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Judd
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Joined: 11 Mar 2011 Posts: 14
UK Release Date Evening all,
So as we draw closer to the Super 8 cinema delight I thought I would highlight an awkward problem. It has been confirmed that the film will be released across the UK on Friday 19th August. Most people will be flocking to the movie on the 10th June in the States, you lucky buggers.
If you could contain your enthusiasm for the details of the film that would be greatly appreciated, it seems crazy that there is such a difference in release dates (in light of torrent copies etc.). I will try to resist looking at reviews and web site chatter after the 10th.
There is a determined honourable petition to try to bring the date in line with America but would probably not come to much.
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:34 pm
multipsychoapopheniosis
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Joined: 22 May 2010 Posts: 325
Seconded!!
-->Why is it so widely spaced!!??!!
-----> I suspect this is a futile plea however...
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:54 pm
ilikechocolate
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Joined: 17 Jun 2010 Posts: 166 Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Seconded!
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:32 pm
scoutpost
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Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Posts: 41
YOu should post the link to the petition here. (unless it's against forum rules) You never know who else might sign it. Couldn't hurt.
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:00 am
zort70
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Joined: 02 Mar 2011 Posts: 226
Looks like my trip to Comic-Con will have one evening spent in a cinema !
Let us know the petition details and we can start spreading the word for us UK folks.
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:47 am
Alexnsake
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Joined: 09 Feb 2011 Posts: 42
In Spain also is on August 19, I think too, two months is unfair.
Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:47 am
JumboTron
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Joined: 27 Jul 2010 Posts: 743 Location: ten miles north on the Dewsbury road
If the US release date is the 10th June that means we've got 2 months and 5 days before this ARG ends... so when is it actually going to start?!
I mean, we were given our Astronaut Training Program account details back in January but the Astronaut Training Program section on the RocketPoppeteers.com still hasn't begun.
Sorry, I don't mean to sound impatient or grateful but we're getting irregular updates on HLM and STIES, the s8editingroom.com (what's that all about?), and the images at the end of the Super8 trailer that changed every day (which led to?)... it's all very unclear.
Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 7:14 am
scoutpost
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Joined: 03 Apr 2011 Posts: 41
I was thinking about the slooooooow pace of things today, frustrated that I can't imagine how they will tie up all this information in the time left before the release, when I had this thought: what if the ARG is going to continue through the summer to the UK release date. That would add 10 weeks. I'm not really sure why the creators would do that from a story standpoint, but if they kept the ARG going after the US release (at the beginning of the summer), then the "buzz" about the movie would continue (esp if the ARG gets exciting), and potentially increase the number of $$$ in their pockets, until they wrapped it all up with the UK release (at the end of the summer). I"m totally spitballing here- it just popped into my head when I was thinking about all the loose ends.
Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2011 6:32 pm
Froid
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Joined: 25 May 2010 Posts: 64 Location: Israel
I was thinking our (Israeli) release date is late... It is set to 28'th of July.
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 12:16 am
ilikechocolate
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Joined: 17 Jun 2010 Posts: 166 Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Froid wrote:
I was thinking our (Israeli) release date is late... It is set to 28'th of July.
The premiere was set for July 29th in Sweden, but then it was moved to June 17. Guess who was happy!
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:50 am
hockeyd44
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Joined: 10 Sep 2010 Posts: 50 Location: Phoenix, Az
later release I for one will be seeing this opening night. I will make sure to keep my mouth shut.
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:23 am
Froid
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Joined: 25 May 2010 Posts: 64 Location: Israel
This deviation in screening dates is one of the reasons to force people download the film from the internet and not watch in in the cinema.
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:08 pm
avr1991
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Joined: 11 Feb 2011 Posts: 364 Location: London, UK
The UK release date has been moved to 05 Aug 11
I'm still not happy with that
If it was even late June i'd be happy to wait. But why do we get one of the latest dates.
I really hope they move it up a bit more, i agree with you Froid, once hype is generated (even more) in the US. People in other countries will download it and not watch it in the cinema
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:51 pm
untricky
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Joined: 31 Jan 2011 Posts: 231
Oh no!
I'll have to keep my big mouth shut.
9th June here in Oz...
Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:35 pm
kelwhite01
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Joined: 15 Dec 2010 Posts: 467 Location: Colorado, USA
Off Topic...
Happy Nuptials William and Katherine!
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 11:00 pm
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