Scorcher VI Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/scorcher-vi/ Sat, 07 Nov 2020 00:02:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://cdn.theplaylist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/14214807/cropped-cropped-media-47-1-32x32.png Scorcher VI Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/scorcher-vi/ 32 32 Meta Alert! Ben Stiller Tries To Jump Viral Shark While Mocking Tom Cruise https://staging2.theplaylist.net/meta-alert-ben-stiller-tries-to-jump-20080715/ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/meta-alert-ben-stiller-tries-to-jump-20080715/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:18:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=10575 In an attempt to pump up the already bloated beyond belief viral marketing of his summers blockbuster, “Tropic Thunder,” Ben Stiller has come up with a clever idea: go meta and go big with your movies within a movie and push it to the hilt. He’s already done a “Hearts Of Darkness,”-like documentary trailer, but he’s almost going for broke here.

Stiller’s ‘Thunder’ character is the dim-witted actor Tugg Speedman and Paramount is testing the limits of ridiculous viralocity (new word alert!) by creating faux webpages for his character and websites to his respective filmography (which are all featured in ‘Thunder’ to explain Speedgman’s “backstory.”)

The fake films’ sites are even outfitted with trailers and reviews, attempting to parody Hollywood blockbusters.

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