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Post by jeffwaynefan on Feb 16, 2005 13:32:01 GMT
Still playing up. PP have posted this up on the site, for those who have not seen it yet. I like the 'millions of additional hits' quote, not through the press they haven't, did they use telepathy?.
Due to a recent upsurge in web traffic totaling in millions of additional hits per day, we have had to make technical adjustments to accommodate the new volume. Please bear with us as we work to handle the new increased interest in our productions. Thank you for you patience in this matter.
PENDRAGON PICTURES
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Post by theheatray on Feb 16, 2005 13:53:23 GMT
Although I still have faith in Pendragon Pictures I dont realy put too much into anything they actualy say, after a couple of untruthful statements I add a pinch of salt these days.
I would add that if that was the true reason they didnt have much faith in their own project did they? To have only gotten a low bandwidth website seems a little short sited considering they were making a movie for a huge and loyal fanbase.
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Post by malfunkshun on Feb 16, 2005 14:19:40 GMT
probably they didn't consider the amount of traffic from SS fans being directed toward their site
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Post by theheatray on Feb 16, 2005 14:23:05 GMT
Looks that way but still doesnt show a lot of faith in their own project sort of like they said "this wont be that big lets only get the budget website" thats just madness.
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Post by HTT on Feb 17, 2005 11:32:31 GMT
To be fair, if Spielberg wasn't making it, how much of an audience would it have? Spielberg will fill cinemas on the basis of his name alone.
We all get carried away that we're fans of the book, and this forum gets us all together. This tends to reinforce our views that there is a huge market for Hines's film. However, is that large market out there?
It's not cool to read classics these days, and before Spielberg announced his release, how many people would have gone to see it? How many people are actually interested in, or read, the book? Tim could have been expecting his film to be popular with a smaller market.
At the end of the day, you can't compete with a SS blockbuster, so why bother?
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Post by maniacs on Feb 17, 2005 11:34:08 GMT
just a point. Recent publicity to Chrome would have increased the footfall to site.
How many people would have viewed the article on the sci prog? If we assume 1% of the American public (150 million?) we can assume that was 1.5 million people saw it. I dont know what the viewing figures in total for the prog alone is, if it is a satalite broadcast etc but maybe that does make the excuse sound more plausable!
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Post by McTodd on Feb 17, 2005 11:48:04 GMT
Look, we all know how sh*tty PP's site is, plus their penchant for bullsh*t, so there's little point in trying to make excuses for them, just accept their shoddiness and hope something good comes of it.
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Post by theheatray on Feb 17, 2005 12:37:19 GMT
To be fair, if Spielberg wasn't making it, how much of an audience would it have? Spielberg will fill cinemas on the basis of his name alone. We all get carried away that we're fans of the book, and this forum gets us all together. This tends to reinforce our views that there is a huge market for Hines's film. However, is that large market out there? It's not cool to read classics these days, and before Spielberg announced his release, how many people would have gone to see it? How many people are actually interested in, or read, the book? Tim could have been expecting his film to be popular with a smaller market. At the end of the day, you can't compete with a SS blockbuster, so why bother? Hi HailTheTripod I would presume the film to be classified as sc-fi rather than a classic due to it being about alien invasion, it may even be sci-fi horror judging from that trailer. There is always a market for sci-fi and horror, even a small market globaly is in the millions, to build a site that couldnt handle it seems a little short sited, personaly as web sites are so cheap I would have built a nice strong site in anticipation of the fans that looked amazing simply because it is easy to do. I dont think these two films are competeing for any title, in my view its pretty naive to think they can be compared in any way, I dont understand the logic of 'Pendragon shouldnt do the best it can because it cant compete with Paramount' thats crazy. |
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Post by HTT on Feb 17, 2005 13:09:20 GMT
Hi TheHeatRay
I'm not saying Pendragon shouldn't do the best it can. I'm saying that Pendragon can't compete with the might of Paramount when it comes to Publicity and Distribution. Why bother investing lots of money, when you'll still get overshadowed by the media power of a Hollywood company.
Pendragon may market WOTW as a sci-fi horror, but you can't change some peoples perception that it's just "stuffy old classic my grandad would read".
We don't know how much load Pendragons site was supposed to take - a lot of hits were from people getting the vibe on SSs release. Combine the interest in your movie, with the interest of a mega-name movie unexpectedly hitting your site, and trouble is unavoidable. If only SS hadn't fast tracked his WOTW. If it was still next year, the Pendragon site would probably have remained stable.
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Post by McTodd on Feb 17, 2005 13:41:41 GMT
If it was still next year, the Pendragon site would probably have remained stable. If Timbo spent more than 58p a month on a site hosted by Honest Ron, maybe it would be more stable... If PP were more organised than a bunch of very disorganised people trying to organise a pis*sup in a brewery, then maybe it would be more stable. If, as my old dad is fond of saying, my aunt had had bol*locks she would have been my uncle... There are a lot of 'ifs' when it comes to PP, and none will be resolved by endless speculation. Quite properly, they're doing their own thing and clearly paying di*ck-all attention to what anyone else is saying (the corollary being that they are doing their own thing, just very very badly, that's all). Now, don't get me wrong, I'm behind PP - but I can also see just what an amateurish operation the whole thing is. If they produce something, then great, I'll be suitably impressed, laud Timbo & Co to the heavens, admit I'm a sceptical git with nothing constructive to say, etc. If not, I'll mourn for about a minute and a half and move on. |
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Post by dudalb on Feb 18, 2005 1:05:08 GMT
If they don't even have a functioning website up with 5 weeks to go, I think we can assume that the March 3oth release date is toast.
They could at least be honest with us about a release date...
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Post by theheatray on Feb 18, 2005 9:50:22 GMT
Hi TheHeatRay I'm not saying Pendragon shouldn't do the best it can. I'm saying that Pendragon can't compete with the might of Paramount when it comes to Publicity and Distribution. Why bother investing lots of money, when you'll still get overshadowed by the media power of a Hollywood company. Pendragon may market WOTW as a sci-fi horror, but you can't change some peoples perception that it's just "stuffy old classic my grandad would read". We don't know how much load Pendragons site was supposed to take - a lot of hits were from people getting the vibe on SSs release. Combine the interest in your movie, with the interest of a mega-name movie unexpectedly hitting your site, and trouble is unavoidable. If only SS hadn't fast tracked his WOTW. If it was still next year, the Pendragon site would probably have remained stable. Ahh yes I see your point, thats fair enough. |
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