Posted by 781REDRUM at 1cust83.tnt1.lexington.ky.da.uu.net on August 16, 2001 at 23:03:38:
In Reply to: In support of good, new and original movies. posted by GreaterShadow on August 16, 2001 at 22:50:41:
: This is a message that I put on the www.jayandsilentbob.com. Any fan that support Kevin Smith and his movies should pay a visit to this and help promote the new movie on this guys site.
: I thought that I would give you my opinion.
: Hollywood and the whole commercial machine constantly support people like Lucas, Spielberg, Scott and Kubrick.
: This whole website looks to me like you are just bitter because someone like Kevin Smith can also make money. Your website loses credibility when you put Lucas up on a pedestal only to later can his latest in the Star Wars Saga.
: Don't get me wrong I am a huge Star Wars fan but look at the money making machine that is Lucasarts. You can't even buy Star Wars on DVD (apparently the quality is not good enough) The real reason would be more to do with sales. If we make sure that everyone who is going to buy the DVD first has a VHS copy we can make more money.
: X-men - What a great film... Seriously... Did you get to look at the crap merchandise these guys put on the shelf. Lame actions figures with stupid things like movable mouths that only broke withing a few hours of purchase. My 8 year old cousin will not look at the X-men figurines any more cause he feels that they are substandard. Again a giant money making scam. Poor materials, poor product premium marketing and prices. You and this website have helped perpetuate that.
: People like Kevin Smith are out there on much smaller budgets trying to compete with people like Spielberg who could quite happily drop $100 Million US (That is almost $200 Million anywhere else in the world) into a film.
: I think you should back off and realise that movies as art are a personal thing. Some people will like it some people won't. Why try and actively screw up someone's career. If Kevin Smith is going to fail as a director let him do it on his own. Compared to many other money making comedians and so called actors (e.g. Tom Green) he is a very funny person.
: All this guy is trying to do is make a few people laugh, every director will have a dud film somewhere along the line and every actor will generally play a dud character (e.g. Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan - Joe vs. The Volcano). Without stepping stones like that there may not have been truly great films like 'Forrest Gump'.
: So maybe you should think about what you are doing and what is your real reason behind it. Give a review if you will but you haven't seen the movie yet and you are throwing around harsh criticism that is unjust and somewhat unfounded.
: But you do have a right to your opinion.
dude the site was made by view askew and smith as a joke...