Randy A Salas
Screenwriter
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- Apr 25, 2002
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Advance screeners were sent to some media outlets, but it really wasn't worth the trouble. The discs had forced subtitles warning against copying across the top and the bottom of the widescreen image that obscured nearly half the picture--and they appeared during the entire movie. And the discs had to be returned after just a few days.
It's disappointing not to get screeners, but this one wouldn't have been worth the bother. I know that many reviewers, myself and at many web sites, protested these kinds of screeners when they threatened to become prevalent a few years ago. The campaign appeared to work. It's disappointing to see the trend starting to come back with major releases. CTHE recently did the same thing with Seinfeld.