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Entertainment columnist fired for reviewing 'Wolverine' workprint
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article published on 6 April, 2009
Last week we reported that one month before its theatrical release, a workprint version of 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' had been leaked online, and that hundreds of thousands had downloaded it, despite the fact that it was missing CGI and some scenes.
On Friday, an entertainment columnist for Fox News by the name of Roger Friedman, wrote a review on the leaked film in his column, adding ... [ read the full article ]
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eLeCTR0n
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9. April 2009 @ 18:26 |
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yea dudes, everyone just chill.
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scottz29
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10. April 2009 @ 11:09 |
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Originally posted by inagasake:
I don't know why the studios care so much about workprint and screener piracy. People still go out to the movies to enjoy a social experience so for good movies, piracy has absolutely zero negative effect on the box office. A workprint or a screener is not a replacement. It's just a preview that will help you judge whether it's worth watching it in theatres or not.... Oh Wait! That's exactly why the MPAA doesn't want us to download workprints and screeners! So that we are forced to buy their crap without knowing whether it's good or not first! If we don't go to see crappy movies, that means less profits for the MPAA. They don't care about the moviegoer one bit.
+1! How is jacking a movie any worse than NOT jacking a movie and waiting for the reviews to come out? The MPAA doesn't go after reviewers when a movie gets lousy reviews, do they? Fact is, a bad review influences me to stay away just as much as watching a screener of a movie that sucks. In fact, watching a screener may end up influencing me to go see the movie on the big screen, where a bad review may not! But as another poster said, I still may go see a movie even if I think/hear/know it might not be the best, just because it's a night out with my buddies.
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dufas
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10. April 2009 @ 16:01 |
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An entertainment columnist for Fox News getting fired and the studios being happy about it is the height of hypocrisy.
The movie stars demand and receive fat lump sum wages for their work because the studios are notorious for not paying on their percentage contracts. By using creative bookkeeping, a billion dollar blockbuster will show up as a loss, at least on paper. (The first billion dollar blockbuster, Batman,showed a loss on paper while everyone concerned lived quite a bit higher on the hog....) Many actors that worked for scale plus a percentage of the gross receipts ended up having to sue for their deserved income. The studios also do the same to many workaday subcontractors. TV has the same problem.
One producer was writing checks to a well known actor but cashing the checks himself. Not only is this embezzlement, on paper, it shown that the actor was paid his percentage of the movie's gross. Luckily, the actor, unlike many in Hollywood, had an honest accountant and the ruse was found out. As an added insult and to show how Hollywood works. The actor was 'blackballed' for around ten years but nothing happened to the producer...the studio refused to press charges plus, the producer continued to work.
This is not to say pirating movies is right, it is to just point out the hypocrisy of the MPAA, studios, and other Hollywood types who think nothing of screwing anyone they can while crying how they are abused by others. I lived and worked for 18 years in Hollywood. I never met one person that was trustworthy.
Some actor or actress, after snorting a line of cocaine, popping some pills, or toking some meth would announce to anyone near that they were scheduled next week to make a public service announcement about the dangers of drug abuse would always leave me incredulous.
I have watched personalities that security had to keep them apart when off camera but when the cameras roll or news people are around, they become the best of friends. Some of those accidents that were blamed on the action in the movie/tv script was really a couple of actors or actresses that slipped by security............
Much of the entertainment industry is a literal illusion..
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pmshah
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12. April 2009 @ 01:03 |
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Originally posted by elk1007:
I just wanted to see the movie early. I still liked it for the most part, although there were a few plot holes I hope they fix up with the to-be-added scenes.
Do I think I'm cool because I saw it early?
I guess.
I can tell my friends and family what to expect and then they can decide whether to pay to see it, or just wait and rent it for $2 a night.
LissenUp, how could you possibly know these things? You're claiming knowledge that doesn't exist. People pirate media for different reasons. Some are seen as valid and others immoral, but regardless of what people think, piracy is a subjective topic. If I pirate a movie to see whether it's worth owning, is that bad? Or what if I pirate it and like it, so I buy the DVD or see the theatrical showing when I otherwise wouldn't have? Am I still a 'bad man'?
The line is vast and gray. Hollywood production companies are just trying to protect their money. They don't care about the intellectual property rights of anyone.
Just like Shareware, Try before you buy. I surely wish Hollywood came up with something like this. Since they haven't the viewers have!
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SoulGLOW
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7. May 2009 @ 02:56 |
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message to all boneheads who keep calling this piracy:
Legal definition of a copyrighted material being pirated is: Unauthorized reproduction for sale or profit.
It is not watching it or sharing it or downloading it or even uploading it. If someone charged you and u paid then THEY have committed piracy... and your dumba$$ bought a piece of crap or second rate knock-off--at least in this case. now if you buy a 1 for 1 copy of a complete movie then u really are screwing these guys out of money and buying from a "pirate". Otherwise you & 40 of your buddies can get together and watch the movie at the same time and only pay a $1 to $5 rental fee for all of you....Or 4 million it doesnt matter cuz that isnt illegal... but it is unethical at some point. Although i do beleive that uploading in general is an attempt to circumvent paying for something people would otherwise rent or buy. Legally though it is not piracy
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SoulGLOW
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7. May 2009 @ 03:13 |
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And by the way i havent seen this movie in either form yet . And the first two x-m en were okay, decent even, but that last one completely pissed me off. it sucked so bad i couldnt stop bitching about it for days. but i will give this a shot.
I just hope that it wasnt done by the same writers or directors of that last x-men movie. if it is then im sure that it will be more nonsensical BS that will piss me of again.
In fact if it is then im probably going to go find the guy that approved these writers & directors and staight cold bitch slapp him or her and then make them read all the comics i have read and then go watch those movies again. it will be a grand justice...especially to watch them weep and cry "what have i done!". But i think I'll still want to b--ch slap'em again. and i probably will. Man did that last X-man movie ever suck!!!! ARGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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SoulGLOW
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7. May 2009 @ 03:24 |
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And by the way i havent seen this movie in either form yet . And the first two x-m en were okay, decent even, but that last one completely pissed me off. it sucked so bad i couldnt stop bitching about it for days. but i will give this a shot.
I just hope that it wasnt done by the same writers or directors of that last x-men movie. if it is then im sure that it will be more nonsensical BS that will piss me of again.
In fact if it is then im probably going to go find the guy that approved these writers & directors and staight cold bitch slapp him or her and then make them read all the comics i have read and then go watch those movies again. it will be a grand justice...especially to watch them weep and cry "what have i done!". But i think I'll still want to b--ch slap'em again. and i probably will. Man did that last X-man movie ever suck!!!! ARGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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