JonKatz felt the need to aggravate me personally by writing this. I'd die of shock if he wrote something that I agreed with in any way.
All the talk about all the money one brought in over another one in it's opening weekend and how many screens it showed on and whatnot is tripe, and I'm tired of hearing about it. It's like asking someone's opinion about a book they haven't yet read. I should think you could judge little more than the effectiveness of the promotion prior to the movie with that scale, which also seems like tripe.
***When George Lucas decided to resuscitate his epic after a nearly generation-long respite, he could have chosen at least somewhat of a classier route and put some limits on the marketing that now engulfs big movies. Instead he acted like Jabba the Hutt, gorging on every dollar he could get. The producers of Lord Of The Rings curbed the marketing and toy tie-ins with corporations peddling food and dolls to kids out of respect for Tolkien.***
The marketing for Ep II was about the same as any other movie. The hype machine for spider-man was pumping just as hard. And to say that Lucas is to blame for all the marketing is crap anyway. Who's to know if he or the studio has more to do with it?
And you're right; they didn't have any toy or fast food marketing for Lord of the Rings. *Plays with his lurtz action figure and takes a sip from his light up lord of the rings cup from BURGER KING*
***But what is Attack of the Clones about? The Skywalker genealogy? The Empire's evil origins? The birth of the Empire's Troopers? The rise and fall of the Queen of Naboo and her tormented lover and complex offspring? Trade unions and their relationship to the Galaxy? Legislative bodies and their place in galactic history?***
Give me a break. If you describe anything like that it sounds negative.
What is spider-man? A movie about the use of spiders for gene therapy? A warning to keep an eye on egotistical scientists? A vessel for the powerful acting of Randy Savage?
***Do we really care precisely how Anakin Skywalker got pissed off and turned to the Dark Side? Or would we -- especially the youngest among us -- be happy to see Yoda flashing his light-saber around and doing his Jackie Chan imitation?***
Are you being serious? This is the part that makes me believe I fell asleep and it's really April 1st and this is all a big joke. I try to respond to this but the inherent stupidity of the comment seeps into my skin through the keyboard and blur's my mind. It's like saying Do we really care how Peter Parker became a spider? Do we really care why Connor Macleod is cutting all these people's head's off? Do we care why Tyler Durden is blowing up a corporate campus?
***Holed up in his California cocoon, Lucas seemed to fall out of touch with post-9/11 America.***
You're right. At the end of Ep II Obi-Wan and Anakin should have flown through the streets of New York towing a giant American flag and singing God Bless America. I mean, a movie in space? In a galaxy far far away? How un-American.
You're so full of crap I can smell it through the screen. They're two incredible movies. Why everyone feels the need to compare them is beyond me. I watched Ep II yesterday and the theater was packed. I wasn't sitting there thinking "this well help their profit margin" I was just happy a lot of little kids were sitting there enjoying the movie.
If that's what you thought then maybe you should stick to reading Entertainment magazine, or Teen Peopl,e or whatever vapid people like you occupy yourselves with. Maybe a yo-yo or a good game of connect-four.
I don't care if they'll only be in it for a second
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For all the people saying "they're only in it for a second and they'll get killed anyway", or some variant of that, I dont think it matters.
If you see even a little spot of mold on a piece of bread, you dont eat it. If you see even a little scratch on a new car, you dont buy it. I dont care if they're in it for 10 seconds or 2 hours, they're in it. We might as well slap a wig, some lipstick, a miniskirt and some 4" heels on Lucas, because he's whored himself out. To advertisers, to his daughter, to some prancing prettyboy pop band, it doesnt matter. The movie isn't a pure anymore. This leads me to believe that the movie will be as plastic and artificial and commercial as the music of the wannabe musicians that will be in it.
man i'm pissed.
you could kill them 1000 times over in the movie. you could spend 45 minutes disecting their testicles while they watched, but it doesnt change the fact that NSYNC IS IN A STAR WARS MOVIE!!!!
George Lucas is dead to me. I'm goin out to get some clothes without buttons or patterns, because I'm shunning him Amish style.
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***When George Lucas decided to resuscitate his epic after a nearly generation-long respite, he could have chosen at least somewhat of a classier route and put some limits on the marketing that now engulfs big movies. Instead he acted like Jabba the Hutt, gorging on every dollar he could get. The producers of Lord Of The Rings curbed the marketing and toy tie-ins with corporations peddling food and dolls to kids out of respect for Tolkien.***
The marketing for Ep II was about the same as any other movie. The hype machine for spider-man was pumping just as hard. And to say that Lucas is to blame for all the marketing is crap anyway. Who's to know if he or the studio has more to do with it?
And you're right; they didn't have any toy or fast food marketing for Lord of the Rings. *Plays with his lurtz action figure and takes a sip from his light up lord of the rings cup from BURGER KING*
***But what is Attack of the Clones about? The Skywalker genealogy? The Empire's evil origins? The birth of the Empire's Troopers? The rise and fall of the Queen of Naboo and her tormented lover and complex offspring? Trade unions and their relationship to the Galaxy? Legislative bodies and their place in galactic history?***
Give me a break. If you describe anything like that it sounds negative.
What is spider-man? A movie about the use of spiders for gene therapy? A warning to keep an eye on egotistical scientists? A vessel for the powerful acting of Randy Savage?
***Do we really care precisely how Anakin Skywalker got pissed off and turned to the Dark Side? Or would we -- especially the youngest among us -- be happy to see Yoda flashing his light-saber around and doing his Jackie Chan imitation?***
Are you being serious? This is the part that makes me believe I fell asleep and it's really April 1st and this is all a big joke. I try to respond to this but the inherent stupidity of the comment seeps into my skin through the keyboard and blur's my mind. It's like saying Do we really care how Peter Parker became a spider? Do we really care why Connor Macleod is cutting all these people's head's off? Do we care why Tyler Durden is blowing up a corporate campus?
***Holed up in his California cocoon, Lucas seemed to fall out of touch with post-9/11 America.***
You're right. At the end of Ep II Obi-Wan and Anakin should have flown through the streets of New York towing a giant American flag and singing God Bless America. I mean, a movie in space? In a galaxy far far away? How un-American.
You're so full of crap I can smell it through the screen. They're two incredible movies. Why everyone feels the need to compare them is beyond me. I watched Ep II yesterday and the theater was packed. I wasn't sitting there thinking "this well help their profit margin" I was just happy a lot of little kids were sitting there enjoying the movie.
If that's what you thought then maybe you should stick to reading Entertainment magazine, or Teen Peopl,e or whatever vapid people like you occupy yourselves with. Maybe a yo-yo or a good game of connect-four.
For all the people saying "they're only in it for a second and they'll get killed anyway", or some variant of that, I dont think it matters. If you see even a little spot of mold on a piece of bread, you dont eat it. If you see even a little scratch on a new car, you dont buy it. I dont care if they're in it for 10 seconds or 2 hours, they're in it. We might as well slap a wig, some lipstick, a miniskirt and some 4" heels on Lucas, because he's whored himself out. To advertisers, to his daughter, to some prancing prettyboy pop band, it doesnt matter. The movie isn't a pure anymore. This leads me to believe that the movie will be as plastic and artificial and commercial as the music of the wannabe musicians that will be in it. man i'm pissed.
you could kill them 1000 times over in the movie. you could spend 45 minutes disecting their testicles while they watched, but it doesnt change the fact that NSYNC IS IN A STAR WARS MOVIE!!!! George Lucas is dead to me. I'm goin out to get some clothes without buttons or patterns, because I'm shunning him Amish style.