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April 09, 2007

Harvey, Man ~ Don't Beat Yourself Up

You Hollywood types over analyze everything. Think what you were releasing there, bub. It wasn't the length ~ Lord of the Rings, Dances With Wolves ~ there's tons of pictures that have done well at 3 hours or so. It's more that you were just stoo-pid. You don't release this schlock...

...during THIS, EVER.

But combined with THIS...?

Amen, brother.
Here's your sign.

Posted by tree hugging sister at April 9, 2007 05:17 PM

Comments

From reading that article it's quite obvious that the thought "maybe these movies just suck" never came close to crossing his mind, as well.

Posted by: Mr. Bingley at April 9, 2007 05:58 PM

The trailers alone told me that "Grindhouse" was a crock of crap. Making it three hours and twelve minutes long made it a tedious crock of crap.

Posted by: Gunslinger at April 9, 2007 07:22 PM

Tarantino is a sick, twisted, philosophically evil man. His nihilism is right there with Paul Auster for glorifying depravity.

Just the image of a woman with a rifle stuck in the stump of a leg is enough to show that this is a movie that people with good minds, and who know better, should avoid.

Posted by: Mike Rentner at April 9, 2007 08:14 PM

Hmm. Dissention in the ranks.

I won't give you my opinion yet, because I don't want to bias the audience. Also, I've never heard of it.

Posted by: Ken S, Fifth String on the Banjo of Life at April 9, 2007 09:53 PM

There's no dissension here, Ken. I just think any MOE-ron would know not to release a horror fantasy guy flick on Easter/Masters weekend and expect it to do well. Like Ebola said "It's not exactly the 'Passion of the Christ', duh."

I bet it picks up a bunch of business this weekend.

Posted by: tree hugging sister at April 9, 2007 10:48 PM

It was a fantastic film, but, yeah, they shouldn't have opened Easter weekend and expected to do the kind of business they were hoping for.

Posted by: Cullen at April 10, 2007 06:25 AM

A: dumb time to release.
B: looks like crap.
C: I knew I'd raised my daughter right when this conversation was reported while watching trailer with friend,
Friend: Isn't that cool?
Daughter: But ever time she takes a step she'll plug up the muzzle!
Friend: Shut up.

Posted by: Firehand at April 10, 2007 10:50 AM

Bwahahahaha ~ honest to God, FH, that's got to be the SECOND thing I thought of when Ebola and I first saw the trailer. (The first was "OUCH!")

Posted by: tree hugging sister at April 10, 2007 10:53 AM

First thing I thought was, "Geez, what an inefficient weapon." The darn thing requires her, at best, to make herself a literal sitting target - and I don't care how flexible she is, she can't accurately sight down the barrel of her LEG. (And ammo storage? Is that what they mean by "junk in the trunk"?)

You're better off with a smaller forearm model, especially if you implant it to shoot from the palm rather than entirely replace the arm - you get lesser firepower but you keep your hand and fingers, which may prove useful. You can also do useful things like aim and move.

I can't believe I'm actually discussing the pros and cons of automatic weapons implants in human beings.

Posted by: Nightfly at April 10, 2007 11:33 AM

Yes, 'Fly, come over to the darker side...[/Voice]

Posted by: Firehand at April 10, 2007 02:53 PM