"Invid Fan" <invid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <K--dnXwX-8iqcynanZ2dnUVZ_o2vnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Ken from
> Chicago <kwicker1b_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> "Anim8rFSK" <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> news:ANIM8Rfsk-EE1643.07573814022008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > In article <G82dnaHUvqwQrCnanZ2dnUVZ_rGhnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> > "Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> >
>> >> "David" <dimlan17@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> >> news:cg77r355cl6f7ie66nf56rl9tf603ctiq7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> > from variety
>> >> >
>> >> > 'Star Trek' pushed back to 2009
>> >> > Paramount shuffles major releases
>> >> > By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK
>> >> >
>> >> > Paramount is pu****ng back the release of "Star Trek" from Dec. 15
to
>> >> > May 8, 2009.
>> >> >
>> >> > Move was part of a major reshuffling to the studio's release
>> >> > calendar,
>> >> > as well as DreamWorks' release calendar.
>> >> >
>> >> > Studio insiders said "Star Trek" has the potential to gross more
in
>> >> > May than in December.
>> >>
>> >> Then why did TPTB schedule it for December in the first place? Sorry
>> >> insiders, gotta do better than that.
>> >
>> > Because that's how Paramount does things. They look at the schedule,
>> > say 'we need a movie there' and tell somebody that their movie is
>> > greenlit and that's their release date, not caring at all if the date
>> > is
>> > reasonable in any way.
>>
>> Then why move it?
>>
> Possibly because another film has been delayed due to the strike and is
> taking it's place, and the next "sci fi blockbuster" slot in the
> schedule is May. You have to look at the entire schedule to see what
> reasons if any there are.
Then why make the lame excuse that the move was for more revenue? The
movie
has been in the works for a long time. The longer the delay in release,
the
greater the cost. I mean what happened between now and the release of
trailer that they suddenly realize, oh yeah, we can make more money in the
summer.
My complaint is less about the move, altho I'm not thrilled about a
half-year delay, but about the weak explanation for it. It's akin to
building the Enterprise on the ground. All fine and good, until you hear
the
lame explanation for it.
It's not the crime but the cover-up.
-- Ken from Chicago
P.S. Altho having to wait another six months does seem criminalish.
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