Sandor 459 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Long before Spielberg and Jackson announced the production of Tintin, David Minkoff dreamed of the day that Hollywood would set its sight on the Tintin franchise and turn Tintin into a big-budget movie.David Minkoff thought of a plan to cash in on a studio deciding to make 'Tintin - The Movie'... David registred the domain names tintinmovie.com and tintinthemovie.com. He believed firmly that if Hollywood would start developing a Tintin movie, they would offer David loads of money for the domain names he owned.Then - about three years ago - that big Tintin movie became a reality with - of all people - Steven Spielberg directing it..! David's investment - registering the aforementioned domain names - was about to prove most profitable as surely the studios behind the Tintin movie would want tintinthemovie.com to direct to their official website for 'Tintin - The Movie'.So David waited while secretly already making plans what to do with all the money Dreamworks was going to offer him.And he waited some more.And more.Until this day, merely a few weeks before the release of Tintin, Spielberg, Dreamworks or any other studio involved have showed zero interest in David Minkoff's registered domain names.How sad....tintinmovie.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 6,294 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 That is sad indeed.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 13 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Nonetheless, his dream may actually come true this fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 6,294 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Just one, less lucrative, part of his dream, apparently.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neimoidian 13 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Just one, less lucrative, part of his dream, apparently.KarolIt's said: "Be careful what you wish for.", isn't it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,602 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Am I missing something? What is so sad about this story?Isn't this just another case of cybersquatting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 459 Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 Am I missing something? What is so sad about this story?Isn't this just another case of cybersquatting?It's more ironic than sad actually... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,602 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Somebody hoped to earn lots of money for doing nothing, and he failed.Yeah, that's ironic! But not sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 27,216 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 That's not irony... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 459 Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 Somebody hoped to earn lots of money for doing nothing, and he failed.Yeah, that's ironic! But not sad. It's kinda sad that this guy had the domain names registered YEARS before the Tintin movie was announced. So when the time finally came he must have thought: "YES...! Now it's gonna happen..!" And yet nobody cared about tintinthemovie.com... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,602 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Well, I don't feel bad for the guy. He himself didn't do anything after all. He was just hoping to luck into lots of cash - and failed.It'd be a little like somebody planning to rob a bank for years, and on the day of the coup, he was run over by a car and died. I wouldn't feel sad then either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 6,294 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 In a informal British English "sad" means "pathetic" and that's how I understand it in this context.Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor 459 Posted October 4, 2011 Author Share Posted October 4, 2011 In a informal British English "sad" means "pathetic" and that's how I understand it in this context.KarolRight on man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh500 1,602 Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 Well, yes. Pathetic might be the best way to describe this story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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