I have been seeing too many damn tie-in commercials for Fantastic Four over the weekend, especially those stupid Amazon gift card ads. Considering that I am not a comic book reader, I've never even heard of the Fantastic Four before the movie info came out, so I have no desire to see this film whatsoever, and these ads are just irritating me.

I wish that tie-in ads would be either much more subtle (like the Verizon contest tie in for RotK), or really blatant (along the lines of the hyperactive Buzz Lightyear commercial in the first Toy Story movie, voiced by Penn). This in between shit is just crazy making for me, because I can't ignore it nor can I mock it--I can only endure it.

I've never even heard of the Fantastic Four before the movie info came out

I haven't either, but the movie looks interesting enough. (I can't say whether it looks good or not because I am a HORRIBLE judge on that sort of thing. I usually enjoy most movies anyway.)

I went and saw Batman Begins again this weekend, except this time it was on the IMAX screen. Let me tell you how awesome that was! All the action was bigger and seemed more exciting because I almost felt like I was there (since the IMAX is designed to be seen by peripheral vision as well as normal). Because it was so big, though, some things that went by very fast were more blurry and kind of made my eyes hurt. It was still awesome though. (And the sound was even more amazing in the IMAX theater.)

The only preview we got was for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I'm kind of bummed that I haven't yet seen the Serenity trailer on a movie screen.

We saw the Serenity trailer not in front of Batman, but in front of Land of the Dead. (Which, for the record, eh. Although Simon Baker was yum.)

because SV has had like fifty thousand storylines where people are either possessed or controlled or seduced or anything at all that allows their actions to be completely without reproach, thereby giving the appearance of character development without actually developing characters.

Mostly, I think it's for the appearance of various actors in revealing outfits. And in the case of MR and TW I'm pretty much ok with it.

So not watching for the plots.

Re: trailers. The second time I saw Batman Begins I got both the Serenity and Willy Wonka trailers. The first time, neither one. Both times I saw BB at the same theater. No idea what's up with that.

Most big chain theatres change their preview reels every month, so if you saw it in June and July, you'd have gotten different previews.

I don't know if studios charge too much for their movies, since I've been assured that movies never make profits.

I don't understand that, though -- the profit must be coming from somewhere, or we'd have much fewer of them.

Ah, three clicks to enlightenment. Thanks, Jessica!

I've never even heard of the Fantastic Four before the movie info came out.

Wow. Wow. That's - wow.

But you'd heard of The X Men before their movie came out, yes?

signed, seemingly more of a comic geek than she realised.

(fwiw, I think Jessica Alba looks horrendous with blonde hair. Just awful. Awful awful awful. But I remain cautiously optimistic, nevertheless.)

I don't know if studios charge too much for their movies, since I've been assured that movies never make profits.

Most movies make a profit, just not on the books. At least, that's the way the shell game has been explained to me. They do all make money, but the studio will include all the promotion, shipping, tie-ins.... Any other costs they can think of so they movie never makes a profit on the books.

Umm, there there is going to be a fifth Highlander movie and Adrien Paul is producing it.

Also, so the print of Bats at the IMAX is not just the regular print, but the IMAX print, right?

(Because one of the times that I saw RotK was at the IMAX and it was disappointing.)

Got both Serenity and Willy Wonka and, sadly, Dukes of Hazzard this weekend too.

Luckily, we didn't have to sit through a full trailer for WotW.