Obligatory HPB OHNOES post
Aug. 16th, 2008 02:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ladymirthDear Fans,
Yes, WB moved HPB moved to next summer as a marketing decision, since they have few other big blockbusters lined up to make money off. Yes, I get that you're quite understandably pissed off and disappointed, as I would be too if I had ever given a damn about the HP movies. But you know, WB is a business and making money is what businesses do. And chances right now are that HPB will be an even bigger hit in the summer, which is when people usually kick back and go to movies.
But please, please do not insinuate/ hint/ gripe about how WB pulled HPB because it is SCARED OF COMPETING WITH FUCKING TWILIGHT. Half the movie-going public has yet to even catch wind of SMeyer's novel. I don't hate the book, I've never even read it, but I DO know that HP has been a ten-year-long international phenomenon the likes of which Twilight can never compete with at this stage.
Especially after that godawful EW Twilight cover that has RPattz looking like a cross between a zombie and sugar donut.
So the next person to announce that one of the most lucrative movie franchises ever is shakin' in its boots because of some sparkly vampire is going to have their crack taken away and LOCKED UP.
Thank you.
With love and a headache,
Moi
EDIT: This is not a reaction to what any of my flist has posted but a reaction to the sickening level of fan entitlement that'ssplooging going on at the Leaky Cauldron Boards. Eurgh.
Yes, WB moved HPB moved to next summer as a marketing decision, since they have few other big blockbusters lined up to make money off. Yes, I get that you're quite understandably pissed off and disappointed, as I would be too if I had ever given a damn about the HP movies. But you know, WB is a business and making money is what businesses do. And chances right now are that HPB will be an even bigger hit in the summer, which is when people usually kick back and go to movies.
But please, please do not insinuate/ hint/ gripe about how WB pulled HPB because it is SCARED OF COMPETING WITH FUCKING TWILIGHT. Half the movie-going public has yet to even catch wind of SMeyer's novel. I don't hate the book, I've never even read it, but I DO know that HP has been a ten-year-long international phenomenon the likes of which Twilight can never compete with at this stage.
So the next person to announce that one of the most lucrative movie franchises ever is shakin' in its boots because of some sparkly vampire is going to have their crack taken away and LOCKED UP.
Thank you.
With love and a headache,
Moi
EDIT: This is not a reaction to what any of my flist has posted but a reaction to the sickening level of fan entitlement that's
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Date: 2008-08-16 10:36 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2008-08-16 08:13 pm (UTC)I need my HP fix this year!!!!!!
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Date: 2008-08-17 01:05 am (UTC)Oh, the fans are trying their darndest to do just that. On-line petitions, howlers, and get this...they're planning to boycott the movie when it does come out.
I'm torn between, "BRAINS, WHERE ART THOU??" and "BWAHAHAHAHAHA!". Never stop being stupid, people!
Anyway, not going to happen. The number-crunchers are way too invested in this, especially considering that this way the movie will be able to open in a 100 theaters instead of the originally forecasted 40.