Nancy on what basis are you assuming that I am in the movie business? How do you assume that my projects were successful and without any frustration? If you read my previous posts I have gone on the record many many times that I am not in this industry and don't know much about it. I hope you are reading my posts as I do yours.
Jimbo, I was dense and misunderstood your post when you spoke about your "workplace." Sorry. Also, please bear in mind that I don't remember everything everyone in a thread has posted before. I wish I did, but I don't.
I was merely stating the facts as it applies to the status of the DS movie project. Am I wrong in saying that after three years there is no complete script, we now don't know where the movie will be filmed and that according to Zanuck the movie will be very funny? I was also responding to your post where you stated either you get it or you don't and I stated my opposition to that premise. My workplace is different than the movie industry and I make no claim otherwise.
Ok. I suppose what led me to the wrong conclusion/confused me is that workplaces are indeed different and what works and is typical in one is not typical in another. So one can't realistically expect to understand how another system or workplace works unless that is understood. I have worked in entertainment and also in law: two entirely different workplaces. In entertainment, there is much ebb and flow and things are harder to nail down. In the legal field, there are laws to follow, policies that must be adhered to and even though at the end of the day you may not know how a case will turn out, things are designed to happen within a certain time frame, etc. It wouldn't make any sense for me to approach understanding the legal field thinking it works like the entertainment field because they operate differently.
The expectation that you and some others have about how this whole Depp movie is going to evolve and how and when information is distributed is going to be a constant exercise in frustration because you won't accept how the business works. Personally, it doesn't matter to me if you do accept it or not. I personally dislike being frustrated, hence why I find out why something happens the way it does. Once I know, I have little choice but accept that is how something works otherwise I would be constantly banging my head against the wall. That seems rather futile to me.
The reason I have posted on this subject when I have was to offer some assurance that what was happening - all the delays and misinformation - was typical, not indicative of anything like the movie isn't going to be made.
We are all excited about the prospects of the movie and eager to see it. It will come together when it comes together. There is not a thing you and I can do to move things along. As that is the case, I choose to let the wheels turn however slowly and not become concerned about how slow it all seems to be and getting conflicting information. If you choose to fret over whatever information we get and speculate that's obviously your right to do so. I think I do finally have it in my head that there are fans who are going that route and are not assuaged by the knowledge that what's happening with the script and the project as a whole is typical. So be it. I am very anti-fretting in my personal life so I do what I can to avoid that at all cost and why I make a concerted effort to understand why things happen the way they do.
Sorry I misunderstood some of your earlier post.