Slog - Comments on These Little Games Make Me Laugh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/these_little_games_make_me_laugh It was pretty clear 20th Century Fox did not have much confidence that Mirrors—set to be released next Friday—would impress critics. They had scheduled the press screening for Thursday at 8 pm, the kind of timing that effectively discourages reviews in weekly papers and puts daily critics under a no-thinking-allowed deadline. But it takes a very special kind of movie to get a studio to do this: Dear Member of the Press: The screening of Mirrors, to which you were invited, has been cancelled per 20th Century Fox directives. A letter confirming this will be mailed shortly. We apologize for... Copyright 2008 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:38:05 -0800 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:43:41 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Jason Josephes I think Keifer would have liked to have made a better movie, but they were RUNNING OUT OF TIME!

]]> Jason Josephes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/these_little_games_make_me_laugh#c1096743 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/these_little_games_make_me_laugh#c1096743 Film Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:15:45 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle No, it's worse.

They had to break it into one-hour segments because it was so bad, with a waterboarding intermission between segments.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/these_little_games_make_me_laugh#c1096756 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/these_little_games_make_me_laugh#c1096756 Film Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:29:59 -0800 Comment by Sam Nice tits in the background, though.

]]> Sam http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/these_little_games_make_me_laugh#c1096774 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/these_little_games_make_me_laugh#c1096774 Film Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:42:44 -0800 Comment by TheMisanthrope Is The Happening going to get a run for its money?

]]> TheMisanthrope http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/these_little_games_make_me_laugh#c1096903 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/these_little_games_make_me_laugh#c1096903 Film Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:01:08 -0800 Comment by Gabey Baby Just to be fair, this is still the same director that brought us the stupendous slasher High Tension and the fair-to-medium remake of the Hills Have Eyes. To a gorehound, they weren't all THAT bad.

At least this one is getting a national release than the Midnight Meat Train that got a one theater per state nationwide. Go Gateway 8!

And really Big Sis, is it really a shock nowadays that studios aren't arranging preview screenings? Hell even, thou beloved XFiles 2 was kept under wraps....

]]> Gabey Baby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/these_little_games_make_me_laugh#c1096975 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/these_little_games_make_me_laugh#c1096975 Film Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:06:16 -0800 Comment by Jack White Hey Kiefer old dude...

I forget to remind you every now and again why I gotsta keep after your ass.

You'd think you really fell out on the tiles again or somethin'.

Any way... you'll need a whole case of Silver Bullets to keep the wargs away From Reznor by the time he hears your trying to fuck with his french spanish lines again.

Sorry buddy... you just gotta get off that 24/7 routine and back into suckin' it up me in the red room.

]]> Jack White http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/these_little_games_make_me_laugh#c1097184 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/these_little_games_make_me_laugh#c1097184 Film Sat, 09 Aug 2008 16:22:48 -0800 Comment by Sophist_Rhetoric Wow. Helluva press release, throwing the studio under the bus like that. That's grounds for gettin' all upset-like!

Who at Janet Wainwright botched that one?

]]> Sophist_Rhetoric http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/these_little_games_make_me_laugh#c1097403 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/these_little_games_make_me_laugh#c1097403 Film Sun, 10 Aug 2008 06:28:21 -0800 Comment by annie @5: Actually, XF 2 did have a press screening, little bro. How else did I have time to write 1000 words on it the day before it opened?

@7: Nah, the publicists don't have the authority to cancel screenings on their own. That kind of language is par for the course.

]]> annie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/these_little_games_make_me_laugh#c1097933 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/these_little_games_make_me_laugh#c1097933 Film Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:43:41 -0800