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Author Topic: Rugrats go wild: numbers in bottom right? Matthew Nock Film Handler Posts: 82 From: Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 10-29-2003 08:18 AM                     While this film has been and gone, I just have a bit if a query that some of my customers have asked.... Why are there numbers in the bottom right hand corner of screen every so often? They are only on certain scenes, and are actually animated on - and change colour back and forth... Any RugRats or Wild Thornberry's enthusiasts know?? was it for some US only promotion or something? m@  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 10-29-2003 08:24 AM                    There were "Scratch & Sniff" cards that went along with that movie. The little scratch & sniff pictures on the card were numbered.  |  IP: Logged Matthew Nock Film Handler Posts: 82 From: Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia Registered: Jan 2003 posted 10-29-2003 08:27 AM                     Hi Mark, Thanks for the quick relply! Unfortunately, we didnt get any little scratch&sniff cards here in Oz... bit of a shame - would have been fun to have the audience all madly scratching and sniffing the cards in the right spots. I assume then that the concept was that you would scratch a particular card (based on the number on screen) and smell the scent of whatever was on screen? Novel idea  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 10-29-2003 08:49 AM                    It was a promotion with I believe Blockbuster video and you got the scratch cards from the video store.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 10-29-2003 12:04 PM                     quote: It was a promotion with I believe Blockbuster video and you got the scratch cards from the video store. You got the 'Odorama' scratch-n-sniff cards with your 'Rugrats' tickets at the box office. Paramount sent truckloads of these things to the theatres about 3 weeks before the movie opened... quote: I assume then that the concept was that you would scratch a particular card (based on the number on screen) and smell the scent of whatever was on screen? All of the different scents were on a single card on little 1" diameter spots. Yes, you got the concept right. Some of the smells were things like strawberries, smelly feet, dirty diapers, vomit, etc... -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-29-2003 12:51 PM                     Polyester all over again  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 10-29-2003 12:55 PM                        Gordon wrote: quote: Polyester all over again "Polyester" the John Waters movie with "Odorama", not the print film itself. http://www.thedigitalbits.com/reviews2/johnwatersvol2.html http://www.reel.com/movie.asp?MID=1217  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 10-29-2003 01:11 PM                    We didn't get ANY at the theater except for a few samples that were sent. The numbers on the card also glowed in the dark so the kids could see them, which was neat. Darryl says that they came from Block Buster, but I thought they came from Burger King. Either way, it was a cool idea. It's a shame you didn't get any with your print. There probably are thousands of them still sitting in boxes somewhere.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 10-29-2003 09:23 PM                    It could have been burger king I couldn't remember for sure but I do know we didn't get truck loads at the theater. Matter of fact we didn't get any at the theater.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 11-02-2003 05:06 PM                       Yes, it was Burger King.  |  IP: Logged Christopher Duvall Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 500 From: Denver, CO Registered: Dec 1999 posted 11-02-2003 11:31 PM                     I still have a huge stack of "Odorama" cards at my house from a screening I was involved with at film festival in VA. I have to keep them in plastic because they frickin' stink horrible. If I remember correctly, we also ran William Castle's "The Tingler" with the seats wired up to buzz some of the viewers. Lots of fun...  |  IP: Logged

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