New movie-making fun of greeks??

[PANTHERTEKE]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

Scream this from the mountain top!!! Please!

Haha, will do

[alphagamgirl06]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

So what's the theory if the creators and/or writers are Greek?

Negative outcomes aside, if this was intentional, they were clever and have received a great deal of publicity from Greekchat alone. I would've never heard of this movie without the 3 threads on GC. For every Greek who claims to boycott this movie, there will be Greeks and nonGreeks who see it out of curiosity or because they want a silly comedy.

I agree

This really reminds me of last summer around the same time when the previews of Greek the tv show were coming on. Every greek person I know was pissed about how it was portraying the stereotypes of Greek Life. People were writing letters to ABC Family and there was a plan to boycott the show. Then when it premiered everyone wanted to just see what it was about. Now it is a hit show soon to be in its third season and I know lots of Greeks who watch it every week like its greys anatomy or something.

Now on the other hand the makers of this movie could have at least changed the colors of the Zetas or something that wouldnt make it resemble ZTA. But on the positive side has anyone ever thought that there can be some good in this movie. The chapter is made up of all different types of girls, girls that aren't typically portrayed in movies about sororities, this could inspire more girls to go through recruitment that probably wouldn't have. Also the Zeta chapter in the movie gets a huge makeover and maybe in the end they become this kick ass chapter that everyone wants to join.

[heyitszeta]

I find it highly amusing that everyone from ZTA is freaking out when this movie is actually based on my organization, and bears a much stronger resemblance to us than ZTA.

Originally Posted by DMBabyZTA

I can promise you if they used YOUR letters you'd feel the same way.

Actually, we're over it. We're thinking of going to see it together, probably in our letters, because we realize that it is just a movie. And who knows, we just might enjoy it!

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by heyitszeta

I find it highly amusing that everyone from ZTA is freaking out when this movie is actually based on my organization, and bears a much stronger resemblance to us than ZTA.



Actually, we're over it. We're thinking of going to see it together, probably in our letters, because we realize that it is just a movie. And who knows, we just might enjoy it!

What organization are you in?

[heyitszeta]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

What organization are you in?

Zeta Tau Zeta Fraternity.

[twinkle555]

Originally Posted by heyitszeta

Zeta Tau Zeta Fraternity.

Care to give us all a run down of your org? I would like to see the similarities you speak of

[heyitszeta]

Originally Posted by twinkle555

Care to give us all a run down of your org? I would like to see the similarities you speak of

Sure!

Name: Zeta Tau Zeta (Zeta Alpha Zeta...yeah, pretty close, haha)

Colors: Royal Blue and Gold (in the movie they are turquoise and yellow)

As a side note, our main shirts are the exact shirt worn in the movie, except obviously with ZTZ instead of ZAZ, and the lettering is royal blue instead of turquoise.

Originally Posted by ZTAMich

This movie depicts a sorority called “Zeta Alpha Zeta” and refers to its members as “Zetas” and its facility as the “Zeta House.” The chapter house shown in the movie has the word “ZETA” above the door in turquoise, one of the official colors of the Zeta Tau Alpha Fraternity.

We refer to our members as Zetas and our facility as Zeta House. Our house has both our letters and the word ZETA on it (in the preview the house also has both).

Originally Posted by ZTAMich

The Fraternity is the exclusive owner of the registered trademarks Zeta Tau Alpha and the Greek letters ZTA, and has been consistently using the term Zeta and Zetas to conduct business for nearly 100 years. The Fraternity believes that the use of “ZETA” in the film is improper and confusingly similar to ZTA. Zeta Tau Alpha is working with legal counsel to explore its options.

We have been using the term Zeta and Zetas to conduct business for nearly 100 years as well. It is very similar to ZTZ, however we figure anyone with a brain will figure out that the movie is fictional, and no, we are not the same sorority as in the movie. We also believe that anyone who wants to use the word term "ZETA" certainly may. After all, it is just a letter in the Greek alphabet.

My fraternity is local, and one of the authors of the movie attended my (very small) college. During the time she was at my school, Zeta was having trouble keeping numbers up, and ended up deactivating and reactivating. The plot line in this story is that Zeta Alpha Zeta is not able to keep their numbers up and they are risking losing their charter...sound familiar? Our alumnae came to homecoming this past year and told us about this movie and that the author didn't want to make it blatantly about us, so she altered names and colors slightly. We all had a good laugh about it, because, as texas*princess so eloquently worded it:

Originally Posted by texas*princess

it's TV!!! Who cares.

[Senusret I]

And there you have it.

