(Untitled)

Jan 20, 2006 16:40


Underworld: Evolution wasn't screened for critics. Uh-oh.

Movie Quote Whores of 2005. Top Whore: A "critic" named Earl Dittman who submitted ten (10) separate drooling quotes to the makers of Robots for use in their ads. They're not even entirely sure he actually saw the movie. Bonus: Roger Ebert uses the word "ho."

Black Jesus film preaches Read more... )

whores, critics, son of man, gossip, scandals, underworld, fashion

Leave a comment

Comments 26

drpeprfan January 20 2006, 22:48:57 UTC
The bonus on the Ebert article was great. That Dittman guy is unbelievable, and most of the quotes he submitted were a) way too long and b)didn't say much about the movie. And Robots wasn't that great of a movie. If I were him, I would have waited until Star Wars Episode III came out in May (though, who would want his quotes for such a great movie?).

I'm having woe, I ordered your book from TheBookCellar.com back in the middle of November and I haven't received it yet. And written them four emails. Which have gotten no replies to. And I know they've charged me for it. And when I went to their website, it says I have no order history, then when I search for your book it doesn't come up with anything. Methinks I've been ripped off. If I don't hear anything in the next few weeks, I'm just going to get it from Amazon.co.uk. (Any word on US distribution, or is that still up in the air? You probably get this question lots of times a day, sorry.)

Reply

cleolinda January 20 2006, 23:00:16 UTC
Up in the air still--I hate that for you, though. Do you think they'd even care if I wrote them? If nothing else, I'll mention this on the main journal, which won't be good publicity for them.

Reply

drpeprfan January 20 2006, 23:07:41 UTC
Aww, well, I'm getting the book somehow, but I hope it gets distributed here soon so other people can buy your awesome book. :)

I have no idea if they'd care, considering that I haven't heard from them since they sent me an email telling me that my order had been "shipped" and then ignored my emails for a month and a half. But hopefully they'll listen to you. They haven't even been mean emails either, they basically say "Can you tell me what the status of my order is or how long it will take to get here? Or if something happened to it?" and I've got nothing back from them. And thanks, maybe that'll get me a response from them. (hopefully not their goons hunting me down or anything *hides*)

Reply

cleolinda January 21 2006, 01:26:27 UTC
Tell you what--can you give me the order number? I don't think that's a huge security breach or anything, and that way I can refer to something specific.

Reply


lotusbiosm January 20 2006, 23:17:23 UTC
Dude, Chanel's having a bad week. No one's ever going to wear them again.

Reply

guinevere33 January 20 2006, 23:32:25 UTC
Seriously. Given all the scrutiny that award show fashion gets, did they actually think that no one would NOTICE?

Reply

adoresixtyfour January 21 2006, 02:26:41 UTC
Or that any celebrity is ever going to wear one of their gowns to an awards ceremony again, at least for the near future? It's really gonna suck for 'em at Oscar time...

Reply


sigma7 January 20 2006, 23:43:53 UTC
Yeah, Dittman's legendary for being a shameless shill, but if a studio's not above inventing "David Manning" just for quotes, they're not above using a QW0T-HOR. Hell, that'd be a great vanity plate.

I do like playing the game of "judge the critic" during film ads, looking for the two-point font telling you that the critic spouting superlatives about the new Queen Latifah movie is actually a window-washer for an NBC radio affiliate in Knapsack, Utah....

I do miss Paul Tatara's CNN reviews; he was even-handed and so vitriolic when he wanted to be, but he had a linguistic felicity even the Eberts of the world can't quite touch. More snark than TWOP and more insight. Too bad "Black Hawk Down" apparently broke him. He's worth reading his old reviews for.

Reply

cleolinda January 21 2006, 01:34:50 UTC
Dude! Tatara grew up in Alabama! No wonder he's got the snark.

Reply


mysticowl January 21 2006, 00:36:02 UTC
but Underworld: Evolution has now been screened by me! Review up on daily digest. I think I still don't know what to think of it, though.

Reply


Leave a comment

Up
[]