Guys..her birthday is coming up...

CommanderKool · Feb 06, 2013 3:31 am

What's the plan this year? I thought what we did last year was neat, but let's brainstorm some ideas for this year! We can always improve year after year, right?

LeeKwanYoung · Feb 07, 2013 5:39 pm

Yeah... we need to gather up some ideas..
hmm... I'll be back if I got one

vlad · Feb 09, 2013 10:55 am

We could send a big cake with a big written "No Ellen No Party".

CommanderKool · Feb 11, 2013 3:49 am

b-but why? WHAT IF WE WANT TO PARTY WITH ELLEN?! then what?!

vlad · Feb 12, 2013 10:51 am

Sure.
We can have a party with Ellen, and if there will be space, we will can also invite the two dogs.
And also we can organize a big party style "Project X".

LeeKwanYoung · Feb 16, 2013 2:18 pm

Umm.. guys? we're seriously not doing anything this year for Ellen's birthday??
I don't see any notice...

vlad · Feb 17, 2013 10:40 am

What are you did last years?

LeeKwanYoung · Feb 18, 2013 6:54 am

vlad wrote:What are you did last years?

http://25thbirthday.ellenpage.org/board/

this is what we did last year

vlad · Feb 18, 2013 11:13 am

LeeKwanYoung wrote:
vlad wrote:What are you did last years?
http://25thbirthday.ellenpage.org/board/

this is what we did last year

Cute.
We can do the same thing. We can send "postcards" and with Flash we can do a big message board like this.

CommanderKool · Feb 19, 2013 4:08 am

I think we should switch it up every year. Let's be creative guys!

vlad · Feb 19, 2013 4:08 pm

Ok, I will sacrifice myself.
I can do a tattoo on my chest "Happy Birthday Ellen".
Sin that the next year will useless because it will take a new idea.

Anyway, apart from the jokes, this year you can create a collage with videos* from the users. We can open a new 3d, and anyone can send a little video, up to the 20th February. After one user can do the collage and post it on the site. I think it's very cute to see every users of different nations say "Happy birthday" in their language.

*videos with everybody will say "Happy Birthday".

CommanderKool · Feb 20, 2013 12:29 am

That sounds neat! Seeing as how we're from all over the world. If we don't do that this year, perhaps next year.

vlad · Feb 20, 2013 1:50 pm

CommanderKool wrote:That sounds neat! Seeing as how we're from all over the world. If we don't do that this year, perhaps next year.

Oh, this is a big day, you are the first american* (and one of the few people) who find a my idea good.

*For me, this is first experience in an international forum.

plexus · Feb 20, 2013 2:05 pm

vlad wrote:... Anyway, apart from the jokes, this year you can create a collage with videos* from the users. ...

We did that already two years ago. But sadly it wasn't a big hit.

Only a few people made a video and currently there are even less people active in here.
http://24thbirthday.ellenpage.org/videowall.html

Also: Since last years birthday project wasn't very popular either, I'm sure Dominik had no intentions to spend a lot of time and effort to organize another more or less disappointing project, again.

Sad but true.

Let's hope that her future projects bring more life in the "fandom" again, so that more people will participate in future birthday projects.

AND: Maybe even Ellen will notice it. Because I'm pretty sure she doesn't even know there are things like that here on "her" website.

vlad · Feb 20, 2013 9:04 pm

plexus wrote:We did that already two years ago. But sadly it wasn't a big hit.
Only a few people made a video and currently there are even less people active in here.
http://24thbirthday.ellenpage.org/videowall.html

Yes, my idea is similar, but i mean to make only one video (about of 10 minutes) with the greeting of everyone. Understand?*

*My english is so rusty.

plexus wrote:Also: Since last years birthday project wasn't very popular either, I'm sure Dominik had no intentions to spend a lot of time and effort to organize another more or less disappointing project, again.

Sad but true.

Let's hope that her future projects bring more life in the "fandom" again, so that more people will participate in future birthday projects.

I don't know this, because i am on this site from this year. Though i know Dominik from the last year, because i contact the site for an E P's italian movie.

plexus wrote:AND: Maybe even Ellen will notice it. Because I'm pretty sure she doesn't even know there are things like that here on "her" website.

Uh, she sometimes goes on this site?

Feb 21, 2013 12:09 pm

Today is my fave director's birthday

Happy Birthday Ellen

plexus · Feb 21, 2013 1:39 pm

UCFRdWarrior wrote:Today is my fave director's birthday

What a nice coincidence, mine too

AND also my favorite actress.

vlad wrote:Yes, my idea is similar, but i mean to make only one video (about of 10 minutes) with the greeting of everyone. Understand?*
*My english is so rusty. Wow, what a day!

No, I got it wrong, sorry.

Feb 21, 2013 8:06 pm

plexus wrote:Also: Since last years birthday project wasn't very popular either, I'm sure Dominik had no intentions to spend a lot of time and effort to organize another more or less disappointing project, again.

You are taking the words out of my mouth

That is exactly one of the reasons why I didn't do much in this context this year. I don't see any sense in spending (and eventually wasting) 1-2 weeks on something that attracts only a handful of people at the end. Most of them are posting their own messages on Twitter, Facebook or Tumblr anyway, which might even be the better choice as Ellen apparently prefers responding to random people over checking the stuff here. One could now argue that it's finally all about Ellen and not about her fans. But as hard as it sounds, I got the impression over the years that it makes no difference whether there is such a "birthday project" or not due to the lack of response or any kind of reaction. This is doubly disappointing considering two guys additionally send her a small (bee-related) gift in agreement with her management in 2012 (with the same result).

plexus wrote:Let's hope that her future projects bring more life in the "fandom" again, so that more people will participate in future birthday projects.

I highly doubt this will ever happen because the amount of long-term fans is declining and I don't see anything that could change that.

vlad wrote:
plexus wrote:AND: Maybe even Ellen will notice it. Because I'm pretty sure she doesn't even know there are things like that here on "her" website.
Uh, she sometimes goes on this site?

Yeah, once in a light-year!

>>> http://26thbirthday.ellenpage.org

vlad · Feb 21, 2013 11:03 pm

Dominik wrote: Yeah, once in a light-year!

ahahaha ok

So,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELLEN, I hope much happiness for your future.

abraxas17 · Apr 18, 2013 3:38 pm

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