They put clips out there to get a reaction. They didn't say, "Don't think about these clips until after you've seen the show." That's a naive thing to say. Most of you just don't want anyone to have a bad reaction when they see the advance material, so you offer a manipulative comment to censor any negative thoughts. So transparent.
By that narrow way of thinking, I would say, "Wow! Looks great!" would be just as much jumping the gun, wouldn't it? Should I fire back to you with, "How the hell would you know if it looks great? You haven't seen it yet! Don't say that until you see the show first!"
It's a passive/aggressive reaction to tell people to "wait to see the show" before they comment on preview clips and notes from the creative team on the changes being made. It's also wrong of you to think this reaction is a reaction to the show. It's NOT. It's a reaction to the advance material being released TO GET A REACTION. That's why they're doing it.
As for the ignorant poster who thinks I was having "sour grapes" that they didn't make any of MY changes after the focus group ... Read my post again before making personal attacks, you idiot (turnabout is fair play). I said there was a full focus group, not just me in a room, and six months later when I saw the finished film, they had made NO changes to the movie from ANY of the suggestions, not just mine. Why have this "focus group" process, if you've already "locked" the picture? What's the point of going through all of the time and consideration, just to say, "we're not changing a single thing." Not only did they not take any suggestions made in that group session (very likely one of several), they didn't change anything else while the movie sat in a can, waiting to be released. They should have known by the comments being discussed that NOBODY thought the movie was "perfect" or "ready to go." Everybody in the group had ideas of how to fix the flawed material. To watch them smile and nod and sound interested, and then do nothing about it, was educational to me.
It's no different than a show on Broadway going through 5 weeks of previews, then changing, tweaking, and tightening nothing. Why are you previewing then? Just to go through the motions to say you did it?
Anyway, thanks bk for the post. Next time someone says, "why all the hate for a show that hasn't opened yet?," I'll just fire back with, "Why all the insane, drooling love for a show that hasn't opened yet?" It's an advance reaction that SHOULD NEVER be allowed, according to these manipulative posters on BWW. We should all hold our tongues until we've bought tickets and seen shows. Otherwise, DON'T POST. And that goes for EVERYBODY, good or bad thoughts! Keep silent!
What a stupid thing to say.
You don't have to agree with my comments or reactions. Argue with them all you want. But don't be so presumptuous and pompous as to tell me not to make them. That's not how a message board works.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Updated On: 9/4/11 at 06:54 AM
