I'm pretty sure doing stuff like this, ie teasing as if you have insider knowledge without a source or verification, is a bannable offense. You've done it multiple times now.
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I'm pretty sure doing stuff like this, ie teasing as if you have insider knowledge without a source or verification, is a bannable offense. You've done it multiple times now.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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"banana-sasquatch-okeechobee" 1/3
I'm thoroughly confused what's going on with this guy's posts.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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e: okay, fine
You've picked the weirdest hill to be banned on
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Ok ok, fine haha. I'm just thoroughly confused as to what's going on here.
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In other news, I just got back from Star Trek and I really don't get why it's bombing? I mean, I get the bad advertising campaign, but I feel like I saw people everywhere saying the main "problem" was that it was too much like a ToS episode or something? I never watched the series, but the movie in most ways pretty much felt perfectly in line with the two JJ films, so I'm not really sure what people are saying is so different?
Ok ok, fine haha. I'm just thoroughly confused as to what's going on here.
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In other news, I just got back from Star Trek and I really don't get why it's bombing? I mean, I get the bad advertising campaign, but I feel like I saw people everywhere saying the "problem" was that it was too much like a ToS episode or something? I never watched the series, but the movie in most ways pretty much felt perfectly in line with the two JJ films, so I'm not really sure what people are saying is so different?
It was boring.
Like Kirk and Spock's revelations are so "mid season TV show" simple. Characters literally sit around and talk at each other. Important shit happened off screen between films. Action scenes were a jumbled mess.
Biggest problem is we're told that the five year mission changed Kirk, but we're not shown it.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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I mean, I suppose I can understand the bolded viewpoint, but I don't really get the rest? The movie certainly didn't seem overly talky to me, and I felt like everything was pretty regularly in motion. And that's the specific line I've heard the most - that it's too talky. I just don't really see that, it's not like the large "sit and talk" section of the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy or anything.
But then I'm the weirdo who doesn't understand how Into Darkness is a "remake" of Wrath of Khan, so maybe I just don't get Star Trek the same was everyone else.
That's basically the reason why. Same with Ghostbusters. They both crippled themselves with bad first trailers that no amount of word of mouth was going to save.
I just found it boring.
But I'm not a Star Trek guy. I don't care about discussions of morality, I just want to see a fun film.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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I get that. I guess I was just more confused about the other reasons people attributed to it failing to succeed (specifically the complaint I mentioned, though also Into Darkness supposedly tanking it when that movie was well received by general audiences and critics), rather than the actual reason itself.
That's fair.
Boombloxer
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If you have insider information you should go through the proper vetting channels. If not, please stop acting like you do.
Dash_Riprock
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...What the fuck happened here?
Yeah, Ben Hur is going to bomb extremely hard. And while I am not really against remakes, this seems like such a waste of money.
The original actually holds up amazingly well. I saw it for the first time last year and the famed chariot race is more tense than 90% of todays cgi fest action scenes. And some of the setpieces are amazing. And even though I am not religious at all, the Jesus scenes were pulled of in a fantastic, subtle and kind of mysterious way, with god tier music.
The original actually holds up amazingly well. I saw it for the first time last year and the famed chariot race is more tense than 90% of todays cgi fest action scenes. And some of the setpieces are amazing. And even though I am not religious at all, the Jesus scenes were pulled of in a fantastic, subtle and kind of mysterious way, with god tier music.
Yeah, I only heard about this a few days ago.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Not only is it coming out, the GOAT videogame was released to promote it the other week on Xbox One. Sneak King am cry.
That's about as long as it took to film the chariot sequence in the original.
Discotheque
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that shit looks stunning on bluray. you can see just how expensive it was for it's time.
this in comparison just looked kinda wack in the trailers. kind of hilarious how they can't top it 50 years later with far better tech and resources at their disposal. lames.
twinturbo2
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If something ever needs a Gawker mocking, it's this.
https://twitter.com/tomgara/status/766068918129655808
They posted a review of Sausage Party, then pulled it down the next day for a reason that must be read to be believed.
https://twitter.com/tomgara/status/766068918129655808
They posted a review of Sausage Party, then pulled it down the next day for a reason that must be read to be believed.
Dash_Riprock
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"Predatory Queer Woman" sounds like a great name for a band.
twinturbo2
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I'm making note of that.
