Subject: Battlefield: Earth - legal action?
Message-ID: <9i0sg1$pr$1@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
Date: 5 Jul 2001 15:04:01 +1000
When I read the precis: "Hollywood studios are being taken to court by film fans who have had enough of compromised reviewers" I knew deep down in my bones that there would be a Battlefield: Earth reference!
http://www.smh.com.au/news/0107/05/features/features12.html
Buffs have had enough of studios' imaginary friends
Hollywood studios are being taken to court by film fans who have had enough of compromised reviewers.According to BBC News Online, the studios, including Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox and MGM, are accused of bribing critics with flights, meals and merchandise to secure positive reviews. If the studios lose, they will face having to compensate every Californian cinema-goer who is disappointed by a film which he/she decided to see on the basis of quotes used on film advertisements.
"They were just sick and tired of looking at movie ads that say Battlefield Earth was the greatest movie since Star Wars, then go and find it is absolutely atrocious," said Anthony Sonnett, a lawyer for a group called Citizens for Truth in Movie Advertising.
He said studios used "press junkets" to butter up film critics and broke the law by not revealing that quotes were the result of such arrangements.
The case comes after Sony revealed that its marketing department had invented a reviewer, David Manning, and put his quotes on posters.
And there we have it - Battlefield:Earth positioned where it belongs, the only example given, and one of the worst movies ever made. Unfortunately the people who bought a ticket to Gladiator then snuck in to see B:E won't get a dime in compensation - after all, where's your proof you saw it?
Nick.
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