There are several factors which determine the success of a film in HTG Hollywood. These include the cast and director, the amount of advertising, plus the theatre vote to gauge reaction to the release. Another item is the buzz vote for the film. This is a value between 1 and 10 that a potential viewer assigns to the movie to label his anticipation of said movie.
Some producers are well enough known that their films automatically get a good buzz vote. Some of us have been together for a decade and a half. Our knowledge of each other's writing is fairly concrete. But what if you don't know who is writing a film? What if you don't know who the director is or even what the movie is about? Would it be fair to give that upcoming film a good buzz vote?
Granted, the number of people who take a few seconds to buzz vote is practically nil. But is that an excuse to be so elusive about the content of a movie to not mention it somewhere... in an ad, on the HTGmdb, etc.?
I'm hoping that we can increase the amount of information about movies as this year progresses. It also wouldn't hurt to buzz vote more.
And why the picture of Henry Winkler above? For all I know, an upcoming movie, now in its sixth day of buzz voting, is about Fonzie going nuts and killing the Cunninghams in some weird Happy Days slasher.
Hmmm.
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