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Octagon Global Recruiting

Started by Matt J McDonald · 8 months ago

I knew something was up when that low budget, semi-confusing commercial for Octagon Global Recruiting ran during the last 15 minutes of the season finale of LOST. I’m a big fan and to me everything about it screamed Dharma Initiative. Apparently I wasn’t the only one, see ... Continue reading »

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PJSander
1 year ago

The dates in San Diego coincide with Comic-Con. I think it may be an entry into a sweepstakes to go there or something.

: ) P

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Kelly Rusk
1 year ago

Or perhaps they are just testing viewer engagement on commercials??

Thanks for posting! I totally missed this I guess there could be a downside to FF commercials with a PVR!~

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Matt J McDonald
1 year ago

@PJ
You may be right on there. Perhaps they're launching a new spinoff or another video game or book or comic line? Seems ripe for a product launch to me.

@Kelly
It looks a little involved for just testing, maybe it's a contest like PJ suggested or perhaps it's a product launch or something similar. I wish they would have strung out the mystery a little longer. Either way, one benefit of not having a DVR.

Thanks for reading!

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Lee
1 year ago

I think its funny that it states specifically "unpaid positions" in that infommercial... and in the world of Lost does one ever truly volunteers?

Real-world creeps in when you read up on the privacy policy at the bottom of the website... that legal mumbo jumbo is pretty lengthy too. LOL.

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