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CAPTAIN CAPSLOCK posted:Expected, but still I know, it sucks, I would have loved to see that crew do something like the Cursed Earth or America, but thems the breaks in Hollywood these days. Still, Dredd got made, and I am very grateful that it got made, and was as awesome as it was. HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Yeah, I'm thinkin' it's made it's money back! That deserves a gold coin.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Yeah, I'm thinkin' it's made it's money back! Close this thread right here. 
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marktheando posted:Yeah I saw Dredd twice in the cinema and each time me and my friends almost had the screening to ourselves. Maybe five or so other people max. And this is in the UK, I can only assume things were worse in the US. Could have been, it came out in one of the worse months in the year for a movie to be released in, US wise.
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Terminal Entropy posted:Could have been, it came out in one of the worse months in the year for a movie to be released in, US wise. A moderately budgeted action movie is not going to make money in the summer dump month. I would have said roll the gamble and place the movie in August. It might have done better then.
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moths posted:There was next to no promotion for it, either. I'd been looking forward to Dredd for ages and was surprised to hear it was in theaters. The theater where I lived at the time only had two showings a day, both after 7pm.
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It had terrible trailers, there was hardly any signage for it, and it was barely promoted. It had everything against it, it's no wonder it was a financial flop.
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Plus the stills released look like poo poo. I was guilty of saying it looked bad as they were in some bare rear end room. Such a great movie marred by poo poo promotion.
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Deakul posted:It had terrible trailers, there was hardly any signage for it, and it was barely promoted. I think they just focused on NYC with the marketing in the US since there was signage everywhere.
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Neo Rasa posted:I think they just focused on NYC with the marketing in the US since there was signage everywhere. Yeah they were all over the subway system. But it was the same poster over and over that I saw, the graffiti helmet. While cool looking, it didn't do a very good job of selling the movie. They took it off Netflix btw 
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Vintersorg posted:Plus the stills released look like poo poo. I was guilty of saying it looked bad as they were in some bare rear end room. Just makes me appreciate their work with digital even more. They filmed the poo poo outta Dredd.
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I live in a major US city and the only promotion I saw for Dredd was when it popped up one day on SA's now-defunct Current Releases page.
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21st Cherry boy posted:They took it off Netflix btw That's why its one of my most valued Blu Rays! Not even joking in the least.
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Dissapointed Owl posted:Of course the producer of Dredd would look like this. This is exactly how I pictured the guy who made that Power Ranger short would look. The Boys was overly long and didn't focus enough on the stuff that was sorta interesting (the Superman guy breaking because the fake him was killing folks so he just assumes he's blacking out and going crazy and so he starts doing it). It was really convoluted and explained way too quickly/easily though. And yeah Ennis got some weird sex stuff. Groovelord Neato fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Mar 21, 2015 |
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21st Cherry boy posted:They took it off Netflix btw Every time I think about getting Netflix, someone posts about how they just took <thing they wanted to see> off it and it really turns me off trying it.
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John Dough posted:Every time I think about getting Netflix, someone posts about how they just took <thing they wanted to see> off it and it really turns me off trying it. On the flip side, this also means they're always putting stuff on, too.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:When did we get on The Boys? Two pages ago but I felt left out. Also mad I spent so much time reading it to get to that end when it was doubly as long as it should've been. HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:On the flip side, this also means they're always putting stuff on, too. But it's 90 percent poo poo. I remember going I wanna watch Casino tonight that's on netflix and then it wasn't there anymore... I think they just added every Saw and the only decent to good one is the first anyway.
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The first Saw is the worst one. The best one is probably the short film the first is based on. Anyway, to stay on topic, no Dredd 2 is probably a good thing.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:The first Saw is the worst one. The best one is probably the short film the first is based on. Anyway, to stay on topic, no Dredd 2 is probably a good thing. What a bad post.
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Groovelord Neato posted:If you see the films as a comedy series I can agree it's the worst one. It quickly turns into Final Destination style comedy, yeah.
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Groovelord Neato posted:This is exactly how I pictured the guy who made that Power Ranger short would look. Much like Dredd, he only produced it. Power/Rangers was directed by the guy that did Torque and Detention.
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Thought this might be interesting for this thread.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWP88WKVBKs quote:What will it take to make a theatrical feature film sequel to DREDD? Well the guy who unapologetically dresses like The Crow will give you a lesson in film finance. I would watch anything with him in it, teaching people about the world. 
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Groovelord Neato posted:Oh it was still terrible, Torque was actually funny. I don't know how you couldn't find Power/Rangers absolutely hilarious. It only could've been better if the Rangers were using their actual weapons so the hardcore bloody FX were even more juxtaposed against the old cheesy sparks and rotoscoping.
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That's kind of my problem it wasn't really Power Rangers but gritty it was more here's a gritty scenario let's Power Rangers in it in which isn't all that interesting or funny to me. Plus I haven't seen anything past the original version of the show so I was lost I guess on a bunch of things they referenced.
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Groovelord Neato posted:That's kind of my problem it wasn't really Power Rangers but gritty it was more here's a gritty scenario let's Power Rangers in it in which isn't all that interesting or funny to me. Plus I haven't seen anything past the original version of the show so I was lost I guess on a bunch of things they referenced. It's exactly the kind of movie a 30 year old Power Rangers fan would make. Realistic. Badass. And totally not for kids. The way god intended Power Rangers to be.
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CelticPredator posted:It's exactly the kind of movie a 30 year old Power Rangers fan would make. Realistic. Badass. And totally not for kids. The way god intended Power Rangers to be. Too me it looked like this Groovelord Neato posted:wasn't really Power Rangers but gritty it was more here's a gritty scenario let's Power Rangers in it in I was hoping the dude would use the popularity of that to roll into a new dredd.
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CelticPredator posted:It's exactly the kind of movie a 30 year old Power Rangers fan would make. Realistic. Badass. And totally not for kids. The way god intended Power Rangers to be. The short was alright. But yeah, I thought that too. Except I thought it to be too fatalist. I did like that nice callback to Billy's original actor by making him gay in that short.
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Eararaldor posted:Thought this might be interesting for this thread.... This honestly makes it sound like it's not that daunting of a task. Urban and Thirlby are the only semi-recognizable actors who didn't die in the first one, and they're not exactly A-listers, so lowering the budget sounds totally plausible, and poo poo, I'd watch Dredd 2 with The Rock if that was the other option.
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Someone call Joss Whedon and find out the exact wording of the contract he signed in blood with Satan to get Serenity made. It's our only chance.
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LORD OF BUTT posted:This honestly makes it sound like it's not that daunting of a task. Urban and Thirlby are the only semi-recognizable actors who didn't die in the first one, and they're not exactly A-listers, so lowering the budget sounds totally plausible, and poo poo, I'd watch Dredd 2 with The Rock if that was the other option.
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poonchasta posted:Someone call Joss Whedon and find out the exact wording of the contract he signed in blood with Satan to get Serenity made. It's our only chance. He had a perfect storm: Fox was willing to sell the film rights for next to nothing, and Universal's president of production was a huge fan.
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LORD OF BUTT posted:poo poo, I'm pretty sure just making a sequel in 2D would knock down the budget pretty significantly, actually. Everyone wants those 3D dollars though. they inflate the box office returns. It's a catch-22.
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KoRMaK posted:HAha yea, I laughed because I thought it was sarcastic and then I realized how great the rock can be. Dredd 2, Presenting The Rock as Mean Machine Angel
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