Don't wanna come across TOO cynical (Affleck and Lopez...), but...
I just checked out the trailer for Daredevil at Apple's site and noticed that the opening date was 2/14/03...Valentine's Day.
Isn't that the weekend Ben Affleck and J Lo are supposed to get hitched?
Am I bad to think that people look months ahead, in the Hollywood circles, and think "maximum impact and exposure"?
I don't know...I'm asking.
I know, Valentine's Day is a natural, expected day for some to get married, so that's why I think I might be coming across a bit cynical and doubting.
On the OTHER hand...
Just seems like February 14 is going to be Ben Affleck National Recognition and Hype Day, doesn't it?
I'm sure that's not lost on anyone at the studio OR with Ben's and J Lo's "handlers", agents, PR reps, etc.
<img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
Granted, there's a very strong chance the marriage will never even happen to begin with, so it might just be a movie opening weekend for Mr. Affleck.
Still, if everything goes off as planned, I have a sneaking feeling we're all going to OD on ol' Ben by mid-February (J Lo too).
Isn't that the weekend Ben Affleck and J Lo are supposed to get hitched?
Am I bad to think that people look months ahead, in the Hollywood circles, and think "maximum impact and exposure"?
I don't know...I'm asking.
I know, Valentine's Day is a natural, expected day for some to get married, so that's why I think I might be coming across a bit cynical and doubting.
On the OTHER hand...
Just seems like February 14 is going to be Ben Affleck National Recognition and Hype Day, doesn't it?
I'm sure that's not lost on anyone at the studio OR with Ben's and J Lo's "handlers", agents, PR reps, etc.
<img src="graemlins/bugeye.gif" border="0" alt="[Skeptical]" />
Granted, there's a very strong chance the marriage will never even happen to begin with, so it might just be a movie opening weekend for Mr. Affleck.
Still, if everything goes off as planned, I have a sneaking feeling we're all going to OD on ol' Ben by mid-February (J Lo too).
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I bet they will break up even before Valentine's Day
Whether they do or don't ultimately get married wasn't the point...nor do I give two flying damns one way or the other.
I'm saying that since Affleck is going to be neck deep in Leno/E!/Access Hollywood/press junkets, etc. for Daredevil during this time, wouldn't a big splashy marriage at the same time help, or push things a bit. A two-sided, "double-headed attack" for the press and PR.
These days, with marketing and PR and celebrities being as calculating and shrewd as they are, I don't put it past anyone. Actually, I don't put anyone past anything at this point.
Which was kinda the point of this thread, I guess...
Basically, it's going to be impossible to get through February 2003 without choking on "Ben and J Lo" coverage, in one form or another.
Think I'll set my TV in the driveway for the month and bring it back inside in March.
Not here, Pscates. You don't really make any strong claims in your first post. Rather you just seem to muddle through a set of circumstances with an air of skepticism.
[quote]Their "marriage" is nothing but hype. <hr></blockquote>
That is just a clearer version of what you said. Granted, one shouldn't take that statement literally, but it more or less conveys the fact that their marriage date is scheduled to coincide with the release date of Ben Affleck's "Daredevil" movie.
I was just winking at the original post because I understood your point about marriage hype vs. movie hype. That's why it's not a big deal.
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You're an asshole.
<strong>No, I try to be respectful when I disagree with someone, really.</strong><hr></blockquote>
yet you always make sure to go out of the way for certain people, most notably pscates.
it's tiring and it truly makes you look like an asshole who has nothing better to than pick a fight whenever he posts something.
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yet you always make sure to go out of the way for certain people, most notably pscates.
it's tiring and it truly makes you look like an asshole who has nothing better to than pick a fight whenever he posts something.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Maybe it's tiring. You're right. I suppose I do argue with the more conservative members of this board as well. But there's nothing wrong with that, really. Pscates has his views that he expresses in his threads, I have mine. I don't get angry over it.
We've been through this all before. Why can't you just chill some?
Applenut is right in his assessment, the mean name notwithstanding. I recall groverat and murbot saying something along these lines as well a few weeks back.
It IS me, Shawn. Always.
You know damn well that if I said "the sky is blue", you'd come back and find some way to get on the other side of it and point out how it's truly not, and that I don't get it and so forth.
Whatever "leanings" I may have (or you may ASSUME I have...and you do A LOT of that lately) don't warrant or justify this CONSTANT thing you seem to do.
It really, really doesn't.
Very odd.
If "conservative views" are truly the reason, I can think of about 5 or 6 other members right off the bat who are WAY more to the right than I ever thought about being.
Somehow you've got me pegged as G. Gordon Liddy and Ann Coulter's bastard son. You couldn't be more wrong.
You may be contempt with just emphatically stating what you believe and moving on, but I will call you and others on those views.
It's never been personal for me.
It's always been about issues.
Remember, you're the one who freaked out when I challenged your racist views about the Denny's situation.
It's issues, my friend. I'll try to make that clearer through more selective criticisms..
Cool?
<strong>I know it's a pain, pscates, but at least while ShawnPatrickJoyce is stalking you here, he's not out stealing underwear and sniffing the saddles of exercise bikes.
If only my ex-girlfriend could say the same
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I suppose I do argue with the more conservative members of this board as well.</strong><hr></blockquote>
That's true if you use the word "argue" very loosely.
Meaning that sometimes "argument" would be a generous way to describe the comments.
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finboy: You're baiting me.
Perhaps the two responses are interchangeable.
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PS, Belle, sniffing bicycle seats? HAHAHA, thanks for the mental picture, keep 'em coming.
<img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
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