All Things Superman: An Open Discussion - - - Part 40

[gomez147]

jasvll and gomez are......

The Worlds Finest!

LMAO

I hope we get something new (No static) within next 12 hours

 

[GreenKToo]

it changed again, didn't it??!!

Yes

 

[robmx522]

never in my life have i been so exited for a trailer

 

[X Knight]

Yes

MY BODY IS READY!!!!

..........I don't know exactly what it's ready for...........

BUT IT'S READY!!!

 

[DaJanksta]

God still static?! I had dinner and took a good nap!

 

[jasvll]

Are you a WB ninja sent to stop us from losing our minds and give us hints?

I wish. Because then I'd have already seen the trailer, by now. Maybe the movie, if I could ever just get that promotion. Wait, I mean...

 

[Reel]

Everybody getting the black static coming in? Like that the transmission is becoming clearer....

I think we know where this is going don't you....

 

[GreenKToo]

MY BODY IS READY!!!!

..........I don't know exactly what it's ready for...........

BUT IT'S READY!!!

Me too, and then some.

 

[DarthAlani]

The calm before the storm...

 

[X Knight]

ok, how long was it between the 2nd pattern and the 3rd pattern?

 

[Solidus]

Maybe we will get a transmission from Krypton!

I hope Tommy Wiseau is the ambassador, and everyone from Krypton talks like him.

"Oh Hai Earth!"

 

[SuperAl]

weird when i launch it in chrome it brings up my divx player and shows that its 5seconds long

 

[gomez147]

ok, how long was it between the 2nd pattern and the 3rd pattern?

5 hours

 

[Smallville13]

Hi would someone care to explain what's going on?

 

[DKDetective]

The official website for MOS is now a looped video clip of a field of static that changes every few hours. Seems to be a viral countdown to something.

 

[gomez147]

Hi would someone care to explain what's going on?

Well... WB updated the MOS page 9 hours ago: http://www.manofsteel.com but everytime you enter, there is a static signal with white noise in the background. Everybody thinks it's the viral campaign for the new trailer.

The signal pattern has been changing every 3-4 hours. And that's all.

 

[X Knight]

5 hours

so.....3 hours for the 1st change. 5 hours for the 2nd??

that means in 7 hours we'll get the next change!! t:

 

[Dark Knight]

Love it! Shannon looks wicked!

 

[gomez147]

so.....3 hours for the 1st change. 5 hours for the 2nd??

that means in 7 hours we'll get the next change!! t:

No, Please NO!!

 

[Kal-El.9859]

I hope it's not 7 hours

 

[Smallville13]

The official website for MOS is now a looped video clip of a field of static that changes every few hours. Seems to be a viral countdown to something.

Well... WB updated the MOS page 9 hours ago: http://www.manofsteel.com but everytime you enter, there is a static signal with white noise in the background. Everybody thinks it's the viral campaign for the new trailer.

The signal pattern has been changing every 3-4 hours. And that's all.

Cheers guys. And I'm really excited now! (I'm just gonna sit here and watch some static.)

 

[ElDuderino]

jasvll and gomez are......

The Worlds Finest!

This is hands down the coolest part of these viral marketing campaigns -- watching some very smart people figure it all out.

 

[Mysteryman]

I think its a good idea to just ignore it.
When the trailer is there,
We will know, we will hear about it .

 

[DarthSkywalker]

If this isn't a trailer, this is messed up.

 

[Dark Knight]

Interestingly, inside the javascript function that uses that variable...90000 (seconds?) is immediately subtracted from the value of deltaT (the parameter is dTL inside the function). This would translate to -25 hours. I'm still studying the code, but it's possible that 0 could get here a little sooner.

Also, I noticed if you're using a mobile device, you get a looping gif of the static, rather than a video:
http://www.manofsteel.com/transmissi...9/incoming.gif

Here's a link to the javascript if anyone else wants to check it out:
http://www.manofsteel.com/js/src/transmission.js

A couple of other things:

The transId variable determines the URL the video and audio come from.

The deltaT (- the 25 hours) variable eventually gets stored in a value called tRem. I'd wager that's short for 'time remaining'.

I also think that as things get closer, we'll end up with a visible countdown. There's no need to have javascript counting down on the client side...unless you want to show the client how much time is left, either explicitly, with an on screen countdown...or 'covertly', with exposed javascript that you didn't bother to obfuscate. So, either it's a visible countdown...or they WANT us to poke around in their code and come up with the answer ourselves. Or I'm wrong.

It's working! Hehehehehe