8. "I can't speak for Frank, but on what I said...." In response to In response to 6
>are you trying to assert (on the issue of big budget flops and >paradigm shifting) that the writer of the "blog" totally went >off-track from what Spielberg was saying?!?
Yes. I think the blog writer took what Spielberg said will occur in the future and was like "What he said, right now! Amirightguys!?"
Because what happened this summer hasn't shifted the paradigm. What I was saying above is that the movies the author chose to use as evidence to support what Spielberg said ahouldn't be used as evidence. He (and to again clarify so that it's not lost, I am talking about the writer of the article, not Steven Spielberg) is jumping the gun.
Again, I'm not speaking for Frank, but I think what he said (or at least how I interpreted what he said) is in reaction to the author's comments and not the quote that the blogger decided to run with for his "hahahaha big movies failed!" blog. I'd also point out why the studios who have failures on the books, while I know they aren't happy, aren't worried enough to change their tone in regards to releases. AS a matter of fact, I would say the opposite, in that, these failures are all original ideas or, in the case of LONE RANGER, trying to bring back an old franchise. If anything, these films are going to reinforce what studios are already doing and push more greenlights on sequels if you ask me.
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