Comments on: Miramax Gets the Axe

By: GATS

GATS — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:11:12 +0000

kampfer: The fact that they gave it a limited release in the first place. The Weinsteins like “tweaking” films which they hate[usually of the Asian variety] in front of test audiences, so the scores end up being lower than one would expect. And if you compare Mononoke’s dub with the Disney dubs, you definitely see a world of difference between the two, with Mononoke being the worst of the bunch, partly because of Gaiman’s half-assed scriptment, and partly because, outside Billy “Dr. Manhattan” Crudup, the cast does not match the characters. Plus, the film got little-to-no advertising, and bombed solely because no one even heard of it playing anywhere.

Then they tried to screw us out of a Japanese language track for the DVD. And when we only finally got it, after a massive fan out-cry. Plus, even though it ended up being one of the better-selling newer DVDs of that era, they didn’t learn shit from that experience, and continued to hack and release dub-only versions of Asian movies on DVD, while betting their earnings on garbage like My Baby’s Daddy that they were forced out of their own company. Now they’re finally being outed for the financial frauds they’ve been all the time, since the Disney money’s what kept them afloat most of the time-and they’d have died out a long time ago, otherwise, due to their generally poor choices.

By: joechummer

joechummer — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:36:39 +0000

From what I hear, the Weinsteins, who founded and ran Miramax until they left to create The Weinstein Company in 2005, are trying to get back the rights to the name.

By: kampfer

kampfer — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:22:11 +0000

@GATS
How did Miramax screw over the limited theatrical release of Princess Mononoke? I’m only familiar with the home video release, which seemed just fine to me. What did they do wrong, Dub it?

By: GATS

GATS — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:55:03 +0000

Aaron: Yes, and screwed it over, much like most of their Asian films. As far as I’m concerned, good riddance, and I hope TWC follows.

By: Aaron H. Bynum

Aaron H. Bynum — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:36:00 +0000

Ouch. Another one bites the dust. They distributed some pretty good anime over the years… I remember their limited release of PRINCESS MONONOKE almost ten years ago.