zzzz Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 And Tom pulled the “Blink” card when promoting this Strange Times cartoon...also made a “fast new music coming soon” post lol. Peep his Instagram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 Return of 2016 Tom! This would be cool if he weren't so full of talk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghent Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 He’s been claiming AVA is gonna release a punk album since literally 2008 I’d like to hear some good music out of him, but I just don’t think it’s possible without someone there to tell him “no that’s stupid.” Tom by himself and/or surrounded by yes men has proven to result in mediocre music 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knapppers Posted March 24, 2018 Report Share Posted March 24, 2018 2 minutes ago, Ghent said: He’s been claiming AVA is gonna release a punk album since literally 2008 I’d like to hear some good music out of him, but I just don’t think it’s possible without someone there to tell him “no that’s stupid.” Tom by himself and/or surrounded by yes men has proven to result in mediocre music so has blink with feldman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knapppers Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 the guy tom just posted on his instagram looks a lot like Mark from like 10 years ago. I had to do a double take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoltan Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 to save you time: beside his harstyle he's not similar to mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 horrific edit for that image, yikes. I love how he's making a fuss announcing it because the script has finished - 'we expect the film to go into pre-production this year' isn't 'the film will go into pre-production' which means they're probably either shy of funding for it, or still waiting for confirmation for funding for it, which will most likely not come to fruition. is TTSA funding still happening or did it dead-stall like we all assumed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoltan Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 5 months ago (2 weeks after launch): $488,623https://web.archive.org/web/20171023163945/https://dpo.tothestarsacademy.com/ 4 months ago: $2,006,381https://web.archive.org/web/20171124021808/https://dpo.tothestarsacademy.com/ 3 months ago: $2,276,949https://web.archive.org/web/20171224022626/https://dpo.tothestarsacademy.com/ 2 months ago: $2,466,071https://web.archive.org/web/20180124025508/https://dpo.tothestarsacademy.com/ 1 month ago: $2,469,373https://web.archive.org/web/20180224022141/https://dpo.tothestarsacademy.com/ now: $2,530,143https://web.archive.org/web/20180321225605/https://dpo.tothestarsacademy.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 so it got to 2mil after around a month, and in the 3 or 4 months thats followed it's barely gone up by 500k? while the 50mil target is still hilarious, it's horrifying that people were dumb enough to invest 2mil. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low Value Boy Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 How funny would it be if this thing was actually legit? Like I know it's not but it would be pretty hilarious if he actually did something HUGE and was right all along. Appreciate that it's not going to happen though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoltan Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 they were not dumb. i bet 2 million out of that 2.5 million is tom's (imaginary) money. since a share with $5 face value is only $0.0002 after it's bought, the net worth of $2,000,000 investment is only 80 usd. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mau5 Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 9 minutes ago, ...Dan... said: How funny would it be if this thing was actually legit? Like I know it's not but it would be pretty hilarious if he actually did something HUGE and was right all along. Appreciate that it's not going to happen though. People have been saying this since Modlife - and Modlife actually, in my opinion, was "revolutionary" somewhat. At least, coming from Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzz Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 Someone asked when the first Strange Times animation trailer will be out, and the writer replied "gonna be awhile". This is all just more smoke up our rears, will probably be 2-3 years before this stuff sees the light of day IF they even complete it. And LOL at his "new music coming" post. He really said the Strange Times EP that he doesn't care about and hasn't worked on will be a hallmark for him.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxelder Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 i'll be straight, the fact that the poet animation ever got released and was impressive, animation-wise, was a big surprise to me. and that was because tom had little to do with it besides funneling those dudes money lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 8 minutes ago, boxelder said: i'll be straight, the fact that the poet animation ever got released and was impressive, animation-wise, was a big surprise to me. and that was because tom had little to do with it besides funneling those dudes money lol it was visually stunning - but literally everything else about it was awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 31 minutes ago, boxelder said: i'll be straight, the fact that the poet animation ever got released and was impressive, animation-wise, was a big surprise to me. and that was because tom had little to do with it besides funneling those dudes money lol Wow, I totally forgot this. Another great milestone for Mr. DeLonge in his abandoned/falied projects way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 I'll be honest. It's fun to pick on Tom's ridiculous projects and ideas but at the end of the day, I can't hate on it deep down. It's a dude following his artistic endeavors, even if you find them weird or odd, it's something almost everyone should aspire to do. Yes he fucked our band, but if his hearts not in it what can you do? That's hard on everyone, himself included, I can relate to getting sick of things even when they're good on the outside to everyone else. Following your weird art projects is 1000X better than a lot of things someone could be doing. Dare I say...barfing out watered down pop punk music, posting cringey instagram posts, having someone write your music for you, and pretending to be edgy teenagers into their 40s. At least we all know Tom writes his own shit that's forsure..just wish he wasn't so psychotic, damn painkillers. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxelder Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 2 hours ago, Kay said: it was visually stunning - but literally everything else about it was awful. oh for sure, but as an animation fan/artist, it’s visuals can’t be beat. i was very very surprised by it haha. 1 hour ago, Ghost said: Wow, I totally forgot this. Another great milestone for Mr. DeLonge in his abandoned/falied projects way. yeah. as i was doing the blink online twitter thing i came across that instagram thread and looking at his announcements/predictions (“strange times movie, christmas 2015”) and watching them never see the light of day is awfully pathetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 52 minutes ago, Nshesaid said: I'll be honest. It's fun to pick on Tom's ridiculous projects and ideas but at the end of the day, I can't hate on it deep down. It's a dude following his artistic endeavors, even if you find them weird or odd, it's something almost everyone should aspire to do. Yes he fucked our band, but if his hearts not in it what can you do? That's hard on everyone, himself included, I can relate to getting sick of things even when they're good on the outside to everyone else. Following your weird art projects is 1000X better than a lot of things someone could be doing. Dare I say...barfing out watered down pop punk music, posting cringey instagram posts, having someone write your music for you, and pretending to be edgy teenagers into their 40s. At least we all know Tom writes his own shit that's forsure..just wish he wasn't so psychotic, damn painkillers. The problem with that line of thinking is that Tom was only given the opportunity to do whatever artistic endeavour he fancies because of fans funding via blink and AVA. It isn't necessarily brave to 'follow your dreams' when your worth 50mil and never have to worry about supporting yourself or your family. Anyone else in his position would follow their dreams too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Backing Track Posted March 26, 2018 Report Share Posted March 26, 2018 6 minutes ago, Kay said: The problem with that line of thinking is that Tom was only given the opportunity to do whatever artistic endeavour he fancies because of fans funding via blink and AVA. It isn't necessarily brave to 'follow your dreams' when your worth 50mil and never have to worry about supporting yourself or your family. Anyone else in his position would follow their dreams too. I feel like we've had this debate a few times on here. At the end of the day, he's still doing it though. I disagree that everyone would 'follow their passions' if they were paid, a lot of people don't. Just look at Mark & Matt...are they following their artistic passions? No, they are kind of selling out and riding the wave, half assing shows, while going on a bunch of trips, buying expensive things, with their money. Tom, while definitely a bit psycho, is investing it in his projects whether crazy or not..while also putting his reputation in the shitter, chasing aliens and stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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