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The Sites Rotten Tomatoes ruined the summer 2017 boxoffice. The New York Times published this article on film review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes (read here). The site has been around almost twenty years. I was first introduced to it back in 2003-2004. As the Internet gained more of a foothold, Rotten Tomatoes expanded its base; and now, according to this article, its power to influence box office performance. Sounds like those parents who subscribe to the “not my kid” mentality. Couldn’t possibly be US, it has to be the school, society…anyone but us and the bad product we made. I wrote a similar article, which could be a companion piece (here) a few months earlier when another finger pointing article on RT got some press. Can a website that amasses critical reviews have so much impact on a film’s box office performance? Hollywood spins it both ways whenever convenient. When it comes to a franchise like Transformers, the studios love
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News comes today that there has been a change involving the reboot of ‘Van Helsing’, part of their new shared monster universe. The new version of ‘Van Helsing’ was originally written by Eric Heisserer, the writer behind 2016’s sci-fi hit ‘Arrival’, ‘Lights Out’ and 2011’s ‘The Thing’, and Jon Spaihts (Doctor Strange). Now, ‘Wrath of the Titans’ scribe Dan Mazeau will be taking over writing duties. There has been no word yet on why the change has been made. The character of Abraham Van Helsing originally appeared in Bram Stoker’s classic novel ‘Dracula’ back in 1897. Part fearless vampire hunter, part occultist and part doctor. Over centuries, the character has be reimagined and updated. A perfect example of his evolution is the Van Helsing we met in the 2004 film by the same name. In the films and novels where he has been mentioned, it is always as a hunter of evil. Heisserer’s vision for the film was something dark
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The Sites Rotten Tomatoes ruined the summer 2017 boxoffice. The New York Times published this article on film review aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes (read here). The site has been around almost twenty years. I was first introduced to it back in 2003-2004. As the Internet gained more of a foothold, Rotten Tomatoes expanded its base; and now, according to this article, its power to influence box office performance. Sounds like those parents who subscribe to the “not my kid” mentality. Couldn’t possibly be US, it has to be the school, society…anyone but us and the bad product we made. I wrote a similar article, which could be a companion piece (here) a few months earlier when another finger pointing article on RT got some press. Can a website that amasses critical reviews have so much impact on a film’s box office performance? Hollywood spins it both ways whenever convenient. When it comes to a franchise like Transformers, the studios love
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News comes today that there has been a change involving the reboot of ‘Van Helsing’, part of their new shared monster universe. The new version of ‘Van Helsing’ was originally written by Eric Heisserer, the writer behind 2016’s sci-fi hit ‘Arrival’, ‘Lights Out’ and 2011’s ‘The Thing’, and Jon Spaihts (Doctor Strange). Now, ‘Wrath of the Titans’ scribe Dan Mazeau will be taking over writing duties. There has been no word yet on why the change has been made. The character of Abraham Van Helsing originally appeared in Bram Stoker’s classic novel ‘Dracula’ back in 1897. Part fearless vampire hunter, part occultist and part doctor. Over centuries, the character has be reimagined and updated. A perfect example of his evolution is the Van Helsing we met in the 2004 film by the same name. In the films and novels where he has been mentioned, it is always as a hunter of evil. Heisserer’s vision for the film was something dark
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