Post by Ashe Raven on Mar 28, 2005 20:08:58 GMT
I have been overlooking the history of this film and find a lot of the issue raised in the negative camp, inclded with my own and some in the positive camp, that a lot of Hine's press releases or news pieces on the website have been more kneejerk reactions rather than anything proactive.
The odd bread crumb here to keep us quiet (or talking as it were) the major press release here to cover up, or make up excuses (in my opinion) for major PR cock ups, and I do feel sorry for Charles who has become Timmy's little mouth piece, if somewhat reluctantly. I wouldn't want that job myself and I have nothing but praise for Charles for what must seem like a thankless task.
However, back to Pendragon. This is a film of which I have unequivable support, mainly becasue no one else, at this moment in time is doing it. I don't, however, feel much love or support for the man behiond it at the moment. In my opinion, his Press Releases have been more inverted V signs in our direction, with no apology for keeping us in the dark, (we who are, lets face it, probably his only real means of PR). Delays we can handle, broken promises are something that should not be made. It would appear that Pendragon has lost sight of what it means to have an audience, if ever they did know it. I look at Hine's resume, and I notice Trauma on that list. Interesting to note that Trauma knows how to market it's films to it's intended audience. Very rearely do you see shuch shlock value films getting coverage in major film magazines, if only for it's cult status. I feel, perhaps, this lesson of respecting and building on one's audience was lost on Hines for some reason.
There have been references to 9/11 and the recent Tsunami. I won't comment on those except to say, that whilst one may well have been the tragedy that biught an abrupt close to the initial filiming of the first production, the second appears to come across as fortuatous. As an old Labour aid once said,
"perhaps this is a good time to release bad news."
Whether or not this assumption is true or not, Hine's latest Press Release still does not shy away from these two tragedies, which smacks as a smack in the mouth. How long can you flog the same old horse? Certainly, his refusual to make an apology for the delay, which only came about 5 days before the initial release date, smacks of a f**k you attitude towards the fans and the potential audience.
It's ironic, that despite all of this, I still relish the release of this film. But I would find it difficult to wahc another film with the name Pendragon pasted across it, much less to show it support, after the nightmares and the excuses all this has produced.
In my personal opinion, the War of the Worlds is going to be an ironic success or a dreadful failure for Hines. I ronic in the sense that if it does well, Hine's will not be trusted on a nother fil;m's PR or budget for a long time. If it fails, then the only winners would have been the die hard fans.
Maybe this time Hines has turly found the loose/loose situation. He's damned if he doesn't release the films as there are going tobe some pissed of investors about (if the Yakuza turn out to be his asian backers, he's really screwed) and even more damned if he does release it.
Do I feel sorry for him?
I have to take of my hat and say no, not really. He clearly didnt feel sorry for us.
The odd bread crumb here to keep us quiet (or talking as it were) the major press release here to cover up, or make up excuses (in my opinion) for major PR cock ups, and I do feel sorry for Charles who has become Timmy's little mouth piece, if somewhat reluctantly. I wouldn't want that job myself and I have nothing but praise for Charles for what must seem like a thankless task.
However, back to Pendragon. This is a film of which I have unequivable support, mainly becasue no one else, at this moment in time is doing it. I don't, however, feel much love or support for the man behiond it at the moment. In my opinion, his Press Releases have been more inverted V signs in our direction, with no apology for keeping us in the dark, (we who are, lets face it, probably his only real means of PR). Delays we can handle, broken promises are something that should not be made. It would appear that Pendragon has lost sight of what it means to have an audience, if ever they did know it. I look at Hine's resume, and I notice Trauma on that list. Interesting to note that Trauma knows how to market it's films to it's intended audience. Very rearely do you see shuch shlock value films getting coverage in major film magazines, if only for it's cult status. I feel, perhaps, this lesson of respecting and building on one's audience was lost on Hines for some reason.
There have been references to 9/11 and the recent Tsunami. I won't comment on those except to say, that whilst one may well have been the tragedy that biught an abrupt close to the initial filiming of the first production, the second appears to come across as fortuatous. As an old Labour aid once said,
"perhaps this is a good time to release bad news."
Whether or not this assumption is true or not, Hine's latest Press Release still does not shy away from these two tragedies, which smacks as a smack in the mouth. How long can you flog the same old horse? Certainly, his refusual to make an apology for the delay, which only came about 5 days before the initial release date, smacks of a f**k you attitude towards the fans and the potential audience.
It's ironic, that despite all of this, I still relish the release of this film. But I would find it difficult to wahc another film with the name Pendragon pasted across it, much less to show it support, after the nightmares and the excuses all this has produced.
In my personal opinion, the War of the Worlds is going to be an ironic success or a dreadful failure for Hines. I ronic in the sense that if it does well, Hine's will not be trusted on a nother fil;m's PR or budget for a long time. If it fails, then the only winners would have been the die hard fans.
Maybe this time Hines has turly found the loose/loose situation. He's damned if he doesn't release the films as there are going tobe some pissed of investors about (if the Yakuza turn out to be his asian backers, he's really screwed) and even more damned if he does release it.
Do I feel sorry for him?
I have to take of my hat and say no, not really. He clearly didnt feel sorry for us.
