Comments on: A Dark Day for the Film Industry, “Wolverine” Workprint Leaked to the Web http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/2009/04/01/a-dark-day-for-the-film-industry-wolverine-workprint-leaked-to-the-web/ Today's Movies from Tomorrow's Perspectives Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:27:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: winters http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/2009/04/01/a-dark-day-for-the-film-industry-wolverine-workprint-leaked-to-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-328 winters Tue, 28 Apr 2009 08:29:01 +0000 http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/?p=1096#comment-328 Look, the only workprint that was ever worth a damn was the Blade Runner workprint, as it has such an important place in cinema history. Yes, it's a problem that the film leaked Fox should throw this workprint onto the dvd as a special feature for completists. But the fact is, if the movie tanks, the studio can now blame the leak and Gavin Hood and a lot of executives will be off the hook for it's Box Office. This is a film that already had a massive history of problems going on between the studio and Jackman with the director, so much so that Richard Donner was flown in, not to smooth things over as reported but to cover several days shooting, a massive amount of the film was being shot by Peter Macdonald, the second unit Director, with no involvment from Gavin Hood whatsoever, whose inexperience of action and severe lack of knowledge of the genre threatened to derail the whole enterprise. The set was cleared on more than one occasion as heated arguments broke out between Hood and Jackman. By comparison Macdonald, whose also picked up Rambo III when Russell Mulcahy was fired, became the favorite of the cast and crew and is the unsung hero of the piece, as without him there would be no film at all. Look, the only workprint that was ever worth a damn was the Blade Runner workprint, as it has such an important place in cinema history.

Yes, it’s a problem that the film leaked Fox should throw this workprint onto the dvd as a special feature for completists. But the fact is, if the movie tanks, the studio can now blame the leak and Gavin Hood and a lot of executives will be off the hook for it’s Box Office.

This is a film that already had a massive history of problems going on between the studio and Jackman with the director, so much so that Richard Donner was flown in, not to smooth things over as reported but to cover several days shooting, a massive amount of the film was being shot by Peter Macdonald, the second unit Director, with no involvment from Gavin Hood whatsoever, whose inexperience of action and severe lack of knowledge of the genre threatened to derail the whole enterprise. The set was cleared on more than one occasion as heated arguments broke out between Hood and Jackman. By comparison Macdonald, whose also picked up Rambo III when Russell Mulcahy was fired, became the favorite of the cast and crew and is the unsung hero of the piece, as without him there would be no film at all.

]]> By: Nocy http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/2009/04/01/a-dark-day-for-the-film-industry-wolverine-workprint-leaked-to-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-233 Nocy Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:19:12 +0000 http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/?p=1096#comment-233 I just saw it at a friend's place and as a film student, it worked well as an interesting "behind the scenes" experience. There was a LOT more Green Screen effects and CGI going into this than I would have imagined! I wish more movies (especially SFX laden movies) leak like this because a). They'll make the money back anyway and b). It's cool to see all the wires and unfinished 3-D stuff! BTW, the movie *sucked*, but it was clear that a lot of stuff was missing from it, so I think the finished version will have a better structured story, but the crappy dialogue they can do nothing with. I won't be shelling out cash to watch this in the cinemas but I'll def. buy the DVD for comparison with the work-print..! I just saw it at a friend’s place and as a film student, it worked well as an interesting “behind the scenes” experience. There was a LOT more Green Screen effects and CGI going into this than I would have imagined! I wish more movies (especially SFX laden movies) leak like this because a). They’ll make the money back anyway and b). It’s cool to see all the wires and unfinished 3-D stuff! BTW, the movie *sucked*, but it was clear that a lot of stuff was missing from it, so I think the finished version will have a better structured story, but the crappy dialogue they can do nothing with. I won’t be shelling out cash to watch this in the cinemas but I’ll def. buy the DVD for comparison with the work-print..!

]]> By: blah http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/2009/04/01/a-dark-day-for-the-film-industry-wolverine-workprint-leaked-to-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-197 blah Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:42:59 +0000 http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/?p=1096#comment-197 what questions me to this very day.. why the fuck are the FBI wasting there time with shit like this :| what questions me to this very day.. why the fuck are the FBI wasting there time with shit like this :|

