast The Hobbit as well as its own crew members. The online version of
the safety briefing video has received more than 10 million hits since
its Nov. 1 release. The briefing can be viewed below.
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Good ones, and LOTS of marketing involved... :-)
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