There's also this poster for the event, the photo from which amusingly proclaims fail on its own:
As you can see, there's not much of a crowd present, and of the crowd that's there, some are ignoring the screen, like the kid to the right, who's more interested in whatever gadget is in his hands.
But, wait, there's more to the story.
I've wondered for a while about the relationship between management and Town & Village, our area newspaper. T & V is a valuable resource, as it not only writes about and reaches our community, but is able to get actual responses and quotes from management on a number of issues, even if those responses are full of annoying spin and bs.
Well, this week, the last page of T & V contained this photo:
Kinda looks familiar, no? It also shows more of the "crowd" that gathered for this silly event, and tells how the image in the poster was cropped to not give away too much dead space. LOL.
Of course what's not funny is that my building, as well as many buildings in ST/PCV, needs a good interior paint job and some plastering. But I guess that takes second or third or fourth place to running events like NFL ON THE OVAL.
If they're going to waste money on these stupid events and the advertising materials they put under our doors, they could at least make sure the thing goes all the way under the door instead of leaving them outside the door. They are even worse than the Chinese food menu pests because they put their menus right under the door. These waste-of-space employees who distribute the Oval Crap materials just dump the brochures right outside every apartment door which is an advertisement that the tenant isn't home. Stupid assholes!
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ReplyDeleteYou need to do a side by side comparison of your wide angled shot showing the vacant playground and the cropped T&V/Rose shot. It's all about deception with them these days.
Did T&V or the T&V photographer give Rose permission to use their photo to promote this event?
Why would you go and sit outside in the rain showers, with the mosquitos and dog doo to watch the NFL games when you can sit in the comfort of your apartment and watch it with doritos and beer and no mosquitos and rain?
ReplyDeleteWill we have to suffer through a Lady Maya half time show full of gypsies, tango dancing, and fried dough?
ReplyDeleteJust wait for weekly Monday Nite Football.
ReplyDelete8pm -> ????
Shut your windows around playground 10. It's gonna be noisy.
My apologies...
ReplyDeleteNFL Monday Nite Football is being screened at OvalFilm.
Now if that doesn't break some sort of NFL stipulation re public showing, I don't know what does. Especially since you must be a paying memeber of Amenities to get into OvalFilm.
Yup. Fried dough, sea weed tacos, artisinal pretzels, vegan soda, gluten free cupcakes and any other gimmicky food truck Lady Maya can drive onto the property.
ReplyDeleteYou can call the NFL legal department to complain, or you can just keep whining here.
ReplyDelete...or you can show up around 1pm on Sunday with a blanket and meet and get to know some of your neighbors.
ReplyDeleteI think by now we already know our neighbors! Sorry, but this is NFL ON THE OVAL is dumb and laughable. Probably the worst thing about it is that one is getting a poor quality picture. Why spend time on the cold ground in chilly weather watching a football game with a subpar picture housed inside what looks like helium-less Thanksgiving balloon? You can't even drink brewskis! Not hip at all.
ReplyDeleteI hear it's open bar if you are an evil Oval member...
ReplyDeletePublic showings of NFL broadcasts are subject to US copyright law. For more information, you could contact the person below.
ReplyDeleteFrom NFL.com:
Our Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement on the Services is Paul Jackson, National Football League who can be reached as follows:
Paul Jackson
Paul.Jackson@nfl.com
Digital Rights Coordinator
National Football League
280 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
"or you can show up around 1pm on Sunday with a blanket and meet and get to know some of your neighbors."
ReplyDeleteSigh. Hey, you can do so right now during daylight hours (the appropriate times) at any of the 15 playgrounds and the Oval that are in PCVST. As per the original design of this place. Although, catch the Oval while you can. There will soon be a Subway/Starbucks combo there. Another thing. Playground 10, with its artificial (not artisanl :) turf, has been designed for ACTIVE children activities. Great, take the playground out of commission at 1 PM and teach them to become couch potatoes. Instead of conversation such as “That’s it Tommy, throw that ball with a spiral” , the conversation will now be “What’s the over under for this game?” Sad.
I just sent an email to Paul Jackson at the the NFL inquiring as to whether Rose Associates is breaking any US copyright laws.
ReplyDeleteLet's see what happens.
I believe that American Leisure may the company in charge of acquiring rights to whatever is shown here in Stuy Town, to including movies at Oval Film. Not to say that AL has every "i" dotted and "t" crossed.
ReplyDeleteIn other words, IF something is not legally right here, Rose would throw American Leisure under the bus. (That is if AL is responsible for the NFL ON THE OVAL showings.)
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ReplyDeletestupid, he is simply saying that they are not smart.