I had applied to be a runner for the Vanish competition but I was rejected. It was fun applying and I totally think I cloud have pulled it off. The contest is a publicity stunt put together by Wired Magazine, Lone Shark Games, and Universal for the upcoming futuristic action movie Repo Men out 3/19/10. The film looks to be a hit—it stars Forest Whitaker (awesome actor) and Jude Law. Here’s the trailer:
Now I had really wanted to run but apparently it wasn’t in the cards. The whole concept was to go into hiding for 30 days—on the lam—anywhere within the US and evade the Repo Men, who are trying to hunt you for a $7,500 bounty. If the runners evade the hunt, they win 10k. According this month’s issue of Wired the hunt starts today. You can enlist to be a hunter here (which I did) but I really feel that it’s against my mentality. It might break my general principles to turn in a runner—being a hunter is not my nature. I’m too DIY. The best way to follow the contest is via the Twitter hashtag #repomen. The four runners are going to have to be creative and resourceful. The hunters are going to have to pool their heads via the Net. This was the video I had sent with my runner app—it’s a bit of humor.