I can't decide which is more hilarious, the article or the congratulatory comments.
BlazinSkatinAxel
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It openned in Pluto and Mars at the same damn time. At the Same Damn Time.
At least Magnificent Seven looks like it could be fun and is doing something a bit different with the concept.
I'm sorry but parasite could make for a great survival horror movie. Think the thing, in space. I'm in.
Discotheque
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magnificent seven looks pretty fun honestly. that's a remake i can get down with. particularly with the cast involved. loved the original and the original original (seven samurai) even more, but this looks like a pretty solid take on it
Magnificent 7 looks fun. A western with Denzel Washington as Denzel back in the old days (when is Denzel ever NOT Denzel in a movie?).
Yeah, I'm actually really excited about the Magnificent Seven remake.
PhoncipleBone
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Couple days in a row of it being below Guardians. Wonder how the third weekend will compare.
A Human Becoming
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Is it true for most films they need to make 2.5x their budget to be profitable when accounting for advertisement and other costs? I recall seeing that here before.
Dash_Riprock
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More or less.
Yeezus H. Christ
Banned
idk tbh, because marketing costs can vary
If BvS' production budget was $250 million and advertising at least $150 million (which is probably an extreme low-end), you'd need $800 million to break-even, which is over 3x.
Guardians made $25M in its third weekend. That was always out of reach.
High end is going to be $20-21M if Thursday's drop isn't too bad, and if the weekend increases are good.
Anything under $19M would be a pretty poor show. $290M vs $300M is not that big a difference profit wise, but $300M definitely looks better on paper. Another high 50s+ drop is not going to get the film there.
Suicide Squad is done having days over Guardians though (not counting late, barely of consequence dollar cinema bumps in 5-6 weeks). Guardians really started to shine in its 4th weekend. Guardians had a bigger fourth weekend than Civil War.
I'd watch a Michael Bay Superman vs Metallo film with Metallo being a ludicrously over the top soldier.
If they got a good writer (No Kurtzman, Orci or Goyer) I would watch that movie.
Somewhat, but as KSwis could explain much better than I can, it really depends on where that money is made. Domestic provides much better return than certain foreign markets.
Yup. The rough guideline is that studios take 55% of the domestic gross, 40% of the international gross (minus China), and 25% of China's gross. International territories all have their individual percentage takes, but that is a good guideline.
Let's look at two extreme examples: Warcraft and Straight Outta Compton. I will round the grosses to the nearest $5M mark for easy numbers.
Warcraft
DOM: $45M
INT: $165M
CHINA: $220M
WW: close to $435M
Using the 55/40/25 guideline, you get ~25 + 66 + 55 = $146M going to the studio (Universal /Legendary)
Straight Outta Compton
DOM: $160M
INT: $40M
CHINA: $0M
WW: around $200M
Using the 55/40/25 guideline, you get 88 + 16 = $104M going to the studio (Universal)
So while Warcraft made more than double Straight Outta Compton worldwide, it's studio cut was maybe 40% higher (ignoring the fact that Legendary's parent company Wanda owns several theatre chains)
Does the average person really know most of the villains attached to superheroes outside of a few big ones?
Really doesn't matter how goofy they're in the comics because we have seen films do great with goofy and boring ass villains. No reason Brainiac or Metallo couldn't make a good villain. Make them interesting enough on film and people will leave with a positive impression. Many of these films introduce these villains for the first time to a good chunk of the audience.
Really doesn't matter how goofy they're in the comics because we have seen films do great with goofy and boring ass villains. No reason Brainiac or Metallo couldn't make a good villain. Make them interesting enough on film and people will leave with a positive impression. Many of these films introduce these villains for the first time to a good chunk of the audience.
I knew about it last month...and by the trailers I knew it wasn't going to do very well(in reviews at least, we'll see if it's a box office flop).
Like I said, Kswis will say it much better than me lol
What's the biggest comic villain turn around in a live action movie (outside of a 2 minute throwaway cameo by someone like Batroc)?
Most of the time, what we get on screen is worse than the source material.
PhoncipleBone
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The only discussion is how weak its legs will be.
PhantomX1313
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SS Fan drive ? 13days to 509M WW.1/2
broncobuster
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Bane in TDKRises, maybe. At least relative to his presence in media outside the comics.
PhantomX1313
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Critics..refill gas in the balloon.2/2
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