]]> By: formulabill http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/2009/04/01/a-dark-day-for-the-film-industry-wolverine-workprint-leaked-to-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-187 formulabill Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:00:45 +0000 http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/?p=1096#comment-187 You know I love watching movies on the big screen. You know, the one in my own home. It was great to enjoy this movie with out my ass going numb, or worrying about missing important plot lines because I have to use the bathroom, or worry about your three little bastards that you can't control behind me never shutting the hell up or kicking the back of my seat. It was great not having to deal with little pricks on there cell phones texting away, or those rude idiots that just wont shut the hell up. Or that funny guy that thinks he is cool and is impressing his friends by making stupid lame ass jokes during the movie. Screw theaters. You want my support come out with same day releases in theater and dvd for a much higher price. I'm sick of movie theaters. I will buy this movie when it comes out on DVD just like the rest of the summer block busters coming this year. You know I love watching movies on the big screen. You know, the one in my own home. It was great to enjoy this movie with out my ass going numb, or worrying about missing important plot lines because I have to use the bathroom, or worry about your three little bastards that you can’t control behind me never shutting the hell up or kicking the back of my seat. It was great not having to deal with little pricks on there cell phones texting away, or those rude idiots that just wont shut the hell up. Or that funny guy that thinks he is cool and is impressing his friends by making stupid lame ass jokes during the movie. Screw theaters. You want my support come out with same day releases in theater and dvd for a much higher price. I’m sick of movie theaters. I will buy this movie when it comes out on DVD just like the rest of the summer block busters coming this year.

]]> By: stacy http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/2009/04/01/a-dark-day-for-the-film-industry-wolverine-workprint-leaked-to-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-161 stacy Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:37:25 +0000 http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/?p=1096#comment-161 ok this is directed towards suckthishaters get a life dude. seriously first off the reason i hated Transformers was how boring and nor original it is. look at the scene where Shia is running away from his car thinking it's bad then the cop car shows up and yes it's the bad guy does no one remember Terminator 2 i was waiting for bumble bee to say come with me if you want to live. And second you hate people who download a movie right cause people work their asses off to make it so in other words everyone should have to pay to see it. I hope you have never used a free pass to a movie then cause you didn't pay oh and if a friend rents a movie do you watch it with them? cause they paid but you didn't tisk tisk there are 2 types of people in the world the type who like the fast and the furious movies and everyone else.....your a fast furious asshole aren't you. I like good movies sorry this ranks right up there with all the fast and the furious, resident eveil and ultraviolet it sucks. ok this is directed towards suckthishaters

get a life dude. seriously first off the reason i hated Transformers was how boring and nor original it is. look at the scene where Shia is running away from his car thinking it’s bad then the cop car shows up and yes it’s the bad guy does no one remember Terminator 2 i was waiting for bumble bee to say come with me if you want to live.

And second you hate people who download a movie right cause people work their asses off to make it so in other words everyone should have to pay to see it. I hope you have never used a free pass to a movie then cause you didn’t pay oh and if a friend rents a movie do you watch it with them? cause they paid but you didn’t tisk tisk

there are 2 types of people in the world the type who like the fast and the furious movies and everyone else…..your a fast furious asshole aren’t you. I like good movies sorry this ranks right up there with all the fast and the furious, resident eveil and ultraviolet it sucks.

