Ya know.... Sometimes I just don't get it. You make THE MUMMY... It's well on it's way to being the most successful UNIVERSAL movie in quite some time. It's a Horror/Adventure film, and you guys and gals cancel FRANKENSTEIN at ILM?
As a result ILM ends up letting go of 500 most excellent talented folks. Some of these folks will head for New Zealand, and Peter Jackson is licking his chops going, "Goody goody goody" at the latest batch of talented people let go of because a buncha suits don't have the vision to see real success... right over the hump. ARGH!
Now I'm sitting here thinking... "Hmmmmm, I wonder if they got their test footage back from the happier children friendly version of FRANKY and noticed that it'd be horrible, so instead of going back and hiring the director you fired and going back to the earlier, superior script, you toss the whole project cause... well you don't remember that older script, the better test.... OR (more likely) you can't admit you made a mistake and get back on track... thus proving to the other execs that you made a mistake, but proving to everyone else that you had the SENSE TO RIGHT A WRONG!"
HMMMMM...
At the same time that you guys cancel FRANKENSTEIN, word reaches me that you passed on HELLBOY too.
Ya know, perhaps you missed the memo but... THE MUMMY is well on it's way to making $150 Million domestically and ya know what? It wasn't even a really good movie! That's right.... A pretty mediocre Horror film can make $150 million domestic!!!! Wow.... Holy Shit! Imagine that!
NOW.... Close your eyes and have your assistant read the next paragraph...
Imagine making a really really good horror adventure type of movie. Like the 'earlier draft' of FRANKENSTEIN and the existing draft of HELLBOY. These were not prohibitively expensive films. In fact... Compared to THE MUMMY they were quite a bit cheaper. Now imagine... Cheaper to make, Better Movie, lower cost, better product, happier audience, movie seen a lot, money in coffers, job retained. Wow... Did that get ya stiff or what? I mean. Think of it. Better Movies, Lower Costs, Higher Profits.
And that's not even taking into account the benefits of the new math your accountants are working up! Get with the program Universal. Stop stamping out everything Brian Glazer tells you to make, and stamp yes on FRANKENSTEIN and HELLBOY. It's a long time till Summer 2001 nets you JURASSIC PARK 3... You better start getting a line up together soon!
