Is an AICN embargo too out of the question?

I guess I'll have to see it for free somehow. Good thing I have lots of friends who work in movie theaters at various levels, and I can totally skip having to pay Fox for their movie this time around. I won't pirate it; That would be immoral. I'll simply use someone's free movie privileges at their cineplex to sidestep the whole issue. You get no money from me on this one, 20th Century Fox. Fuck you. I'll pay to see this film when you do the right thing and give the guy his job back.

Then, once the cloud gets to Earth, it forms into the shape of... a giant humanoid with bigass horns coming out of the helmet! Albeit, one that looks like its made of bees. I think that would have been hugely dynamic and wouldn't piss off superfans.

Purple would look a bit funny.

Could someone please let me know at what page number Monsieur Swann, while at dinner with Baron Charlus, inhales the delicate fragrance rising from the inner lining of Charlus' special GOTTA-TAKE-A-SHIT MASK and is reminded of the youthful hawthornes in Combray and the bittersweet impossibilities of true love? I have looked everywhere and cannot find this information.

Thanks in advance!!!

you have to admit, do you really think the Fox execs would have tracked him down if his review had been even neutral? I suppose if he had given away spoilers, maybe. but he didn't. he just didn't like the film. and the embargo bullshit was just a way of punishing him, while still protecting their legal culpability.

no matter how you look at it, it's shitty. this isn't Nedry in Jurasic Park selling trade secrets for millions. it's a projectionist sending in a review to a site he likes, for NO money, just to be part of the process of getting information about a film out there.

Memflix, if you live in LA and can work a camera, holler at me. also, if you speak Spanish, that'll help, got some stuff going down in Mexico July/August. good money, all travel paid for, and they still need one more cameraman.

MEMflix is in MEMphis which is in TN which is a right to work state, as I pointed out in the other thread, he has a good case for unemployment but that is about it.

If he could prove that Fox placed a call saying 'fire him or we pull every one of our films from you chain', or some such threat, he might, with a good lawyer, be able to go after FOX.

Or maybe if you could convince an entertainment journalist to fill some inches on a slow day, the whole 'fired for having an opinion' angle might get some play. Get Memflix some publicity, maybe he can get a paying movie critic gig, which is I am sure his real dream anyway...

Cause he cant review movies from screeners anymore. Memflix gotta eat!

Seriously dude, that sucks we owe you for taking a hit for the team, even though i didnt care what your review said cause i was goonna wtach the movie anyways.

so anyways... did you have some confidentaility agreement thingy in place?

I wasn't seeing this film anyway, but now, with all this foolish bullshit, there's no way. Weak sauce.

Seeing as how the management told him flat out why he was being fired, for expressing his opinion about the movie, this firing is absolutely actionable. The nice thing about the Constitution is that it trumps any and all State laws. Plus, management has already set (possibly legal) precedent in this case by not warning and/or firing him for previous reviews. Now go get rich Memflix, or at least get your job back.

*I said morons with the utmost respect for my fellow TBers, especially anchorite, just get your heads outta yer asses

But lost.rules has every right to say X3 and FF are shit because they where made to make money and no other reason. It is exploitation of an audience and an exploitation of a beloved artform.

No matter what you thought of these movies you cannot deny they where made with no care or respect what-so-ever.

They where made by suits.

Even if there were no instructions to not disclose what he'd seen during these screenings, I firmly believe on moral and ethical grounds that Memflix violated Fox's trust. These films cost a fortune, and a company has every right to safeguard its investment. People keep bringing up the First Amendment. This is not a constitutional matter. Memflix put his employers at risk and in most cases his employer would have a clear right to terminate him. But they also have an obligation to reprimand him and move forward because, if this is the truth, they did not warn him about nondisclosure.

And yes, while Fox was within their rights to take aggressive action, they also behaved like a Massive Evil Corporation for using the equivalent of an atom bomb to kill a fly. If they're actually paying people for positive reviews, they could at least extend the courtesy to Memflix to help him keep his job or find a new one. They overreacted.

They suck. The theater management sucks. And while I sympathize with Memflix, he should not be writing reviews if he is screening films for test audiences for the studios. That is clearly a no-no, regardless whether you've been warned.

I wouldn't say it is a fair review, I'm sure if I didn't know anything about FF then I could enjoy it for a bit of popcorn fun aswell.

He got paid a lot of money for them 2 years, most people would leave their standards at the door for a few million.

He doesn't work for FOX!

If I go into a respected cinema/video shop/book shop and ask the staff if a film/book is any good I expect them to tell me. Not say 'oh I work in a cinema, I must say all the films are good.'

thems the rules and if he signed his name on that dotted line, then he has no leg to stand on.

from what it sounds like, it seems like this movie is going to rock. (big purple cloud aside)

FOX are the assholes here.

and

Total Film

Total film are sometimes slightly over positive and Empire are sometimes slightly too critical.

Read both and get the perfect perspective of how well a film works.

This isn't grammar school. This is big business. Fox has every right to protect its investments. But they also should hunt down all the other people who have violated their embargo. As Mori wrote, if this is truly about an embargo, then Fox must mow down all the squealers. Otherwise, go to hell, Fox, for bringing the weight of your company down on the neck of one individual who happened to hate your film.

But then there's the issue of actually posting these reviews in the first place, and I think it's flat-out wrong for Harry to run this site for spies. In effect, he's aiding and abetting corporate espionage. For every one of you who sees a test screening and signs a nondisclosure doc and then runs home to write a review with the hope Harry puts it up, shame on you. Have you no honor? This is why the world sucks. People are liars and two-faced shits.

The cinema and FOX both know that anyone with half a brain knows this film is shit and they know they will still make money.

Memflix telling us lot (who already new it was going to blow) is NOT going to hurt their property.

In fact, I don't know about any of you but i always feel more inclined to go to a film if I hear it is really really shit than if I hear it is just very average.

I couldn't wait to see Batman and Robin when I read the review wheras Ghost Rider I can't be arsed with cuz all I heard was that it is very bland.

I never said he shouldn't have lost his job, i said the cinema where fair in that they where only protecting their business.

It is FOX who are the assholes, they tried to save face over a bad film by attacking one little guy and it has just made them look worse.

The point of this site is that when a film is bad studios try and keep the fact underwraps till it comes out so it won't efect their takings.

If a film is good and someone leaks a review then everyone is happy.

If a film is bad and the studio leave press screenings till the last posible moment and someone gets in a review proving this fact then it is a positive thing for us film fans.

James Marsters or Aaron Eckart as Hal Jordan?

Omar Epps or "that guys from Heroes?... which makes me wonder if you all meant Leonard Roberts (DL) or Jimmy Jean-Louis (Haitian) as Jon Stewart. Personally I like the Haitian.

Ricky Ulman as Kyle Raynor?... I don't think anyone mentioned anybody else.

Ron Pearlman as Kilowog. I mean it if you can think of anyone better you let me know.

Now we talked a lot about who would play Guy Gardner and I think people threw out names like Matt Damon which led us to an Oceans 11 GL movie which you all know would have sucked, but I think ultimately the best choice would be Alan Tyduk.

Any thoughts now that this topic has already been beaten to death?

Spies are only bad if your film is bad and you are trying to cover up this fact.

This site was built on 2 films:

Titanic: everyone thought it was going to stink, Harry saw it early said it was great and some might say secured the early word fortunes of the film.

Batman and Robin: was hidden away till the last moment, Harry got in a very early review and made somwhat of a dent in a film that is so bad people should have been shot over it.

I really can't wait till 2010 or maybe 2011 when we all use space-dollars and argue about films on the space-internet on our space-computers.