Return to Order book trailers: Which one is better? Send your opinion |
| By John Ritchie |
| December 31, 2012 |
Which of these two short videos do you like the most?
Leave your thoughts or comments at the bottom of this post.
Thank you.
Video #1 -- Return to Order book trailer
Video #2 -- Return to Order book trailer
Can you help us decide which of these two trailers is more engaging? More interesting? More thought-provoking?
You can post your ideas and comments below. Thank you!
Return to Order is a campaign to address the growing alarm, confusion and frustration at seeing our beloved nation, the greatest temporal power ever, spin out of control.
The book Return to Order by John Horvat II is the fruit of twenty years of research and hard work, and is the backbone and doctrinal basis for this non-partisan, non-profit effort to help America return to order. Current events make the need for such a campaign painfully clear as our country faces multi-trillion dollar debt, polarization and paralysis in politics, breakdown in community, and the erosion of basic morality.
Here a free sample chapter of the book, Return to Order.
If you order the book now, you receive a 30% pre-sale discount
(The book ships on Jan. 28, 2013)
Comments
Video #2 says it all in a nutshell. God is at the center of everything and he is not going to bless a nation that has abortion as the law of the land...among other intrinsic evils.
Both videos are good. I think the first one or #1 produces a sense of urgency and crisis, and drives it "home" in a more dramatic way, thus getting the attention of the viewer more than #2. Video #2 would be more appealing to the older mature generation.
Quoting Emanuel:
I agree with Jim & Emanuel .... #2.
I think we not only must restore but NEED to... Something else I think is important, this is not only about North America, it's about the whole world here. If North America is vanquished economically, morally, etc. than all America will easily fall afterwards. It is more than America, this is about the reign of Christ in every nation I did like the world reference to other regimes like NAZI and communist... its important to have a wide view.
Unfortunately, both videos rest on fundamentally flawed premises.
First, though the name remains, the United States of America actually no longer exists. This has been the case for at least the last 80 years. The New Deal, the '60s cultural revolution, legalized surgical infanticide in the '70s, and now the election and reelection are all consequences, not causes, of this destruction.
In other words, the house has already burned down. Gone. Ashes. We live in the smoldering wreckage.
Second, "return to order" implies that order existed in the former United States. Yet this country flowed from and embraced the Protestant Deformation. Thus it was in disorder from the beginning.
For example, in the Declaration of Independence the idea that the just powers of government flow from "the consent of the governed" is a diabolical inversion, because in fact governmental legitimacy flows from above, not from below.
I had the chance to read an advance copy and it advocates a return to the wellspring of our Western and Christian civilization.
Stay tuned. The book is awesome.
You are absolutely right. Puts the blame on each and every one of us in the US. The decay is from within, not from without.
Also note the religious freedom enshrined in the First Amendment.
These are just two errors flowing from the founding embrace of the diabolism of Protestantism.
Miscellaneous:
-Both videos use the word "values," which is rooted in relativism and thus modernism.
-The first video incorrectly uses the word "socialism" when in fact the word "communism" was to be used.
Conclusion:
If I were forced to choose, for some of the reasons cited in previous comments, I'd choose the second video.
I would like more of how those failed societies did fail.
Start with the Roman Empire and work forward.
Why did the US government fail when it did and why it is now failing is not mentioned.
Both Videos can be seen in 5 1/2 minutes.
May Our Heavenly Mother Bless your Great Work.
People have been blinded by greed.
God help us in 2013!!!
Thank you so much for your efforts.
God Bless.
2. 95% of the people have no common sense.
3. PRAYER and FASTING is #1 answer.
4. movies and stuff on ipods will reach more people.
With depleted credit and a notice in the mailbox of a job lay-off and no new job to be found, a crisis negates the fun time that had plunged one into deep debt with no way to repay.
I personally enjoyed both. Good job!
But I can be modified like:
- shorten the cruise ship concept description a little bit
- incorporate the good points from video 2
the analogy is accurate & wrenching
Video #2 is much too sentimental & general
Looks dramatic, because these are dramatic times.
Both are excellent.
Number 2 is a lovely group of pictures of our country and they make it appear that we still have more time to sit back and wait -- maybe our problems will go away.
WE MUST ACT NOW.
Looking forward to getting the book.
music seemed too dramatic at the end, and
pictures of other regimes. Video #2 with
positive references first were good approach, had good visual imagery-money, family, eagle, soldiers, mountains. It would make people realize the true worth
and value of our country and want to keep
it. A truly marvelous way of life to respect and restore.
Many blessings for all in the great job of putting together the Return to Order book.
Video 1 is depressingly reminiscent of the USArael society we live in today. Thank you for requesting my opinion.
I agree about the narrator's voice, need a stronger, more engaging and enthusiastic voice to draw viewer in.
#2 seems bit more professional and high level, but lacks some of the urgency and compelling aspects of #1. However, the concept of a never ending cruise is interesting concept and one most people can imagine... it's memorable.
I guess between these two, I'd go with a much more tighter version of #1 and keep it to 60-90 seconds max. Use some of the closing imagery of #2 as well.
Neither one will sell the book. If you are going to use a video to market the book you need to contact the people who made the Catholic video for the elections. CC2W.org. It is powerful and to the point. It motivates and causes people to send the video to all their contacts. I doubt your videos will be forwarded. They are too tame. And the book is not tame. The video's do not do the book justice. And the voice in the video's is too mild. Everyone knows how America used to be. Everyone knows how America is now. But no one knows how America will be if we don't change course. You need to tell them. In scary language in a scary video. Make them jump our of their seats and rush down and buy the book. Those videos will make them yawn.
