ICARUS / THE KILLING MACHINE (Dolph Lundgren, 2009)

[bomaz]

That's a really nice cover, but I always had problems with titles involving Actor's name (in France, we had that for Jackie Chan movies some times ago).

[savagesketch]

So does this mean that the title will most likely be THE KILLING MACHINE here in the US as well??

[Jox]

If the info on IMDB is right and Annchor Bay is the US distributor, then YES...

[savagesketch]

Gotta admit, I'm not too keen on the new title... ICARUS is unique; THE KILLING MACHINE sounds like another run-of-mill direct-to-dvd action title...

[Jox]

Yeah which is annoying (and they really insist on the full title actually being "Dolph Lundgren Is T.K.M.", like if we didn't have enough cheesy titles like DIRECT ACTION, THE SHOOTER or THE DEFENDER etc, they have to bring down the good ones anytime it's getting "too" classy... So even if he was doing an A-class movie they'd have to market it like a "bad" one...

[Nathan]

Yeah which is annoying (and they really insist on the full title actually being "Dolph Lundgren Is T.K.M.", like if we didn't have enough cheesy titles like DIRECT ACTION, THE SHOOTER or THE DEFENDER etc, they have to bring down the good ones anytime it's getting "too" classy... So even if he was doing an A-class movie they'd have to market it like a "bad" one...

Yeah it is getting a bit ridiculous, I'd understand if the movie was an over the top action flick instead of a slightly more classy film-noir action thriller but these titles are getting silly. The only pluses are that it's a cool one and it does actually fit... I mean Direct Contact? What the fuck did that mean?

[Scorpio]

On September 15, Icarus, to the sale in Spain in DvD:

http://www.zonadvd.com/modules.php?name ... &sid=27329

PD:Spain: Champion of the World of Soccer!



I'm sorry I cannot avoid it: I am very Happy!

[ben]

Thanks for the info about the DVDs, hopefully this will turn up down here in stores.

[Mosquito]

I'm sorry I cannot avoid it: I am very Happy!

And you have good reason. Congrats! Your team played an excellent tournament and won without so many fouls.

[efex172]

Hi

Does anyone have alternative full (front-spine-back) DVD artwork in English for Icarus.

Thanks

[Scorpio]

I'm sorry I cannot avoid it: I am very Happy!

And you have good reason. Congrats! Your team played an excellent tournament and won without so many fouls.

Thank you very much Mosquito! We all are very satisfied and are celebrating it here in Spain.

Congratulations also for you: Germany is a big Team! It be sure that we face again in a future.

A Greeting!

[Jox]

On September 15, Icarus, to the sale in Spain in DvD:

http://www.zonadvd.com/modules.php?name ... &sid=27329

Thanks!

[Jack Caine]

Why in the name of all the shit that is holy would they give it a shitty title like The Killing Machine? That's gonna give it even less of a customer variety, the lousy jackasses. Someone needs to throw a some plastique strapped to a wristwatch through the window of Anchor Bay headquarters. *grumble*

[Jox]

Here's what the PR person from CultLabs (who's actually doing a lot of forum posts to publicize the DVD) responded to me on http://ee.twitchfilm.net/site/forums/viewthread/1403/

It comes down to simple economics.

DVD companies work on ever tightening margins and, although cinema savvy contributors to forums aren’t necessarily wrong when they’re unhappy with what might seem a strange choice of retitling, it will help casual sales and it’s these purchases that keep films coming out.

[dolphage]

Here's what the PR person from CultLabs (who's actually doing a lot of forum posts to publicize the DVD) responded to me on http://ee.twitchfilm.net/site/forums/viewthread/1403/

It comes down to simple economics.

DVD companies work on ever tightening margins and, although cinema savvy contributors to forums aren’t necessarily wrong when they’re unhappy with what might seem a strange choice of retitling, it will help casual sales and it’s these purchases that keep films coming out.

You owned that guy in the thread, Jox! Go get 'em!

Also, it's difficult to know how true that old perception is. I mean, changing a movie title from "A Day of Tomorrows" to "Fatal Death" or "Fistful Of Punch" or whatever... Did "Joshua Tree" do worse or better, relatively, in the markets that called it "Army Of One"?