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Originally posted by chrisisall:
How much did Browncoats: Redemption cost to make again?
Imagine if the had a measly quarter mill to work with...

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Even with declining sales, DVDs still provided the 6 major studios with slightly over $16 billion in 2009, and constituted their main source of revenue. But what of Hollywood’s imminent future? South Korea demonstrates that a DVD market can be wiped out within a year or so of broadband improvements that make it possible for anyone to download a free movies in 15 minutes from the Internet. So quivering on the edge of this digital abyss, the studios remain paralyzed by their fear of losing their once almighty Wal-Mart accounts. - www.edwardjayepstein.com/Quivering.htm

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:

The problem isn't with writers not coming up with anything new, it's with the studio/network suits not buying anything new.

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Originally posted by ElvisChrist:
Mr. IsAll, a question or two?

In a year, how many low-budget movies do you see?

How many "blockbusters"?

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The best TV isn't on network

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Originally posted by ecgordon:


I don't care how good the American remake is

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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Chris, there are still many films like that being made today, they just don't get the exposure because they are produced and distributed by independent companies or come from foreign markets. It's the Big Six (or however many) that cling to the notion that every film has to be a blockbuster and spawn sequel after sequel. These are the same suits who think it is smart to remake a great, but very recent, vampire film called "Let the Right One In."

I don't care how good the American remake is, I will not pay money to see it, and probably won't bother even if I could see it free. What we need to do is stop paying money at the theaters, or buying DVDs, for films that are nothing more than slight entertainments designed to extract maximum dollars from our pockets. If we don't then we have no one else to blame.

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Originally posted by Cybersnark:

The problem isn't with writers not coming up with anything new, it's with the studio/network suits not buying anything new.

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Cybe, you may be too young to remember, but I, the old-time cinema historian will break it down for you & everyone else.

In the *OLD* days (pre-Jaws), I used to go to the movies every week. The movies changed that often. Most movies never saw a run past that time since the limited # of prints had to be distributed to the secondary & tertiary markets. Films were inexpensive, since no one expected anyone to see them more than once. Many films were free to have not-happy endings, if they wanted. Creativity was rampant.
Films like Vanishing Point, Clockwork Orange, Harold & Maude, Silent Running, A Reflection Of Fear, Four Flies On Gray Velvet, Last Tango In Paris, Legend Of Hell House and the like really couldn't be made today.

We need a return to smaller films IMO. A million to make, a million peeps see it, money effectively doubled. If 10 million or more see it, an instant goldmine.

This is what the suits have lost total sight of.
The want The Big Win every time out now.


The laughing Chrisisall

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Originally posted by Kwicko:


Bingo! "Let Me In" no doubt has an enormous budget, but I can safely guarantee that it will be no better than the Swedish original.

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Ditto "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo". Fantastic movie, not much budget, not much exposure here - but of course it's being given the full Hollywood make-over, with more explosions and CGI.

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Originally posted by Kwicko:
What's wrong with Helen Slater? She's done some decent acting.

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Originally posted by Storymark:

I agree the paradigm needs to change a bit, but the model you're dreaming of are simply not possible anymore.

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Originally posted by Storymark:
she hasn't had a career in a couple decades. Just making the point that to do movies on the budgets Chris is talking about means that your biggest stars are going to be the lowest on the totem pole.

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Originally posted by Storymark:
to pull off a theatrical release that anyone shows up for requires a minimum of 10-20 million in advertising.

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But the real wrath will come from theater owners, who have made it clear that releasing a movie early on video-on-demand services — thus cutting into their window — would be the equivalent of declaring war. Over the summer, the National Association of Theater Owners took out full-page ads in Variety and The Hollywood Reporter making its opposition clear.

The worry for theaters, of course, is that people will be more reluctant to buy movie tickets, at an average cost of almost $8, if they know they can catch the same film just a few weeks later in their living rooms, and for less money than it costs to haul the whole family to the multiplex. . . .

SO which studio is going to go first, and when? All six of the major studios declined to comment for this article. But multiple movie executives with deep knowledge of the landscape say the first quarter of next year is the target, in part because big Christmas releases . . .

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Originally posted by two:
chrisisall's version of Browncoats: Re-Re-Redemption 3

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Originally posted by GWEK:

There are probably other things I'm not thinking of, but I've already prattled on long enough that I don't expect anyone to make it to the end of this post. :)

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Originally posted by Storymark:
to pull off a theatrical release that anyone shows up for requires a minimum of 10-20 million in advertising.

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Niche viral internet marketing.
Provide you past likes or general fan criteria, and boom- your selections appear. Then you pay your $2 and download you choice to disk. You then shoot out you review, and get a credit towards your next buy, if it's rated good by enough viewers.

I guess I am very much not-lacking in imagination, eh?


The laughing Chrisisall

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
Mine will be original, unique, and totally & completely appreciated after my death.


The laughing Chrisisall

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Originally posted by Storymark:



Yep, that must be it, nothing more to it.....

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