Stomp The Yard!

ladyb08 · #1 12-10-2006, 01:33 PM

It sounds interesting enough, I think I'll give it a shot.

Intense1920 · #2 12-10-2006, 06:58 PM

No, I won't be seeing it.

LoisLane · #3 12-13-2006, 10:08 PM

What's interesting is the boycott controversy between the Alphas and the films producers. I wanna see it just to see what the fuss is about!

ladygreek · #4 12-14-2006, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by LoisLane

What's interesting is the boycott controversy between the Alphas and the films producers. I wanna see it just to see what the fuss is about!

Trademark infringement. That's what the fuss is about. This lawsuit as well as my sorority's suit against BSP is important for all of us, as they could set a precedent for keeping folx from wantonly using our orgs for their own benefit.

jojapeach · #5 12-14-2006, 12:10 PM

^^^ Exactly why I won't be seeing the movie. To my knowledge, my sorority hasn't taken an official stance with the Alphas, but I want to support my fellow Greeks in protecting their trademarks and their organization. If someone can come along and use Alpha's symbols all willy nilly despite documentation that demands for a cease and desist, who says it won't happen to my beloved Sigma or any other D9 org?

Nope, I shan't be financially supporting it despite the fact that my niece's elementary step team was chosen to be in the film. I'm sure it'll make it to HBO or Cinemax.

quteepie22 · #6 12-15-2006, 12:13 AM

From looking at the trailer, the movie looks like a college version of You Got Served. If so, I don't think I'll be going to see it either.
And, copyright infringement could happen to anyone of the D9 orgs. If they could do it to the Alphas, they could do to Sigma. Another reason for me not to see it!!!

ZetaLawyer · #7 12-22-2006, 10:25 AM

I won't be paying money to see it. Now if it comes on TV, then sure. But they'll probably make plenty of $$ b/c Chris Brown is in it - You Got Served in College.

radiantblu2005 · #8 12-22-2006, 11:50 AM

I didnt know anything about the lawsuits and i havent seen the trailer yet. Wow...things that ppl do now a days.

BlueNYC2 · #9 12-24-2006, 11:21 PM

it looks like a pile of some hot bullshit. since when have you heard of orgs recruiting someone so they can win a stepshow??? smh...

JamaicanZeta · #10 01-18-2007, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueNYC2

it looks like a pile of some hot bullshit. since when have you heard of orgs recruiting someone so they can win a stepshow??? smh...

It has been known to happen on occasion. But seriously though this movie is rubbish. The trailer makes it seem as though all BGLOs are about are step shows and strolling on the yard.

FatalDSTination · #11 12-27-2006, 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by ladygreek

Trademark infringement. That's what the fuss is about. This lawsuit as well as my sorority's suit against BSP is important for all of us, as they could set a precedent for keeping folx from wantonly using our orgs for their own benefit.

So are Alphas pictured in the movie or what? I saw the trailer and didnt think I saw any real letters

ladygreek · #12 12-27-2006, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by FatalDSTination

So are Alphas pictured in the movie or what? I saw the trailer and didnt think I saw any real letters

I saw real letters.

7thSonofOsiris · #13 12-27-2006, 07:01 PM

Originally, when I saw the first few trailers or whatever, I did see our letters in that jokah, however, some expeditious moves were made at our headquarters, and statements of infringement were thrown out there and those clips that showed our letters were taken out. Again, I think that this film is whack when it comes to the subject matter. I don't think that there should be a movie made about stepping, because of the sacred nature of what it means to step. Hollywood doesn't have to de-mystify every thang, shit. Some things need to remain private and sacred, not made into modes of entertainment and commercialized. Our pledge process is totally unique and unto us. Stepping is what comes as an end result of that journey.

jojapeach · #14 01-03-2007, 03:00 PM

I still can't see it.

I get mad everytime I see that trailer come on. Never in my life have I seen two step teams battling...at the same...on the same stage. I personally haven't see that many men step together at the same time. Just seeing that many men wearing red jackets stepping together on the yard irks the devil out of me. Maybe it's realistic for a coming out show, but I don't like this fantasy version of Greekdom.

Maybe there's some hidden nugget of wisdom that they couldn't put in the trailers because wisdom in a flick about Greek Life wouldn't translate to dollars.

alphamale1906 · #15 01-09-2007, 07:32 PM

As soon as the lawsuit was filed, I googled for the movie and found the trailer (as I had not heard of the movie or its production prior to the lawsuit filing). My fraternity letters could originally be seen in the early trailers. The letters originally seen on the jackets during the cafateria seen have since been removed in the current trailer.