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Not to be difficult but that really depends. Copyright is often referred to as a "bundle of rights" (or some shit like that - law school was a few years back)... the point being that there are different rights owned for different things. Rights for derivative works, rights of distribution (and frequently to different regions) and who owns what varies from film to film. Your best bet, honestly, is to call up the studio that released whatever film and ask their legal department. If...

I'd venture a guess that yes, more BL scripts are from later in the year. But that's because those scripts are fresher on the minds of voters who've read hundreds of scripts over the course of a year.

Then again, I have no hard evidence to back this up. So take it with a grain of salt.

The converse is sometimes true too. You always get a couple high up that didn't necessarily make a splash as specs, because they were quietly set up but then over a period of months passed from person to person until their presence was just ubiquitous. So I'd say it tends to be a mixed bag.

I also know someone who was baffled to be on the list last year because his script was three years old. And wasn't actively submitted anywhere. But just enough voters saw it so...

So a script that comes out in Oct, Nov or maybe even Dec has a chance to place on the list?

I think they shot it in 88 days or something, so a lot less than he's used to. Also I think he was going for a 'Golden Age of Hollywood' look and feel.

I think it has potential. Any show whose foundation is about living a lie is usually compelling. BUT -- those flashback scenes were HORRIBLE. At least make your characters look 20 years younger. ;p

I watched about 7 minutes of it and then realized the pilot was an hour and a half and change long and said, I'm outta here... My patience is that of a chimpanzee on cocaine.

Wanted to like it but gave up on it after half an hour.

The Killing should have just ended last season. I really don't know what the hell they are going to do with it now. Veena Sud really F'ed up a show that had promise.

Based on AMC's track record with hiring new talent for their shows, the replacement will not be a good one. They hired the guy from Falling Skies to do Hell on Wheels season 3. Falling Skies was a mess and whoever was showrunner needed to be fired, not hired for another series. AMC has been making a lot of questionable calls (esp. in regards to the Killing) to the point where their brand is starting to erode. With Breaking Bad gone after this season and Mad Men the season after this (?),...

Mazzara's one of the best guys I have ever worked with or for before in my career and I know that no matter what, he'll land on his feet and march on. The comment above about him being hired because he was cheap and bottom of the barrel is wrong. He helped helm "The Shield" which was an amazing show and has done other incredible shows before and after that. TWD has had a HUGE pile of turnover from the very first season on...this is just par for the course. Remember the gre...

It's really good but it's a lot to take in. The first ep. of a new season always throws you a bit. Will watch again tonight.

Thanks. Yeah, would love your follow-up take if you have time. But I'll definitely add my 2 cents on Sunday night.

Took a little while to wind itself up to full MAD MEN buzz - but it got there, and everything paid off nicely by the end. Excited to see what comes next.

They're doing a great job. The pace is so fast, with so many unique reaction shots and bits of business to catch, that it must be very complicated to shoot and edit, but they pull it off. How about the actress who plays Jane, where did she come from? She's hilarious.

I agree the show does not get enough credit, I think because ABC has terrible comedies that it gets sucked down the tubes... Anyway the flow reminds me of scrubs everytime I watch it

It is easily one of my favorites, and I'm glad to see they paired it with Modern Family this year to boost the ratings and awareness.

Awesome, missed the Bite this season.

some fun speculations!

Ugh.

I don't see that it's all that different from Fahrenheit 911.

It's made by a superpac as basically a giant commercial. You know, part of the unlimited campaign contributions of citizen corporations.

It's all about comparisons and keeping a straight face when you guess wrong.

The pre-release numbers come from data gathered from focus groups and/or test screenings. Sometimes your focus group is a bunch a people in a room or sometimes they're online or polled over the phone. Who they are reflects what you want to find out -- age, geography, income, whatever.

From the groups you end up with data on movie awareness, how good your advertising was and demographic ...

reaction to the film. You then take all the data, ticket pre-sales and compare it to how similar films opened. Then you guess.

Once the tickets start selling on Friday you get more data and you compare it to past releases to try to figure out Saturday and Sunday.

http://www.otxresearch.com/

https://www.marketcastonline.com/Default.asp

http://www.rentrak.com/section/media/theatrical/index.html

Thanks!

What's Tintin tracking at? Because my instinct is telling me... tick... tick... tick...

I think Cars 2 wasn't up to par because Cars wasn't up to par. Look at Toy Story. Two sequels, and they were both strong.

I really enjoyed CARS - I just don't think that world could sustain a sequel. Anyway, it just didn't work. I'm hoping their dinosaur and brain movies are great originals.

They tried to sell Cars 2 as a passion piece because John Lasetter is supposedly so into cars, but we all know it was about merchandising. On a Disney stockholders call, the CEO said that Cars merch had outsold Star Wars merch. Insane.

Thanks for the link, SciFiGuy, which includes a video embed of the full sequence. For the record, I'm fine with the IDEA of a title sequence like that -- not only is it a trademark of Fincher's style but if a Bond film can do it, why not another? And it's an incredible sequence, technically, and as a stand-alone piece of art -- but I'm still not sold on it adding to the story and establishing the tone of the movie -- when we come out of it, we've got what is essentially a ...

...what is essentially a standard Act One at a normal pace (for lack of a better term). But it's already growing on me, having seen it twice now, I must say. Ultimately, I admire its boldness and it is a part of the film, for better or worse, so should be considered in any future analysis, I suppose.

I believe The Dark Knight is in fact two 1 hour and Twenty Minute Movies... there are two mini movies that are all linked together by the common thread/theme of sacrifice. Bruce Wayne/Batman sacrifices his life/company/family/friends for the city. Even Bruce Wayne sacrifices his Lambo to save the guy who was going to turn him in/expose him. The joker was sacrificing his life and money to prove he was the best. Even the prisoners on the boat had to make a choice as to who was going to sacri...

@Ying, that's actually an older version that's since been revised in my book (although the Mayor gaffe might still be in there) but thank you for the notes!

@Mikey, I don't think the sacrifice theme holds up for the Joker, IMHO.

Be grateful that you get an instant queue at all. Here on the Canadian Netflix we don't get it for anything.

Jaco: Nope, not doing it (like it does for every other title). It must be intentional on their part, but I can't imagine why. Maybe once you play it, it will keep it at the top of your queue or something, or maybe there will be a separate tab for it? But I don't see anything like that now.

Worked for me.

I'd like to see Fincher finish the trilogy, too. I liked his Girl better than the foreign one.

Gotta agree, I'd much rather see Fincher move on.

I found the US-adaptation pretty dull but maybe that's just me.

A movie? I thought it was a new Fox reality show with Gordon Ramsay?

Isn't that what the eating part of Fear Factor is called?

It's exclusive to this one, I believe.