Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [MARK YOUR SPOILERS!]

[MaidOfKandar]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

These videos are fun and all, but the marketing for this show has been baffling to me. Seriously, what does that stuff has got to do with Evil Dead? It wouldn't bother me much if these were just nice little extras, but it's basically all of their marketing for the show. These The Office parodies, those beer commercials and the whole Ash 4 President stuff... It's all just so random and none of it actually has anything to do with the actual show. It's always either some sort of parody of other stuff or an attempt to forcefully insert ED into unrelated stuff. What exactly is the audience they're marketing for? Do these videos actually do anything to get you excited about AvED? The marketing doesn't even make it clear what AvED actually is. I guess we can include the marketing team into the ever-growing list of people involved with the show who apparently have no clue what to do with the property. But hey, it's all "crazy" and "zany", so I guess it's good, right? *sigh*

They're trying to market it to 18-22 year old guys, judging from the frat tour plus the way they do sosh marketing.  I think those are an attempt to get a more sophisticated audience, which is odd.  Very few people are watching the ancillary media stuff.  I think only the Ash for President stuff has made any leeway for them; the beer commercials and these other ads have gone nowhere.

Unfortunately they're mostly attracting a 30-40 year old demo judging from their Facebook (the only piece of social media where they have an actual consistent following; the Instagram and Tumblr are ghost towns and the Twitter can be spotty).

 

[Life_Gets_Teejus]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

I was re-watching TED last night and I noticed that when Ash and Scotty are in the basement finding the Necronomicon etc that Scotty says "This kinda looks like you're old girlfriend." in reference to the Kandarian dagger's skull-face handle. So it is implied that Ash had a previous girlfriend...are we to now assume that he's referring to Linda B. ? That's kind of harsh, then again maybe I'm giving the writers too much credit and it never crossed their minds, could be either way.

 

[DyD]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

I was re-watching TED last night and I noticed that when Ash and Scotty are in the basement finding the Necronomicon etc that Scotty says "This kinda looks like you're old girlfriend." in reference to the Kandarian dagger's skull-face handle. So it is implied that Ash had a previous girlfriend...are we to now assume that he's referring to Linda B. ? That's kind of harsh, then again maybe I'm giving the writers too much credit and it never crossed their minds, could be either way.

I think it was likely just a "happy" accident and not done on purpose. Still a fun tidbit, though. Good catch.

 

[MaidOfKandar]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

New picture (Didn't catch this until I saw Nick's Avatar) 

New BTS featurette about the blood SFX featuring Dana.

Season premiere is next weekend!

 

[Kain]

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[MaidOfKandar]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

I'm guessing this is going to be locked down to their Facebook followers, otherwise this could cause a huge leak just when they need the ratings the most.

They seem to really be relying on DVD sales and digital hits to drive the show this year.

 

[Kain]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

Pretty funny...

The Dangers of Having a Chainsaw for a Hand

 

[MaidOfKandar]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

Oh eta: looks like it's open to the public! That's good news.

And that sketch is fun. "My real hand is holding an iced latte!"

Double ETA: my thought process went: "Is that Barbara Crampton...holy shit it IS Barbara Crampton!"

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New behind the scenes featurette exclusive from Dread Central 

 

[DyD]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

When the deadite showed up on that sketch I was expecting Bruce to use his normal hand to punch him instead of using the chainsaw. That would've been pretty funny.

I really hope the premiere tomorrow won't be locked for those outside of the US. It would really suck if that's the case.

 

[MaidOfKandar]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

I think if it streams on Facebook it's open for everyone.

 

[Nick el Ass]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

New picture (Didn't catch this until I saw Nick's Avatar) 



New BTS featurette about the blood SFX featuring Dana.

Season premiere is next weekend!

This site also has some new pics along with some alternate black and white cast ones that I hadn't seen until the other day when searching for new stuff to post on my blog...

 http://aftermoviediner.com/feed/articles/all-you-need-to-know-ash-vs-evil-dead-season-two

 

[MaidOfKandar]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

I really love that picture!

 

[Nick el Ass]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

I thought it was one of the coolest pics to come out of Bruce. Btw, I also saw on Facebook that Lucy Lawless cut her hair off... and couldn't help wondering if she did it after dealing with all the new blood and spew on the set.
 

 

[Nick el Ass]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

I really love that picture!

I thought it was one of the coolest pics to come out of Bruce. Btw, I also saw on Facebook that Lucy Lawless cut her hair off... and couldn't help wondering if she did it after dealing with all the new blood and spew on the set.

 

[Kain]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

[video=youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNyxBeFrXyE[/video]

 

[MaidOfKandar]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

I think if it streams on Facebook it's open for everyone.

ETA, I was wrong: the episode premiere is region-locked to the US only according to this post on the IGN Facebook.

@Nick - it's interesting both she and Bruce have chopped their hair off since the show ended.

 

[DocLathropBrown]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

@Nick - it's interesting both she and Bruce have chopped their hair off since the show ended.

I think that's a fair sign that we ain't getting a season three. Anything's possible, of course... but I assume that their willingness to chop means the chances aren't high unless the ratings for the season are much better than last time, and I don't think they've grown the viewer base enough.

 

[MaidOfKandar]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

@Nick - it's interesting both she and Bruce have chopped their hair off since the show ended.

I think that's a fair sign that we ain't getting a season three. Anything's possible, of course... but I assume that their willingness to chop means the chances aren't high unless the ratings for the season are much better than last time, and I don't think they've grown the viewer base enough.

I think Bruce cut his off for a movie role, but he also usually cuts his hair short whenever he's parted with a role.  He got the exact same cut when Burn Notice ended.  So it could be either.

Premiere notes are going into the non-spoiler thread in a sec!

 

[Nick el Ass]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

@Nick - it's interesting both she and Bruce have chopped their hair off since the show ended.

I think that's a fair sign that we ain't getting a season three. Anything's possible, of course... but I assume that their willingness to chop means the chances aren't high unless the ratings for the season are much better than last time, and I don't think they've grown the viewer base enough.

It seems like Bruce usually gets a haircut after filming, and there is also plenty of time between seasons to do other other things so I don't think this is any indication of what is to come with AvED. I will say that I had long hair for years, and when I finally cut it all off it was such a relief... and I didn't even have gallons of blood dumped on me on a daily basis. Now I just shave my head bald, and can roll out of bed with no issues. Shorter showers too.

 

[MaidOfKandar]

RE: Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 General Discussion Thread [SPOILERS]

@Nick - it's interesting both she and Bruce have chopped their hair off since the show ended.

I think that's a fair sign that we ain't getting a season three. Anything's possible, of course... but I assume that their willingness to chop means the chances aren't high unless the ratings for the season are much better than last time, and I don't think they've grown the viewer base enough.

It seems like Bruce usually gets a haircut after filming, and there is also plenty of time between seasons to do other other things so I don't think this is any indication of what is to come with AvED. I will say that I had long hair for years, and when I finally cut it all off it was such a relief... and I didn't even have gallons of blood dumped on me on a daily basis. Now I just shave my head bald, and can roll out of bed with no issues. Shorter showers too.

Also he's (apparently) filming a movie in October, which is why he had to cancel a few convention commitments.  The hair might be for that.

He does have a history of hair experimentation between roles, though.  At one point during Burn Notice between filming the Sam Axe movie and the fifth season he somehow sprouted longer hair, which made the show's continuity interesting.