Shaun of the Dead was a low budget film, though. Fully agree it did well, but would have struggled not to have. Compare "Hot Fuzz" to "Shaun of the Dead" (same actors, writers, directors) -- "Hot Fuzz" took more in it's first 3 days than "Shaun of the Dead" took in it's entire release. In the UK, "Hot Fuzz" made more than Serenity did on it's entire worldwide release. The only thing different about the two films is the setting and genre, really.
I got a bit shirty with my boss earlier for no reason other than I'd just read the Drive news. So I best go home.
Or, as I just spent the last few minutes saying to somebody: fuck.
I'm really worried about the dancing show tonight. Somebody needs to set actual monkeys loose in the studio whilst it's on.
edited to add: And I bet Phil has also wished that at times.
Would that he'd given in to the impulse as Rob & Amber showed up.
"Hot Fuzz" took more in it's first 3 days than "Shaun of the Dead" took in it's entire release.
I'm very curious to see how it'll do in the States (opens Friday! squee!), since we didn't get Spaced here until well after Shaun became a cult hit on DVD. (And even then only on BBCA, which is in very few homes due to being a digital-only channel.)
It's a marathon, not a sprint. We'll do better tonight.
We'll do better tonight.
Hope so. I'm a bit worries about keeping everyone who did tune it. I mean two hours yesterday, and now you want another hour of our time today? Not good spacing. Yeah, I know that works with mini-series, but that is event programming. This is supposed to be a long term series, and you (the schedulers) want three hours of our time in two days?
"Hot Fuzz"
The add I saw for that kept telling us how funny it is in VO, but didn't show anything that I found even close to funny.
The ads I've seen have only been showing the action, not the comedy. The movie itself is brilliant, and gets better on rewatch (much like Shaun.)
t /natter
