Six Days in August D.O.A.?

[I Have Questions]

I don’t think Oaks saw 6DIA at its Premiere and thought “boy, we’ve got to get this content on LDS.org” do you?

Not for free, no. But a nominal fee, absolutely!

That isn’t how the Brethren work. They want to get others to do all the work, whilst they hide in the shadows. Romney, in his autobiography talks about how an Apostle (think it was Ballard) met with him and suggested Romney set up some kind of organisation that would do something that was pro Mormon. Can’t remember exactly what it was. But the long and short was that Ballard wanted Romney to do it all with no mention of the Church. That’s how they work. Shadowy Puppet Masters going to great lengths to hide the strings. To Romney’s credit he refused. Peterson would lap that kind of covert crap up all day long.

[Everybody Wang Chung]

The Afore should be enjoying his lavish trip to Central America and regaling us with pictures and stories of the culture and how delicious the local food is. Instead, he is erupting with rage and lashing out at this board.

Afore, take a chill pill, relax and enjoy your free trip. You need to remember that there is nobody to blame but yourself for the extremely poor box office performance and bad reviews. The movie sucked and people don't want to watch crap, for the most part. Accept it and move on to your next box office and critical bomb.

Afore, post photos and descriptions of the culture and all the delicious food you are eating. Please, less raging and blaming others for your many failures, both professionally and personally.

[Morley]

To the nearly giddy delight of several folks on the Peterson Obsession Board, Six Days in August has, thus far, considerably underperformed our hopes and expectations at the box office. As a consequence, it will probably not last much longer in theaters.

If you are reading this, Daniel, I am sorry things turned out this way. I

I. too, was hoping it would do better. I envisioned it being the lead film in a whole series of like-minded productions. After Six Days in August, we could have had Five Days in September, which would have been about the Mountain Meadows Massacre--a place where Brother Brigham's countenance really shone.

[Kishkumen]

After Six Days in August, we could have had Five Days in September, which would have been about the Mountain Meadows Massacre--a place where Brother Brigham's countenance really shone.

The red face of Mars makes quite an impression!

Do you think this version would be any better than the dreadful September Dawn?

I should hope so.

[Doctor Scratch]

Had the film been a roaring success, I suspect the internet in Guatemala would have been much much better.

If it had been a roaring success, can you imagine the gloating that would happen on the next trip to Warsaw?

Indeed. And as for the accusations of "giddy delight"--I doubt anyone here is anywhere near as ebullient as he and his pals were when the Kirtland Temple got taken away from the Community of Christ. Come to think of it, maybe this is things coming around full circle? Maybe this is the CoC God getting revenge on him for making an avowedly anti-CoC film, and for gloating about the temple getting taken away?

[I Have Questions]

Perhaps the Executive Producer might want to consider the idea that perhaps Mormons don’t want to go to the cinema to get yet more Church. What with the Sunday programme, meetings, fireside’s, devotional, ministering, preparing talks and/or lessons, reading the Ensign, Church social media, doing splits with missionaries, Stake events etc etc etc, maybe members want to go to the movies to have 90 minutes of respite from all of that. Maybe they don’t want even more religious content rammed down their throats when they’re out looking for some light entertainment with their popcorn.

I doubt Peterson is capable of serious introspection, nor do I think he is capable of admitting he was wrong about the notion of making Church-content movies. It’s bound to be someone else’s fault. So with that in mind, let’s give him some suggestions as to what might be a better film for the next effort…

How about another Airplane movie? Leslie Nielsen could star as Sunday School President Nelson in a stricken plane locked in a fiery death spiral, only to be saved at the last minute by the film morphing into a Final Destination remake which sees Nelson making his way to the upper level of the Celestial Kingdom with his two wives and the ever hopeful Sheri Dew in tow. “He’ll come around” she says to herself as the credits roll…

Maybe Jenkins/Hamblin in the style of Frost/Nixon? Hamblin “I am not a Butthead” whilst waving two fingers on the hands of outstretched arms could be the final scene.

