Who buys this stuff

Post by **Best First** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 11:36 am

http://www.empireonline.com/insideempire/

right - i quite like Empire, its good if you have a long train journey or whatnot... but what they are proposing here is a magazine... about a magazine.

Am i going nuts? Who would actually buy this?

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:07 pm

People interested in the history of film journalism?

Ie really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really boring people?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Oct 29, 2009 12:49 pm

Empire does TPB?

IronHide · Post by **IronHide** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:53 am

Id imagine its the same people who buy National Inquire-esque magazines for their journalistic quality.

Jack Cade · Post by **Jack Cade** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:54 pm

Isn't it the sort of thing that occurs to people in the creative industry when they realise they have loads of unused material lying about (in this case photos, I'm guessing) and a zillion untold anecdotes and they think, "Hey! People totally buy our magazine, ergo they must have a deep affection for us, so they'll love to see all this cutting room floor stuff."

I mean, it's just an extension of the craze for DVD extras, isn't it?

I can't remember if it's Empire or the other one that's really **** - the one that gave Phantom Menace five stars, then, a year later gave Attack of the Clones five stars, calling it 'the anti-Phantom Menace'. And recently gave the fourth Indiana Jones movie five stars.

Not so much film journalism as a sort of charity for the victims of aggressive marketing campaigns.

inflatable dalek · Post by **inflatable dalek** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 3:16 am

We've got copies at work, it basically full of run downs on what the consider the most important films/actors/directors during the magazine's life with a few odds and sods on what it's been like to work on the mag.