Legs shot out by Universal
POSTED BY: Goattail
UPDATED: Thursday, October 27, 2005 16:03
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I cannot believe how bad the marketing for this film is. Yesterday (25th October) I saw Serenity for the fourth time. It was a Tuesday night 18 days after its Irish release and not only is it still running in all the main Dublin cinemas but there over 100 people there. This movie obviously does have legs they are just being cut out from under it by Universal who cannot cancel its international releases quick enough. I saw an add for Serenity a couple of times on tv during the first week and there were posters up at bus and train stops around the city for about a week. Meanwhile other films such as Into the Blue which has goten terrable reviews is still getting a huge amount of marketing. People are still going to see Serenity because of word of mouth and a great review in a free morning paper that has recently appeared in Dublin. Not only did it get the movie of the week but it is still at the top of te other release column with a screenshot. If this film had been given half of the marketing that the studios heap on most of the utter crap they release it would be a blockbuster. From telling others about it most that have heard of the film have seen it but most people have never heard of it. We have seen it with Dark Angel and Firefly on TV and Serenity in the cinemas. Great series and films are ignored by marketing departments who spend a fortune trying to force god awful rubbish on to the public. It doesnt even make financial sense they have only missed out on a potential blockbuster film and hit series while the rampant marketing of films like into the blue and many other recent 'big name' films has failed dismally. And yes the film was a hit with everyone in the cinema last night.
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"If this film had been given half of the marketing that the studios heap on most of the utter crap they release it would be a blockbuster."
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A-MEN!
where can I get a PR job like these bozos have??? I can be as clueless and ineffective as anyone!! and I bet they earn six figures...
Chindi
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Thanks for pointing out something I also noticed.
Universal did a terrible job of marketing overall, for whatever reasons they had, which I will not speculate upon, expecting fandom to carry so much of the load was foolish and counterproductive - too much fandom turns people off a movie, due to social stigmata, duh.
I kinda feel like they left us swingin in the breeze on that aspect, and despite a certain level of 'studioapologism' which has reared it's head around here - I calls em like I sees em.
And that was a screwup, and it was a screwup they cannot blame on us.
Period.
We held up our end of things, and they dropped the ball, it's every bit as simple as that.
-Frem
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Originally posted by Chindi:
"If this film had been given half of the marketing that the studios heap on most of the utter crap they release it would be a blockbuster."
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A-MEN!
where can I get a PR job like these bozos have??? I can be as clueless and ineffective as anyone!! and I bet they earn six figures...
Chindi
If you have not realized that the movie/tv industry only supports shallow plots with thier favorite numbskulls portraying the same character over and over with different names. All I have to say is Cuba Gooding Jr. He acts the same way, the only differnece in his characters are the clothes and the names.
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Originally posted by traken:Quote:
Originally posted by Chindi:
"If this film had been given half of the marketing that the studios heap on most of the utter crap they release it would be a blockbuster."
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A-MEN!
where can I get a PR job like these bozos have??? I can be as clueless and ineffective as anyone!! and I bet they earn six figures...
Chindi
If you have not realized that the movie/tv industry only supports shallow plots with thier favorite numbskulls portraying the same character over and over with different names. All I have to say is Cuba Gooding Jr. He acts the same way, the only differnece in his characters are the clothes and the names.
, Tom Cruise, The Rock, Brad Pitt, nearly every celebrity ever.*
Hollywood sickens me.
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Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise are both very good actors. Not sure why you hate them so much...Jealous maybe? :)
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No offense but hahahahaha.
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And Tom Cruise is a brilliant student of psychology in his spare time... 
Well you know what they say... if Universal shoots your legs out from under you, you crawl... and if you can't crawl,...
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Ain't about you, Jayne. It's about what they need.
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Originally posted by DonCoat:
And Tom Cruise is a brilliant student of psychology in his spare time...
Well you know what they say... if Universal shoots your legs out from under you, you crawl... and if you can't crawl,...
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Ain't about you, Jayne. It's about what they need.
...you get cancelled. ='(
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Quote:...and then you find DVDs to carry you. Keep spreading the word, folks, it ain't over yet!
Originally posted by DonCoat:
Well you know what they say... if Universal shoots your legs out from under you, you crawl... and if you can't crawl,...
Originally posted by Angelcrusherd:
...you get cancelled. ='(
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