Contest to win a Fabelmans CD & sheet music both signed by John Williams

[Chewy 2,390]

That's a lot of points 

[Toillion 215]

I didn't win either. I thought I had a pretty decent chance! I had 5,160 entries, my wife had 2,175, and my mom had around 1,000 entries. 

[BB-8 3,476]

But were these independent entries or cumulative points?

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli_trial

[rpvee 805]

6 hours ago, BB-8 said:

So they selected the 10 highest numbers of "entries" and didn't draw randomly?

 

I had over 9,750 entries and didn’t win, so I think it was indeed a random drawing.

 

Definitely bummed, but there were over a million entries by people so the odds weren’t good anyway!

[BB-8 3,476]

I didn't see a possibility of acquiring so many points. I presume sharing the link was key to scoring so high. But that could have inflated the overall number of entries and may have reduced one's own likelyhood of being drawn.

 

Well it's now just a squiggle of white ink on a score that is many things but not a score that won an Oscar.

[Thor 7,503]

Point acquisition, only a few selected countries.....in one sense, I'm glad I wasn't eligible, because this was always a long shot.

[GerateWohl 4,365]

I don't really like that kind of promotion. As I see myself rather as a consumer, who likes being courted by promotion. But here all the participants were asked to do the promotion for the movie for free (and the unlikely prospect of winning a little piece of merchandizing) by using their social media channels, pushing playlists etc. Usually people get paid for doing such work.

If I would have really invested in collecting these points and didn't win anything, I would feel just used by them.

[Thor 7,503]

4 minutes ago, GerateWohl said:

If I would have really invested in collecting these points and didn't will anything, I would feel just used by them.

 

Indeed.

[BB-8 3,476]

What's gutting me more than losing this cyber-competition is that The Fabelmans have been scrapped at my local cinema, giving way to Everything Everywhere All at Once and All Quiet on the Western Front.

 

The Fabelmans apparently marks the end of cinema in the classic sense. While I can listen to the film music for free on multiple internet-based platforms, buy limited vinyl editions, accumulate lucky points and share all the hype (and frustration) in the world-wide web, it is not possible to simply walk down the road to my local cinema and watch the actual film.

[Jurassic Shark 12,073]

You need a better cinema. 

[JohnnyD 1,223]

2 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said:

You need a better cinema. 

“I know, but they’re all dead.”

[Holko 9,526]

8 minutes ago, BB-8 said:

What's gutting me more than losing this cyber-competition is that The Fabelmans have been scrapped at my local cinema, giving way to Everything Everywhere All at Once and All Quiet on the Western Front.

 

The Fabelmans apparently marks the end of cinema in the classic sense. While I can listen to the film music for free on multiple internet-based platforms, buy limited vinyl editions, accumulate lucky points and share all the hype (and frustration) in the world-wide web, it is not possible to simply walk down the road to my local cinema and watch the actual film.

We're not making art for audiences anymore, just content for algorithms.

[JohnnyD 1,223]

Two of my most prized possessions!

 

The Maestro himself autographed these! I own these; I am still amazed.

[Edmilson 7,439]

On 15/02/2023 at 5:57 AM, Jurassic Shark said:

Where's the The Fabelmans action figures?

Here's an action figure for the Fabelmans' sequel:

 

[Andy 4,127]

@JohnnyD Congratulations! I am insanely jealous, and very happy someone from JWFan won. 

[Thor 7,503]

Wow, weren't there like many thousands of contestants here? If so, it's pretty impressive that one from JWFAN won.

[BB-8 3,476]

6 hours ago, Andy said:

@JohnnyD Congratulations! I am insanely jealous, and very happy someone from JWFan won. 

Same feelings...Congratulations @JohnnyD!

 

 

10 hours ago, Edmilson said:

Here's an action figure for the Fabelmans' sequel:

 

Looks more like George Lucas in Tunisia...

 

 

How about this?....minus the Oscar.

Figure Club My Favorite Director collection series 001 1/6 action figure in stock - KGHobby Toys and Models Store

 

[Brónach 1,302]

On 21/03/2023 at 4:37 PM, BB-8 said:

What's gutting me more than losing this cyber-competition is that The Fabelmans have been scrapped at my local cinema, giving way to Everything Everywhere All at Once and All Quiet on the Western Front.

 

The Fabelmans apparently marks the end of cinema in the classic sense. While I can listen to the film music for free on multiple internet-based platforms, buy limited vinyl editions, accumulate lucky points and share all the hype (and frustration) in the world-wide web, it is not possible to simply walk down the road to my local cinema and watch the actual film.

 

bah, i've lived this situation all of my life, and even worse with cinemas closing left and right