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New Book Reveals How Comic-Con Destroyed One Man's Life

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BerkeleyHills
10/31/08

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I'll look forward to his book and he has my sympathy on getting deals pulled. It can seem so capricious and you often never really know why it happened. That being said, you are allowed ONE, UNO, (1), fan film, (Online...when was the last time you watched a film online? No one cares. Its free marketing, not a license threat.) Okay, we noticed you, what else you got?
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TheGreat&PowerfulTurtle
10/31/08

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I'm glad to see the man pushed out to his own intellectual properties. Maybe his work will stand or tank on its own merits instead of fanboy bottom feeding.

Dead End was visually neat. Script-wise? Shit on celluloid.
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Sharpless
10/31/08

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This comment thread has an awful lot of bitchiness in it, on both sides of the fence... Both sides have good points, though. Warner was somewhat justified in what they did, but Collora was also a bit of a dumbass. He put a lot of effort into it, but he doesn't seem like he was very smart about it. Futzing with other people's IPs will almost always bite you in the ass, in the end.
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spacekicker
10/31/08

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i have got to grab this book
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TaintedBlood
10/31/08

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this reminds me of Defender of the Universe
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gaming09
10/31/08

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i woulda gone to see it
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full.tang.halo
10/31/08

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John Fiorella did the Grayson fan trailer...

The behind the scenes he did about production and budget gave you a pretty good idea how he went about making it.
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♠ Final ♠
10/30/08

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That's always the risk you take when working with someone else's ideas. I thought he was lucking not being issued a cease and desist order from showing the first one. Comic Con is HUGE and they are making money off it, it surprises me that he had the balls to do it in the first place without permission and with his own money. 30k would be better spent on your own (copy righted) ideas shown at actual film festivals. Blair Witch was just done with 22k, Robert Townsend financed Hollywood Shuffle on his own credit cards.
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JesusDeSaad
10/30/08

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Kevin Smith produced and played a part in Clerks, a full movie, albeit black and white and non-action, for less than $30,000. It won a Sundance Award.

Robert Rodriguez produced, shot and scored El Mariachi, a full time, action packed movie which won a Sundance Award, for $7,000.

Sandy Collora made a mediocre short fan film, spent most of his attention on costumes, and filmed what? Two fights and a dialogue? For $30,000.

And let's face it, the only good thing you can say about the film was that it pitted a threeway crossover and that the costumes were good.

I saw World's Finest, and Grayson, and I have to say the only good thing Collora has is having the -wow this character is finally on screen- effect.

You can't make a full movie just with cool cameos.
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aspiringexpatriate
10/31/08

@JesusDeSaad: Well, I'm pretty sure the costumes were 60% or more of the budget.
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van_line
10/30/08

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hmm. Joker wearing a straight jacket and shoeless, didn't the most recently batman cartoon have the same/similar design? inspiradio?
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justhesh
10/30/08

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The actor who played the Joker is named Andrew Koenig, actually, and yes, he is the son of Walter Koenig.

He does a lot of things, but in his free time he actually films and participates in super funny comedian Jimmy Pardo's weekly podcast.
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OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
10/30/08

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The next movie really should be Batman vs. Alien vs. Predator. Enough of this ennui and speeches about heroes we deserve.

Bring the fun back.
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brownie has no witty phrase to add
10/30/08

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So by "Comic-Con Destroyed One Man's Life", you really meant "Car Accident Destroyed One Man's Life, And On A Separate Note He Was Also A Dumbass Who Spent His Own Money On A Movie Without A Viable Plan For Earning A Return On His Investment."
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Annalee Newitz
10/30/08

@brownie: That was pretty mean.
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steampoweredboy
10/30/08

@Annalee Newitz: Kevin smith spent less than $30K on "Clerks" and has a hugely successful career. This guy sounds like he squandered a lot of time, money and good will on projects that would lead nowhere.

If he wanted to have fun and make some cool fan films, good on him. But thinking that will get you a career in filmmaking is akin to thinking your sweetass tattoo will land you a gallery opening.
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Annalee Newitz
10/30/08

@steampoweredboy: Well, MY tattoo could get me into the MoMa. It's just that cool.
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Polybius
10/30/08

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How on earth is that Aaron guy a rival? His filmmaking in Dark Justice looks extremely amateur when compared to Dead End. No sane person would choose his work over Sandy's.
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Annalee Newitz
10/30/08

@Polybius: Well, his fan film was going to be shown alongside Collora's at the 2004 Con. Maybe he figured he'd get more time in the limelight if he came out with that story about Warners consulting him.
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WordMan
10/30/08

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costumes were great, but that movie sucked smelly donkey balls
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