Yup. Cat's out of the bag. Jesse's getting it on with the Lone Ranger
This must be how rumors get started, because I heard it was Tonto.
Mal: He calls back, you keep them occupied. Wash: What do I do, shadow puppets?
'The Message'
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Lee - Jan 03, 2006 12:51:34 pm PST #9567 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
DavidS - Jan 03, 2006 12:52:29 pm PST #9568 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This must be how rumors get started, because I heard it was Tonto.
Dude, I heard you were Tonto.
Lee - Jan 03, 2006 12:53:38 pm PST #9569 of 10002
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Nope. That's sarameg.
DavidS - Jan 03, 2006 1:38:39 pm PST #9570 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Interesting observations about the changing film biz in Salon.
While some distributors, including Zeitgeist (says Gerstman), remain committed to theatrical release as the core of their business, and the moviegoing experience isn't going to disappear this year or next, the way movies get delivered to eyeballs is clearly changing, and changing fast. "There's no distribution company in the business that's making money off theatrical release," says IFC's Werner. "It's all publicity for the DVD."
Sasha Berman echoes him, saying, "You use theatrical release as a platform, and just write it off as marketing dollars for the DVD release. You need those [review] quotes and some word of mouth, some awareness of the title." Releasing a movie straight to DVD, without the review quotes or the New York/L.A. word of mouth, she adds, is "throwing your money away." But over the long haul (possibly as long as seven to 10 years), the DVD release gives independent distributors a fighting chance to turn a hit into a cult phenomenon, and a flop into a break-even proposition.
erikaj - Jan 03, 2006 2:06:39 pm PST #9571 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
Was it the Simpsons or King of The Hill that had somebody go into a Blockbuster and there was a sign out front that said "If your movie doesn't star Sandra Bullock, it's free."
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2006 2:46:16 pm PST #9572 of 10002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
"You use theatrical release as a platform, and just write it off as marketing dollars for the DVD release. You need those [review] quotes and some word of mouth, some awareness of the title."
Isn't it Soderbergh who's going to release his next film in theaters and on DVD the same day? The best idea, IMO, is to have the DVDs available for sale at the theater. You get the viewers while they're still riding high on the wave of excitement from the movie they just watched. It's an impulse buy.
Ick. I sound like a marketer. I feel dirty.
DavidS - Jan 03, 2006 2:47:20 pm PST #9573 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Isn't it Soderbergh who's going to release his next film in theaters and on DVD the same day?
Plus download. Threeway access.
I sound like a marketer. I feel dirty.
Bill Hicks hates you from the grave.
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2006 2:49:10 pm PST #9574 of 10002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I sound like a marketer. I feel dirty.
Bill Hicks hates you from the grave.
I need to go pray, or agitate for a Free Tibet, or something. I spent my college years mocking and tormenting the business majors.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 03, 2006 3:13:22 pm PST #9575 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I wonder if a bit of anticipation time wouldn't help sales more than having the DVDs ready at the door. Serenity is the only movie I would have bought on my way out of the theater this year, and there was never any doubt about me getting a copy almost as soon as it went on sale.
Jesse - Jan 03, 2006 3:50:06 pm PST #9576 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It's fine, it's fine, people. I'm just back with the same old guy from forever ago. And I like the superhero movies! I just like the other stuff, too, which I'll never see if I only go to the movies with him.
Speaking of movies, that Good Night, and Good Luck was some good stuff. I was amazed by how much actual footage they used. At one point, I wasn't sure that it was, but sure enough, that was actually Bobby Kennedy off to the side of the frame, wasn't it?