The film he really should make is a drama about the 2012 oustering. It could be set in the Wild West so they can make use of the costumes they used for Witnesses and now 6DIA. It could feature a gun fight at the Chick-Fil-A corral between our hero and Sheriff Bradshaw in which Peterson is wounded, thought to be dead, but recovers to take over the town…Now that’s a film that could be worth seeing.

[Everybody Wang Chung]

Perhaps the Executive Producer might want to consider the idea that perhaps Mormons don’t want to go to the cinema to get yet more Church. What with the Sunday programme, meetings, fireside’s, devotional, ministering, preparing talks and/or lessons, reading the Ensign, Church social media, doing splits with missionaries, Stake events etc etc etc, maybe members want to go to the movies to have 90 minutes of respite from all of that. Maybe they don’t want even more religious content rammed down their throats when they’re out looking for some light entertainment with their popcorn.

I doubt Peterson is capable of serious introspection, nor do I think he is capable of admitting he was wrong about the notion of making Church-content movies. It’s bound to be someone else’s fault. So with that in mind, let’s give him some suggestions as to what might be a better film for the next effort…

Mormons are completely burned-out from watching these Mormon-themed films from hobbyists and self-appointed mopologists.

[IWMP]

Perhaps the Executive Producer might want to consider the idea that perhaps Mormons don’t want to go to the cinema to get yet more Church. What with the Sunday programme, meetings, fireside’s, devotional, ministering, preparing talks and/or lessons, reading the Ensign, Church social media, doing splits with missionaries, Stake events etc etc etc, maybe members want to go to the movies to have 90 minutes of respite from all of that. Maybe they don’t want even more religious content rammed down their throats when they’re out looking for some light entertainment with their popcorn.

I doubt Peterson is capable of serious introspection, nor do I think he is capable of admitting he was wrong about the notion of making Church-content movies. It’s bound to be someone else’s fault. So with that in mind, let’s give him some suggestions as to what might be a better film for the next effort…

Mormons are completely burned-out from watching these Mormon-themed films from hobbyists and self-appointed mopologists.

I enjoyed sons of Provo when I was a teen and enjoyed playing the soundtrack a lot. Was a bit deep back then.

[Doctor Scratch]

To the nearly giddy delight of several folks on the Peterson Obsession Board, Six Days in August has, thus far, considerably underperformed our hopes and expectations at the box office. As a consequence, it will probably not last much longer in theaters.

If you are reading this, Daniel, I am sorry things turned out this way. I hope it performs better on video. I am perplexed as to why more LDS folk are not opting to see these movies. I very much enjoyed Witnesses, and I hope to enjoy this film too, when I get access to it.

Your kindness and generosity are exemplary, Reverend. I can only imagine what things would be like if the Mopologists exhibited even a fraction of what you routinely do.

[Gadianton]

I think these types of movies are far more suited for education and in the classroom. Or as homework for people studying this. It's not something that catches mainstream attention. I do think there will be people in other countries that are interested in watching it but it isn't available to see. Perhaps it might do better post cinema. Could they not be put on netflix or something?

It think you're right -- with the way the movie was made. But period pieces can do surprisingly well. I keep meaning to see "The Witch" 2015, which is a story about a religious community a little before Mormonism, it cost 4 million and did 40 million at the box office. I saw "The Wonder" which was compelling, I think it was released to Netflix and not sure well it did.

The problem with the Witness franchise is that it's propaganda. They can say, "oh, we're admitting this and that in the film and so we're being fair!," but that's just it, calculated honesty to make it sound like it's not propaganda. It's the story the 21st century church wants you to believe about the early Saints. I think it's possible to make Brigham Young the hero, but it has to be on different terms.

I wonder why they can't just sell it to CES? It could work for seminary. They can get it for cheap, let the donors take the hit rather than if they had to commission something themselves for CES.