 BellBoySteven Paul Jobs 1955-2011Premium
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| It Makes The World Go 'Round... Some people actually have to wonder why crappy films are released and marketed... quote:
"We'll play around with the Web to put a good face on it all," notes one anonymous executive. "But, really, all we want is a renewal deal with cable that gives us a bigger piece of the pie."
So that's why Adam Sandler and Rob Schnieder are allowed to put out that drek in the theaters! It's all about what bones (very fitting term here) to throw the cable/sat companies to appease them. This way they have some crap time filler to give them for the blockbusters that the stations want (Spider-Man, etc.) that are few and far between.
There are so many absolutely wonderful films out there that people don't see on cable or the subscriber networks. Know why? They can still make money off of them by having yet another "Special Edition" DVD release (making 3 or so in print) of some movie that they know people will buy. A good example: The Stanley Kubrick Collection. A short while after this boxed set was released, WB had the unmitigated gall to release another version with most of the films remastered (including 2001). Luckily, I didn't fall for either one, but can you imagine forking out $100+ just to see a "better" version released so quickly thereafter?
I'm surprised that more people aren't as bent out of shape about this like I am--I guess it's just the dedicated movie lover in me.
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A short while after this boxed set was released, WB had the unmitigated gall to release another version with most of the films remastered (including 2001).
People weren't happy with the first one. So they released a better one. Those bastards! I know what you mean though, it's like Lucas and his Star Wars Trilogy box sets (why he hasn't opted to rake in some cash on a DVD version is anybody's guess, I'd think he'd have cranked out a few different versions of it by now).
Oh, and I like that "dreck". Sometimes a mindless laugh is a good thing.
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Iscandar | reply to BellBoy
said by BellBoy:
So that's why Adam Sandler and Rob Schnieder are allowed to put out that drek in the theaters! It's all about what bones (very fitting term here) to throw the cable/sat companies to appease them. This way they have some crap time filler to give them for the blockbusters that the stations want (Spider-Man, etc.) that are few and far between.
Actually, the reason that studios keep slopping out the dreck from Adam Sandler and Rob Schneider is because they make money for the studios, period. It's the same reason that the keep pounding out "reality" shows: because enough people watch them to turn a profit. So movie lovers like you and I can still watch quality movies like The Hours, The Gangs of New York or My Big, Fat Greek Wedding and quality TV shows like "CSI" and "The Sopranos", and choose to do something else during "Jackass" or "Survivor".
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BellBoySteven Paul Jobs 1955-2011Premium
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Los Angeles, CA | reply to djrobx
said by djrobx:
Oh, and I like that "dreck". Sometimes a mindless laugh is a good thing.
Don't get me wrong...I'm all for mindless laughs, but I guess I come from the original "Not Ready For Prime Time Players" era of SNL. Although I mostly like SNL--when it was good--it seems like Lorne Michaels will put out anything even remotely related to the show...that's the drek that I'm referring to. Anyone remember "Pat"?...didn't think so... 
Studio advertisers do this hit'n run $h!t by constantly bombarding us with the only good/funny clips from a film to herd us into the theaters and wring out the only cash they'll ever see before word of mouth hits the street. Show biz will always be like that...all slight of hand...now you see her, now you don't...
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