More On Tim Burton & ‘The Addams Family’

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• I find the snark factor to be heavier here than the whine factor — which is the reason many come here, for a good snarking (snarkeling?). Re: NPH at Oscars — what he said (on Twitter) was: “I will not be performing a duet with Martin Short to open the Oscars.” A bit of misdirection there, but true!

  Comment by Rob — Wednesday March 24, 2010 @ 4:13pm EDT  Reply to this post

• This note makes you look incredibly immature and discredits your validity as a writer.

  Comment by Bob M. — Wednesday March 24, 2010 @ 4:22pm EDT  Reply to this post

• There’s really no where for this increasingly snarky and juvenile reporting style to go. It’s going to be a sad date-stamp on the rocky economic and transitional era we’re now in; where fear and insecurity made us lesser people. This period will come to an end, and so will petty, back-biting ‘journalism’ as the prevailing style. But it’s sad all the same. Liked you better at Variety Mike. Just sayin’…

  Comment by nowheretogo — Wednesday March 24, 2010 @ 4:40pm EDT  Reply to this post

• You are a joke. MTV wrote that they reached out to Tim Burton’s people about your story and Burton’s people replied: “There is no truth to the story. Tim has not lined up any of his upcoming projects.” MTV did not demean you, and in fact went on to say: “The Addams Family” could very well be something that Burton will be working on in the near or far future, but there just haven’t been any decisions made yet. It seems that MTV was very professional and responsible in their reporting, but you are far from those standards. Get a life and read what’s being said based on professional journalism, instead of running amok like the lunatic you are.

  Comment by Steven L Martin — Wednesday March 24, 2010 @ 5:04pm EDT  Reply to this post

• SNAP!

  Comment by LOL1313 — Wednesday March 24, 2010 @ 5:32pm EDT  Reply to this post

• MTV isn’t even nasty by on-line standards. Wait till you read the crap some of the movie bloggers put out, and then their followers all chime in. Guess you didn’t get much feedback at Variety. Fasten your seatbelt.

  Comment by vermontfudge — Wednesday March 24, 2010 @ 7:00pm EDT  Reply to this post

• Nikki and Mike,

  This is off topic, but perhaps worth suggesting.

  You know I am a big fan, and often submit comments

  I think the number of comments often reflects the interest of your audience in any given post.

  Have you ever thought of having a monthly post listing Top Ten stories of the preceding month based upon the number of comments received?

  I would imagine that you already track this internally, but it might be fun for your readers. In fact, you might even someday have a reader driven favorite post of the year award based on this.

  Food for thought?

  Tom

  Comment by Tom — Wednesday March 24, 2010 @ 7:49pm EDT  Reply to this post

• You mean like your “exclusive” about the plans for the Oscars, which were taken verbatim from Adam Shankman’s interview on NPR’s Fresh Air the day before – and from a Comment post you deleted?

  Comment by John Whorfin — Wednesday March 24, 2010 @ 8:27pm EDT  Reply to this post

• Keep up the good work. With time and good reporting, trust will establish itself.

  Comment by Mister Gaga — Thursday March 25, 2010 @ 2:02am EDT  Reply to this post

• Mike, why act like a snot? You’re a respected professional. Let it slide, proof is always in the pudding. Just cause you’re on Team Nikki doesn’t mean you need to act like that. It’s pretty depressing actually especially from you, someone I admire.

  Comment by ThePlaylist — Thursday March 25, 2010 @ 9:07am EDT  Reply to this post

• you make me have to double my depends somedays

  Comment by Ester Goldberg — Friday March 26, 2010 @ 1:02am EDT  Reply to this post