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Warner Bros Movie "R&B Chick" Shot On HVX Adds To Blockbuster New Release Con
I rented this movie last night from Blockbuster's "new release" section, and let me tell you, unequivocally, it is the worst movie I've EVER seen in my life. It was like a bad porn without the sex. It was like a bad junior high stage play without the "A" for effort. It was so bad it made me wanna kill my T.V., but then I thought 'no, don't kill the messenger'. It was so bad that I thought I was going deaf because I couldn't wrap my mind around the fact that half the audio was totally clipped beyond repair! How does a movie like this get distribution you ask? Money's a funny thing.
The new release section used to be reserved for movies that were released in the theater and were just now coming out on video. Not anymore.
In case you're just waking up from a coma, the credibility of Blockbuster's new release section has completely deteriorated over the past several years. What was once a sanctuary for great new Hollywood movies, has now become the breeding ground for every Hollywood con man "producer" who sees an opportunity to take advantage of all the oblivious passersby who step foot into the store.
Here's how the con works. Joe Sleezebag Blo scrapes up, steals or otherwise hornswaggles himself a few thou, which he uses to get a "name" actor to come in for half a day, stand in front of the camera and read six lines of his piece of sh#t script. He pays some HVX newbie small peanuts and big promises in exchange for the use of him, and all of his gear, while he pays the rest of the cast and crew no attention, never mind money.
Then he gets him a modern day slave or so called "intern" fresh out of film school to edit the piece of work in exchange for an IMDB cred. Next, he passes this Picasso off to his new buddy Johny Moneygrubber who takes and sells it directly to Blockbuster where it ends up in a slot on the wall of the coveted new release section just in time for the droves of unsuspecting cows to wander past this prime piece of real estate, see that their favorite name actor's got a new movie out and snatch it up.
Who cares if you never heard of this movie? Who cares if it never went to theaters? Who cares if your favorite name actor is only in the entire movie for a grand total of thirty seconds? (if you don't like it, just think of it as a "cameo") Who cares if this movie is the worst piece of sh#t ever made and who cares if it was made by greedy con artists who saw it not as a movie, but as a means to an end? Just plop down your four bucks and get out. And don't forget your Ju Ju Beads.
Sorry about the rant, but I'm tired of it.
And it's probably a stupid idea, but I'm doing a documentary on all this. Of course it might not get distribution through Blockbuster, but then again, who cares?
I rented this movie last night from Blockbuster's "new release" section, and let me tell you, unequivocally, it is the worst movie I've EVER seen in my life. It was like a bad porn without the sex. It was like a bad junior high stage play without the "A" for effort. It was so bad it made me wanna kill my T.V., but then I thought 'no, don't kill the messenger'. It was so bad that I thought I was going deaf because I couldn't wrap my mind around the fact that half the audio was totally clipped beyond repair! How does a movie like this get distribution you ask? Money's a funny thing.
The new release section used to be reserved for movies that were released in the theater and were just now coming out on video. Not anymore.
In case you're just waking up from a coma, the credibility of Blockbuster's new release section has completely deteriorated over the past several years. What was once a sanctuary for great new Hollywood movies, has now become the breeding ground for every Hollywood con man "producer" who sees an opportunity to take advantage of all the oblivious passersby who step foot into the store.
Here's how the con works. Joe Sleezebag Blo scrapes up, steals or otherwise hornswaggles himself a few thou, which he uses to get a "name" actor to come in for half a day, stand in front of the camera and read six lines of his piece of sh#t script. He pays some HVX newbie small peanuts and big promises in exchange for the use of him, and all of his gear, while he pays the rest of the cast and crew no attention, never mind money.
Then he gets him a modern day slave or so called "intern" fresh out of film school to edit the piece of work in exchange for an IMDB cred. Next, he passes this Picasso off to his new buddy Johny Moneygrubber who takes and sells it directly to Blockbuster where it ends up in a slot on the wall of the coveted new release section just in time for the droves of unsuspecting cows to wander past this prime piece of real estate, see that their favorite name actor's got a new movie out and snatch it up.
Who cares if you never heard of this movie? Who cares if it never went to theaters? Who cares if your favorite name actor is only in the entire movie for a grand total of thirty seconds? (if you don't like it, just think of it as a "cameo") Who cares if this movie is the worst piece of sh#t ever made and who cares if it was made by greedy con artists who saw it not as a movie, but as a means to an end? Just plop down your four bucks and get out. And don't forget your Ju Ju Beads.
Sorry about the rant, but I'm tired of it.
And it's probably a stupid idea, but I'm doing a documentary on all this. Of course it might not get distribution through Blockbuster, but then again, who cares?
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