Pushing sales from peoples death

[franklinpross]

Originally Posted by Ricshoe

I think my response would be.....No?

so you think it IS good to cash in on a death of a film star . . minutes after the event?

[Chordata]

Originally Posted by franklinpross

so you think it IS good to cash in on a death of a film star . . minutes after the event?

I think, like me, he has no idea what you're saying.

[My_Two_Cents]

Originally Posted by franklinpross

so you think it IS good to cash in on a death of a film star . . minutes after the event?

I believe I made that quite clear in my post from the other day.

[franklinpross]

Originally Posted by O_V_N

I can't even decipher your post.

-1

OVN:

calm down!!!! please read the TITLE as well . . it is a cut off sentence
continuing into the POST......I think what I wrote is nice . . . .all I'm saying is that

YES....they're here to sell product . . .even if the guy dropped dead the day before yesterday . . .I think it's in bad taste . . .but when do people who makes movies ever display good taste? All they think about is the buck . . .

[Chordata]

Originally Posted by franklinpross

OVN:

calm down!!!! please read the TITLE as well . . it is a cut off sentence
continuing into the POST......I think it's nice . . . .all I'm saying is that

YES....they're here to sell product . . .even if the guy dropped dead the day before yesterday . . .I think it's in bad taste . . .but when do people who makes movies ever display good taste? All thery think about is the buck . . .

Calm down? I promise you, I'm not excited by any means. It's just hard for me to read your posts with the unnecessary ellipses.

I agree it all boils down the almighty dollar. But that's not always a bad thing.

[franklinpross]

"I agree it all boils down the almighty dollar. But that's not always a bad thing."


perhaps it is a bad thing . theres an issue here of sensitivity and correctness.
if best buy and barnes and noble and fye are all suddenly trying to make this week's gross a little bigger with the death of mr. swayze, then that does not do his image much good . . . .true he's a heavyweight but please let's just wait a little while till we're deluged with P.S. buying advice.

"get em while their still cryin'" (nice work ethic, dont you think?)

[Lord_Stewie]

Originally Posted by franklinpross

. .. untill the ka-ching people make their presence known . . .

I can't begin to tell you how really bad it makes the business folks look . . .

The distraught family members are so sad and are not in any mood to deal with
weekly grosses of old films on DVD and . . .how did we do in Austrailia . ..
and . . next week . .we ought to push GHOST a little more because . .well
Duh!!!! it's about ghosts . or. .we need a better tie-in so that Patrick gets the
35-60 demographic . ..

I mean really, it's so sick . . . it's disgusting . . .BUT. It is about the almighty dollar and it's seperation from YOUR pocket to . . . . . .theirs . . .and as they say. . . . . it's the bottom line . .after all . . it IS a business . . it is a movie business . . . . .first and foremost . . . .

SEE? I just don't do - 1+ (to sign on for the day . . . .I speak my mind)

Am I off here? . . .anyone agree?


(not)

What just happened?.

[nolfoc]

this worked for 2pac and biggie.. when they died they were pushing sales coming out with all sorts of stuff.. maybe they do this to keep their spirits alive, so nobody forgets.. imo

[franklinpross]

WOW you guys!!! OK so I went into a corner here.

God Almighty!! I just woke up . . and my water is just now boiling for my pasta dinner.

stop yelling at me. I just think we should let ( just died) actors rest awhile before we have 3/$10 Patrick Swayze DVD sales at Wal-mart.

next topic!!!

Let's keep the discussion of dead people off blu-ray.com, please . .

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by franklinpross

theres an issue here of sensitivity and correctness.
if best buy and barnes and noble and fye are all suddenly trying to make this week's gross a little bigger with the death of mr. swayze, then that does not do his image much good

Question: why is it that selling movies he was in is offensive after he's dead, but it's not offensive to his image while he was alive? If they're good for his image in his life, they should be just as good for his image in death.

[Lord_Stewie]

Originally Posted by Afrobean

Question: why is it that selling movies he was in is offensive after he's dead, but it's not offensive to his image while he was alive? If they're good for his image in his life, they should be just as good for his image in death.

[toef]

I don't necessarily mind if someone made good stuff (a movie, an album, whatever), and it's simply being sold in a way to make it easier for people to find. Play.com might just be making it easy for people who were looking for those movies to find them. Maybe they didn't remember names of certain ones, who knows.

But I doubt anyone that wandered over to Play.com, with no intention of buying any Patrick Swayze movies, would see the banner and go "Oh yeah, I forgot he just died. I should buy one of his movies." So if they're doing it simply to try to profit off of his death, I'm not sure how well that works.

What I DO find annoying is when people start selling anything to make money off of someone's death. I was at a major-chain store, that mainly sells clothes, and they had rack after rack of Michael Jackson themed t-shirts. These things didn't even exist a few months ago. I'm sure someone out there was selling MJ underwear, MJ ash trays, etc.

I know there's the whole "vote with your wallet thing" but that doesn't matter. I don't care whether they sell or not, I care that they're being made in the first place. They're made so cheaply that even if they don't sell, I don't think it'd stop these same companies from trying again with the next celebrity death, hoping maybe that one works out better.

[franklinpross]

now that a short period of time has passed, it's totally allright to package patrick swayze . . . .The Best Of Patrick Swayze. I'm going to J&R tomorrow and I'll report what they are selling.

[jebhdb]

The thing I hate is when family members or other hanger's on use someone's death for profit. "Coming up an interview with Latoya Jackson where she tells of the horrible loss of her beloved brother, followed by the new single she recorded in his name and is now available on itunes." My guess is there's a special place in hell for people like this. I know that isn't exactly the theme of the thread, but I wanted to put my two cents in anyway.

[assydingo]

Originally Posted by franklinpross

WOW you guys!!! OK so I went into a corner here.

God Almighty!! I just woke up . . and my water is just now boiling for my pasta dinner.

stop yelling at me. I just think we should let ( just died) actors rest awhile before we have 3/$10 Patrick Swayze DVD sales at Wal-mart.

next topic!!!

Let's keep the discussion of dead people off blu-ray.com, please . .

awww, don't take it to personally