Comments on: "Who Will the Next Fool Be?" http://jontaplin.com/2008/06/21/who-will-the-next-fool-be/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:50:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Marco Montani http://jontaplin.com/2008/06/21/who-will-the-next-fool-be/comment-page-1/#comment-6518 Marco Montani Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:01:25 +0000 http://jtaplin.wordpress.com/?p=795#comment-6518 Remember also the famous MGM goes Italy story: http://www.sgrm.com/art43.htm Remember also the famous MGM goes Italy story: http://www.sgrm.com/art43.htm

]]> By: Marco Montani http://jontaplin.com/2008/06/21/who-will-the-next-fool-be/comment-page-1/#comment-6524 Marco Montani Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:01:25 +0000 http://jtaplin.wordpress.com/?p=795#comment-6524 Remember also the famous MGM goes Italy story: http://www.sgrm.com/art43.htm Remember also the famous MGM goes Italy story: http://www.sgrm.com/art43.htm

]]> By: Don Simpson http://jontaplin.com/2008/06/21/who-will-the-next-fool-be/comment-page-1/#comment-6517 Don Simpson Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:32:57 +0000 http://jtaplin.wordpress.com/?p=795#comment-6517 Lead the lambs to slaughter. Lead the lambs to slaughter.

]]> By: Don Simpson http://jontaplin.com/2008/06/21/who-will-the-next-fool-be/comment-page-1/#comment-6523 Don Simpson Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:32:57 +0000 http://jtaplin.wordpress.com/?p=795#comment-6523 Lead the lambs to slaughter. Lead the lambs to slaughter.

]]> By: Rick Turner http://jontaplin.com/2008/06/21/who-will-the-next-fool-be/comment-page-1/#comment-6516 Rick Turner Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:49:11 +0000 http://jtaplin.wordpress.com/?p=795#comment-6516 Movie money is ego money. It's all about gold chains and getting laid and thinking that you're creative. Sony buying Columbia was all about the back catalog of both movies and music recordings. That way they could change formats...LP to Cassette to CD to DVDs; Beta to VHS to DVD to Blue Ray...and sell the hardware necessary to play the stuff. 'nother few years, and you'll see yet another new format with another batch of machines on which to play the stuff. Where's the next John Hammond? Well, T-Bone is pretty good at it... Of course I'm talking music here. When did a major studio last put out a great film? Last good one I saw was "The Fall"...an imperfect work that is still compelling and visually amazing...and was financed mostly by the director, Tarsem Singh. Just saw the Indiana Jones disaster, and it some of it looked like the trailer I saw for "Jackass". Ford phoned in his part, and the whole thing looked too expensive for them to have had much fun making it. Movie money is ego money. It’s all about gold chains and getting laid and thinking that you’re creative.

Sony buying Columbia was all about the back catalog of both movies and music recordings. That way they could change formats…LP to Cassette to CD to DVDs; Beta to VHS to DVD to Blue Ray…and sell the hardware necessary to play the stuff. ‘nother few years, and you’ll see yet another new format with another batch of machines on which to play the stuff.

Where’s the next John Hammond? Well, T-Bone is pretty good at it… Of course I’m talking music here.

When did a major studio last put out a great film? Last good one I saw was “The Fall”…an imperfect work that is still compelling and visually amazing…and was financed mostly by the director, Tarsem Singh. Just saw the Indiana Jones disaster, and it some of it looked like the trailer I saw for “Jackass”. Ford phoned in his part, and the whole thing looked too expensive for them to have had much fun making it.

]]> By: Rick Turner http://jontaplin.com/2008/06/21/who-will-the-next-fool-be/comment-page-1/#comment-6522 Rick Turner Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:49:11 +0000 http://jtaplin.wordpress.com/?p=795#comment-6522 Movie money is ego money. It's all about gold chains and getting laid and thinking that you're creative. Sony buying Columbia was all about the back catalog of both movies and music recordings. That way they could change formats...LP to Cassette to CD to DVDs; Beta to VHS to DVD to Blue Ray...and sell the hardware necessary to play the stuff. 'nother few years, and you'll see yet another new format with another batch of machines on which to play the stuff. Where's the next John Hammond? Well, T-Bone is pretty good at it... Of course I'm talking music here. When did a major studio last put out a great film? Last good one I saw was "The Fall"...an imperfect work that is still compelling and visually amazing...and was financed mostly by the director, Tarsem Singh. Just saw the Indiana Jones disaster, and it some of it looked like the trailer I saw for "Jackass". Ford phoned in his part, and the whole thing looked too expensive for them to have had much fun making it. Movie money is ego money. It’s all about gold chains and getting laid and thinking that you’re creative.

