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- chris9902, on 10/12/2007, -5/+60all cult films do better on DVD anyway.
Does anyone even remember Office Space when it came out... I don't. - surf314, on 10/12/2007, -5/+51They bury this and they will probably spend a couple mil on promoting "From Justin to Kelly 2" and then blame pirates for the failing (or should I say flailing) movie industry. Way to go Fox! Good to know the idiots have already taken over.
- oOLiquidNightOo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+33Actually, this is EXACTLY the way Office Space opened. The studios had a winner on their hands but got cold feet before the release and did little to no promotion. What resulted was a poor showing in the box office but went on to be one of the biggest selling DVDs of all time.
(Not so) Amazingly, the studio got a 2nd bite from the same apple and ***** it up again. - pyrox420, on 10/12/2007, -4/+36Firefly was Cancelled, Fox 1 - The Fans 0
Serenity was awesome, Fox 1 - The Fans 1
Idiocracy burried, Fox 2 - The Fans 1
I hate fox. - Lomi, on 10/12/2007, -2/+27I can't even find a trailer for this movie... god damn I hate fox corp.
- mccarron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23Not quite a follow up to Office Space, yet rather another movie from the same creator.
It is sad though, I'll be checking it out next week once I find time to go see it. - dmoney06, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23Is there a trailer for this anywhere?
- lane.montgomery, on 10/12/2007, -1/+23You pay $7.75 at my local theater.
Movie is advertised to start at 7:10p.
Commercials start at 7:18p.
Six 30-second television commercials.
2-minute commercial for Army.
Six 2-minute previews for other movies.
Movie actually starts at 7:35p.
I don't go to the theater anymore because in the time it takes to drive there, watch the commercials, and drive home I could torrent a decent screener for free.
That is why ticket sales are down. - 5thfreedom, on 10/12/2007, -1/+21Unfortunately, it's not even showing in San Antonio. Man I can't wait for the DVD!
- BlackNute, on 10/12/2007, -4/+22Anyone have a torrent?
I want to see it! - tdogg241, on 10/12/2007, -0/+17You just stated the reason I very rarely see movies in the theater anymore.
- thatsmyaibo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16Yeah , i saw this movie the day after it came out in LA. There were literally about 3 people in the theater for this movie. It was a great concept and worth a ton of laughs. I can see it being a cult classic like Office Space.
- thatsmyaibo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Let us not forget Arrested Development. That was an amazing show. They even canceled Family Guy which backfired so they brought it back. Fox...not too smart with its programming. But then again all the buzz this movie is getting on the net will probably produce massive DVD sales, and that's where all the money is for the movie industry now. Since Idiocracy is only in select areas, they didn't spend a lot to do a theatrical release.. But when DVDs get sold, it will be nationwide. It's bad, yet good, marketing.
As for Futurama. Fox only brought it back after its success on Cartoon Network. - MainMor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17@artemster
Well I would think most of us would it if were not for the fact it is playing in like 4 movie theaters in the entire frikkin world. - ahawks, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Office Space didn't hit make much of a splash upon release either, if I recall. Sure there were a few commercials and stuff, but it never hit theaters near me.
- nilobject, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15If it's a good movie/show, you can be assured that Fox will ***** it up.
- Hale, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13I saw it last weekend. It was pretty funny, but it's way more of a DVD to own than a movie to see in the theater. For the $9.25/ea I paid to see it I could have bought the dvd.
- DarkSenay, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Sounds pretty good, especially with luke wilson in a comedy role.
- Otto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9rohcky: Office space was released nationwide, but not at first. They did basically the same thing there that they're doing here. Show it in a few big markets with no promotion to see what the result is. If it does any business at all, they go on to release it nationwide, else they shoot it to DVD.
See, studios are full of ***** pansies. They have this distorted view of the world, and think that movies are successful because of promotional costs, instead of the quality of the flick itself. They think this because when they promote the hell out of a movie, they can drive tons of asses into seats for the first week or two of the release, and thereby make a dumptruck full of cash. If the movie sucks (like most do), then people stop watching it rapidly thereafter, but they made their cash.
What they're afraid of is spending a ***** on promoting a movie and the movie being so obviously bad that nobody goes to see it on the opening weekend. So they tend to only promote movies where they can explain them easily within 30 second spots and drive those asses into theater seats. Anything that is not easily explainable in 30 seconds makes them nervous. It could be the greatest movie in the world, but if you can't pigeonhole it into a specific target audience with a 30 second spot, they won't promote it.
But they are usually contractually obligated to release the movie in some fashion. So in these edge cases, they show it in an extremely limited release with absolutely zero fanfare. Then if it does a good business for a few weeks (due to word of mouth), they widen the release. However, they still won't promote it in those cases, because they don't understand word-of-mouth advertising and don't know how to advertise to intelligent people, and thus the release remains small and the box office sales are not good overall because those people who had heard about it couldn't find any theaters that were showing it. It stays in the "indie" theater areas of town.
Of course, the movie is usually wonderful and does really well on DVD, proving that the studio execs were ***** idiots to begin with, but by that time, they've forgotten about it anyway.
Anyway, the short of it is that they don't release movies nationwide if they can't work out how to promote it to a specific audience that they understand. Really broad audiences too like, "men who like action flicks", or "women", or "people who like rap". Big stereotypical audiences, in other words. - scooby0110, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10you also forgot the fact that they are bringing back futurama. +1 fox
and the fact they brought family guy back +1 fox - dvddesign, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Fox didn't bring back squat on futurama. Comedy Central gets it.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Where's the trailer for this?
