Comments on: Teaser trailer and promo with Portuguese subtitles, Fell's Church vs. Mystic Falls explained

By: Nilly

Nilly — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:16:39 +0000

Yes, yes, Vee, of course (: often so intelligent that I haven’t got a clue what you’re saying.

By: Vee

Vee — Wed, 27 May 2009 01:20:05 +0000

Well, we’re talking about at least three huge media conglomerates who probably each have an entire complex for their legal teams – if they say it can’t be cleared, I imagine they have a valid reason for saying so. (Have I mentioned I co-run a website that lets me talk about how much I love when two fictional vampire brothers hit things or eat oranges?) But the short answer: it’s all about not getting sued. Yes.

And ha! Well, I hope that means…”intelligently”?

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By: Nilly

Nilly — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:26:57 +0000

Soo.. basically, they’re just being extra-extra-careful??

And by the way, I find this really interesting–all you administrators have exactly the same way of talking. It’s pretty cool. (:

By: Vee

Vee — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:19:29 +0000

Oh, and on the bright side – Mystic Falls could still be plausibly attached to the town’s founding as we know it from the books. Any name could, but now that I’m getting over the initial “Mrr?” of it, there *does* seem to be a particular line of thought behind the name.

By: Vee

Vee — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:11:33 +0000

Well, you’re never gonna please everyone – lord knows we’ve learned THAT these past few months. And I am not excluding myself from that statement, by the way. ;)

By: Westly

Westly — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:08:41 +0000

Couldn’t they have come up with something a little less….fluffy than Mystic Falls? That souds so…1990′s new age. (And, as someone who worked in a store called Mystic Dream, yeeeeah.)

By: Vee

Vee — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:02:46 +0000

I’m not going to claim a thorough knowledge of intellectual property law, but my guess is that since Alloy/WB/The CW are essentially building a brand with the TV series, they’re being extra-extra-careful on skirting any potential hiccups with any registered trademarks that might be floating out there (and that does include names). And that can change with moving from one medium to another. But I don’t think it’s as simple as just that – there are a lot of other aspects to consider as far as advertising, product licensing, etc.

It’s 8 in the morning and I just woke up, so if the above makes any sense at all (even if it’s completely off-base), I’m gonna chalk that up to a success for today.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:46:02 +0000

Looking it up on yahoo maps, I don’t see a real Fell’s Church. The only thing I do see is FALL’S Church. Anywho, doesn’t matter I guess. I’m just glad that that we got Salvatore back.

By: Red

Red — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:13:43 +0000

To be honest, we’re not even sure about the other characters’ surnames right now anyway, so we don’t know which will end up changed and which will have been cleared. Hopefully we’ll be able to find that out at some point soon.

By: Jezebel

Jezebel — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:10:04 +0000

Like some of the characers’ names? The exception of the big 3, they’ve changed the other characters’ last name. What; they couldn’t clear Honeycutt, Forbes, Smallwood…?

By: Nilly

Nilly — Tue, 26 May 2009 13:08:49 +0000

Why is it illegal? Sorry, I always have to know WHY (: