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06-17-2007, 09:00 AM
Here is something interesting I was reading earlier...thought I d like to share it with all of you :-
http://www.moviehole.net/news/20070617_caffeinated_clint_170607.html
Highlights :-
"The ongoing feud between film websites and film studios came to a boil this week with CHUD (thats chud.com) taking on a publicist from Twentieth Century Fox over, who, judging from the article, seems to dislike the site – for little reason. All Devin Feraci wanted to do was to review their film “Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer”. Considering he actually gave the first film a good review – saying it was better than “Batman Begins”! – they had nothing to be afraid of, yet still didn’t invite the site to view the movie. When Devin did eventually score an invite to the screening, he was told he couldn’t sit in the ‘media’ section – with other webmasters – but had to sit in the ‘crowd’ with the yahoo’s..."
From Devin's narrative :-
""At the door I found out my name wasn’t on the list to get in. This is already an issue, since I contacted Tiffany last Wednesday. But it happens, so I got the door guy to let me in to the theater to find Tiffany.
Entering the auditorium where the movie would be played I found a spectacle – there was a reserved seating section roped off and the rest of the theater was jam-packed with roiling masses of loud people. To say it was a zoo would be incorrect, since even zoos have space for the animals.
Tiffany wasn’t there, but I eventually found her by the front door. “I’m Devin Faraci from CHUD.com,” I said. “I RSVPed to this last week but I’m not on the list.”
She handed me a digital press kit and told me to go on in. “Actually,” I said, “I was hoping to get a reserved ticket."
"There are seats available," she told me dismissively.
I knew that was technically true. "The theater’s packed and I’m here to review the movie, so I’d like to be able to have a decent seat to see it,” I said. The reserved section is in the center of the theater; any seats remaining were on the extreme sides and in the front couple of rows.
“There are seats,” Tiffany told me, giving me the stone face.
“Well, I’ve seen other reviewing press going in with reserved tickets, so I’d just like the same.” That was the truth. I saw the guy who writes for nycmovieguru.com – seriously – going in with a reserved ticket. Go ahead and check out his site.
“I don’t make the reserved lists. There are seats available,” she said again, like I was retarded or deaf or in some other way didn’t understand what she was saying, which essentially was, “I do not care about you. While my job as a publicist is to deal with you, I’d rather just toss you into a shitty seat rather than even think about this.”
By now I was pretty steamed. “Who does make the list?” I said. “Because I never even had a chance to get on the reserved seat list because you never managed to get me on the goddamned entry list in the first place. Now, I’m supposed to review this film tonight, and I’d really like a reserved ticket so I can get a seat.”
And again: “There are seats.”
Fuck this, I thought. I tossed her digital press release back in the box. “I am not going to go into a goddamned packed full theater and hunt for a crappy seat when I should be in the reserved section,” I fumed.
Tiffany Chen walked away from me.
Now I was furious. “What the fuck?” I said. “Why is it that I always have this problem with Fox movies? Why is it that I email you and don’t get replies or get a hassle when I show up for the screening.”..."
"how about studios and sites start working in together? We need YOU just as much as you need US. Once you realise that, we’ll be off and sailing. As Devin says at CHUD, all he wants to do is to cover FOX’s movies and promote them…. Seems, like us, they’ve been left out of interviews for quite some time and doesn’t understand it. I don’t think anyone understands it. Good audiences…. Good coverage…. Good for film, no?..."
Mrs Tiffany Chen, of FOX, has publicly responded to Devin’s rant at Cinematical.com.
"Says Mrs Chen, “I am always really careful about RSVPs because I want to avoid situations like this. There is nothing worse than showing up for a screening/event and your name is not on the list. I read what Devin wrote on the site and the e-mail correspondance tells you exactly what happened. After I wrote back and told him about the screening, I asked him if he could make it with a guest. I got no reply that he was even coming -- with or without a guest. I send out dozens of invitations everyday and always need my contacts to reply back to let me know if they will be there. Most of them are really good about that, but sometimes people forget -- it happens. If I assume that everyone who received an invitation would be there, I would have a list three times as long. Carol Cundiff and Harvey Karten did send out invitations for this particular promo screening (not all-media) They always say that in order to attend, you must RSVP through me. This is especially why."
Tiffany goes on to talk about Devin's behavior towards her. "The dialogue between him and I is way beyond dramatic. I was in the theater checking the capacity and was on my way to the crowd when I ran into him by the concession stand. I guess he saw me and knew it was me (I had digital press kits and the guest list in my hand -- dead giveaways). He was in mid-sentence when I was face-to-face with him. With the crowd right behind him, I had to lean in to hear him. There were a handful of online critics who were not on the list, but after speaking to me, they all got in. There was space, so it was not a problem. Before he gave me a chance to even reach for the reserved ticket, he started ranting about how ridiculous it was that he was not on the list. He leaned in and threw the digital press kit (which scared me a bit because the box was a good six steps behind me -- I thought he was going to hit me) and said he'll just pay the $10 to see the film and stormed out."..."
