Am I the only one thinking this, as I stare at a headless Statue of Liberty with smoke plumes rising up from the Big Apple skyline?
It wasn't that long ago after 9-11 that Hollywood studios wouldn't even think to release a film with as much of a sneeze in terms of violence.
And, if I remember correctly, film releases of the actioner "Collateral Damage" and prison drama "The Last Castle" has to be postponed because of the former's violent nature and title and the latter's image of an upside flag on the one-sheet.
For those not-in-the-know, the above image is from J.J. Abrams new as-yet-untitled sci-fi disaster film. Geeks online have tagged it "Cloverfield," "1-18-08," "Collossus" and "Monstrous."
While the kick booty trailer is a combo of "The Blair Witch Project" and "Independence Day," I must admit that the one sheet is a tad much and perhaps irresponsible promotion and marketing.
In these post 9-11 days of terror alerts and bombings everywhere, I don't think we really need to see an image as horrid as this to sell films.
Well... Maybe only if the flick is about apes, stars Charlton Heston and set wwaaaaaay in the future. True sci-fi.
Done ranting.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
DOESN'T THIS JUST SEEM WRONG?
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Thought this news blub would be up your alley.
Paul
SAHARA IS SOLD, VENETIAN LOOKING TO BUY TREASURE ISLAND AND MIRAGE?
What might have been just another monster real estate transaction in Las Vegas is more significant for the fact that Los Angeles nightlife maven Sam Nazarian, with some help from some deep pockets at Stockbridge Real Estate Funds, became the first outsider to purchase a Strip casino at today's lofty prices.
Nazarian closed Wednesday on the 17.5-acre Sahara for a price approaching $20 million per acre - a milestone reached only recently at the cusp of the Strip's largest building boom.
Nazarian wasn't the only guy with money to spend for a Las Vegas Boulevard address.
A handful of well-financed bidders with the ability to close a deal quickly were lined up for the Sahara, brokers say. The buyers' ability to close escrow and secure a gaming license quickly as well as the still-evolving plans to improve the property factored into the decision to choose Nazarian, said Carlton Geer of CB Richard Ellis' Global Gaming Group.
Nazarian will need to dig deep again to finance a major overhaul at the Sahara.
Finding parking and an inexpensive room during a busy convention at the Venetian can be harder than finding a cheap seat at a Las Vegas nightclub on a Saturday night. That has many conventioneers staying across the street at the more moderately priced Treasure Island and Mirage.
Venetian executives have already expressed interest in acquiring those properties from MGM Mirage to serve as its own overflow hotels. With its upcoming Palazzo resort and a second convention center planned behind the Venetian, Las Vegas Sands will be shoehorning the nation's largest integrated resort on a surprisingly small parcel.
MGM Mirage Chief Executive Terry Lanni says the company won't part with any of its Strip holdings because redevelopment opportunities anywhere on Las Vegas Boulevard are only getting better.
Never say never, right?
"I'm happy to say, 'never,' " Lanni said. "The only way Venetian would get it would be an invasion - and we would repel it."
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