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| re: The Evening Standard Ad Was Not A Completely Negative Thing | |
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La_Comtesse 03:47 am UTC 12/07/09 |
| In reply to: | re: The Evening Standard Ad Was Not A Completely Negative Thing - BULLWHIP 12:26 am UTC 12/07/09 |
| Wasn't that Marshall speakers he wanted ? > > > > > All the ad in the Evening Standard tells us is that > > > someone paid money for an ad (containing no specific > > > details). It was what happened after this that was > > > telling. Nothing. > > > > Of course you are correct, the ad was premature. I don't > > think I'm being disloyal to the production by saying that > > because two of the things you mention are very obvious. > > > > Caveman has already leaked why this situation occured > > (still don't know who he is but there are theories). > > > > Hopefully the next ad in the Evening Standard will say > > something about the show (well, will say more than simply > > "Jim Steinman's Bat Out Of Hell The Musical") and will > > also be backed up by a powerful publicity machine and > > considerable momentum. > > > > However, the fact that such an expensive ad was paid for > > should indicate that the show is attracting financing. > > > > Also, it did stir up some welcome attention from London > > big wigs. > > > > Even though it didn't really work as an ad, Jim's concept > > from the Bat One cover looked great on the left hand page. > > The list on the right hand page was not so hot but at > > least the art work was good. > > > > So it wasn't a completely negative thing. > > > > I thought that maybe they could have had two one page ads > > instead of the double pager. With Jim's artwork on the > > right hand page, saying "coming soon", followed by another > > right hand page ad, when you turned the page, with the > > same artwork but this time saying "Jim Steinman's Bat Out > > Of Hell The Musical". > > > > I'm not sure what you would make of that. > I think the keyword here is nothing. No website. No > followup ads, no interviews. Nothing. All that spells to > the majority of people is much ado about nothing. > I don't think Jim has any money management ability. When > he was doing BFG, he wanted the record company to send out > a certain kind of stereo to all the radio stations as he > felt this certain stereo did his album justice. I have no > doubt he was right. But no one was going to spend the > money on that. > The BAT Musical to me is much the same. I'm sure he wants > to pull out all the stops but I doubt anyone is willing to > put up the kind of money this would require. | |
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