“Agree. The little kabuki dance is so old.”
You know I just responded to a post you made on another thread that essentially implied that releasing a DVD of “Undefeated” at Walmart was the kiss of death. Now I see you again downplaying a film that has extremely limited distribution and ignore the realities of a conservative market that constantly screams “home theater.”
The fact is as I check out some of your prior posts is that your proclaimed industry ties/experience and “Atlas Shrugged”/IMDB references show you to be a supporter of the old school media distribution system that always stymies conservative media and entertainment.
Screw the conventional media! We are in the age of distribution at the click of a button. Your contacts apparently remain in the old media realm and thus are becoming useless in the war against liberal media and it’s inherent “by any means necessary” model.
Yes, Hollywood is changing. But anytime someone doesn't post a) production costs and b) sales info, I'm suspicious. It might be a great movie, but that shrieks to me "won't make money."
Now, all Bannon's previous movies were released through Citizens United, which has its own distribution. But at CPAC, they were virtually giving the things away.
All this keeps coming down to is this (so far) unsupported faith that Palin is running and that she is doing it "in an unprecedented fashion." Well, no. There are certain things that you have to do whether in Hollywood or in politics. In Hollywood, you have to reach the broadest audience possible, which means theatrical release. This CAN be strategic and targeted ("Slum Dog Millionaire"), and every once in a while a movie can win an Oscar and then have a second life. But you can count those on one hand and it's NEVER the strategy---it's always an afterthought, "nice to have." As for politicians, I've been at the grassroots level for 10 years, around the edges for another 10 before that, and I've never seen any candidate do squat who didn't have a significant organization that was tied into one of the major parties.
Same in music. Yes, you can every once in a while point to a Justin Bieber who breaks through on youtube. But for the most part, those aren't the guys filling the stadiums.