Stavros Posted July 6, 2013 Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 Well they forgot to mention that in the marketing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted July 6, 2013 Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 They also had to completely restart the movie in the middle or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted July 6, 2013 Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 Well they forgot to mention that in the marketing. Really? I thought the Bruckheimer/Depp/Verbinski angle was pretty overt in the marketing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted July 6, 2013 Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 Because it's really Pirates of the Caribbean 5. Tagline: On shittier tides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted July 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 If this was the 50s or 60s, this movie would be a hit. Who cares about westerns or The Lone Ranger in 2013? Add the ridiculous imagery of a bird on Tonto's head and of course nobody went to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted July 6, 2013 Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 Well they forgot to mention that in the marketing. Really? I thought the Bruckheimer/Depp/Verbinski angle was pretty overt in the marketing. Well it's either that they didn't mention it enough or that it doesn't mean as much as they thought. The latter is even more pleasing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted July 6, 2013 Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 To quote my mother-in-law (who saw it because she grew-up on The Lone Ranger): "Mike, I hated it. Hated. It. It absolutely missed the point of The Lone Ranger." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted July 6, 2013 Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 I realize I'm very much in the minority, but I was REALLY looking forward to this. However, I have to come to the conclusion that Hollywood just does not know what to do with pulp characters now. You could make a terrific Lone Ranger movie, but I doubt it's going to come from Jerry Bruckheimer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted July 6, 2013 Report Share Posted July 6, 2013 They constantly try to make existing properties fit their boxes. This was always going to be more Pirates than Ranger because they were looking for a name to fit a slot in their summer lineup rather than having the property and developing it independently. They did this exact same nonsense with Wild Wild West and Jonah Hex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted July 7, 2013 Report Share Posted July 7, 2013 I realize I'm very much in the minority, but I was REALLY looking forward to this. However, I have to come to the conclusion that Hollywood just does not know what to do with pulp characters now. You could make a terrific Lone Ranger movie, but I doubt it's going to come from Jerry Bruckheimer. And now having actually seen it, it... wasn't... horrible. Still gathering thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koete Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 And now it's time to blame the critics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFetch Posted August 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Because it couldn't possibly be that people just didn't want to see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted August 7, 2013 Report Share Posted August 7, 2013 My favourite quote one that issue is this- “Critics keep crying for original movies, you make one and they don’t like it, so what can I tell you,” - Jerry Bruickheimer Can someone explain to him the meaning of the word original? They also blamed it on the fact that this isn't a sequel, their guy can't fly and it doesn't have giant robots, as though in this instance giant robots were a marker of lower integrity. Pacific Rim has a dozen times the creative integrity of the Lone Ranger, plus it's an actual real Original Movie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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