Comments on: The Doom Dispatch: The Weinstein Company Vs. People With No Lives http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/03/26/the-doom-dispatch-weinstein-vs-people-with-no-lives/ Stuff by geeks, about geeks, for geeks. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:26:45 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jana Lubina http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/03/26/the-doom-dispatch-weinstein-vs-people-with-no-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-192181 Jana Lubina Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:55:06 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/03/26/the-doom-dispatch-weinstein-vs-people-with-no-lives/#comment-192181 Okay, I'm a chick (in he 20's) who absolutely loves Star Wars. I've seen it a million times, I can quote it etc. etc. But I have ZERO interest in seeing a movie of this nature. No wonder the "pale, virginal, acne encrusted" label gets tacked on to sci-fi/fantasy geeks when legions (or seven friends and whomever they can convince online, whatever!) of them are going so far as to boycott. It's like that equally stupid Star Trek boycott stunt that gained news a few weeks ago. Okay, I’m a chick (in he 20’s) who absolutely loves Star Wars. I’ve seen it a million times, I can quote it etc. etc.

But I have ZERO interest in seeing a movie of this nature. No wonder the “pale, virginal, acne encrusted” label gets tacked on to sci-fi/fantasy geeks when legions (or seven friends and whomever they can convince online, whatever!) of them are going so far as to boycott.

It’s like that equally stupid Star Trek boycott stunt that gained news a few weeks ago.

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]]> By: robertspace http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/03/26/the-doom-dispatch-weinstein-vs-people-with-no-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-192113 robertspace Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:53:47 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/03/26/the-doom-dispatch-weinstein-vs-people-with-no-lives/#comment-192113 [...] The Doom Dispatch [...] [...] The Doom Dispatch [...]

]]> By: Derk http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/03/26/the-doom-dispatch-weinstein-vs-people-with-no-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-192040 Derk Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:07:11 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/03/26/the-doom-dispatch-weinstein-vs-people-with-no-lives/#comment-192040 Man you a bad mo' fo' Royce! Tell it! Man you a bad mo’ fo’ Royce! Tell it!

]]> By: MisterWiggles http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/03/26/the-doom-dispatch-weinstein-vs-people-with-no-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-192018 MisterWiggles Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:25:26 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/03/26/the-doom-dispatch-weinstein-vs-people-with-no-lives/#comment-192018 What's most amazing to me about this campaign is that the director's cut was absolutely terrible. The cancer story was a problem not because is was too edgy but because the filmmakers didn't make it remotely believable. Literally it was "I'm dying" in the first act and then not addressed again in any meaningful way until the end of the movie. And honestly the film go so many Star Wars (and Star Trek) details wrong that I'm surprised true fans would go to bat for it. Bottom line: it didn't need to be recut, it needed to be reshot. That said, Steve Brill is not the guy you want to make any movie. What’s most amazing to me about this campaign is that the director’s cut was absolutely terrible. The cancer story was a problem not because is was too edgy but because the filmmakers didn’t make it remotely believable. Literally it was “I’m dying” in the first act and then not addressed again in any meaningful way until the end of the movie.

And honestly the film go so many Star Wars (and Star Trek) details wrong that I’m surprised true fans would go to bat for it. Bottom line: it didn’t need to be recut, it needed to be reshot.

That said, Steve Brill is not the guy you want to make any movie.

]]> By: Jerry http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/03/26/the-doom-dispatch-weinstein-vs-people-with-no-lives/comment-page-1/#comment-192008 Jerry Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:07:28 +0000 http://geeksofdoom.com/2008/03/26/the-doom-dispatch-weinstein-vs-people-with-no-lives/#comment-192008 Thank you. We had these guys on the show to talk about their film. I got to be honest when I read about the boycott last week, I wanted to stop writing about all things films. Why not protest something important? This is really stupid. I really don't care about either version. I have to say, I really don't care about either version enough. So, thanks for writing this, I was hoping you would. Thank you. We had these guys on the show to talk about their film.
I got to be honest when I read about the boycott last week, I wanted to stop writing about all things films. Why not protest something important?
This is really stupid. I really don’t care about either version.
I have to say, I really don’t care about either version enough.
So, thanks for writing this, I was hoping you would.

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