Rob Jensen
12-19-2007, 06:09 PM
On Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:52:07 -0500, "Mac Breck"
<macthevorlon@yahoo.com> wrote:
>"Pete B" <xxxh@_someething.com> wrote in message
>news:MPG.21d1b4b1cc1c385c98b5ef@news.usenetserver. com...
>> In article <47676b3e$0$30085$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net>,
>> macthevorlon@yahoo.com says...
>> > > prepare financially for it since he expect it to last a long
>time),
>> >
>> > Yes, but I was attributing that to WB not *really* being that hot
>for
>> > the B5-TLT DVDs. Usually they're big on talk and extremely weak and
>> > SLOW on follow through.
>> >
>>
>> I thought he said they were doing quite well (or well enough at least)
>>
>
>Sales of the first B5-TLT DVD, yes. Also, WB is very happy with the
>sales, which are "orders of magnitude greater than expected" (but how
>low sales did they "expect" considering that they put almost ZERO
>advertising behind the disc?). HOWEVER, translating that studio
>rhetoric into backing of the next B5-TLT DVD (i.e. greatly increasing
>the budget), is another thing entirely. The DISCONNECT is between the
>rhetoric and the allocation of the budget for the next DVD.
>
>1. How many people think Warner Brothers will double the budget of the
>first DVD?
>
>2. How many people think Warner Brothers will increase the budget by
>50%?
>
>3. How many people think Warner Brothers will allocate a respectable
>chunk of change, in addition to the episodic budget, for remaking the
>CGI they lost, or the costumes and props they sold or threw away?
>
>4. How many people think Warner Brothers will increase the budget by
>~10%, give no additional money for remaking the CGI, wardrobe and props,
>and think they're being extravagant by doing so?
>
>
>I'm betting on Door #4. :-P They'll talk the talk, but they won't walk
>the walk.
Door #5 -- Since it'll be quite some time between TLT 1 and any TLT 2,
they'll start all over again with approximately the same budget for a
TLT 2 and *after* that see how much they can afford to increase the
budget for any future movies. TLT 2 will, in effect, become the
second pilot for the TLT DVD series.
-- Rob
--
LORELAI: I am so done with plans. I am never, ever making one again.
It never works. I spend the day obsessing over why it didn't work
and what I could've done differently. I'm analyzing all my shortcomings
when all I really need to be doing is vowing to never, ever make a plan
ever again, which I'm doing now, having once again been the innocent
victim of my own stupid plans. God, I need some coffee.
<macthevorlon@yahoo.com> wrote:
>"Pete B" <xxxh@_someething.com> wrote in message
>news:MPG.21d1b4b1cc1c385c98b5ef@news.usenetserver. com...
>> In article <47676b3e$0$30085$ecde5a14@news.coretel.net>,
>> macthevorlon@yahoo.com says...
>> > > prepare financially for it since he expect it to last a long
>time),
>> >
>> > Yes, but I was attributing that to WB not *really* being that hot
>for
>> > the B5-TLT DVDs. Usually they're big on talk and extremely weak and
>> > SLOW on follow through.
>> >
>>
>> I thought he said they were doing quite well (or well enough at least)
>>
>
>Sales of the first B5-TLT DVD, yes. Also, WB is very happy with the
>sales, which are "orders of magnitude greater than expected" (but how
>low sales did they "expect" considering that they put almost ZERO
>advertising behind the disc?). HOWEVER, translating that studio
>rhetoric into backing of the next B5-TLT DVD (i.e. greatly increasing
>the budget), is another thing entirely. The DISCONNECT is between the
>rhetoric and the allocation of the budget for the next DVD.
>
>1. How many people think Warner Brothers will double the budget of the
>first DVD?
>
>2. How many people think Warner Brothers will increase the budget by
>50%?
>
>3. How many people think Warner Brothers will allocate a respectable
>chunk of change, in addition to the episodic budget, for remaking the
>CGI they lost, or the costumes and props they sold or threw away?
>
>4. How many people think Warner Brothers will increase the budget by
>~10%, give no additional money for remaking the CGI, wardrobe and props,
>and think they're being extravagant by doing so?
>
>
>I'm betting on Door #4. :-P They'll talk the talk, but they won't walk
>the walk.
Door #5 -- Since it'll be quite some time between TLT 1 and any TLT 2,
they'll start all over again with approximately the same budget for a
TLT 2 and *after* that see how much they can afford to increase the
budget for any future movies. TLT 2 will, in effect, become the
second pilot for the TLT DVD series.
-- Rob
--
LORELAI: I am so done with plans. I am never, ever making one again.
It never works. I spend the day obsessing over why it didn't work
and what I could've done differently. I'm analyzing all my shortcomings
when all I really need to be doing is vowing to never, ever make a plan
ever again, which I'm doing now, having once again been the innocent
victim of my own stupid plans. God, I need some coffee.