Sony buying Columbia was all about the back catalog of both movies and music recordings. That way they could change formats…LP to Cassette to CD to DVDs; Beta to VHS to DVD to Blue Ray…and sell the hardware necessary to play the stuff. ‘nother few years, and you’ll see yet another new format with another batch of machines on which to play the stuff.

Where’s the next John Hammond? Well, T-Bone is pretty good at it… Of course I’m talking music here.

When did a major studio last put out a great film? Last good one I saw was “The Fall”…an imperfect work that is still compelling and visually amazing…and was financed mostly by the director, Tarsem Singh. Just saw the Indiana Jones disaster, and it some of it looked like the trailer I saw for “Jackass”. Ford phoned in his part, and the whole thing looked too expensive for them to have had much fun making it.

]]> By: Jon Taplin http://jontaplin.com/2008/06/21/who-will-the-next-fool-be/comment-page-1/#comment-6515 Jon Taplin Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:32:49 +0000 http://jtaplin.wordpress.com/?p=795#comment-6515 Thats the point. The market could handle three new movies a weekend , instead it gets 8 new movies a weekend because of all your well named "marks". Thats the point. The market could handle three new movies a weekend , instead it gets 8 new movies a weekend because of all your well named “marks”.

]]> By: Jon Taplin http://jontaplin.com/2008/06/21/who-will-the-next-fool-be/comment-page-1/#comment-6521 Jon Taplin Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:32:49 +0000 http://jtaplin.wordpress.com/?p=795#comment-6521 Thats the point. The market could handle three new movies a weekend , instead it gets 8 new movies a weekend because of all your well named "marks". Thats the point. The market could handle three new movies a weekend , instead it gets 8 new movies a weekend because of all your well named “marks”.

]]> By: Ken Ballweg http://jontaplin.com/2008/06/21/who-will-the-next-fool-be/comment-page-1/#comment-6514 Ken Ballweg Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:15:22 +0000 http://jtaplin.wordpress.com/?p=795#comment-6514 In addition to the ego factor, there are other factors that can bring in the piece-of-the-action investors: for some it's a tax shelter guaranteed to make a controlled business loss, a few use inflated production budgets as a money laundry that can process large amounts of cash, and then there have always been those who get caught up in the high stakes casino aspects. Blockbuster's shelves wouldn't be lined with so much dreck if it wasn't for the marks. In addition to the ego factor, there are other factors that can bring in the piece-of-the-action investors: for some it’s a tax shelter guaranteed to make a controlled business loss, a few use inflated production budgets as a money laundry that can process large amounts of cash, and then there have always been those who get caught up in the high stakes casino aspects. Blockbuster’s shelves wouldn’t be lined with so much dreck if it wasn’t for the marks.

]]> By: Ken Ballweg http://jontaplin.com/2008/06/21/who-will-the-next-fool-be/comment-page-1/#comment-6520 Ken Ballweg Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:15:22 +0000 http://jtaplin.wordpress.com/?p=795#comment-6520 In addition to the ego factor, there are other factors that can bring in the piece-of-the-action investors: for some it's a tax shelter guaranteed to make a controlled business loss, a few use inflated production budgets as a money laundry that can process large amounts of cash, and then there have always been those who get caught up in the high stakes casino aspects. Blockbuster's shelves wouldn't be lined with so much dreck if it wasn't for the marks. In addition to the ego factor, there are other factors that can bring in the piece-of-the-action investors: for some it’s a tax shelter guaranteed to make a controlled business loss, a few use inflated production budgets as a money laundry that can process large amounts of cash, and then there have always been those who get caught up in the high stakes casino aspects. Blockbuster’s shelves wouldn’t be lined with so much dreck if it wasn’t for the marks.

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