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.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 03, 2006 3:13:22 pm PST #9575 of 10002
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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?
sarameg - Jan 03, 2006 4:04:36 pm PST #9577 of 10002
All the McCarthy footage was actual McCarthy. I had the thought (as I'm sure many others have, like duh, the producers) that it was the only choice. You couldn't have found a better psychowhackoidiot portrayal than from the original man.
Funny part was that the audience in my theater often hissed when that footage was shown. It was largely seniors.
Jesse - Jan 03, 2006 4:06:43 pm PST #9578 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
It was all the stuff after he left the one hearing that had me wondering, mostly just because it was so long. Amazing stuff, really.
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2006 4:18:19 pm PST #9579 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I heard that some audience complained about that character being overacted.
sarameg - Jan 03, 2006 4:31:51 pm PST #9580 of 10002
I heard that some audience complained about that character being overacted.
Hah. And depressing (that he got away with it FOR REAL.)
Atropa - Jan 03, 2006 4:49:25 pm PST #9581 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I wonder if a bit of anticipation time wouldn't help sales more than having the DVDs ready at the door.
If DVDs of Mirrormask had been for sale at the concession stand when I walked out of the movie, I would have bought it then and there.
Atropa - Jan 03, 2006 4:49:29 pm PST #9582 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Steph L. - Jan 03, 2006 5:27:33 pm PST #9583 of 10002
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
I would have bought Batman Begins on my way out of the theater. I probably would have gotten panicky that they'd run out of DVDs.
Ooh! Also The Incredibles!
§ ita § - Jan 03, 2006 5:34:05 pm PST #9584 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There are movies where you want to turn around and go right back in...LotR, Batman Begins, Serenity...those I'd buy the DVDs of right away, but it wouldn't stop me from seeing it again in the theatre anyway.