Sunday
04Jan2009
'Watchmen' Soap Opera Gets Even Sillier
Sunday, January 4, 2009 at 2:14PM
Well, this is just super.
The New York Times, which has been completely plugged in to the entire Watchmen drama that has unfolded over the past few months, reports that this round and round between Warner Bros. and Fox really is just a pissing match.
"In one exchange, lawyers for Warner Brothers filed paperwork opposing Fox’s attempt to block evidence that Warner says would show that Fox is an 'underperforming' studio or that Warner is 'better.' This follows earlier assertions by a Fox executive, in a deposition, that his studio is 'unique' and 'the very best in the business.'"Brilliant! Studios arguing over who has the prettiest girlfriend. Nice. Way to stay on point. (Sigh...) This whole circus will still go to court on January 20th, to try to settle some other issues associated with all of this. Fox is seeking to delay the release, because they'd need to have a distribution deal in place ahead of time. Can March 6th still happen? Your guess is as good as mine.
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All together now. "There's no business like show business and ............................
I think that the interim ruling was a pretty daft one.
There's no way a judge will solve anything by admonishing embittered parties to work it out between themselves.
The whole point of going to court is that the parties haven't been able to work it out and the judge's job is to say what goes.
I remeber a case, a suit for a certain amount, where the judge ordered the parties to calculate the amount by themselves. That was the whole point of the suit, though, that the parties hadn't been able to agree on an amount. The judge finally delivered a nice and proper judgment but the process was no fun at all.