Posts by andrew llewellyn
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Mavericky
Maverickiness
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Sione's, No 2 and Second-Hand did better here but did no business overseas
That was in the back of my mind - the horror productions looking for overseas success a la PJ - is it possible the Ferryman could go this way?
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The Ferryman probably looked like a sure thing -- another NZ horror, a LOTR star -- whereas Second Hand Wedding looked like a risk, with a first-time director, relatively unknown writers, a pretty ordinary script and only one name actor (Brophy). It was lucky to get some good media behind it. But audiences are hugely unpredictable and it could just as easily have tanked.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but we seem to have produced a few low budget horror movies that have tanked - Perfect Creatures, The Irrefutable Truth About Demons, and now The Ferryman, (how well did Peter Jackson's splatter movies do anyway?).
Whereas we've produced a small string of low budget light dramas, - Sione's Wedding, No. 2, 2nd Hand Wedding, which have done better...
I'll use foresight to suggest that any low budget horror produced in New Zealand probably doesn't have an audience sufficient to make it profitable. Make a light drama/comedy, and you might be in business.
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Not to be confused with Rofflennui
Rolling on the floor laughing, contemplating the vacuity of human life?
That sounds right.
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Yes, we'll have to put up with Tony Street and Andrew Saville shouting at Venus and Serena: "anything to say to New Zealand?"
You're our favourite city in the whole world!
(Shamelessly pilfered from today's Doonsebury)
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I suppose I should say I never saw, or don't remember seeing the original Survivors so can't comment on how the new one measures up.
That never stops the rest of us, so take a punt :)
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We don't read your posts anymore, Russell. We just comment on them
Or just comment!
But I have reacquainted myself with the original post & don't intend to double up on breaking news anymore.
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Er, yes. As I said in my post.
Ep 2 is probably screening right now.
really? Well I'm not really a details person.
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It seems the first episode of the Survivors remake started 3 days ago on the UK.
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ANy requests? I still have a link to Mr SPock singing the Ballad of Bilbo Baggins!