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Re: Thank you, Microsoft.
Posted By: Someone	Date: 4/19/12 5:56 p.m.
In Response To: Re: Thank you, Microsoft. (Vandle Valsher) : I have no doubts that Blomkamp has made good things in the past. I really : enjoyed the Halo: Landfall videos. But that exact quote is what I have a : problem with. Earlier in the article, he told us his vision for the movie. : I didn't like it at all. I don't think it would have been cool, I think it : would have been contrived and lame. : Your second paragraph is the exact kind of overgeneralizing, bandwagon hate : that I see so many people fall into. I could not have written a better : paraphrase for what I believe is wrong with people's perspective of : Microsoft. You have NO IDEA why Microsoft did what they did. You weren't : there. You don't know the people involved. All I can see in your paragraph : is you regurgitating what others have said about Microsoft in the past. : It's not an informed opinion, it's just bile. : Ultimately this is all a matter of perspective and opinion. My tastes are : different from yours. I didn't really like District 9. Not that it was : bad, just that I didn't like it. I did like the last Transformers movie. : Not that it was good, just that I liked it. See how this goes? I'll ignore the condescending undertone. While you're right that I wasn't there and I don't know all of the people who were involved, what we have to go off of is Microsoft's past dealings and also the information available in this aritcle. It is a fact taken from numerous sources that Microsoft's terms for this movie were way too demanding. It says this multiple times. Now while I understand that every company is out to get their fair share (and in many cases, much more), it was Microsoft that came out guns blazing. Of course there were other contributing factors such as Universal and Fox having to split the profits and also the money the producers were promised, but ultimately it was Microsoft's inexperience with Hollywood nuances and the arrogance that they were going to be able to have complete control and do things their way. I'm not going to go on because all of this is spelled out in detail in the article, but it's pretty ridiculous to just say that I jumped on the "hate train" on Microsoft when they have earned the reputation that they have. My opinion is an informed one, and if you read the article you would know that.

Message Index

Why the Halo movie failed to launch	ElzarTheBam	4/19/12 11:34 a.m.
Re: Why the Halo movie failed to launch	mc_leprechaun	4/19/12 12:09 p.m.
Re: Why the Halo movie failed to launch	DEEP NNN	4/19/12 12:12 p.m.
Re: Why the Halo movie failed to launch	bryan newman	4/19/12 12:44 p.m.
Ewww	davidfuchs	4/19/12 1:11 p.m.
They would have been 2 different kinds of film	bryan newman	4/19/12 1:26 p.m.
Re: They would have been 2 different kinds of film	davidfuchs	4/19/12 4:13 p.m.
Re: They would have been 2 different kinds of film	bryan newman	4/19/12 5:43 p.m.
Continue the storylines of...	thebruce0	4/19/12 6:39 p.m.
Re: Ewww	bluerunner	4/19/12 2:48 p.m.
Re: Ewww	Ibeechu	4/19/12 5:12 p.m.
Re: Ewww	agdtinman	4/19/12 10:29 p.m.
Re: Ewww	Miguel Chavez	4/20/12 7:50 a.m.
Re: Ewww	SonofMacPhisto	4/19/12 3:29 p.m.
Re: Why the Halo movie failed to launch	Louis Wu	4/19/12 1:16 p.m.
Re: Why the Halo movie failed to launch	serpx	4/19/12 1:25 p.m.
Re: Why the Halo movie failed to launch	Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)	4/19/12 2:26 p.m.
Re: Why the Halo movie failed to launch	Ibeechu	4/19/12 5:37 p.m.
Re: Why the Halo movie failed to launch	serpx	4/19/12 8:14 p.m.
Re: Why the Halo movie failed to launch	TDSpiral	4/19/12 5:38 p.m.
Thank you, Microsoft.	Vandle Valsher	4/19/12 1:35 p.m.
Re: Thank you, Microsoft.	PyroSporker16	4/19/12 2:01 p.m.
Re: Thank you, Microsoft.	Vandle Valsher	4/19/12 2:13 p.m.
Re: Thank you, Microsoft.	mc_leprechaun	4/19/12 3:03 p.m.
Re: Thank you, Microsoft.	Vandle Valsher	4/19/12 3:17 p.m.
Re: Thank you, Microsoft.	SonofMacPhisto	4/19/12 3:32 p.m.
Re: Thank you, Microsoft.	mc_leprechaun	4/19/12 3:38 p.m.
Re: Thank you, Microsoft.	PyroSporker16	4/19/12 3:26 p.m.
Microsoft Film Studios?	Vandle Valsher	4/19/12 5:12 p.m.
Re: Thank you, Microsoft.	General Vagueness	4/22/12 12:59 a.m.
Re: Thank you, Microsoft.	DEEP NNN	4/22/12 1:10 a.m.
Re: Thank you, Microsoft.	General Vagueness	4/23/12 3:41 a.m.
Re: Thank you, Microsoft.	Someone	4/19/12 5:14 p.m.
Re: Thank you, Microsoft.	Vandle Valsher	4/19/12 5:25 p.m.
Re: Thank you, Microsoft.	Someone	4/19/12 5:56 p.m.
Much better.	Vandle Valsher	4/19/12 10:05 p.m.
Re: Much better.	SonofMacPhisto	4/19/12 11:38 p.m.
Re: Thank you, Microsoft.	Cody Miller	4/20/12 6:59 p.m.
Boy, you sure do know a whole lot! *NM*	Vandle Valsher	4/20/12 9:01 p.m.
The script...	bluerunner	4/19/12 3:05 p.m.
Re: The script...	mc_leprechaun	4/19/12 3:39 p.m.
Yes, here it is.	Bryan Newman	4/19/12 4:10 p.m.
Re: Yes, here it is.	bluerunner	4/19/12 4:31 p.m.
Re: Yes, here it is.	Bryan Newman	4/19/12 4:37 p.m.
Re: Yes, here it is.	davidfuchs	4/19/12 8:26 p.m.
Re: Yes, here it is.	Bryan Newman	4/19/12 10:22 p.m.
Re: Yes, here it is.	Tex	4/19/12 7:13 p.m.
Re: Yes, here it is.	Cody Miller	4/20/12 7:02 p.m.
Nope	Cody Miller	4/20/12 7:17 p.m.
Re: Nope	General Vagueness	4/22/12 2:03 a.m.
This is still possible. See The Avengers.	Joony Joon	4/19/12 8:12 p.m.