Over The Hedge

Post by **animated_guy** » June 1st, 2006, 12:52 am

i got a new trailer for barnyard.

i dont really care to see that film at all. looks bleh. thats all i can describe it. bleh. bleh. bleh.

Post by **Ben** » June 1st, 2006, 6:42 am

Yeah...with male cows!?!?!?

Post by **Meg** » June 1st, 2006, 8:04 am

Having male cows with udders is just....Wrong.

Post by **animated_guy** » June 1st, 2006, 4:52 pm

*shivers* ughhh
~a-G :O

Post by **Dacey** » June 2nd, 2006, 11:17 am

Mooooooooooooooo!

Post by **ShyViolet** » June 4th, 2006, 3:32 pm

I don't know if anyone noticed, but Jeffrey Katzenberg has done almost no personal publicity for Over the Hedge. (meaning interviews and such)

I watched HBO First Look: Over the Hedge (also saw the HBO docs for Mad, Shark Tale, Spirit, Sinbad, POE, Shrek, Shrek2 and El Dorado) and unlike those specials JK did not appear once. I don't think that's ever happened before.

I could be wrong, but I think this might have to do with the whole Shareholder lawsuit thing--supposadly JK "misled" consumers by saying lots of positive things about Madagascar in interviews, which led to the whole lawsuit thing...

So there may be legal reasons for this.

Either that, or he was just too busy.

Yeah...with male cows!?!?!?

That reminds me of how in The Simpsons the whole town was trapped inside Flanders' bomb shelter (Bart's Comet episode) and they were playing this barnyard guessing game:

Wiggum: It's a goat, you know, one of them lady goats.
Patty: There are no lady goats, a lady goat is a sheep!

Post by **Dacey** » June 4th, 2006, 4:34 pm

Probably Katzenberg wasn't as involved with OTH as he was with some of the studio's other films. Either that, or he's lost some of his influence on the company since Paramount took over distribution rights.

Post by **ShyViolet** » June 4th, 2006, 4:41 pm

I doubt that.

Katzenberg has had a lot of influence on every DW release, and he was one of the producers of Hedge as well.

Plus Paramount taking over distribution, in my opinion, wouldn't have anything to do with how much K promotes the pics. Marketing is still done by DW.

Plus why would Paramount not want K to get involved in the publicity?

This whole thing is weird. I think it just has to do with time constraints. Oh well, who knows?

Post by **Ben** » June 4th, 2006, 4:42 pm

I think it could be simply that his associates in Geffen and Spielberg both have their own companies in addition to DreamWorks.

I wouldn't be surprised if JK hasn't simply been super busy dealing with the Paramount merger and more concerned with the day to day running of things while S and G are off directing and overseeing their own projects and labels.

Then there's the Flushed Away production hiccups and he's been heavily involved in keeping that on track, so I'd put it down to being busy and letting a film speak for itself...

Post by **Dacey** » June 4th, 2006, 4:45 pm

That could be.

Or maybe he didn't like Hammy as much as the rest of the world did.

Post by **Meg** » June 4th, 2006, 7:17 pm

Psh, Scrat was funnier.

Post by **ShyViolet** » June 4th, 2006, 10:24 pm

I'm sorry, but Hammy owns Scrat. Scart doesn't even talk!

S and G are off directing and overseeing their own projects and labels.

Isn't that what they've been doing for the last 11 years?

so I'd put it down to being busy and letting a film speak for itself...

Yeah...that makes sense.

Post by **Dacey** » June 4th, 2006, 10:26 pm

Nah, gotta go with Meg here.

Hammy rocks, and I ADORE him, but you can't beat Scrat. THAT is just impossible.

Post by **Macaluso** » June 5th, 2006, 4:10 am

Hammy is way better than Scrat.

And I'm always right.

Post by **Meg** » June 5th, 2006, 8:01 am

Scart doesn't even talk!

And yet he's funny anyway. While Hammy is cuter, Scrat made me laugh.