Bizzle, you got a hell of a problem, don't you?
No, actually. It appears, however, both you AND Boon (and admit it, you either are friends with Boon or you're part of the CBB group) seem to have serious problems with criticism that doesn't pat you on the head first before telling you where you screwed up. Those are the main problems. You're stretching the thread out with all kinds of pussyfooting, complaining and a torrent of sour grapes that isn't making either CBB OR you look all that rational and/or accepting. You're trying to change the rules of the game because the game didn't turn out how you liked. Hell, BOON just put me on ignore.
And lemme tell you, that doesn't breed confidence as far as the quality of their next edits go. I gave them some REAL criticism on how they can improve their releases, and he wants to IGNORE it. But what I'm saying (and what he's backing up) seems to be this:
1st priority is getting the CBB name out there
2nd priority is making the package look pretty
3rd priority is actually editing the movie
4th priority is getting it to look good.
He thinks the picture only needs to be "Good enough" he lets questionable edits go because "people might not notice it." and writes it all off as "meh, who needs to be a quality geek." And that's backwards. Make THE MOVIE the priority. make it look as good as you cand, make it sound as good as you can, make those edits as transparent as possible so you can't tell they're there. THEN start worrying about "Trailershows" and cover art and whether you should CG up some new title cards to slap on the front and back of your movie. I mean, look at all of Billy's major complaints: They have to do with the DECORATION. Menus, trailers, covers, stuff like that. When I put an edit in, I don't load up the DVD cover. There's no way ADM's Hannibal loses to Dezionized because CBB has a "Better" menu (And just because it moves doesn't make it better, by the way) Everything you guys seem to be complaining about points more to the packaging and the sizzle, and almost not at all with the steak. Focus on the substance, not just slapping your name on a label and a dvd cover and a menu and title credits.
But suggestions like that are apparently "Way over the line" and problematic and mean spirited and to be ignored. Fine. Ignore em. Again, I'm just one guy. But don't let that stop you from stomping up a whole barrelful of sour grapes because I'm giving you my opinion straight. You could take that criticism and make your edits a little better, or you could continue to pout and whine. One will make your product more valuable. the other will cause you to stagnate.