HIGHLA-L Digest - 16 Jan 2001 to 17 Jan 2001 (#2001-33)
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Topics of the day:
1. Merlin 2000 Question (4)
2. HL:EG box office (3)
3. HL:EG box office--SPOILER
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:26:15 -0500
From: Parisrose <parisrose@prodigy.net>
Subject: Merlin 2000 Question
A few weeks ago someone mentioned AP's movie - Merlin 2000 (and in some places it's Merlin :The Return) The post made it sound like they had actually seen it. Can anyone tell me if it's somewhere in theaters or straight to video? I haven't been able to find it listed anywhere. Is it possible it was only released in the UK ?
Another question - was this filmed before or after the end of the series?
Thanks -
susan
parisrose@prodigy.net
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:33:50 EST
From: Dotiran@aol.com
Subject: Re: Merlin 2000 Question
In a message dated 1/16/01 11:26:49 PM US Eastern Standard Time,
parisrose@prodigy.net writes:
<< Is it possible it was only released in the UK ?
Yes, so far Merlin has only opened in the UK,
<<Another question - was this filmed before or after the end of the series?
after
It was filmed in South Africa and filming was completed by Christmas of '98
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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 20:40:48 -0800
From: "R. Shelton" <rshelton@jps.net>
Subject: Re: Merlin 2000 Question
At 11:26 PM -0500 01/16/2001, Parisrose wrote:
>A few weeks ago someone mentioned AP's movie - Merlin 2000 (and in
>some places it's Merlin :The Return) The post made it sound like
>they had actually seen it. Can anyone tell me if it's somewhere in
>theaters or straight to video?
It's not been released at all in the US yet.
>I haven't been able to find it listed anywhere. Is it possible it
>was only released in the UK ?
Yes - only in the UK.
>Another question - was this filmed before or after the end of the series?
After the end of the series - I think I remember seeing that it was
filmed in 1998. If I'm wrong someone else will probably know exactly.
. .
Rachel
Rachel Shelton
rshelton@jps.net
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"I think you need a taste of life. . . ."
Duncan MacLeod ~Justice~
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 09:39:08 EST
From: List Kathy Avery <Lynxf19@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Merlin 2000 Question
Parisrose <parisrose@prodigy.net> writes:
<< A few weeks ago someone mentioned AP's movie - Merlin 2000 (and in some places it's Merlin :The Return) The post made it sound like they had actually seen it. Can anyone tell me if it's somewhere in theaters or straight to video? I haven't been able to find it listed anywhere. Is it possible it was only released in the UK ?
Thanks -
susan
parisrose@prodigy.net>>
I looked at the newswire on Adrian Paul's official site at celebrityblvd.com. It said that the movie does not have a distributor.
kathy
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:50:16 -1000
From: Geiger <geiger@maui.net>
Subject: HL:EG box office
The 2-01 issue of Sci Fi magazine has a tally of estimated US gross receipts
for the summer flicks.
1. Mission Impossible $218 mil
2. Gladiator $187 mil
3. Perfect Storm $180 mil
4. X-Men $160 mil
5. Scary Movie $158 mil
6. What Lies Beneath $150 mil
7. Dinosaur $140 mil
8. Nutty Prof. II $125 mil
9. Big Mama's House $118 mil
10. Patriot $115 mil
Then, they list several more genre movies who didn't make the top 10.
Chicken Run $110 mil
Space Cowboys $88 mil
Hollow Man $80 mil
Cell $62 mil
Rocky & Bullwinkle $26 mil
Titan AE $23 mil
Battlefield Earth $21 mil
American Psycho $15 mil
HIGHLANDER ENDGAME $14 MIL
Godzilla 2000 $10 mil
Yep, HL:EG's down in the genre cellar; the mag referred to these films as
"fizzling like a dud firecracker."
For comparison w/ HL:EG's $14mil US gross, a previous post quoted IMDb as--
>>> HL1 - $5.9m (USA)
HL2 - $15.556m (USA)
HL3 - $13.829m (USA)>>>
So, HL:EG may have barely beaten HL3 (or not, if Sci-Fi's # was rounded
upward). But it didn't do as well in the US as HL2 did. (HL2! The shame
of being beaten by the Zeist flick....) And, if one adjusts for inflation,
then HL:EG's 2000 take is even less impressive compared to ticket prices
back in 1991 (HL2) & 1994 (HL3).
I'm sure HL:EG will make some money in oversees markets, but I don't see any
reason to think oversees audiences will embrace it any more than US
audiences did.
Nina
geiger@maui.net
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:52:57 EST
From: Lance Aldridge <GPrimeCEO@aol.com>
Subject: Re: HL:EG box office
In a message dated 1/17/01 2:51:50 PM Central Standard Time, geiger@maui.net
writes:
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> Yep, HL:EG's down in the genre cellar; the mag referred to these films as
> "fizzling like a dud firecracker."
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> For comparison w/ HL:EG's $14mil US gross, a previous post quoted IMDb as--
> >>> HL1 - $5.9m (USA)
> HL2 - $15.556m (USA)
> HL3 - $13.829m (USA)>>>
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> So, HL:EG may have barely beaten HL3 (or not, if Sci-Fi's # was rounded
> upward). But it didn't do as well in the US as HL2 did. (HL2! The shame
> of being beaten by the Zeist flick....) And, if one adjusts for inflation,
> then HL:EG's 2000 take is even less impressive compared to ticket prices
> back in 1991 (HL2) & 1994 (HL3).
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> I'm sure HL:EG will make some money in oversees markets, but I don't see any
> reason to think oversees audiences will embrace it any more than US
> audiences did.
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As I've said, Endgame is the death toll for the franchise. TPTB will have to
rethink their disatrous decision to kill Connor and hand over the franchise
to the pretender.
This does not bode well for us all...................
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 19:05:11 -0500
From: Sandy Fields <diamonique@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: HL:EG box office
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>As I've said, Endgame is the death toll for the franchise. TPTB will have to
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Well they don't *have* to rethink anything. But if they are ever of a mind
to look back at the problems with Endgame, I think they need to look at the
various issues and problems that resulted in the decision to edit the movie
to death.
-- Sandy
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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:44:48 -1000
From: Geiger <geiger@maui.net>
Subject: Re: HL:EG box office--SPOILER
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Lance--
> As I've said, Endgame is the death toll for the franchise. TPTB will have
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> rethink their disatrous decision to kill Connor and hand over the
franchise
> to the pretender.
> This does not bode well for us all...................
What does not bode well for YOU is your tiresome inability/refusal to follow
simple rules. You have been told & reminded about spoiler rules for plot
points of HL:EG, specifically Connor's death.
And, that's "death knell." Which in fact it may be, though not for the
reason you give. A bad movie is a bad movie, no matter who lives or who
gets killed off.
Nina
geiger@maui.net
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