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The ET puppet sold for $2.56 million but cost $1.5 million to make for a return of 70% even without considering inflation The Nukie vhs sold for $80,600 but only cost let’s say $10 for a return of 805900% Therefore Nukie is 805900/70=11500 times better than ET Usu Kai Ken fucked around with this message at 10:24 on Jan 9, 2023 |
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Usu Kai Ken posted:The ET puppet sold for $2.56 million but cost $1.5 million to make for a return of 70% even without considering inflation ET had a budget of 10.5 million with a worldwide gross of 739-ish million. that's a return of about 75 million for every million they invested, so cumulatively that animatronic's return is in the 115-ish million, not counting for inflation. Or around.. 765%-ish, not counting for inflation? Nukie is better than ET though.
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https://twitter.com/robsaucedo2500/status/1612138050192134144?s=46&t=1TFOk0PlDR19RTwYO_YXjw
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Is the ET model just the skinless skeleton shown in the pictures? If so it is viscerally unpleasant to look at and I would definitely not want to have it on display anywhere I might have to see it.
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Gumdrop Larry posted:Is the ET model just the skinless skeleton shown in the pictures? If so it is viscerally unpleasant to look at and I would definitely not want to have it on display anywhere I might have to see it.  It yearns for death
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Jan 9, 2023 13:54
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Justin Credible posted:ET had a budget of 10.5 million with a worldwide gross of 739-ish million. drat, how come that poo poo hasn't been run into the ground yet. there should have been 3 failed seboots and a terrible sequel by now
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Jan 9, 2023 13:56
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Milo and POTUS posted:Lindelhof redeemed himself with Leftovers, a show I never want to watch again I've watched it a few times and like more with every viewing. Carrie Coon ftmfw.
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I like Leftover because the 3 seasons are not that connected. You can watch the superior s2 s3 first and get around to s1 when you feel like it. Don't care about Watchmen show. It's not a self contained story and then it was cancelled boo hoo.
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Jan 9, 2023 14:09
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stephenthinkpad posted:It's not a self contained story and then it was cancelled boo hoo. you get so much stuff wrong all the time about film and tv, it's weird it is a self-contained story and it was never intended to have a s2. it never got "cancelled" e: 😘
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Maybe that’s what ET really looked like and what we thought was skin was his spacesuit
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kalel posted:drat, how come that poo poo hasn't been run into the ground yet. there should have been 3 failed seboots and a terrible sequel by now Fortunately, ET happened at exactly the right time when Speilberg was seeing all the stupid Jaws sequels and that convinced him that ET should never have a sequel. He's held remarkably firm to that, so we'll likely need to wait until he is dead and Disney buys Amblin Partners before we get the ETCU.
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a seboot is a sequel that is basically the same film but its happening at sea (see: speed 2)
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Still waiting for Disney to buy the rights to RLM and then use the boy’s CGI golems to hype their poo poo movies.
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Quantum of Phallus posted:you get so much stuff wrong all the time about film and tv, it's weird It's okay. I made that post aimed to promote The Leftovers to balance out the other comment that implied it's bleak show (and dissed Watchmen on way out.  Damon Lindelof is weird writer for me. I can't predict how much I will like his next show based on old shows, unlike Jonathon Nolan. OTOH, most of his movie script doctoring has been bad. see Prometheus)
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E.T 2 the Extra-EXTRA-Terrestrial He's back! your favourite alien has returned but encounters space ship trouble over eastern europe. Elliot receives a special message through whatsapp. featuring special guest Mark Zuckerberg and now for the first time EVER Steve Jobs in life-like CGI. - sponsored by the metaverse
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I watched a few episodes of the Watchmen and it seemed like a pretty mediocre show about race relations in Tulsa, with some Watchmen window dressing thrown in. Maybe future seasons would have gotten more interesting idk.
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ET was the only nice one of his species, and ET 2 is a Starship Troopers movie
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when are we getting space cop 2 
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I would 100% get behind a sequel that was just millions of heavily armed ETs loving up the Earth.
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colonelwest posted:I would 100% get behind a sequel that was just millions of heavily armed ETs loving up the Earth. mars attacks 2
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The Universal Studios ET ride is based on concepts and things they had worked on for a potential sequel.Space Kablooey posted:mars attacks 2 I just learned Mars Attacks was originally going to be done with stop motion animation for the Martians. This makes 100000% more sense and would have made the movie a perfect 10/10.
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i didnt watch, man. haha
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PostNouveau posted:ET was the only nice one of his species, and ET 2 is a Starship Troopers movie This is actually pretty close to true. What started as E.T.2 became Gremlins.
