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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| But there`s another reason why the world is watching Korea: it has proved itself to be a good test market. The country is in fact being used as a test market in various fields and its usefulness is highly rated in the movie market. Thanks to the advanced Internet culture, audience response to movies can be judged almost instantly from postings on web communities, which makes a Korean world premiere worthwhile. In terms of speed no one beats Korea and film publicity and promotion is usually an all-out offensive. If Japan carries out long-term promotion over a three-month period, Korea does the same thing in one month and word of the movie spreads quickly |
That's the closest the article gets to Mr. Smithington's comment below and even so it's still way off base.
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| because......Korea is so important. It gives the movie the much needed publicity that it just couldn't get elsewhere. |
The article doesn't say that or anything close to that. It merely points out that due to its high Internet penetration Korea makes a good test market for Hollywood films as audience response is usually rapid.
So it's not due to linking the wrong article it's due to poor reading and analytical skills. |
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AfroBurrito
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 11:15 pm Post subject: |
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I read an article in The New Yorker (I have provided a link, but without a subscription or access via a reference database, I'm afraid you'll be unable to access the article) about the rise of the Chinese film industry and the radio show I've linked talked specifically about how Hollywood executives were pivoting toward the East due to a lag in movie attendance in the States. East Asian cinemas are being constructed to accommodate the big budget films which have become Hollywood's bread and butter. In other words, they're building more IMAX screens, 4D theaters, and adding all of the bells and whistles which make for a singular movie-going experience. It's rare, but not impossible, to find many theaters here in Korea catering to an indie cinema, artsy crowd. Even in the States those movies often struggle to find an audience. Additionally, more and more audiences in the States are finding it easier to opt for home television viewing a la Game of Thrones, True Detective, Breaking Bad, etc.
While the KT article never explicitly made the claim, it's actually quite accurate to say that East Asia is playing a much bigger role in the movie industry's plans.
http://www.policymic.com/articles/54609/3-countries-with-booming-movie-industries-that-are-not-the-u-s
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/04/22/130422fa_fact_johnson
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2013/07/01/movie-industry |
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radcon
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| Posted: Tue May 13, 2014 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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| The reason movies open early here is to get those big opening weekend numbers. Ticket sales here are added to the US numbers to bump it up. That's how it was explained to me by a few friends in the industry. |
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wishfullthinkng
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 12:33 am Post subject: |
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| it's obviously due to piracy concerns but not because koreans will steal it in the way most of you seem to be suggesting. they're actually worried about americans making copies and koreans torrenting and spreading those copies. the awful internet speed in most areas of america as well as the far lower rate of connectivity make downloading movies not as big of a problem as it is here in korea. so if you release it in korea first, the odds are greater that people will just go and see it instead of waiting to getting a cam rip from america or anywhere else. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 12:40 am Post subject: |
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| radcon wrote: |
| The reason movies open early here is to get those big opening weekend numbers. Ticket sales here are added to the US numbers to bump it up. That's how it was explained to me by a few friends in the industry. |
This is he factor I assumed as well. |
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AlabasterJerk
Joined: 06 May 2014
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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| TheUrbanMyth wrote: |
That's the closest the article gets to Mr. Smithington's comment below and even so it's still way off base.
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| because......Korea is so important. It gives the movie the much needed publicity that it just couldn't get elsewhere. |
The article doesn't say that or anything close to that. It merely points out that due to its high Internet penetration Korea makes a good test market for Hollywood films as audience response is usually rapid.
So it's not due to linking the wrong article it's due to poor reading and analytical skills. |
Smithington said, "because......Korea is so important. It gives the movie the much needed publicity that it just couldn't get elsewhere."
I think that agrees just fine with what the articles state. You are the one with poor analytical skills.
Further, the other articles, which I assume you did not read, state:
"In addition, Korean moviegoers are said to be more scrupulous and trendier. This means that a box office hit in Korea is likely to lead to a smash hit in the international market."
"Aside from successful development of IT and high saturation of internet in Korea, there are characteristics of Korean that explain merits of using Korea as test bed.
Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry diagnosed that strong curiosity and desire to flaunt, as well as social competitiveness and trend sensitivity combined with IT technologies, gave Korea status as excellent test bed. Unlike foreign markets where it takes years to get feedback, it only takes a few months in Korea."
If you have even just a few close Korean friends, every so often they'll make statements about how Korea is at the top of everything. |
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TheUrbanMyth
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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| AlabasterJerk wrote: |
| TheUrbanMyth wrote: |
That's the closest the article gets to Mr. Smithington's comment below and even so it's still way off base.
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| because......Korea is so important. It gives the movie the much needed publicity that it just couldn't get elsewhere. |
The article doesn't say that or anything close to that. It merely points out that due to its high Internet penetration Korea makes a good test market for Hollywood films as audience response is usually rapid.
So it's not due to linking the wrong article it's due to poor reading and analytical skills. |
Smithington said, "because......Korea is so important. It gives the movie the much needed publicity that it just couldn't get elsewhere."
I think that agrees just fine with what the articles state. You are the one with poor analytical skills.
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Mr. Smith...I mean AlabasterJerk...Mr Smithington was being sarcastic with his comment about Korea being important
Immediately after he said that he said
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| The delusion of this place never ceases to amaze. |
So obviously he was not serious with his remark about Korea being important. So no it doesn't agree with the articles.
And as it turned out Korea IS actually a lot more important then Mr. Smithington gave it credit for.
What a good friend he must have though to dig up a year old thread just to attempt to do some damage control. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Thu May 15, 2014 4:19 am Post subject: |
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| Also South Korea is the 25th largest country in the world (out of 242 on Wikipedia) in terms of population so I wish they'd stop banging on about it being 'small' all the time. |
With the 25th largest population in the world...a lot of banging has had to be going on...maybe a hard habit to give up. |
My land is bigger than yours.....  |
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Milwaukiedave
Joined: 02 Oct 2004
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 4:21 am Post subject: |
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| The piracy issue makes sense. I have notice a quite a few movies opening here before in North America. |
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AlabasterJerk
Joined: 06 May 2014
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 5:06 am Post subject: |
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| TheUrbanMyth wrote: |
| AlabasterJerk wrote: |
| TheUrbanMyth wrote: |
That's the closest the article gets to Mr. Smithington's comment below and even so it's still way off base.
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| because......Korea is so important. It gives the movie the much needed publicity that it just couldn't get elsewhere. |
The article doesn't say that or anything close to that. It merely points out that due to its high Internet penetration Korea makes a good test market for Hollywood films as audience response is usually rapid.
So it's not due to linking the wrong article it's due to poor reading and analytical skills. |
Smithington said, "because......Korea is so important. It gives the movie the much needed publicity that it just couldn't get elsewhere."
I think that agrees just fine with what the articles state. You are the one with poor analytical skills.
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Mr. Smith...I mean AlabasterJerk...Mr Smithington was being sarcastic with his comment about Korea being important
Immediately after he said that he said
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| The delusion of this place never ceases to amaze. |
So obviously he was not serious with his remark about Korea being important. So no it doesn't agree with the articles.
And as it turned out Korea IS actually a lot more important then Mr. Smithington gave it credit for.
What a good friend he must have though to dig up a year old thread just to attempt to do some damage control. |
LoL. I found this thread by googling something along the lines of "why Koreans believe..." or "why movies are released first in Korea". When you have many Korean friends occasionally spouting BS, you can't help but google to see if others have had similar experiences. Here are some things I can think of off the top of my head:
"Japanese are descended from the Koreans"
"The Manchu were actually Korean"
"'I will Survive' was originally a Korean song." A bizarre claim.
"They release movies in Korea first because whatever Koreans like/dislike, the rest of the world will like/dislike."
"Hangul is the best writing system in the world"
"Korean is so superior to English"
"The Chinese stole our holiday"
And an overall attitude that the Korean "race" is a race that is inherently innocent and pure.
References: All 1st person anecdotes. Living daily with Koreans for 3+ years. |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 6:07 am Post subject: |
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"Hangul is the best writing system in the world"
"Korean is so superior to English" |
These ones I heard A LOT. So annoying. |
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