As I was once told as a teenager, the world doesn't revolve around my ***hole.

[AU_ZTA86]

Originally Posted by heyitszeta

Colors: Royal Blue and Gold (in the movie they are turquoise and yellow)

Actually, those are not our official colors. From IO:
Colors – The colors of Zeta Tau Alpha are turquoise blue and steel gray. The significance of these colors is explained in the Initiation Service.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by AU_ZTA86

Actually, those are not our official colors. From IO:
Colors – The colors of Zeta Tau Alpha are turquoise blue and steel gray. The significance of these colors is explained in the Initiation Service.

Which she did not go through because she is not your sister.

[AOII Angel]

http://clubs.oxy.edu/zeta/index.html
Here's the link to Zeta Tau Zeta. I thought hetitszeta was a troll, but apparently not!

[Tippiechick]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

There is nothing to be concerned about. ZTA and this movie are going to be fine.

And for the record, it HAS been my letters before. My fraternity has boycotted movies before and I saw them anyway.

I am not concerned about ZTA not being ok. Trust me, we'll be fine. I am OFFENDED that someone would use the combination together in such a way as to make viewers connect with Zeta Tau Alpha.

It's the point that someone or a group of people went out of their way to do this. Yet, we should just applaud them or ignore it because the movie looks funny?

You weren't offended when YOUR letters were used, fine. But, don't sit there and tell me or any other ZTA that we shouldn't be offended when OUR letters are used (with one of our main colors).
(ETA: Watch this and you'll see they actually wear STEEL GREY shirts with TURQUOISE letters: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-RmuzppVuM)

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by heyitszeta

Sure!

Name: Zeta Tau Zeta (Zeta Alpha Zeta...yeah, pretty close, haha)

Colors: Royal Blue and Gold (in the movie they are turquoise and yellow)

As a side note, our main shirts are the exact shirt worn in the movie, except obviously with ZTZ instead of ZAZ, and the lettering is royal blue instead of turquoise.



We refer to our members as Zetas and our facility as Zeta House. Our house has both our letters and the word ZETA on it (in the preview the house also has both).



We have been using the term Zeta and Zetas to conduct business for nearly 100 years as well. It is very similar to ZTZ, however we figure anyone with a brain will figure out that the movie is fictional, and no, we are not the same sorority as in the movie. We also believe that anyone who wants to use the word term "ZETA" certainly may. After all, it is just a letter in the Greek alphabet.

My fraternity is local, and one of the authors of the movie attended my (very small) college. During the time she was at my school, Zeta was having trouble keeping numbers up, and ended up deactivating and reactivating. The plot line in this story is that Zeta Alpha Zeta is not able to keep their numbers up and they are risking losing their charter...sound familiar? Our alumnae came to homecoming this past year and told us about this movie and that the author didn't want to make it blatantly about us, so she altered names and colors slightly. We all had a good laugh about it, because, as texas*princess so eloquently worded it:

Even if you are right and one of the movie's screenwriters based ZAZ on ZTZ and changed things so that ZTZ wasn't identifiable, don't you see why another group would be mad if those changes pointed to them instead. I think ZTZ is safe to feel okay about it...only people from Occidental college know who you are and will probably not think the girls of ZAZ in the movie represent the co-ed ZTZ. On the other hand, most people will see ZETA in turquoise and think ZTA who has used the name ZETA and the color turquoise in its chapters all over the US for 100 years. There is a higher likelihood that they will be identified as the chapter in the movie not ZTZ. So, cut ZTA some slack for being a little upset.

[SWTXBelle]

Zeta Tau Alpha will be better than fine - they will continue to be great.

The movie? We'll see. I'd say it looks too stupid to pull much of an audience, but what do I know - Adam Sandler has made an entire career out of making movies I would think are too stupid to do well.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Even if you are right and one of the movie's screenwriters based ZAZ on ZTZ and changed things so that ZTZ wasn't identifiable, don't you see why another group would be mad if those changes pointed to them instead. I think ZTZ is safe to feel okay about it...only people from Occidental college know who you are and will probably not think the girls of ZAZ in the movie represent the co-ed ZTZ. On the other hand, most people will see ZETA in turquoise and think ZTA who has used the name ZETA and the color turquoise in its chapters all over the US for 100 years. There is a higher likelihood that they will be identified as the chapter in the movie not ZTZ. So, cut ZTA some slack for being a little upset.

Exactly. Oh, and the other writer went to James Madison, so I would wager she is MORE than aware of national sororities and who has what color.

Red would be a coincidence...TURQUOISE is not.