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[griffin]

Weird but I see from your link that the Seven Network was behind the production which explains it. (I think there was another film recently that aired quickly for the same reason). And of course they'd want to rush it on for ratings while Anzac Day is on people's minds.

Yes, the Seven Network part-funded the movie, but I don't know why they can get a movie onto TV screens within 4 months, but other Movie producers can't... or won't.

[Paulbot]

They want to so they can make advertising revenue for their core television business. Other producers want to sell the DVD, rental, on demand, streaming, and pay tv rights first before the low end of the pool tv rights.

[GoktimusPrime]

This clip from Sesame Street is aimed to teach children (and parents) about the importance of vaccinations. But it also delivers an awesome message about super hero movies!

[griffin]

This is sorta news, but I wasn't sure if it deserved to be in the News section, so will just post it here.

Earlier today was the 15th birthday of the current TFW2005 website, as it was launched April 20th 2000.

Even though we are three years older, that's a great achievement for a major fansite to still be running so long unchanged and with the same administration running it. Especially after a number of the major fansites in the late 90s fell apart or died off.
EDIT - looks like the TFW2005 domain was not being used from about 2001 to 2003 because of a partnership with another fansite... so about 12 years as an unchanged ongoing entity. (to be fair, our site/group has evolved over our 18 years as well, in both name and location, so they still deserve the milestone of 15 years for being in some form as a single entity)


I joined there in July 2005, not for interacting, but to get to know more of the people who were going to BotCon, which was on in two months time. (I actually tried to join the four major fansites at that time, but only TFW2005 and Allspark activated me... as it was still a manual process back then on most sites), so those were the two sites I would log into and occasionally post for a while, and then more recently just TFW. So I'm just 3 months away from being a member there for 10 years... which I'm surprised to realise that it is two-thirds of their existence, as I didn't think that I was a member there that long.

[5FDP]

And for 15 years I've refused to join that website. I do read their forums however and visit the site daily, there's just a really bad element of people flaming each other which goes unchecked and unmoderated. There's a definite elitist attitude amongst many of their members. Ozformers is the complete opposite which is why it's my site of choice for interacting with other fans. Long live Ozformers!

[UltimateGalvatron]

And for 15 years I've refused to join that website. I do read their forums however and visit the site daily, there's just a really bad element of people flaming each other which goes unchecked and unmoderated. There's a definite elitist attitude amongst many of their members. Ozformers is the complete opposite which is why it's my site of choice for interacting with other fans. Long live Ozformers!

I agree I've gone there a few times and it looks pretty heated.

[The_Black_Sheep]

I've been a member on that site for 4-5 years now under the same name I use here & after thousands of posts over there, I've bought things at fantastic prices & made quite a few good mates from all around the world. I'm not saying there aren't a few whack-jobs who frequent those boards (there are parts of those boards that I stay well away from) but all-in-all, I don't mind that site - it's alright.