Wonder whats next?:rolleyes:
http://www.moviehole.net/news/20070617_caffeinated_clint_170607.html
Highlights :-
"The ongoing feud between film websites and film studios came to a boil this week with CHUD (thats chud.com) taking on a publicist from Twentieth Century Fox over, who, judging from the article, seems to dislike the site – for little reason. All Devin Feraci wanted to do was to review their film “Fantastic Four : Rise of the Silver Surfer”. Considering he actually gave the first film a good review – saying it was better than “Batman Begins”! – they had nothing to be afraid of, yet still didn’t invite the site to view the movie. When Devin did eventually score an invite to the screening, he was told he couldn’t sit in the ‘media’ section – with other webmasters – but had to sit in the ‘crowd’ with the yahoo’s..."
From Devin's narrative :-
""At the door I found out my name wasn’t on the list to get in. This is already an issue, since I contacted Tiffany last Wednesday. But it happens, so I got the door guy to let me in to the theater to find Tiffany.
Entering the auditorium where the movie would be played I found a spectacle – there was a reserved seating section roped off and the rest of the theater was jam-packed with roiling masses of loud people. To say it was a zoo would be incorrect, since even zoos have space for the animals.
Tiffany wasn’t there, but I eventually found her by the front door. “I’m Devin Faraci from CHUD.com,” I said. “I RSVPed to this last week but I’m not on the list.”
She handed me a digital press kit and told me to go on in. “Actually,” I said, “I was hoping to get a reserved ticket."
"There are seats available," she told me dismissively.
I knew that was technically true. "The theater’s packed and I’m here to review the movie, so I’d like to be able to have a decent seat to see it,” I said. The reserved section is in the center of the theater; any seats remaining were on the extreme sides and in the front couple of rows.
“There are seats,” Tiffany told me, giving me the stone face.
“Well, I’ve seen other reviewing press going in with reserved tickets, so I’d just like the same.” That was the truth. I saw the guy who writes for nycmovieguru.com – seriously – going in with a reserved ticket. Go ahead and check out his site.
“I don’t make the reserved lists. There are seats available,” she said again, like I was retarded or deaf or in some other way didn’t understand what she was saying, which essentially was, “I do not care about you. While my job as a publicist is to deal with you, I’d rather just toss you into a shitty seat rather than even think about this.”
By now I was pretty steamed. “Who does make the list?” I said. “Because I never even had a chance to get on the reserved seat list because you never managed to get me on the goddamned entry list in the first place. Now, I’m supposed to review this film tonight, and I’d really like a reserved ticket so I can get a seat.”
And again: “There are seats.”
Fuck this, I thought. I tossed her digital press release back in the box. “I am not going to go into a goddamned packed full theater and hunt for a crappy seat when I should be in the reserved section,” I fumed.
Tiffany Chen walked away from me.
Now I was furious. “What the fuck?” I said. “Why is it that I always have this problem with Fox movies? Why is it that I email you and don’t get replies or get a hassle when I show up for the screening.”..."
"how about studios and sites start working in together? We need YOU just as much as you need US. Once you realise that, we’ll be off and sailing. As Devin says at CHUD, all he wants to do is to cover FOX’s movies and promote them…. Seems, like us, they’ve been left out of interviews for quite some time and doesn’t understand it. I don’t think anyone understands it. Good audiences…. Good coverage…. Good for film, no?..."
Mrs Tiffany Chen, of FOX, has publicly responded to Devin’s rant at Cinematical.com.
"Says Mrs Chen, “I am always really careful about RSVPs because I want to avoid situations like this. There is nothing worse than showing up for a screening/event and your name is not on the list. I read what Devin wrote on the site and the e-mail correspondance tells you exactly what happened. After I wrote back and told him about the screening, I asked him if he could make it with a guest. I got no reply that he was even coming -- with or without a guest. I send out dozens of invitations everyday and always need my contacts to reply back to let me know if they will be there. Most of them are really good about that, but sometimes people forget -- it happens. If I assume that everyone who received an invitation would be there, I would have a list three times as long. Carol Cundiff and Harvey Karten did send out invitations for this particular promo screening (not all-media) They always say that in order to attend, you must RSVP through me. This is especially why."
Tiffany goes on to talk about Devin's behavior towards her. "The dialogue between him and I is way beyond dramatic. I was in the theater checking the capacity and was on my way to the crowd when I ran into him by the concession stand. I guess he saw me and knew it was me (I had digital press kits and the guest list in my hand -- dead giveaways). He was in mid-sentence when I was face-to-face with him. With the crowd right behind him, I had to lean in to hear him. There were a handful of online critics who were not on the list, but after speaking to me, they all got in. There was space, so it was not a problem. Before he gave me a chance to even reach for the reserved ticket, he started ranting about how ridiculous it was that he was not on the list. He leaned in and threw the digital press kit (which scared me a bit because the box was a good six steps behind me -- I thought he was going to hit me) and said he'll just pay the $10 to see the film and stormed out."..."
Wonder whats next?:rolleyes: