Comments on: Cinema Sleuth: Fox and the Case of the Outraged Fans

By: Brent Peconi

Brent Peconi — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:33:43 +0000

F*** Fox.

By: Brent Peconi

Brent Peconi — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 17:33:00 +0000

F*** Fox.

By: Nevernude

Nevernude — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:08:58 +0000

Fox are a hit-and-miss compnay and thats why i hate them. You've listed a good slate of movies in that list, but you'll find that in between these classic films, Fox released other turds. They seem to throw movies at the cinemagoer, good or bad, hoping that one or more of them make some money.
Im not saying the other movies studios (WB, Universal, Pixar etc..) are any better, but no idiot would watch the entirety of Meet the Spartans, Meet Dave, The Happening etc…and think to themselves "well this is good enough to warrant release"…

By: Nevernude

Nevernude — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:08:00 +0000

By: Aleric

Aleric — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:58:06 +0000

They get some slack for those films but you can only ride on your rep for so long before it starts to sound like a bad Fonzie impersonation…….

By: Aleric

Aleric — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:58:00 +0000

They get some slack for those films but you can only ride on your rep for so long before it starts to sound like a bad Fonzie impersonation…….

By: Aleric

Aleric — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:56:50 +0000

Agree Robert. Whenever I heard the or saw the 20th Century Fox logo come up it always make me thing Star Wars was coming on I had seen it that many times. To this day I can hear the drums start up and it makes me think of those original movies.

By: Aleric

Aleric — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:56:00 +0000

By: MJB

MJB — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:21:00 +0000

Let's not forget the previously announced live action adaptation of "Cowboy Bebop"….with Keanu as Spike…

By: MJB

MJB — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:21:00 +0000

Let's not forget the previously announced live action adaptation of "Cowboy Bebop"….with Keanu as Spike…

By: Joshi

Joshi — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:03:12 +0000

Someone had to play devils advocate.

And with luck, since Fox piled them on last year, it might mean they've got some good ones coming out next year… I don't really have my hopes up on that though.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:03:00 +0000

Someone had to play devils advocate.

And with luck, since Fox piled them on last year, it might mean they've got some good ones coming out next year… I don't really have my hopes up on that though.

By: MoMo

MoMo — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:44:10 +0000

very good points. this is a weak argument to begin with. i guess i was just attempting a semi-devil's advocate deal.

it's not like the other studios didn't have misfires this year either. it just seems like Fox decided to pile them on.

By: MoMo

MoMo — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:44:00 +0000

very good points. this is a weak argument to begin with. i guess i was just attempting a semi-devil's advocate deal.

it's not like the other studios didn't have misfires this year either. it just seems like Fox decided to pile them on.

By: Fox RULES!!!!!!!!!!!

Fox RULES!!!!!!!!!!! — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:59:56 +0000

Twelve O'Clock High, The Day the Earth Stood Still (the original of course), The Fly, Planet of the Apes (again the orginal), Patton, The French Connection, Young Frankenstein, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Star Wars (all fo them) , Alien, Porkys, Revenge of the Nerds, Commando, Aliens, BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, The princess Bride, Predetor, Die Hard (again all of them), Speed, Fight Club, Office Space, Road to Perdition, X-men/X2, Idiocracy,…Those are just the freakin sweet films I have in my collection from Fox. Haters Hate but a bad year doesnt mean a bad company

By: Fox RULES!!!!!!!!!!!

Fox RULES!!!!!!!!!!! — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:59:00 +0000

By: Meat-Popsicle

Meat-Popsicle — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:50:22 +0000

I can hat Fox for releasing abysmal movies in 2008, I can be slightly disgruntled by the lawsuit (but face it they had the right, and were right in suing over watchmen…but I digress) but Fox has released some amazing movies over the years: Die Hard, Alien, Predator, Star Wars, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Revenge of the Nerds…well maybe they arent all amazing but they are pretty damn good still.

By: Meat-Popsicle

Meat-Popsicle — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:50:00 +0000

By: Joshi

Joshi — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:44:36 +0000

Pixar can't really be used in this argument because it's such an anomaly. I don't know any other movie studio whose movies people anticipate coming out simply because it comes from said studio and not based on anything else. Usually when people anticipate a movie months or years in advanced it's because it's based on an existing property (comic book, novel, sequel, etc). But ten years ago, had Paramount announced that they were going to make a film about a robot who develops a personality and saves the world, people wouldn't care, it's an original script, not based off of anything, why should we care about it when it's not even in production yet? Pixar says this and we're all anticipating Oscars before the film had even come out.

We know Pixar delivers quality, but we don't know of any studio that has that level of consistency with their quality (yes, even Cars, it may not have hit the same level of Pixarness, but it was a good film). Even Fox has done some amazing films in their time, they're not consistently bad (yes, 2008 was a bad year for them), so again, I can't say many people judge a movie based on the studio.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:44:00 +0000