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Oz HBS Monkey


Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 5895 Location: Vancouver, Canada
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Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2002 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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that is awesome! Nice quotes - Oz! |
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Kelly Palma HBS Monkey


Joined: 03 Sep 2002 Posts: 528 Location: Alabama
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Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2002 1:00 pm Post subject: |
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damn logon - that was me! _________________ Formerly Kz -- Proud to pull her head out of her ass or the clouds and review a movie every once in a while! |
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natasha_theobald HBS Monkey


Joined: 13 Jul 2002 Posts: 2091 Location: Oregon
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Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2002 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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I might be a new Peter Howell fan. What do you think Jimmy Stewart would think? |
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y2mckay HBS Monkey


Joined: 13 Aug 2002 Posts: 3831 Location: Bay Area, CA
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2002 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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YES! Oz kicks ass again!
I like our new reputation as Hollywood muckrakers.
PS - I wanna order me some HBS stuff too, but every time I go to the page none of the pics display. Anyone else had this problem? _________________ I shouldn't get high to come up with ideas. I should come up with ideas, and THEN get high, to reward myself! |
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TheAngryJew HBS Monkey


Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 5525 Location: Philadelphia
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2002 11:39 pm Post subject: |
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Also reported in today's IMDb Studio Briefing:
Quote: | Phony Reviewers Now Avoid Fan Website
The operator of a movie website who traced several supposedly fan-written movie reviews posted on the site's message board to studio computers says that the phony reviews have halted since his exposé. Chris Parry, who runs Hollywood Bitchslap, told today's (Monday) Toronto Star, "The real return on our work is that we've seen not a single movie hyped in this way for the best part of a month. It may well be happening on other people's Web sites, but the days when we got one or two of these people a day hitting our site are long gone." |
_________________ Scott Weinberg |
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Oz HBS Monkey


Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 5895 Location: Vancouver, Canada
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2002 12:21 pm Post subject: |
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I wish they'd quit naming me personally. I'm never going to sell an f'ing screenplay at this rate. |
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Ben HBS Monkey


Joined: 08 Jul 2002 Posts: 1427 Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2002 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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next time you can tell them that i run HBS _________________ --b |
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Oz HBS Monkey


Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 5895 Location: Vancouver, Canada
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Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2002 3:45 pm Post subject: |
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I tell them you, me and Frank run the thing, but since you two don't talk they can't quote you.
My next screenplay will be written by "Ming Pereira". |
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Slyder HBS Monkey


Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 1525 Location: Ogden, Utah, USA
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Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2002 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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Or
"written by Barry Christopher"
or if you want:
"writtem by Parry Christopher"
 _________________ Slyder
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I saw more movies at Sundance than Ben Lyons did!!!
You can tell me that I've got no class, look around you and see who's laughing last - Rush |
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Oz HBS Monkey


Joined: 12 Jul 2002 Posts: 5895 Location: Vancouver, Canada
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Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2002 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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For those that don't subscribe to it, Total Film Magazine in the UK gave us a nice big write-up shortly before the site went down last week.
EMAIL OF THE SPECIOS
Fake fans (and one very real director) post dodgy web reviews
Despite Sony being caught crediting quotes to a fake critic last year, it looks like studios are still trying any old trick to drum up hype for their films. And the latest is an update of an old ploy. Instead of hiring people to spread word of mouth in the traditional way, Universal has been using posts to internet forums. Writing on eFilmcritic.com, one suck 'fan' raved about 'Undercover Brother', calling it "Hella funny". The dodgy language seemed right, but when website co-owner Chris Parry became suspicious after a number of similar messages arrived, he discovered they'd all come from MCA, owners of Universal. The company held up its hands up to the ploy but argued that the posters were "unpaid volunteers" and still "movie fans". But the idea is not limited to companies. Director Paul Schrader decided to get the review ball rolling on his upcoming 'Auto Focus' with a five-star write-up on Amazon. Calling the film "a shattering portrait of the American male", his attempts at anonymity were stymied when it was revealed that the signing e-mail was his personal one. Ooops... |
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