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Started by Super T.I.B, September 13, 2009, 04:14:13 PM

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zarn02

#1
September 13, 2009, 04:22:30 PM
Oh boy. [popcorn]
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superjohn

#2
September 13, 2009, 04:57:31 PM
Well, it wouldn't surprise me if the controversial nature of evolution played into the distributer's decision, I would say a more likely reason is films of that nature don't play well to American audiences.

We only want to see movies with boobies, explosions, and/or robots.

Drjones

#3
September 13, 2009, 05:15:26 PM
[roll]

Loose translation, Yep, we're not going to make much money off of this, because it doesn't have shit blowing up or some cutesy story, so um yeah, hey look at this "poll," yeah that's our reason.
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ducatiz

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September 13, 2009, 05:29:57 PM
Nah, look how many people paid to see Farenheit 911 and An Inconvenient 'Truth'...

if those movies can sell tickets, then pretty much any piece of shit can, fiction or otherwise ..

and i am not saying the OP's film is shit or fiction, i am just using a bottom-of-the-barrel comparison.
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#5
September 13, 2009, 05:46:54 PM
High School Musical made money
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September 13, 2009, 05:53:25 PM
Quote from: bobspapa on September 13, 2009, 05:46:54 PM
High School Musical made money

of course it did, that vanessa chick showed off her bodacious tatas.  dummy!
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Desmostro

#7
September 13, 2009, 06:11:14 PM
hu wa? did someone say boobies?

The great unwashed in the US, is, shall we say, particularly embarrassing for this regard, and well, this subject is precisely the expression of an attitude that gives the 'other' half of us so much angst these days.

It may appear that half the country thinks and the other half is spoon fed what to think.
That may be an exaggeration and an oversimplification.

However you want to divide the place, its clear to me that this country isn't "one" in almost anything. It is a place of amazing diversity politically, geographically, ecologically, economically, racially, socially and every other way.

Finding film/book subjects with goals of mass distribution is challenging for this reason. And for this reason we are sometimes punished with lowest common denominator subjects.  :-\
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ducatiz

#8
September 13, 2009, 06:26:16 PM
Quote from: Desmostro on September 13, 2009, 06:11:14 PM
And for this reason we are sometimes punished with lowest common denominator subjects.  :-\

that's exactly what I said!!

Quote from: ducatiz on September 13, 2009, 05:29:57 PM
Nah, look how many people paid to see Farenheit 911 and An Inconvenient 'Truth'...

if those movies can sell tickets, then pretty much any piece of shit can, fiction or otherwise ..

and i am not saying the OP's film is shit or fiction, i am just using a bottom-of-the-barrel comparison.
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superjohn

#9
September 13, 2009, 06:57:07 PM
It's one of the reasons I don't like the regional encoding on DVD's since I'd like to be able to get movies from Europe that don't have a wide appeal. I used to get lucky and be able to rent them from a local video store, but they all went out of business and now it's harder to find some of the flicks and TV shows I'd like to see.

ducatiz

#10
September 13, 2009, 06:59:11 PM
Quote from: superjohn on September 13, 2009, 06:57:07 PM
It's one of the reasons I don't like the regional encoding on DVD's since I'd like to be able to get movies from Europe that don't have a wide appeal. I used to get lucky and be able to rent them from a local video store, but they all went out of business and now it's harder to find some of the flicks and TV shows I'd like to see.

buy a multi-region dvd player.. we brought one back from italy, you just have to find one with PAL/NTSC switch (or find a PAL-M version which is compatible)

http://www.dvdoverseas.com/store/index.html?loadfile=itemdvpns508pvc.html
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superjohn

#11
September 13, 2009, 07:02:53 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on September 13, 2009, 06:59:11 PM
buy a multi-region dvd player.. we brought one back from italy, you just have to find one with PAL/NTSC switch (or find a PAL-M version which is compatible)

http://www.dvdoverseas.com/store/index.html?loadfile=itemdvpns508pvc.html

I should do that. I currently have one of my computers set up for European DVD's

somegirl

#12
September 13, 2009, 07:19:51 PM
I'd like to see that movie.

I probably shouldn't say what I really think about this quote. [roll]

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#13
September 13, 2009, 07:44:33 PM
 [laugh] That's really something.
Quote from: somegirl on September 13, 2009, 07:19:51 PM
I'd like to see that movie.
I probably shouldn't say what I really think about this quote. [roll]

Quote from: superjohn on September 13, 2009, 06:57:07 PM
It's one of the reasons I don't like the regional encoding on DVD's since I'd like to be able to get movies from Europe that don't have a wide appeal. I used to get lucky and be able to rent them from a local video store, but they all went out of business and now it's harder to find some of the flicks and TV shows I'd like to see.

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#14
September 13, 2009, 07:50:43 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on September 13, 2009, 06:59:11 PM
buy a multi-region dvd player.. we brought one back from italy, you just have to find one with PAL/NTSC switch (or find a PAL-M version which is compatible)

http://www.dvdoverseas.com/store/index.html?loadfile=itemdvpns508pvc.html
maybe you can throw it on ur computer and find a player that will decode it?

But yea, theres a difference between  "too controversial for American audiences". and "no ones going to watch that shit". but honestly we have worst shit that gets distributed, so why the hell not.
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