I know who butters my bread.
Here's the thing: I acknowledge the impatience. I'm fine with that. But I feel like a lot of people are forgetting (or never learned) the greater context that the lack of information is more normal than the "steady drip" of actual announcements everyone wants.
Marketing established a schedule weeks ago that determines when things would be released. While adjustments are "possible," they're not as simple as just doing it and announcing something else. Changing it requires rebuilding assets for the website, rushing hype vids, etc. So, when I say the complaints "read like whining," it's because it literally reads like whining. It's shouting at the wind. It won't change anything this year.
This isn't "inside knowledge." It's a basic understanding of how a business is run. And (surprise) Universal is a business.
Now, if Marketing is doing a bad job isn't up to us. It's not up to complaints on the message boards or on social media. From a marketing perspective, ANY engagement is good engagement. Success is determined by sales. And until ticket sales bomb, Marketing is doing fine.
In other news, Howl-o-Scream is announcing EVERYTHING today after two weeks of "We're back."
Universal is WELL ahead of everyone else regarding when it announces stuff.