I was reading an article about the writer of the current version of the character written by Conan the Barbarian co-writer, Sean Hood, who was disappointed by the box office results of his latest project, Conan The Barbarian (August, John, 2011). When he wrote about how he compared the success of his project to that of an election night when key politicians are battling for the votes from registered voters who are not in their shoes. He that feeling of disappointment and dread when the film was released this past Friday.
Despite pushing past the negative comments, he was still disappointed how the film performed, because that was something that he worked very hard on. I can relate to his feelings about his film because I went through a similar experience. My project was initially successful when it was released to home video a few years ago…for about a week. It was nice to see it on the racks with bigger movies that came out along with it. After about two months, I saw my film in the “bargain bin” at Blockbuster, and let’s just say my heart sank. I was happy to get the distribution deal for my film, at the same time, I wanted more exposure so that I could get more work as a filmmaker instead of my administrative skills. It was very frustrating to say the least, but I can understand and relate to Sean Hood.
Now, I haven’t seen Conan, but from all of the reviews I had been reading, my heart sank because I wanted this film to succeed on so many different levels. One, not to take away from what Schwartzenegger did with the original in 1982, I did want to see the character exposed to a new generation. I’ve been a fan of the character ever since I could read a comic book, and when I heard that this was coming out, I got really excited about it.
Needless to say, I felt the same way when Green Lantern came out as well earlier this summer. I wanted that to succeed as well, but we all know what happened to that one…
Link: http://johnaugust.com/2011/what-a-flop-feels-like
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