My Name is Legion wrote a couple of TNG episodes and seems to have some friends in the business.
Star trek into darkness test screenings question
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My Name is Legion wrote a couple of TNG episodes and seems to have some friends in the business.
Probably this for Abrams. In the Internet age, it would be hard to keep any one of 200 or so people at a screening from leaking something important and having it all over the world minutes after the movie ended. Might outweigh the benefits of the secrecy. Then again, he could be taking a chance. What if the test audience doesn't seem enthused, surprised, awed, or otherwise affecting by finding out Harrison is Khan?
If the studio wanted it screened, wouldn't Abrams have no choice? So, if Paramount didn't want it screened, they must be pretty satisfied that Abrams delivered what they wanted.
Also, does anyone know if Abrams had the last cut in ST09 or STID?
You have good memory to remember of what someone had said that far back. That's 31 years.
No, that's not how such things are determined. Movies are test screened quite frequently.
Hey, how often do you get to meet the guy who directed TMP, The Andromeda Strain, The Haunting, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Curse of the Cat People, West Side Story, and The Sound of Music? Yeah, I remember it well.
As I recall, I also got him to autograph a copy of Starlog magazine for me . . . .
GI Joe 2 is a good recent example - it was put back and re-edited after it tested poorly with audiences.
If you want to go a little further back, Titanic was subject to at least two screenings which were followed by sample groups and that data was vital in the marketing. See Paula Parisi about the subject.
I was so stunned by that post I couldn't even react! 1st and 5th !!
"Yes, they have very rigid unbreakable rules in Hollywood about test screenings and it's ALWAYS the 1st and 5th!"
Oh crap, I cannot prove i am a Hollywood insider, so i have no right to dispute that post. Sorry!
A good memory might be a useful talent for a writer and editor.
Thanks, but it's more that it was a big deal for me at the time. Like I said, how often do you get to listen to Robert Wise talking about directing TMP? As I recall, he also complained that a big chunk of his budget had been spent before he even signed onto the project.
Yes your right. That would had been done months ago, before any trailers of the film was even release.
Anyway, Where did the op gets his information from? I've search the web for it and never found it.
I do know that 30 minutes of STID was shown in a few theaters and Imax theater in London back on March 8. And I also knows that it will be shown in Sydney, April 23.
This is probably is what y'all referring to.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_screening
Anyway I've got my information from the film testing, which is at the buttom.
I don't know. But that only through invitation and yes it's a different screening, then the one that will be shown in Sydney on April 23.
http://www.imax.com/movies/m/star-trek-into-darkness-an-imax-3d-experience/
It call fan sneak, which will be held on May 15 at 8pm and 11pm at the Imax theaters listed at the bottom of the page.
Anyway you leave it here or give it own tread.
By the way, that many theaters that is listed? There would had been a test screening.
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This fails even basic logic.
And he's had them on a diet of bread and water and random (but regular) electroshock therapy, right?
Really, if they were afraid of THAT kind of mega-spoilage, they should not be premiering the movie at different dates in different parts of the world.
Have it open everywhere ON THE SAME DATE.
What else did he say? Anything else you might want to share with us, Greg?
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Really, if they were afraid of THAT kind of mega-spoilage, they should not be premiering the movie at different dates in different parts of the world.
Have it open everywhere ON THE SAME DATE.
Well, those openings are only days apart, not weeks or even months before an opening so everyone gets spoiled before the big publicity and advertising buildup even begins. Plus of course, sooner or later, even Abrams has to let the cat out of the bag.
Though I have speculated on these boards before that some day, Abrams may make his own "Mystery Box" movie, that he shoots and then never shows to anyone.
yenny, please try not to post three times in a row in a given thread. If you've just posted and then think of something else you want to say, use the Edit button to add that to the post just made, rather than making a whole new post. If you wish to respond to three different posts by three different people, that's what the Multi-Quote button is for.
I will merge these three for you.
And he's had them on a diet of bread and water and random (but regular) electroshock therapy, right?
And razors! Gotta have razors.
I'm looking at you, Nolan.
Really, if they were afraid of THAT kind of mega-spoilage, they should not be premiering the movie at different dates in different parts of the world.
Have it open everywhere ON THE SAME DATE.
Well, those openings are only days apart, not weeks or even months before an opening so everyone gets spoiled before the big publicity and advertising buildup even begins. Plus of course, sooner or later, even Abrams has to let the cat out of the bag.
Though I have speculated on these boards before that some day, Abrams may make his own "Mystery Box" movie, that he shoots and then never shows to anyone.
DAYS?!?
it's releasing in London a WHOLE TWO WEEKS before it opens here in the US.
Two weeks that I'm supposed to keep my eyes and ears closed?
I call that idiotic.
Fixed now.
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