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horo35:
I've been thinking with all this info about a crappy 2nd release is it just me or is the marketing/merchandise for this movie absolutely horrible? The 1st release was a underachieving DVD, the 2nd release sounds like a bigger, crappier rip off, the calendar is all grainy and was released in 2007 for a 2005 movie. I mean I dont expect highly collectible toy action BBM playsets but I do expect better products for a movie that made so much money and had a huge fanbase! :-\
SFEnnisSF:
--- Quote from: horo35 on November 08, 2006, 11:20:52 am ---I've been thinking with all this info about a crappy 2nd release is it just me or is the marketing/merchandise for this movie absolutely horrible? The 1st release was a underachieving DVD, the 2nd release sounds like a bigger, crappier rip off, the calendar is all grainy and was released in 2007 for a 2005 movie. I mean I dont expect highly collectible toy action BBM playsets but I do expect better products for a movie that made so much money and had a huge fanbase! :-\
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I agree Horo35. I'm almost tempted to suggest that if the SE DVD in January doesn't have more stuff on it, we should all boycott buying it. Send 'em a message, you know.
Mikaela:
--- Quote ---is it just me or is the marketing/merchandise for this movie absolutely horrible?
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It's not just you. I was disappointed in the first DVD's meagre and well-known bonus material. I'm even more dispappointed at this new one's possible rip-off quality. And as for other available products;
I've really been looking around for BBM merchandise, as I always try to vote with my wallet in terms of what film-related merchandise I buy and how many times I see a film in the theatre - cold cash is the only thing the studios care about and the only praise they'll listen to from audiences IMO. This has resulted in my currently owning Close Range, BBM in a separately published film tie-in booklet, Close Range translated to my own language, the BBM DVD, the soundtrack, and the BBM short story audio version. C'est tout. It's really not much. :-\
During the EURO Brokie Meeting in September Becky showed us a booklet she'd bought off E-bay that had been published in connection with early publicity for the film in the USA and given to select reviewers etc. That booklet was absolutely, totally gorgeous and I can't for the life of me understand why it hasn't been published to be sold as a movie tie-in. They're missing an opportunity there, truly. I so would have loved to have that.
I also would have loved a thorough "making of the movie" book. Such books or booklets have been published for the crappiest of movies - why couldn't they have made one for BBM?
And as for the upcoming DVD, - no. If what we now know prove to be true, it's a pathetic marketing ploy not worthy of this beautiful film at all, and in all probability not something I'm ready to pay for. :-\
LauraGigs:
--- Quote ---I'm almost tempted to suggest that if the SE DVD in January doesn't have more stuff on it, we should all boycott buying it. Send 'em a message, you know.
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Or, email Universal — or post our dissatisfaction to their comment boards or to Amazon's comment boards. They may interpret simple lack of sales to mean that their lack of investment in quality products for this film was the right step. ("Interest in BBM has fizzled, so why should we bother with a better DVD?")
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Is that an official Universal product, Horo? I remember someone posting a link to the cover of it, and the Photoshop looked so godawful on the cover that I was like, "no effing way".
horo35:
--- Quote from: LauraGigs on November 08, 2006, 12:26:48 pm ---Or, email Universal — or post our dissatisfaction to their comment boards or to Amazon's comment boards. They may interpret lack of sales to mean that their lack of investment in quality products for this film was the right step. ("Interest in BBM has fizzled, so why should we bother with a better DVD?")
Is that an official Universal product, Horo? I remember someone posting a link to the cover of it, and the Photoshop looked so godawful on the cover that I was like, "no effing way".
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Well for the calendar I'm basing it on a review at this link http://bettermost.net/forum/index.php?topic=5898.0
I myslef have not actually seen the calendar but should be getting it this week in the mail. From that link, overall he really didn't sound too impressed over it.
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