Announcements Aug 18 2008 @ 09:45 am
300th Post Giveaway – UPDATE!
I’ve come to a bit of a realization. Apparently what I previously asked all of you to do to become eligible for the noir boxset giveaway was a bit stressful. Asking you to tell us 1) what MovieZeal is doing really well and 2) something it needs to improve must have made many of you balk because I have not received as many entries as I had expected. When one entrant said “Whew, that was tough!” at the end of their email, I knew something was up. I’m going to assume most of you like us so much that you don’t want to say anything critical at all (a big assumption, I know). I’m flattered, but I also want more people to enter the giveaway. The boxset is worth around $50 after all. So….
….I’m changing the rules. Now, simply send an email to moviezealgiveaway@gmail.com with “300th Post Giveaway” in the subject line and your name in the body of the message. That’s it. You don’t have to write anything else at all. Just send in your name and you’ll be eligible. To those of you who worked so hard to write out your critiques, thank you very much, and some of them have been quite eye-opening. I apologize that I just negated all of your hard work, but you’ll still be fully eligible.
So now there should be no excuse not to enter. Apart from the four core MovieZeal writers and their immediate families (sorry Phillip, Sam, and Luke), anyone can enter, including those of you who have contributed to our noir retrospective this month. Tell your friends, tell your family; all they have to do is send their name to the above email address. And as an FYI, this is the 271st post. For those of you, like myself, who need a calculator to perform any kind of basic mathematical computation, that means there are 29 more to go.
And just as a recap, the boxset includes Out of the Past, Gun Crazy, The Asphalt Jungle, Murder My Sweet, and The Set-up.
on Aug 18 2008 @ 1:11 pm 1. Monday Joy: Little Projects and Stuff to Win! | thimbly things said …
[...] Finally, my husband is also having a giveaway at Movie Zeal. Seriously. If you like movies, check it out. [...]
on Aug 18 2008 @ 1:54 pm 2. Fox said …
Well… you know… I didn’t send an e-mail because I think Movie Zeal is just perfect as it stands. I’m so devoted to you guys that I tattooed MOVIE ZEAL on my eyelids, and whenever I go to the theater I hand out business cards with http://www.moviezeal.com on them
CAN I HAVE THE BOX NOW???
on Aug 18 2008 @ 2:00 pm 3. Alexander Coleman said …
I’m abstaining, as I have these films on DVD, and I want someone else to have the indescribable pleasure of seeing them.
Great idea, though, Evan.
on Aug 18 2008 @ 2:01 pm 4. Evan Derrick said …
Tattoos on your eyelids, Fox? Thats uh…kind of scary. (tries to figure out how to ban specific IP addresses)
on Aug 18 2008 @ 2:10 pm 5. Fox said …
Well, as long as I’ve already disclosed so much, I might as well tell you that I also have EVAN and LUKE tattooed across my knuckles instead of LOVE and HATE.
What city do you live in again Evan????
(phew… at least I didn’t reveal to these guys what the middle name of my first child will be.)
on Aug 18 2008 @ 3:12 pm 6. Kristena said …
Evan, I was thinking that bars on our windows wouldn’t look too shabby…
on Aug 18 2008 @ 10:06 pm 7. Jun said …
I am a film buff far away in China. *_* Am I eligible to enter?
on Aug 18 2008 @ 10:12 pm 8. Jun said …
By the way, the idea of “Film Noir Month” is brilliant.Among those films on the list,I’ve seen most of them on DVD, except “Detour”,”The Lady from Shanghai”,”Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye” and “Rififi”.*_*
on Aug 18 2008 @ 10:36 pm 9. Evan Derrick said …
Sure, Jun. I didn’t say anything about geography. If you win, we’ll work it out somehow.