Originally posted by Quarto
You seemed to imply it.
Or perhaps you seemed to infer it from a statement where it wasn't.
Either way, the movie did *not* slip past the radar, and that's easy enough to see just by taking a trip through the CIC's own news archives.
Every movie recieves reviews. The fact that the CIC has managed to ferret out a few reviews on the web does not mean it caught the attention of the world.
It got really bad reviews, and people avoided it like the plague at the cinema, but it had a lot of video rentals.
Obviously, since lots of folks rented it, it's logical to assume that nobody knew it was playing in their theatre. You're not going to ignore a film because some dork told you it sucked only to go and rent it when it shows up on VHS.[/B][/QUOTE]Therefore, people have heard about it. And people didn't like it.[/B][/QUOTE]Of course! If lots of people rent the video at Blockbuster, that
must mean that nobody liked it!
Plus, do not underestimate the power of word-of-mouth - it remains the most effective form of advertising known to mankind.
I'm sure that revelation would shock lots of companies that have been spending millions on television advertising.
Ask yourself how many people didn't see it because they heard about it from friends.
And myself answers... nobody?
In short - had Origin expected the movie to have a positive impact on the brand, they would not have cancelled POL just before the movie's release.
Boy, there's a brilliant declaration. Perhaps the movie didn't even enter their minds. Obviously, this is proved true since POL came back after the movie was released.
If it didn't have a positive impact, it had a negative impact.
Or, like, none at all.
A $30-40 million product 'slips under the radar', you say?
As if cost really had anything to do with it. Unless it's setting cost records and getting on the news for it, chances are people have no clue how much it had cost to produce.
I don't know why POL was resurrected, but I'm willing to bet that this was *in spite of* rather than because of or regardless of the movie.
Of course, of course. Origin was watching the movie closely and, according to you, expected it to harm the brand image, so they cancelled the game. Then, the movie debuts and, according to you, harms the brand image, after which POL is resurrected.
Naturally, it makes complete sense to totally reverse a business decision once that decision appears to be justified...
in the idiot-universe where Quarto lives.
It's plain to see that the movie had no effect on POL's fate.