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I think part of the issue is that after the 90s, the culture was 100% tapped out on the kind of "alien encounter" thing that was a big part of ET's DNA. The X-Files had really driven the whole thing into the ground, and Johnny Carson* had finally retired and was no longer giving alien abductees (and psychics, and other new age kooks) a chance to appear in the majority of American homes every night. *Looking back, I think somebody needs to do a deep dive into just how much Carson kinda hosed with American culture by virtue of being so popular and being really fond of giving a platform to really lovely people.
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LanceHunter posted:I think part of the issue is that after the 90s, the culture was 100% tapped out on the kind of "alien encounter" thing that was a big part of ET's DNA. The X-Files had really driven the whole thing into the ground, and Johnny Carson* had finally retired and was no longer giving alien abductees (and psychics, and other new age kooks) a chance to appear in the majority of American homes every night. Just look at the Joe Rohan podcast today
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poisonpill posted:Just look at the Joe Rohan podcast today 
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poisonpill posted:Just look at the Joe Rohan podcast today Basically, but imagine if Joe Rogan was watched by 4x as many people, and stayed that popular for 30 years.
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poisonpill posted:Just look at the Joe Rohan podcast today He shall fall too, before the might of Minas Ithil(?)!
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Joe Rohan.... Theoden does mushrooms...? Uh, maybe something with Jordan Peterson or Elon Musk as Grima Wormtongue? There's a joke here, I just can't find it.
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Quantum of Phallus posted:you get so much stuff wrong all the time about film and tv, it's weird The Watchmen tv show was lovely copaganda
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E.T. Too: The Extra-Sexy Terrestrial. "E.T. bone home."
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DaysBefore posted:Joe Rohan.... Theoden does mushrooms...? Uh, maybe something with Jordan Peterson or Elon Musk as Grima Wormtongue? There's a joke here, I just can't find it. There's absolutely a Photoshop Phriday if we bothered
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I seem to recall that HBO and Time Warner absolutely wanted Lindelof to keep on doing more seasons of Watchmen, but he said "no" (probably after he sent Alan Moore that dumbshit fanboy letter, and Moore told him to gently caress off in response), and rather than just go "wait we own these characters" and hire a new showrunner, they just quietly accepted his decision. Sort of like what happened with the Game of Thrones dudes. I wonder if all those guys had clauses in their contracts about how HBO can't continue on with anything they started or something like that.
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you seen that palantir of the oliphaunt stepping on its own balls? holy gently caress grima pull that poo poo up dude
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Sydney Bottocks posted:I seem to recall that HBO and Time Warner absolutely wanted Lindelof to keep on doing more seasons of Watchmen, but he said "no" (probably after he sent Alan Moore that dumbshit fanboy letter, and Moore told him to gently caress off in response), and rather than just go "wait we own these characters" and hire a new showrunner, they just quietly accepted his decision. Sort of like what happened with the Game of Thrones dudes. I wonder if all those guys had clauses in their contracts about how HBO can't continue on with anything they started or something like that. This is particularly disappointing when you consider that Lovecraft Country's showrunner really wanted to do a second season, and even had a bible and outline written for it, but then HBO didn't keep it going. Letting Watchmen be 1 season while letting Lovecraft Country build on the really weird world that it had created seems like the obvious choice.
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That DICK! posted:you seen that palantir of the oliphaunt stepping on its own balls? holy gently caress grima pull that poo poo up dude 
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Sydney Bottocks posted:I seem to recall that HBO and Time Warner absolutely wanted Lindelof to keep on doing more seasons of Watchmen, but he said "no" (probably after he sent Alan Moore that dumbshit fanboy letter, and Moore told him to gently caress off in response), and rather than just go "wait we own these characters" and hire a new showrunner, they just quietly accepted his decision. Sort of like what happened with the Game of Thrones dudes. I wonder if all those guys had clauses in their contracts about how HBO can't continue on with anything they started or something like that. People who liked the show were calling for it to be one-and-done. It ended perfectly and told a mostly contained story, and whatever happened next after the main lady ate the Dr Manhattan egg was doomed to be stupid as gently caress anyway. More shows should include some hidden piece of American history in their setups the way Watchmen did the Tulsa Race Massacre. If the Right wants to ban schools from teaching actual American history, then its up to pop culture, as sad as that is.
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That DICK! posted:you seen that palantir of the oliphaunt stepping on its own balls? holy gently caress grima pull that poo poo up dude
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That DICK! posted:you seen that palantir of the oliphaunt stepping on its own balls? holy gently caress grima pull that poo poo up dude There it is, there's the joke. Thank you Dick
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Improbable Lobster posted:The Watchmen tv show was lovely copaganda don't care lol. cops were the baddies. use your brain
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