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Author Topic: Transformers prints delivery info ?? Lyle Romer Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1400 From: Davie, FL, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 06-30-2007 12:41 AM                     The latest I've heard is that the combinations locks aren't being done completely as an anti-piracy measure. Since they knew the prints were going to get delivered on Friday, Paramount didn't want unlimited unauthorised screenings all weekend. At least the un-locked cans are the first reels in order so you can at least make up half the print ahead of time. They could have really played games and mixed the reels up so this wasn't the case.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 06-30-2007 01:40 AM                     Built up the first 3 reels and trailer pack and screened it last night. So far no problems. To be continued Monday morning.  |  IP: Logged Keith Peticolas Expert Film Handler Posts: 108 From: Eagle River, Alaska, USA Registered: Aug 2001 posted 06-30-2007 01:42 AM                     ^Now that's a little more sensible excuse for the locks. Seeing how the movie is already playing somewhere else on Earth. They could of just asked us not the play the movie till Sunday night or so. By the way my copy has the cheapest looking little lock on it. A wet noodle would kill it.  |  IP: Logged Ryan Navaroli Film Handler Posts: 63 From: Athens, OH, USA Registered: Nov 2005 posted 06-30-2007 04:31 PM                        theres only like 10,000 combos... we figured out ours and both prints had the same combo  |  IP: Logged Jon P. Inghram Expert Film Handler Posts: 124 From: Wichita, KS USA Registered: Jan 2007 posted 06-30-2007 04:39 PM                     If you go to the website shown on the sheet included with the movie it just has a "XXXX" placeholder, no forms to enter your theater or anything like that, I bet all the locks have the same number.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 06-30-2007 04:55 PM                     If the studio simply wanted to prevent pre-screenings until Sunday night (for technical checks), then they would be releasing the code on Sunday. That isn't the case though. They don't want all of the horrible reviews to hit the internet before they have a chance to make a buck! (They could've at LEAST only locked the last reel. Dealing with 20 minutes per print on Monday wouldn't be that big of an issue. The last HALF was totally unnecessary.)  |  IP: Logged Blaine Young Master Film Handler Posts: 477 From: Kirkland, WA, USA Registered: Sep 2006 posted 06-30-2007 11:06 PM                     Our 4 prints all had the same combination - as well as several other prints received by theaters across town. It took us about 25 minutes to figure out the combination.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 06-30-2007 11:54 PM                    Our two prints had two different combinations. I guess one of our locks was in the 1% that were "defective". Good thing we figured it out ahead of time. That could have really sucked.  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 07-01-2007 01:23 AM                        Ummm... Maybe this is like a Republican discussing politics with a Democrat, but... Considering Paramount wanted their prints secured until Monday, was it so out of the question to honor their security efforts and leave the locks alone? This kind of stuff only supports their already skeptical attitude about exhibitors. Next time, we might not get our prints at all until the day they hit the screen.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Weigel Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1062 From: Edmond, OK, USA Registered: Mar 2007 posted 07-01-2007 01:35 AM                     Its probably not a good idea to announce it on a public forum either. Better hope it doesn't violate the licensing agreement.  |  IP: Logged Anslem Rayburn Master Film Handler Posts: 476 From: Yuma, AZ, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 07-01-2007 01:53 AM                     Effectively, we don't have our prints until Monday. We can't pre-screen them to make sure everything is okay, so they should have saved themselves a bunch of money and just shipped them to arrive on Monday, or not gone to all the trouble of padlocking them .  |  IP: Logged Blaine Young Master Film Handler Posts: 477 From: Kirkland, WA, USA Registered: Sep 2006 posted 07-01-2007 02:15 AM                     I suspect the security measures are more to protect the prints from possible seizure and tampering in transit to the venue, not preventing exhibitors from pre-screening. Given the number of bad reels we have had this summer on nearly every major release, it only makes good sense to pre-screen a feature that is going to have so many release prints.  |  IP: Logged Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 07-01-2007 02:25 AM                    quote: Blaine Young I suspect the security measures are more to protect the prints from possible seizure and tampering in transit to the venue, not preventing exhibitors from pre-screening. I think you may have missed the boat on that assumption. That lock is not going to keep anyone out of the can if they steal it off the truck.  |  IP: Logged Michael Hossen Expert Film Handler Posts: 136 From: Perth, Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 07-01-2007 03:09 AM                        Our print came in cardboard boxes with no padlocks(obviously), as all of the prints we receive do. It was delivered on Thursday, the first screening date.  |  IP: Logged Marc Jensen Film Handler Posts: 20 From: Auckland, New Zealand Registered: Jan 2006 posted 07-01-2007 03:40 AM                     quote: Brad Miller If the studio simply wanted to prevent pre-screenings until Sunday night (for technical checks), then they would be releasing the code on Sunday. That isn't the case though. They don't want all of the horrible reviews to hit the internet before they have a chance to make a buck! The 'horrible' reviews currently at 82% on Rotten Tomatoes?  |  IP: Logged

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