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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 09:31 AM Original message |
How do bad movies get made? |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. perhaps "it seemed like a good idea at the time" |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
2. Kevin Costner decides to do a film that's not about baseball |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
3. Like this: |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. That is awesome!! |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. by committee |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 05:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. I think this is often the answer |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. Maybe we should ask these folks? |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:20 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Are you kidding? |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. You. Frighten. Me. |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Boo! |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. You had to go there, didn't you. |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Oh come on, TZ... you KNOW it had to be done... |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Allow me to wax poetically. |
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hibbing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
37. well...uh...okay |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. Ever watch American Idol? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. Badly. nt |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. All Movies Are Screened for their Commercial Potential |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. We have a winner! *ding*ding* |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 07:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
33. "No one sets out to make a bad movie" |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. Someone "important" thinks it's a good idea. |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. See a film called The Player by Robert Altman |
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MicaelS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. Simple answer... Egos, enormous ones... |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. Watch The movie "Ed Wood" and any movie actually made by Ed Wood. |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Alan Smithee is a pretty bad director, too. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. There are a very few who raise "bad" to new heights.....nt |
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dawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
20. Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity encourage bad movie makers |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. Low budget movies are like restaurants -- people dabble |
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Dr Morbius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. There's a Silver Surfer movie? |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
24. I'm not entirely certain, but I'll bet that greed plus not listening are involved. |
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AmyDeLune (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. Actor Bruce Campbell has a *great* response to that question... |
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theNotoriousP.I.G. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
28. Ask Jerry Bruckheimer |
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Akoto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
29. It begins with, "SyFy Channel, have I got a script for you ..." n/t |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
30. Some people are not-it-alls... |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
32. I wonder the same thing about ugly clothing |
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The2ndWheel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. It's a mass production industry |
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Chan790 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
35. Lots of reasons (I used to work in the film industry in NYC) |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-27-10 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
36. When a studio insists on a sequel or a remake, or |
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