]]> By: Bryan A http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/2009/04/01/a-dark-day-for-the-film-industry-wolverine-workprint-leaked-to-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-154 Bryan A Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:56:19 +0000 http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/?p=1096#comment-154 Um...i remember Ang Lee's "Hulk" getting a workprint release a month and a half pre. I remember "Signs" getting a workprint release almost 2 months pre. Numerous other films, as recent as Liam Neeson's "Taken" have been leaked months in advance, and there was no sympathy for those studios? lol I mean come on, this isnt that big of a deal, this movie will still make hundreds of millions of dollars simply because i already know for fact that Hugh Jackman will have his shirt off in more than one sequence: BAM! Theres 30 mil + from the female audience of women 18-35 right there, not to mention HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of xmen fanboys ready to get their wolverine on. I say that this wont hurt the opening at all, if anything, it will drive sales, i for one know that i would much rather see the finished product than a crappy workprint with missing fx and green screen lol I guess what im trying to say is that everything has happened before, everything will happen again, people download movies, for some reason they are still allowed to do so for the most part, i know PLENTY of people i can get these movies off of, and yet, even if i didnt know anyone that could get them, someone out there knows someone who knows someone who DOES know where to get em. Its just the way its always been, even back in the day when homies sold bootlegs on vhs on new york street corners (which im told has been upgraded to dvd status on the street), they distributed them by hand! In todays day and age, people should just get over the whole downloading thing, i for one know that i dont buy every movie ive ever watched, but i do know that i buy alot of movies, as do i know a bunch of people that buy movies, i dont pay to go see every movie in the theater, and alot of people just download it instead of going to the theater, but people STILL pay top dollar to go to the theater, and they always will. FAST AND FURIOUS MADE 72.3 million or something this weekend and i mean seriously...you think thats gonna beat a blockbuster like wolverine on opening day, with a fanbase as large as the xmen fanbase? No way, no sir. So stop complaining studio, people want to see this movie way too bad to settle on a crappy workprint. GUARANTEE this movie still does at least 200 mil at the box office, and when it gets to blockbuster it will make 100 million more so all these studio people need to just chill out, count their money, and go on about their day because NO profit will be lost by this leak, and for anyone to say so would be a mockery of our intelligence. Um…i remember Ang Lee’s “Hulk” getting a workprint release a month and a half pre. I remember “Signs” getting a workprint release almost 2 months pre. Numerous other films, as recent as Liam Neeson’s “Taken” have been leaked months in advance, and there was no sympathy for those studios? lol I mean come on, this isnt that big of a deal, this movie will still make hundreds of millions of dollars simply because i already know for fact that Hugh Jackman will have his shirt off in more than one sequence: BAM! Theres 30 mil + from the female audience of women 18-35 right there, not to mention HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of xmen fanboys ready to get their wolverine on. I say that this wont hurt the opening at all, if anything, it will drive sales, i for one know that i would much rather see the finished product than a crappy workprint with missing fx and green screen lol I guess what im trying to say is that everything has happened before, everything will happen again, people download movies, for some reason they are still allowed to do so for the most part, i know PLENTY of people i can get these movies off of, and yet, even if i didnt know anyone that could get them, someone out there knows someone who knows someone who DOES know where to get em. Its just the way its always been, even back in the day when homies sold bootlegs on vhs on new york street corners (which im told has been upgraded to dvd status on the street), they distributed them by hand! In todays day and age, people should just get over the whole downloading thing, i for one know that i dont buy every movie ive ever watched, but i do know that i buy alot of movies, as do i know a bunch of people that buy movies, i dont pay to go see every movie in the theater, and alot of people just download it instead of going to the theater, but people STILL pay top dollar to go to the theater, and they always will. FAST AND FURIOUS MADE 72.3 million or something this weekend and i mean seriously…you think thats gonna beat a blockbuster like wolverine on opening day, with a fanbase as large as the xmen fanbase? No way, no sir. So stop complaining studio, people want to see this movie way too bad to settle on a crappy workprint. GUARANTEE this movie still does at least 200 mil at the box office, and when it gets to blockbuster it will make 100 million more so all these studio people need to just chill out, count their money, and go on about their day because NO profit will be lost by this leak, and for anyone to say so would be a mockery of our intelligence.

]]> By: suckthishaters http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/2009/04/01/a-dark-day-for-the-film-industry-wolverine-workprint-leaked-to-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-147 suckthishaters Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:26:53 +0000 http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/?p=1096#comment-147 i hate people like you stacy that just bashes everything, transformers was really good, they cant make it just liek the fucking carttons becuase, well if you have ever watched them, is pretty gay. so they had to do something new but still kept the goffiness of the robots in the movie as the same in the cartoons, and the 2nd one will be even better. And as all this wolverine crap, i think everyne who watched or downloaded should be put in jail and fucking beat up. there are hundreds and hundreds of of people who put there heart and soul into these just working there asses off to do the best they can do. And it takes a real low life of people to do this illegaly and watch the movie, and then just bash it over and over before it is even finished. you all are pitiful jealous douchbags that wish they were in these movies that you hate so much...go fuck yourselves. i hate people like you stacy that just bashes everything, transformers was really good, they cant make it just liek the fucking carttons becuase, well if you have ever watched them, is pretty gay. so they had to do something new but still kept the goffiness of the robots in the movie as the same in the cartoons, and the 2nd one will be even better. And as all this wolverine crap, i think everyne who watched or downloaded should be put in jail and fucking beat up. there are hundreds and hundreds of of people who put there heart and soul into these just working there asses off to do the best they can do. And it takes a real low life of people to do this illegaly and watch the movie, and then just bash it over and over before it is even finished. you all are pitiful jealous douchbags that wish they were in these movies that you hate so much…go fuck yourselves.

