Blame it on Batman! ... Partially anyway!

[Cat]

If the Warner Bros. movie about the flying rodent had not been so 
financially successful HBP would have premeired when originally 
planned. Alan Horn admitted in the LA Times article that the movie 
WOULD be ready by the November date.

As it is .... it IS all about the money! Apparently Warner Bros. is 
not too confident that their offerings for next summer are very 
impressive, SO Mr. Horn and Mr. Jeff Robinov (pres. of WB motion 
picture group)decided to hedge their bets by putting a sure thing 
into the Summer Movie Mixture!

Even though Mr. Horn says, "We love our fans!" Actions do speak 
louder than words and it is very obvious that he is quite happy to 
take our money but really has no respect for us (as customers)at all! 
In the LA Times article, he also admits that it is for the money. 

I can envision Alan Horn and Jeff Robinov sitting in their tall Ivory 
Tower Private Screening Room, surrounded by mounds of gold, gleefully 
chortling to themselves, "HAAA HAA! All you Potter Pions ... WE 
already saw the movie and you have to wait BECAUSE we say so!!!! By 
next summer you will be so anxious to see it you'll pay more!!!!!!"
(Side Note: The majority of Box Office increases have occured at the 
beginning of the Summer Movie Season.) 

I truly believe that people would not be so irrate, if they (Horn, 
Robinov & WB) had just been honest and A LOT more tactful with us in 
the first place. If they had not announced the international premeire 
dates and had judiciously cushioned the blow by hinting at a possible 
delay. They even disrespected the media that they depend on...the 
magazine Entertainment Weekly spotlighted Harry Potter on the cover 
of their special Fall Movie Preview. How foolish do they feel now? 
And how willing will they (all of us, really)be to believe "promises" 
that are made by (Horn, Robinov & WB) be in the future? Potter fans 
are very patient people, but we don't like to be lied too! 

Also, Jeff Robinov in his press release saying, "The good news for 
[fans]," he said, "is that the gap will now be shortened 
between 'Half-Blood Prince' and the first part of 'Harry Potter and 
the Deathly Hallows.'" EXCUSE ME?????? GOOD NEWS? What kind of myopic 
bureaucratic double-speak is that? That sounded more like a 
condescending insult than an appeasement!

As far as I am concerned ... WB has shot their credibility all to 
heck!

Cat