bad
news of the week
7/22/05:
- Smurfs movie in the works
Thanks to all the hype surrounding The Transformers live-action
film, Paramount has purchased the rights to the cartoon series (based
on a Belgian comic strip) in order to create a trilogy of 3-D, CG-animated
features. I guess the idea of unrecognizable exploitations of new technologies
and lack of imaginations worked so well for Garfield (there is
a sequel in the works, afterall). Way to continue your reign as the worst
movie studio, Paramount. Paul Winchell is not even dead a month. In related
news, the new Weinstein Co. is all set to co-produce with Warner Brothers
the previously announced CGI Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie.
- Man stabbed in theatre for shushing a talker
Matthew Harris of La Vista, Nebraska, paid a price for telling Omaha’s
Daniel D. Evans, Jr. to be quiet during a showing of The Fantastic
Four at an AMC Theatre. He was cut several times, not lethally, with
a knife. If this isn’t a cry for better monitoring of chatty moviegoers,
I don’t know what is. Isn’t it bad enough feeling awkward
and embarrassed for having to leave the presentation to rat on somebody?
How about multiplexes risk the payroll to ensure auditoriums are checked
regularly so that customers don’t leave forever and depend on home
theatre systems. My ideal theatre would have buttons on everyone’s
seats that alert management and ushers of any problem, whether it is projection-related
or a disturbance from the audience. Like on airplanes.
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