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John Carter Has to Be the Most Poorly Advertised Movie Ever
Posted on 5/10/14 at 11:27 pm
Posted on 5/10/14 at 11:27 pm
Seriously. Enjoyable flick. Looked retarded. Good work Disney.
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Posted on 5/10/14 at 11:32 pm to LoveThatMoney
Watching it on Spike now, they definitely dropped the ball in the marketing department.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 11:33 pm to StealthCalais11
The guy responsible lost his job.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 11:37 pm to LeonPhelps
seriously?
Posted on 5/10/14 at 11:40 pm to prplhze2000
The previews before movies at the theator weren't bad. It was the tv ads and other areas where they failed. Critical response didn't help.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 11:43 pm to prplhze2000
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seriously?
Yes. The head of the department (Disney Studios) responsible for the movie was fired solely due to the bombing of the movie. He was credited with a lot of the blame for whatever decisions he made.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 11:46 pm to LeonPhelps
Pretty sure there's a book about it.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 11:52 pm to udtiger
Really? I love reading those types of books. I read Disney Wars twice about the rise and fall of Michael Eisner.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 11:56 pm to LoveThatMoney
I think it would have made a big difference if instead of simply calling it "John Carter" they had gone with the book name.
John Carter of Mars.
John Carter of Mars.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 11:59 pm to SG_Geaux
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John Carter of Mars
They removed "of Mars" because Mars in titles is movie poison. I think the success rate of movies with the word "Mars" in the title is literally 0%. There had been a string of recent failures with Mars in the title, most notably Mars Needs Moms, which actually caused the studio that made it into bankruptcy and to shut down permanently.
Posted on 5/10/14 at 11:59 pm to LeonPhelps
John Carter and the God's of Hollywood
Posted on 5/11/14 at 12:02 am to udtiger
Sweet! Just ordered on my Kindle. At less than 400 pages, I can finish this tomorrow. Thanks for the tip!
Posted on 5/11/14 at 12:26 am to LoveThatMoney
Yup I thought it was a great movie with an intriguing story. Disappointed we probably won't get a 2nd.
I thought it was a little stupid at first cause they showed absolutely nothing about the story in the previews.
I thought it was a little stupid at first cause they showed absolutely nothing about the story in the previews.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 12:28 am to chrisksaint
I guess I never paid attention to the marketing because there was no question I was going to see the movie in the theaters, which I did.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 12:29 am to chrisksaint
The books were great reading as a teenager, too bad they screwed up, would have made a good series.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 12:30 am to chrisksaint
The only thing I remember from the previews is a white dude jumping real high.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 12:32 am to UMRealist
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The only thing I remember from the previews is a white dude jumping real high.
Me too, and I thought it looked awesome.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 12:50 am to LoveThatMoney
I enjoyed it. It sucks that we won't get the sequel.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 12:51 am to LoveThatMoney
The same guy also flopped in that Battleship movie. Oops.
Posted on 5/11/14 at 6:50 am to Korin
Should have been John Carter from Space...... There, that was easy
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