Disney Making Fake Crop Circles?

GuNgA-DiN writes: "It seems that Disney has been busy trying to promote their upcoming movie 'Signs' (by M. Night Shyamalan). There is an interesting article from some guys who REALLY follow and study crop signs: Paul Anderson of the Canadian Crop Circle Research Network has reason to believe that they will be creating some man-made formations to promote the forthcoming movie. Anderson cites a competition or sweepstakes currently being promoted on the official 'Signs' website." Remember, patronize only genuine alien-swirled crop circles!

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fake crop circles?

[Anonymous Coward]

Oh, as opposed to the "real" ones ...

I'm shocked, shocked!

Easy to Spot

[philipsblows]

Any Disney crop circles will have a little (C) mark somewhere nearby.

And maybe some mouse ears.

Re:Easy to Spot

[_Sprocket_]

Great. Not only will we have the usual series of people hunting for hidden meaning in "crop circle" patterns... but we'll have another group hunting for hidden Mickeys.

Are they really made by aliens?

[guttentag]

Why is the Canadian Crop Circle Research Network concerned about crop circles in America? If Disney makes crop circles in its own country, there's nothing alien about it. However, if the Canadians are searching for these American crop circles, the Canadians would be the aliens in our midst.

On the other hand, if Disney goes to Canada to make crop circles, we can reasonably claim the crop circles were made by aliens. But if Disney hires Canadians to make the crop circles in Canada, are the circles still considered to be the work of aliens? This is actually a very important topic of discussion, because crop circles have historically been produced by illegal aliens who are not only underpaid and overworked, they're not paying income tax. I don't know about Canada, but the IRS has a whole division devoted to hunting these tax evaders.

The only thing certain is that these circles will probably appear in threes -- two smaller circles sitting atop a larger circle -- and a pop musician will be performing in the center of each one.

Re:Are they really made by aliens?

[Soul-Burn666]

You mean 2 half circles and a 3/4 circle? Something like this?
| _ _
| / \
| | C |
| \_ _/
|

Makes you wonder....

[Kirby-meister]

...if the aliens just got tired of doing these designs and decided to have us humans do them ourselves in a mask of PR and prizes. :)

yes, fake

[zurmikopa]

I know some people that were going to go to a field and make their own designs with crops. They were drawing them out on peices of paper and trying to come up with things that were vauge yet apeared to have meaning. They were going to use big-ol-flat boards to do it with. I have no idea if they ever got around to doing it.

"Oh, I saw the sign.. and it opened up my mind; I saw the sign." *Whacks self several times*

What about IP?

[saphena]

Will Disney be able to sue for IP infringement if "real" crop circles look similar to the Disney ones?

What's next?

[Ed Avis]

How long before IBM starts creating crop Tuxen?

Re:Crop circle originators -- Bower and Chorley

[frank249]

Were they ever charged? I hear it is a pretty serious offence to be convicted as a 'cereal killer'.

Disney only Knows how to fake!

[linuxislandsucks]

Disney only knows how to fake!

For example:

Fake Mouses

Fake Ethics

Fake concern about Fair Use Rgihts in Copyrights

Fake concern about consumers

Disney should just rename themselves Fakes'R'US

Re:Disney only Knows how to fake!

[ProfMoriarty]

Disney only knows how to fake!

Heh ... they even have a Fake Senator.

Re:Crop Circles, Aliens, UFOs

[demaria]

The aliens are more advanced than us, and know the merits and benefits of eating a whole wheat diet.

the surprising cause of the real crop circles...

[alienmole]

...is that Disney is advance-promoting its new movie by sending people (or robots?) back in time to make crop circles years ago, thus seeding a worldwide interest in crop circles that otherwise would not have existed.

Those of you who were paying attention might remember that about a year ago, there was no such thing as crop circles. The only reason you think you've already heard of them now is because Disney has messed with the timeline.

Now you know why Disney really needed to extend the copyright term... When you're creating works in the past, you need that extra time!

Disney is an evil multinational

[Anonymous Coward]

"If Disney makes crop circles in its own country"

Contrary to /. opinion, Disney doesn't own any country yet.

Disney is an evil multinational corporation, not restricted by borders.

Re:Crop circle HOWTO

[laura20]

I'm immensely amused, having wandered around some of the crop circle sites. I thought that the whole thing had been pretty well quashed by the demonstration that crop circles are easily made, but no! it's turned in to an _art form_. Gorgeous stuff, too, fractals and stars and circles within circles. People challenging themselves to make the most circles, to do it on the shortest night, to do it under the eyes of 'crop watchers'.

I love the human race, truly I do.

Re:Crop circle HOWTO

[ariels]

Yes, it kind of makes you think they have competition from other hoaxers; some who are still getting kicks from psyching out the simple minded.

Please. The only rational explanation is that the hoaxers aren't hoaxers, but rather liars. They're taking credit for formations made by aliens. An all-to-human trait.