Hey folks, Harry here... Seems that SciFi Wire sat down to interview Freddie Prinze, Jr. and asked about the 'bad buzz' on the internet and Freddie decided to take a swipe at me...
"Scooby-Doo star Freddie Prinze, Jr. told SCI FI Wire that Internet critics of the upcoming film are biased by their feelings of exclusion from the studio. "Most of the people that said the bad stuff, they [Warner Brothers] didn't show things to," Prinze said at the press junket for his latest film, Summer Catch. "That one guy, [Ain't It Cool News'] Harry Knowles, he wasn't even there [on the set], and he gets mad, because he was never invited, and he was really trying to get there, and they told him no. Unfortunately, the [entertainment] business doesn't give respect to a lot of the Internet writers, and they act like jerks sometimes, so a lot of people get mad."" -- CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST
Well, first off, not a single thing he says above is true. I never once contacted Warner Brothers about attending the SCOOBY DOO junket. Not only that, but Warner Brothers never contacted me. And, even if I wanted to go, which I didn't, I was busy covering LORD OF THE RINGS in the South of France at the time... A project about 400,000 times more interesting than a SCOOBY DOO movie.
Right now my interest in SCOOBY DOO is very much like my interest in seeing Michael Jackson play Edgar Allen Poe... Morbid curiousity, I believe it is called. I have never been the guy that wanted to go to the thing that everybody else was invited to, I go out of my way to avoid those situations. I like to go to the sets that no one else is invited to, that way I can get the exclusive for you folks. Now, if you read the rest of Freddie's deer-in-headlights remarks, you'll find him droning on about how "I've had movies that got great reviews, and nobody went. I've had movies that got horrible reviews, and everybody went." Well, let's take a look at that...
Specifically, let's look at the FREDDIE PRINZE, JR movies... The following ratings came from IMDB and reflect thousands of votes. I have also included MetaCritic Scores and Rotten Tomatoes Scores when they were available. If you notice, the only film that Freddie made, that made a profit is the only film that had a slightly positive rating. The numbers are based on a 1-10 rating scale.
SHE'S ALL THAT = 6.0 [Rotten Tomatoes: 27% favorable] the only one that made a profit!
WING COMMANDER = 3.9 [Rotten Tomatoes: 11% favorable]- lost alot of money
DOWN TO YOU = 4.7 (MetaCritic Says: 6 out of 100) [Rotten Tomatoes: 3% favorable]- lost money
BOYS & GIRLS = 4.9 (MetaCritic Says: 26 out of 100) [Rotten Tomatoes: 9% favorable]- lost money
HEAD OVER HEELS = 4.7 (MetaCritic Says 20 out of 100) [Rotten Tomatoes: 7% favorable]- lost money
SUMMER CATCH = 4.8 -- about to be released, but early reviews tell us... it won't do too well. Awwwww...
I guess it is beyond Freddie to imagine that the reason this project smells so bad could possibly be based upon the screenplay and the talent history of those making the film. Oh no, that could have nothing to do with it. Oh well Freddie, maybe you'll understand some day.