Again, I urge you to select Video # 1 "Cruise Ship".
Thank you for your courageous stand in holding fast to faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and the vision of a morally coherent nation.
America is NOT a tangibly special country; many countries have more tangibles, e.g., oil, minerals, etc.
America's base is our Constitution. It flipped governance of people to the governed, i.e., not dictators, kings, etc.
The US Constitution IS the essence of our greatness. The essence of the US Constitution is the Christian God.
All men innately cry out for God. The issue we have is no commonality of knowing, loving and serving God. Too many ethnicities, languages... no base of commonality any longer. We pander to the "lowest common denominator." Man when not held to standards has no standards.
Our military was once a "commonality" as a result of the draft.
All are no longer ONE; ONE is now all. With no commonality of a Christian God: drugs, perversions, suicides, rudeness, abounds. I posit this as a base.
Sadly there is a hidden problem that causes the moral decay that is so hidden that even my priest won't believe me.
Many students of the Bible are convinced that we have entered the beginning of the so-called "end times". I am one of them although they could last a very long time.
Many no longer believe that God speaks with people but on the 19th of November, 2011, I was praying and I clearly heard the following, "My hand of judgement will stretch forth and all will feel it, some much more than others. Fear not!" I believe that all our actions are coming home to roost and all who believe in the power of prayer need to pray!
with great straightforwardness...what it still is, what we stand for, and how we have faced disasters, wars,& terrorism with courage and dignity. However, we do also have to take a stand now, in the face of the acceptance by many of the loss of moral values.
But today US is #1 for making WAR; #1 for selling ARMS; and #1 for IMPRISONMENT!!!
Our government is CORRUPT TO THE CORE!
Research FRANKLIN COVERUP; CATHY O'BRIEN's TRANCE; BUILDING 7; STEVEN PIECZENIK, MD, PhD; PATRIOTS QUESTION 911
God Bless America - we certainly need it!
I like the 1st video better but suggest that, from what I've seen in both videos, neither addresses the point "see ourselves as others see us!" Why have non-Americans such a jaundiced view of America. Think Connecticut. Think obesity and attitude to food. Think energy wastage. Like everybody else, Americans say life is sacred...ye, right!
Why, then, are so many of your future citizens being murdered intentionally by abortion? Very sick society....and getting sicker!
Second - I like the second video because of the positive approach to America. It takes the approach of the book. Where we've been. Number 1 video starts with Where we are. I don't think it inspires.
Third - I think both are too long. For the person who will watch them, they are great, but many will not spend even two minutes on a commercial. TV has taught us to fast forward through commercials and that is the mindset of the masses. I would think out number 2 and concise it as much as possible.
Fourth - In number 2, I felt the weak point was attacking mass production. There is no way to return to carpenters who make things with their hands, nor do we need to do so. I would leave that out if I were you. Henry Ford is a great part of America.
The first one seemed a bit "cheesy."
The second will appeal to those who love God and try to follow Him.
Whom are you trying to reach?
I favor the first for a wider audience.
Thanks!
james
Jolanta.
Either way, AMERICA needs to wake up and reach out to GODS outstretched hand.
Now...I just can't decide!
We no longer live in the Middle Ages. In the case of modern warfare and our modern military, both are becoming brutal and used to enslave us. Only those men who will be willing to turn against the system and protect the people (should a civil war break out) would I consider heroes. Modern warfare is an elite money making racket.
Secondly, the videos seem to do a good job of explaining the rotten fruits of our system (caused by the perpetual adolescent mentality), but fail to expose the root cause: Masonic-Zionist control over the levers of power at every level of political and economic life. Hopefully, the book goes into some detail here. Until we recognize
the enemy, we will be incapable of a worthy, cohesive response.
Overall, I thought #2 was better. Something about #1 irked me.
It encapsulates the situation with imagery that anyone, including non-Christians, can understand.
Thank you for working so hard on this project.
Video #1 is great and has more appeal for the older generation. But I believe more of the public will connect with video #2.
....However this admin seems to go forward without input, direction or attitudes of We the People!!
The second video is good and looks to our Ideals, but it is softer and doesn't capture the urgency of the current situation as well as the 1st video.
been lost. The Traditional Latin Mass
in all our churches, abortion has been
made legal, morals have decayed. Nothing
is a sin anymore. Modernism has taken
over which is a heresy. When the Catholic
Church goes back to full Tradition things
will change for the better and many souls
will be saved. We have lost several
generations of children by this Modernism. So many so called Catholics
politicians etc should be excommunicated
for their stance on abortion and perverted life styles. AMEN!!!
I believe #1 says it all. Should definitely get their attention.
#2 appeals to the integrity of those who have paid high prices with their lives.
Either one has alot to say and would be good.
In my personal opinion, you're close. But there are a few basic questions you need to ask yourselves: 1. Who is your target audience? Ensure it is not too broad, focus it. Remember, you have three audiences, those who will never change. Those who are neutral. Those who agree with you. Focus on the neutral audience - that is your primary target...those who are in favour of your messages are the unintended audience. 2. What do you want them to do? 3. Can your target audience accomplish what you are asking of them? 4. Know the audience. What are themes and symbols which they identify with and easily understood?
The ideal message is quick, to the point - in-group / out-group themes. Messages no more than about 45 sec.
Work on refining #1.
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