[The Muffin man]

Look, when you make millions back on a movie even if it gets TERRIBLE reviews, you can't take chances that it was just a coincidence.

Or something.
I dunno, my IQ is higher than 6, so I can't think like a Hollywood exec.

[kitetsu]

I'd personally sue HollyCrack if they ever lay a hair on my products, if i don't actually go to Tinseltown and declare mass war. The way i see it, they're like major record companies seeking to nerf musicians for more money. Money that i'll most likely not get a share of, if my luck continues to defecate directly to my face.

[TC2]

Oh wow there were responses I never addressed, my bad I'll get to it.

Mimi – no one has come to me for scripts but they have asked me for DVDs, posters, merchandise etc.  Sure we can talk off board sometime, you just let me know when and where and wha bam.

As for the comment about the Terrible reviews not taking chances that it was a coincidence….

Well,

Just recently we read the box office hits and saw that the reviews for "The Gameplan" were terrible.  Yet that was the number one movie which beat out Rendition which was with a much higher production value and supposedly quality.  Hollywood tries to make what mainstream wants, so though it's easy to point the finger at hollywood, sometimes it's the people who encourage them to release more bad movies.

[The Muffin man]

Oh wow there were responses I never addressed, my bad I'll get to it.

Mimi – no one has come to me for scripts but they have asked me for DVDs, posters, merchandise etc.  Sure we can talk off board sometime, you just let me know when and where and wha bam.

As for the comment about the Terrible reviews not taking chances that it was a coincidence….

Well,

Just recently we read the box office hits and saw that the reviews for "The Gameplan" were terrible.  Yet that was the number one movie which beat out Rendition which was with a much higher production value and supposedly quality.  Hollywood tries to make what mainstream wants, so though it's easy to point the finger at hollywood, sometimes it's the people who encourage them to release more bad movies.

Keep in mind, it's all in how you spin it.

If a movie is doing terribly, but it's the only new movie out that week in every theater?
"Number 1 movie in America". Because it's very hard to make less in your opening week then movies people have seen.
If that doesn't work? "Number 1 family movie in America". Same deal, only this time you narrow the margin down so it's really ONLY you and a movie out since late August.

On top of that, sometimes reviewers don't know what they are talking about. Roger Ebert blasted Fantastic Four (the first one). Now, that's rather justified. His reasons for hating it?
Invisible Woman was a ripoff of Storm and Human Torch a ripoff of the Flash.
You read that right.
That was his biggest gripe.

[TC2]

Roger Ebert is an idiot, most of the sales for gameplan were from children and women.  Apparently that movie appealed to that demographic or some such, I don't know as I haven't seen the movie.  Compared to all the other movies that was out there and some new releases, there definitely were better choices to choose from.

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