The State of Black Hollywood: Spike Lee Resorts To Kickstarter To Find Funding For His Movie.

kevin arnold

kevin arnold

Superstar
Joined
May 29, 2012
Messages
12,063
Reputation
868
Daps
28,131
Reppin
NULL
Ethnic Vagina Finder said:
Man so when CAC raise 5 mili for a Veronica Mars movie they get praises but when Spike Lee wants to do it he gets blasted...

Don't you dumb fukks know that directors/producers don't fund their own projects 99 percent of the time? If someone want's to make a movie they need investors. Kickstarter is just another way for people to micro invest. George Lucas is a fukking billionaire.. Do you think he paid for those Star War's flicks with his own money? shyt is so rare that when nikkas do it, its kinda sorta a big deal.


And for the record Spike Lee got into the game buy funding his own movies.
Click to expand...


:duck:

his first movie he got investors to put up the 175
school daze, columbia did that
 
storyteller

storyteller

Superstar
Joined
May 23, 2012
Messages
16,345
Reputation
4,994
Daps
62,273
Reppin
NYC
How successful have his last couple of movies been? Maybe he just hasn't been earning profits lately, in which case, I'd say just wait until Oldboy drops and if it's a hit...funding won't be a problem. Also, like the one dude said, he didn't really pitch the film and I'm not donating just because it's Spike Lee.
 
Big Boss

Big Boss

Veteran
Joined
Sep 26, 2012
Messages
174,881
Reputation
11,782
Daps
340,443
Reppin
NULL
StillNotSoft said:
Powerful post,u can tell who's never seen any of the movies..."bu bu but the darkskin black guy is always the villian" meanwhile Idris Elba wuz a single father tryna get his daughters back from a unfit mother and it was a good movie with Gabrielle Union fine azz:ohlawd:...I remember alotta y'all watchin "The Game" and this wuz after it wuz extra wack lol,if u can find meritt in that bullshyt Tyler can do his thing,there normally is some kindve message in it and is in the vein of those black stage plays if u never seen one? If u have seen one you'll understand a lilttle bettter that's what he knwos how to do.


I understood Spikes criticsm but it wuz way too harsh and disrespectful and elitist...personally Spikes movies always been overated to me too....but he does what he does and has had a couple good movies...X coulda been better and deserves another remake:ufdup:...you exactly right,they do want people to hate TP and its workin...Kevin Hart was inspired by TP he said as well and did it himself....its not that easy I know but take a page out the mans book and respect his hussle...gotta love black actors is getting work and not just having to play criminals on law and order or gettin fuked Halle Berry style on sum random straight to dvd hood flick...ol girl from Coming To America on Belly2:steviej:

Click to expand...


that ether :whew:
 
Ethnic Vagina Finder

Ethnic Vagina Finder

The Great Paper Chaser
Joined
May 4, 2012
Messages
54,623
Reputation
2,570
Daps
154,612
Reppin
North Jersey but I miss Cali :sadcam:
yoyoyo1 said:
you're a fake-militant idiot, veronica mars people got mad criticism over it too
Click to expand...
But why the fukk people worrying about what they do with their own fukking money? If people want to give so fukking what. At least you know spike lee and the mars producers will deliver a quality legit project. If people want to invest big deal. This is a non story. And cac's is throwing extra hate towards spike lee nikka so don't act dumb.
 
yoyoyo1

yoyoyo1

huh?
Joined
May 1, 2012
Messages
20,402
Reputation
-3,184
Daps
15,120
Ethnic Vagina Finder said:
But why the fukk people worrying about what they do with their own fukking money? If people want to give so fukking what. At least you know spike lee and the mars producers will deliver a quality legit project. If people want to invest big deal. This is a non story. And cac's is throwing extra hate towards spike lee nikka so don't act dumb.
Click to expand...
i agree with you but this isnt a race issue

have you seen the donation page of everyone who's donated?

The Newest Hottest Spike Lee Joint by Spike Lee » Backers — Kickstarter

a good 90% are white :bryan:

and please google "kickstarter spike lee" in fact a lot of the mass media people are behind him

lets not make this a race issue, this is clearly a rich vs poor issue. this is only relevant in the coli cause its a black forum, no one is freaking out about this
 
up in here

up in here

Superstar
Joined
May 9, 2012
Messages
7,586
Reputation
2,286
Daps
19,426
Reppin
NULL
StillNotSoft said:
Powerful post,u can tell who's never seen any of the movies..."bu bu but the darkskin black guy is always the villian" meanwhile Idris Elba wuz a single father tryna get his daughters back from a unfit mother and it was a good movie with Gabrielle Union fine azz:ohlawd:...I remember alotta y'all watchin "The Game" and this wuz after it wuz extra wack lol,if u can find meritt in that bullshyt Tyler can do his thing,there normally is some kindve message in it and is in the vein of those black stage plays if u never seen one? If u have seen one you'll understand a lilttle bettter that's what he knwos how to do.


I understood Spikes criticsm but it wuz way too harsh and disrespectful and elitist...personally Spikes movies always been overated to me too....but he does what he does and has had a couple good movies...X coulda been better and deserves another remake:ufdup:...you exactly right,they do want people to hate TP and its workin...Kevin Hart was inspired by TP he said as well and did it himself....its not that easy I know but take a page out the mans book and respect his hussle...gotta love black actors is getting work and not just having to play criminals on law and order or gettin fuked Halle Berry style on sum random straight to dvd hood flick...ol girl from Coming To America on Belly2:steviej:

Click to expand...

Hold up, X could have been better? The fukk you talkin bout?
 
tr2k

tr2k

All Star
Joined
May 12, 2012
Messages
7,230
Reputation
2,075
Daps
10,639
Born2BKing said:
It does, apparently these cats have their own definition of minstrel show and c00nery. Chappelle show was a better example but we over look that because it was hilarious but you see how white people loved that shyt. Dave even started asking himself "are they laughing with me or at me?"
Click to expand...
I guess they folks never laughed at Martin, In Living Color, MAD Tv.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top