tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post1052938693408296819..comments2024-01-11T04:57:37.530-04:00Comments on The Furious D Show: Hollywood Babble On & On #470: Green Zone Puts Universal In The Red ZoneFurious Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07934529688753875751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-90500444815218129542010-03-17T22:04:08.580-03:002010-03-17T22:04:08.580-03:00As a member of the ARNG, it tickles me to see thes...As a member of the ARNG, it tickles me to see these military bashing films get killed at the B.O.<br /><br />This is basically the studio letting a star make a film that feeds his own personal and political self indulgence. These films usually fail, when you are bashing your ideas over the head of the audience the story is the first causality.<br /><br />It is good to see some execs are getting grilled for this mess. <br />This is probably a result of the current economic climate. As money gets tight their parent company, investors and stock holders want something more than just a "tax write off". They want a return on their investment. <br /><br />Maybe the studios will grow some balls in these trying economic times and start telling these whiny A-listers to start making films that will MAKE MONEY, not win them awards or brownie points at film festivals or the latest Hugo Chavez rainbow party.Gary T. Burnaskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16498841646544658878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24904037.post-45059115192608035342010-03-16T20:14:30.390-03:002010-03-16T20:14:30.390-03:00Seriously, what will it take for them to realize t...Seriously, what will it take for them to realize that anti-American movies are not going to make money?<br /><br />The movie site I go to daily for my 'what's going on' fix blames the flop on "People aren't interested in Iraq". <br /><br />Bullshit. People aren't interested in being insulted. <br /><br />Make an Iraq war film that celebrated our boys (and girls!) service there and, while it might not be a block buster, it would make money. <br /><br />Hell, write a screen play about Michael Yon's experiences. So long as it was played straight, with no 'military is bad' slant, it would sell.Fuloydonoreply@blogger.com