- mike_p, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10I agree... I can't believe they would treat Mike Judge like this. After all of his successful accomplishments.
- lorensingley, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I would really love to see this movie. Is it not ironic that Fox, the leading provider of mind-numbingly dumb programming on TV would thumb its nose at Idiocracy.
- Otto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7According to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy
The movie has only been released in:
Los Angeles, Atlanta, Toronto, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, and Austin. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10Might i convince you to bring a good cam with you and maybe buddy up with the projector guy maybe you can get a direct link for sound. Just post it on piratebay, thank you.
- ZenKai, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8Woo7! SHowing in Orange County, CA!
@drmoney: can't find a thing. IMDB is devoid as well. though their reviews seem very promising: "Final Note: If seeing our youth becoming gang-banger wanna-be's, acting like redneck/ ghetto trash and being proud of it... if you are educated and cultured in anyway and can see how our country is spiraling out of control into an abyss of stupidity, for god sakes, watch this movie. " And "In fact, this movie is essentially Planet of the Apes, but with people who are the mental equivalent of apes."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/usercomments - n8r0n, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8You would think this is the type of movie the Alamo Drafthouse would pick up, such a shame.
- misterpony, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Judge
"Judge's latest film Idiocracy, a future-set comedy starring Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph, was dumped in limited release in September, 2006, two years after being shelved by 20th Century Fox and is referred to at some theaters as Untitled Mike Judge Comedy. The film was released without a trailer or any substantial marketing campaign."
Also see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiocracy
http://www.filmjerk.com/earlyreport/article.php?id_eol=307 - socbret, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8I couldn't agree with you more Ecco...
- nights0223, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Unfortunately, there are no torrents for it yet
- audioobsessed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5are you ***** kidding me, not a single showing in New York City
- spookshowbaby, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Oh, come on. If I can drive from Corpus Christi to Austin to see it, you can drive from San Antonio. You're closer! :)
- dvddesign, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5There was no trailer, there was barely a poster.
- FishyJoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Fox isn't bringing back Futurama. Comedy Central is bringing back Futurama. Fox cancelled Futurama not because of ratings, but because they didn't have total ownership like they do the Simpsons.
- joshwalderbach, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Office Space followup? What the hell man? This movie has NOTHING to do with Office Space except it's from the same guy. That's like saying Signs was the Sixth Sense followup. Christ people.
- Sandtiger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/cinemashowtimes
- NonPC, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The poster is hysterical. The Vitruvian Man with a wife beater and a beer belly. :D
- johnkoer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The MPAA thinks that if no one sees the movie then it can't be pirated.
- ZennZero, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4@ Scooby - those shows were only canceled in the first place due to Fox's idiocy. They were brought back only because of DVD sales and Cartoon Network ratings. It would have been foolish *not* to allow them back. There is no question about their continued success -- it is a license to print money.
Fox gets no points for that one. - hodyoaten, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Seeing as how the studios are electing to kill this film, I'd have no moral problem with downloading a torrent. Screw 'em. But I'll probably wait for it to roll around at Netflix to get the best experience the first time around.
Oh well, I guess we've got to saturate those theaters with 10 or 15 showings of Snakes On A Plane. - JurneyAhed, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5and also Arrested Development... :'(
- lane.montgomery, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4They advertised in Maxim, if that counts.
- UnnDunn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3WTF? Even Limited Release movies come to New York. But not this one.
This blows. It's like Fox doesn't WANT us to give them our money. - n8r0n, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Well it is not showing at the San Antonio Drafthouse, but it is showing at the Austin Drafthouse. Alamo Drafthouse even added this to the movie discription on thier page:
"Austinites: Consider yourselves lucky. Most of the country will have to wait to see Mike Judge's new movie but we've got it this week! Don't forget to email your friends in other cities and rub their noses in it. You'll be glad you did." - ScottyMo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I'm really disappointed with this one. I read a short blurb about this movie about a month ago in Entertainment Weekly. I told my friends about it and we all thought that the premise was hilarious. We were all going to go see it, but we're not in one of the seven cities that it's showing.
Hey, they could've gotten our $70+ for seeing it in the theater, but I guess they'll just have to settle for the $10-15 for the DVD that only one of us has to buy. - omglazers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Thats ***** sad. It's not anywhere in the goddamn united states save a few ***** places.
I hope these people burn in hell :( - mtalon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4*sigh* This is why the Internet is a good thing, and the **AAs are BAD. Mr. Judge could have just figured out a way to distribute it digitally and make money off the donations and what not. Unfortunately, it sounds like he already sold his soul....ahem, I mean the distribution rights to the studio. Hopefully, it won't get buried in its DVD distribution like it did on the film side. It would be sad if piracy was the only way to get to see it.
- Boomhauer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This movie is an amazing movie. Its more of a Beavis and Butthead humor more-so than Office Space. None the less, it is hilarious in its own light and equally as funny as Office Space--just not the same humor. If you know that and expect it--you'll love it, but i recommend not going in there expecting office space 2. Mike Judge is my favorite director to date because of the detail he puts into little things that make the humor go the extra mile. I'm going to see it again this week in Atlanta and urge everyone to see it if they get a chance.
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