Thursday, July 19, 2007

DOUCHEBAG OF THE DAY: 20th CENTURY FOX

Wow, so FOX today announced that they are pulling out of [San Diego] Comic Con ENTIRELY!! Note that Comic Con is NEXT week. They were going to show footage and host discussions of "Aliens Vs Predator", "Jumper", "Hitman", "Dark Is Rising", "Babylon A.D.", and "City of Ember". The reason why they are pulling out:
"Fox is not going to be able to participate in Comic-Con this year...... The material wasn't ready and we only want to go out when we can put our best foot forward."
--Sean Dudas, Fox VP of national publicity
Holy crap! So ALL 6 of their films are so behind in production that they are unable to give some teaser stuff and have to pull out ENTIRELY? No footage, ok... show some pics... atleast keep the panel discussions with the creators and actors.

You know, Comic Con is fucking insane. People fly in from all over the world MONTHS in advance, sometimes even a year before. So a week before the con, FOX pulls out ENTIRELY? I call bullshit, man. I'm confident there were alot of people who bought tickets (not cheap, btw), booked hotels (definitely not cheap) and even booked plane tickets and rental cars, to see FOX's presentations. I cannot believe they pulled out (again, ENTIRELY) and at the last minute. The people running those shows and preparing for the Con presentation are either completely inept, and/or FOX is just a douchebag studio.
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*Hi, Angela! :)

2 comments:

Lisa said...

So, does this mean there are hotel rooms available now?

Anonymous said...

I was out there from the 17th to the 27th....did not go to CC...my friend's brother inlaw John Terada went and says it's so full nowa days that it's difficult to get a friend in etc. Very crowded