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Wired on Hollywood's Elite Message Boards

Posted by chrisd on from the where-the-elite-meet-to-crush-pipsqueaks dept.

superflippy writes " Wired journalist Ben Mezrich gets the scoop on the online forums that film producers and other Hollywood heavyweights use to "track" the buzz on spec scripts, actors, writers, etc. "The tracking boards are the herd mentality gone digital," says one tracker. This helps explain how dreck like Kangaroo Jack makes it to theaters."

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  1. Re:AC flames kill movie projects! by Steven+Blanchley · · Score: 0, Troll
    Is a goatse redirect when someone posts a link to their site [bananachan.com] which they think is on topic, but someone else doesn't think it's on topic?

    No, this is a goatse redirect. ;)

    those Elite hollywood message boards should take notice of my site because the scripts are ABOVE AVERAGE QUALITY!

    You really need to RTFA; it's all about how Hollywood is corrupt and they make stuff based on hype, not quality, often without reading the scripts they talk about.

    Or were you suggesting that the scripts on your web site are actually bad and those Hollywood bastards will never know?

  2. Re:What?!? by Glock27 · · Score: 0, Troll
    You want a troll? Here you go...

    I can't believe Dubya would be such a moron and invade Iraq! It's all about the oil. And, his father screwed up so he felt like he had to kick Saddam's a$$. Plus, war is bad. No matter what. Really.

    Now that's what I call a troll. ;-)

    Honestly, I wish a few of the antiwar folk could spend some time in Saddam's torture chambers...just so they'd really comprehend what they're supporting.

    BTW, I'm appalled that these "peace loving" folk are trashing the vehicles of military families. Its happening in my local community. That is beneath contempt.

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    Galileo: "The Earth revolves around the Sun!"
    Score: -1 100% Flamebait
  3. Re:Hollywood Execs are a bunch of Trolls by Benwick · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm not so sure about this "blacklisting the trolls" business. I got labeled a troll for criticizing Attack of the Clones, which was so horrible it made Phantom Menace look good. Now, I'm only 25, but when I was a kid, directors made decent movies, you know, with actual lasers and real live muppets.