Posted on 04/06/2009 8:39:55 AM PDT by holy joe
After more than 10 years of acerbic writing, Foxnews.com columnist Roger Friedman has reached a bitter end himself in a film piracy-related incident.
The moral of the story is that, if you work for a company that owns a movie studio, it’s not a good idea to download and review a stolen copy of an upcoming movie.
But that’s apparently what Friedman did.
The entire entertainment industry has been talking about the stolen copy of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” which was posted on the Internet about a month before the movie’s planned debut.
The pirated version was an early, unfinished, special effect-free print, and execs were debating how much of a loss to the box-office the leak would represent.
Friedman evidently liked what he saw in the pilfered flick but actually wrote in his column about ticking off Fox movie execs.
“Right now, my ‘cousins’ at 20th Century Fox are probably having apoplexy,” Friedman wrote. “But everyone can relax. I am, in fact, amazed about how great ‘Wolverine’ turned out. It exceeds expectations at every turn. I was completely riveted to my desk chair in front of my computer.”
Friedman then made the mistake of rubbing the entire creative community the wrong way...
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
This story is getting the movie even MORE publicity!
Well, critics are a strange breed anyway.
Reading this guy’s gushing words about how well a film
turned out and how happy that makes him, you might as well be reading the words of the producer, investor, or star.
As Kenneth Tynan said decades ago about critics, of which he was a great one: “The critic knows the way,
but he can’t drive the car”.
I’m glad that libtard hack is gone. I sure hope they hire a movie reviewer who isn’t beholden to the leftist agenda.
Well, he can add, “DUMB,” to his resume.
“libtard” lol!
It’s hard to believe they could be losing very much money over this.
I don’t want to pay for much of anything that comes from Hollywood.
I don’t even want to see it for free.
The filthy anti American junk they continue to spew out is probably more responsible for their financial losses than anything.
I agree. It would be benefital to have a conservative movie reviewer replace the left winger. He despises Christians and Christianity.
BUMP!
Friedman hates Christians. Good riddance.
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