HolyPhish Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Apparently "The Lion King" took £34 million at the box office last year in the West End alone. In that context the $65 million punted on Spiderman doesn't look quite as crazy after all. Is that Profit or Takings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Apparently "The Lion King" took £34 million at the box office last year in the West End alone. In that context the $65 million punted on Spiderman doesn't look quite as crazy after all. And I doubt the $65m includes any kind of running costs, which has surely increased now they need double the amount of crew to check the first one has done his job right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramdram Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Ref #62 Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Nothing wrong in that, if it equates to more employment opportunities for the industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GridGirl Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 This article about Spiderman did make me laugh.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy_s Posted January 8, 2011 Share Posted January 8, 2011 This article about Spiderman did make me laugh....yes, a chuckle raised here in North London too .. .. .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 sorry to revive an oldie, but Spidey has finally been reviewed, and by the New York Times no less. Rather than wait for the never-ending previews to end, they've bought their own tickets and told us what they think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I read (read skimmed) all of that. The word "######" was utterd several times, that show IS The Producers I wonder how it is selling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerry davies Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Who said;"There is no such thing as bad publicity, there's just publicity."? I read a business article which explained that the Spidie would probably never officially open. It is, right now, cramming them in and out-earning any other show over there and the producers think that if they ever opened all those paying over the odds to witness a debacle would stop coming. They were only half in jest as the fact that the freeloading journos are actually paying to get in shows quite elegantly. They, like everyone else, don't want to miss the "live" death on stage.Them Romans certainly had a point about entertainment.....get the lions in, now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightsource Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Who said;"There is no such thing as bad publicity, there's just publicity."? I read a business article which explained that the Spidie would probably never officially open. It is, right now, cramming them in and out-earning any other show over there and the producers think that if they ever opened all those paying over the odds to witness a debacle would stop coming. They were only half in jest as the fact that the freeloading journos are actually paying to get in shows quite elegantly. They, like everyone else, don't want to miss the "live" death on stage.Them Romans certainly had a point about entertainment.....get the lions in, now! To be honest, I've looked back at all of the previous posts, and have to ask the question...where are the skilled technicians? Huge budget yet many publicised errors, failings, and sheer incompetence. On a movie SFX (or other) shoot, everything would be planned in advance. Director would advise the DOP who would frame all the camera shots and the Blocking time would home it all in......you get it right and conform to the tech specs of the job. There's no second chances. Deadines are too tight, so it's out of your hands. Spiderman has had months of rehersals, so really have to question the amount of money spent, vs the actual technical ability of those involved. Yet this show, with a huge budget,as far as productions usually go, seems to be produced very badly. There are occasions, and this is one of them, that bad publicity is actually, bad publicity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I found this http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7084121n from way back. The most frustrating thing is the bit with bono singing, ALL I have in my head is the line that is something like "I godda sleep in my clothes" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samwise Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 Perhaps this show is just too close to The Edge http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00090/the_edge_90321t.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroneousblack Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 According to The Week, critics have lost patience with the postponing of press night and bought tickets themselves, and published their damning verdicts, "grieviously broken in every respect","preposterous farrago" and "a boiling cancer-scape of living pain". Sounds almost as bad as We Will Rock You! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.elsbury Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Sounds almost as bad as We Will Rock You!Which version- not the one that came out of South Africa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erroneousblack Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Any version of We Will Rock You, never seen anything as bad as that in 30+ years in this business! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Some Bloke Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Spidey has finally been reviewed, and by the New York Times no less. Rather than wait for the never-ending previews to end, they've bought their own tickets and told us what they think One thing that stands out, for me, is the amazingly long list of credits at the end of the article. In the UK I'm used to reading a few chosen names in the article itself and then maybe director and producer at the end, but their online credits run to 276 words from Director to Additional Vocal Arrangements by... LD is credited but even 276 words doesn't get you as far as Chief LX, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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