]]> By: stacy http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/2009/04/01/a-dark-day-for-the-film-industry-wolverine-workprint-leaked-to-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-144 stacy Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:45:00 +0000 http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/?p=1096#comment-144 ok so i have seen this copy and i'm only commenting to vent about a few things..... 1 people saying that true fans won't download this is crap...true fans are wanting to see it sooner then later finished or not people are not patient. 2 I was so excited to see a new Marvel movie i'm starting to lose faith in movies period between all the remakes and now just ruining good characters this movie SUCKED even unfinished it can't be saved unless they redo the whole thing Spoilers ok so Sabertooth was actually pretty cool Liev was awesome Wolverine was well Typical Hugh Jackman whatever who cares Biggest Upsets were Gambit.....we have all wanted Gambit for so long and now they screw it up No Cajun Accent would have been played better by the guy who ended up being the killer in season 1 of True Blood he did a great fake Cajun accent Bolt you get a great actor of lord of the rings and lost and give him like 2 lines and then kill him.....why not get a nobody and save some money or get better writers Deadpool WTF totally nothing good about the way they did this everyone is excited and is gonna be let down when he was introduced at the beginning it seemed promising but then make him some stupid laser shooting no mouth decapitated guy come on Patrick Stewart was kinda cool to see at the end of the movie but seemed rushed Would have been cool to see Magnito meet up with Victor Creed And the Wolverine memory loss crap was totally rushed writing....oh i'm mad at him i'll shoot him in the head to get rid of his memories so all the stories fit......come on people lets put some thought into it at least get rid of the line his brain may regenerate but his memories won't or add a cheesy Dr. Evil laugh at least since it's a stupid line lastly NO STAN LEE???????? ok i'm done for now just really unhappy now what do i have to look forward to?? Terminator hoping for best expecting the worst A nightmare on elm street again enough with the remakes Harry Potter please be good transformers 1 sucked so not expecting much from 2 GI Joe will suck here's hoping Ghostbusters 3 gets made and is good and for god's sake do Gremlins 3 ok so i have seen this copy and i’m only commenting to vent about a few things…..

1 people saying that true fans won’t download this is crap…true fans are wanting to see it sooner then later finished or not people are not patient.

2 I was so excited to see a new Marvel movie i’m starting to lose faith in movies period between all the remakes and now just ruining good characters this movie SUCKED even unfinished it can’t be saved unless they redo the whole thing

Spoilers

ok so Sabertooth was actually pretty cool Liev was awesome
Wolverine was well Typical Hugh Jackman whatever who cares
Biggest Upsets were Gambit…..we have all wanted Gambit for so long and now they screw it up No Cajun Accent would have been played better by the guy who ended up being the killer in season 1 of True Blood he did a great fake Cajun accent

Bolt you get a great actor of lord of the rings and lost and give him like 2 lines and then kill him…..why not get a nobody and save some money or get better writers

Deadpool WTF totally nothing good about the way they did this everyone is excited and is gonna be let down when he was introduced at the beginning it seemed promising but then make him some stupid laser shooting no mouth decapitated guy come on

Patrick Stewart was kinda cool to see at the end of the movie but seemed rushed

Would have been cool to see Magnito meet up with Victor Creed

And the Wolverine memory loss crap was totally rushed writing….oh i’m mad at him i’ll shoot him in the head to get rid of his memories so all the stories fit……come on people lets put some thought into it at least get rid of the line his brain may regenerate but his memories won’t or add a cheesy Dr. Evil laugh at least since it’s a stupid line

lastly NO STAN LEE????????

ok i’m done for now just really unhappy

now what do i have to look forward to??

Terminator hoping for best expecting the worst
A nightmare on elm street again enough with the remakes
Harry Potter please be good
transformers 1 sucked so not expecting much from 2
GI Joe will suck
here’s hoping Ghostbusters 3 gets made and is good and for god’s sake do Gremlins 3

]]> By: kodiak kick http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/2009/04/01/a-dark-day-for-the-film-industry-wolverine-workprint-leaked-to-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-127 kodiak kick Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:33:33 +0000 http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/?p=1096#comment-127 oh yeah did i mention they introduced baraka from mortal kombat as deadpool with optic blasts and teleportation?... sad times oh yeah did i mention they introduced baraka from mortal kombat as deadpool with optic blasts and teleportation?… sad times

]]> By: todd http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/2009/04/01/a-dark-day-for-the-film-industry-wolverine-workprint-leaked-to-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-119 todd Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:16:03 +0000 http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/?p=1096#comment-119 this movie was a huge turd. how can someone be called "the merc with a mouth" when he has no f###ing mouth. the story was just soooo bad its like they wanted to find every third and fourth rate mutant from the comics and screw them up. this movie was a huge turd. how can someone be called “the merc with a mouth” when he has no f###ing mouth. the story was just soooo bad its like they wanted to find every third and fourth rate mutant from the comics and screw them up.

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