Apr 20 2009
The Biggest Loser — The ‘X-Men’ Edition
It’s been widely reported that X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the blockbuster that was supposed to start the wave of 2009 summer movies, is really bad. This, after the unfinished movie was leaked online a month before its world premiere.
The authorized movie trailers do nothing to dispel the buzz that the film is nothing more than a celebrity-packed “B movie.”
And just last night, I saw something locally here in Asia that just adds more fuel to the fire.
Out here in Asia, we’re understandably limited in the number of English speaking television networks, with HBO, Star World and XPN being three (3) of the most ubiquitous. Both HBO and Star have sister networks, with Star Movies being the most popular of the Star networks.
This week, Star Movies is advertising that it will be showing X-Men Origins: Wolverine on PAY PER VIEW on it’s Asian release date next week, rather than going to movie theatres. Let me say that again, THE summer blockbuster has been reduced to essentially a ‘straight to DVD’ production.
Great news, as I can look forward to seeing a pirated DVD version I can buy for .50 cents (US) in the next few days!
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