AKS skrev:Han menar nog bara USA.
caffeineaddict skrev:www.chud.com har lagt upp första halvan av sin Joss-intervju. Mest Serenity och X-Men (men den andra halvan som läggs upp inom kort ska handla en hel del om Buffy och Angel).
Kickan skrev:caffeineaddict skrev:www.chud.com har lagt upp första halvan av sin Joss-intervju. Mest Serenity och X-Men (men den andra halvan som läggs upp inom kort ska handla en hel del om Buffy och Angel).
Vet inte om det lagts upp nånannastans, men del två på den här intrevjun ligger uppe nu... (sedan 22/9, så jag är säkert sent ute...)
Q: I always thought that you should have had Spike and Lindsey form a band and go on tour with Faith as the manager, going from town to town like the A-Team or the Hulk.
Whedon: Screw that. With Faith as the lead singer! Have you heard that girl sing?
Q: I have never heard her sing.
Whedon: Oh, dude. I asked Eliza one time, ‘Why don’t you just become a pop star?’ She said, ‘Because I don’t want to sing that crap.’ But I see them more like Josey and the Pussycats. And into outer space thing.
Don’t you want to see [Ashton Kutcher] raped by a tree?
So, it starts. We've all heard the good and bad about the B.O., but what does it all mean? 3.9, not huge on the richter scale, but it's the aftershocks that count. I talked to the Uni execs and they were very cool. This is less than projected, but they understand (as I've been saying since before I made the thing) that this is about slow growth. Word of mouth. We got some crazy sweet reviews, but more importantly, people are having fun. I saw it with some family last night: the crowd was not big at all, but they really enjoyed themselves and that's what matters. Remember what I said about holding? That's how it's done. (Oh, and people like you all, dragging your friends and seeing it multiple times -- don't think I've forgotten your crazy love.) Normal drop-off for a film is 40% in the second weekend. I really think we can beat that. There's nothing normal about this one, guys, which is why Uni gets such props for taking it on and hanging with it. Remember, "Rome" wasn't filmed in a day. (I'm not sure if that means anything, but it giggles me.) We'll see if we can push Saturday a little harder, maybe even muster up a little Sunday brawn. Then let people get to school, the office, let them talk about it. We've got a long way to go, and it would have been very relaxing to have smashed through to destined success on opening night. But we're not a bunch known for relaxing. You guys have been in the fight for so long, I expect you know that resting everything on opening night is exactly the paradigm this movie is trying to unravel.
Remember, we're still too pretty to die, although I am jowly enough to be mortally wounded. Thanks, my peeps, for always remembering the first rule of flying. I'll check in soon. -j.
Posted: 03 Oct 2005 10:20 am
Post subject: Well. Here I am. Reply with quote
So I was flouncing (that's lurking but fancier) about WHEDONESQUE (for which I have forgotten my password yet again) and I couldn't help but see the little CHUD.com hate-bomb that Devin wrote. I don't mind that he doesn't love the film, but things like "It failed in a big way" and "It's over" are about as charming -- and journalistic -- as "I was right." I am being totally realistic when I say the weekend grosses did not meet expectations -- but those expectations were based on models that don't apply to this situation because, seriously, nothing does. The industry is not calling this a failure, just a slightly soft version of a normal opening in a generally weak weekend.
Now I did meet Devin, and he's not a dumb guy. But he seems to have a real animus against you Browncoats, and that's the thing I wanted to comment on, 'cause that doesn't sit well with me. He actually blames you guys for making sci-fi fans stay away from the movie. Says you should be ashamed for having adopted a name, that you will start finger-pointing and bickering now that you've 'caused' the 'failure' of your film. He blames other things as well -- the title, the ads -- but that's fine. If one --ONE -- of you guys reads that column and takes it to heart I'll not sleep. You guys did an amazing thing this weekend -- and the exit polls showed how much you guys were out there, and how much business you dragged in with you. Not to mention everything you did for the months - sorry, YEARS -- before it opened. I'm crazy proud of you. Yes, there is an exclusionary element to some fandom that is inevitable, but this group has fought that as well or better as any, and maybe I'm a nerd, but being compared to a Trekker (or even a TrekkIE) doesn't offend me a bit.
We all know this remains an uphill battle. We all know that next weekend is crucial -- and a lot of it will rest on us. A lot will rest on the studio reaching people we can't. And factors we can't see coming. But I don't especially appreciate people calling Time of Death while I'm still operating. I don't like smug defeatism. And nobody disses the 'coats without me wading in. That's all.
The question remains: Did Early die out there in space, or did some passing ship show up at the last second? There's no answer yet, but I sure as hell know how I'd write it.
-j.
-j.
caffeineaddict skrev:Jahapp, det där gick ju åt helvete... box office-resultaten:
1. Flightplan (Disney/Touchstone)
$15,038,000 ($46,145,000 through 2 weeks)
2. Serenity (Universal)
$10,141,000 ($10,141,000 through 1 week)
10 miljoner är inte så bra för första helgen, och det är inte heller bra att få stryk av en film som inte hade premiär den här helgen.
"Experterna" säger att det där redan har fuckat chanserna för en uppföljare, men andra säger att det nu hänger på hur det går den andra helgen.
"We are satisfied," Rocco said. "The opening is where we thought it would be. The fan base turned out. We're hoping more will turn out in the future. I think over $10 million is a lot of business for a niche appeal picture, and I think the ancillary [DVD, etc.] will be spectacular. I'd say over 40 percent [of moviegoers] were the fans. And there was probably another 30 percent that had not watched the show but had heard of it."
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