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May 28, 2017 20:21
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You know I thought earlier that you were just making fun of Ghostbusters for flopping, but seriously what the hell.
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Sony's film division is a comedy of errors. I even liked the new Ghostbusters, but they're hitting singles when they need a home run.
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May 28, 2017 20:28
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I thought it was ok when I saw it. I believe I remember saying that of the five movies I had seen so far that year it was solid at number 3.
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May 28, 2017 20:35
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I'm not making any comments about the film's actual quality, but it did not do nearly as well as expected, and Sony was pinning all their hopes on it. They wanted this to be the new franchise that rivals the MCU or whatever. Paul Feige said in an interview that the movie needed to make at least 500 million to break even, because of high marketing costs. It obviously did not.
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May 28, 2017 20:40
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Kill all men, in my opinion.
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May 28, 2017 20:58
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Aphrodite posted:Kill all men, in my opinion. Heeey, not ALL men
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May 28, 2017 23:19
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Yeah, just kill the straight ones.
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May 29, 2017 12:36
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McCloud posted:Yeah, just kill the straight ones. Unacceptable, this would leave Three Olives alive
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May 29, 2017 13:18
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In actual news, Wonder Woman reviews come out tonight midnight eastern. They moved it up a bit, WB normally only does 24 hours before opening.
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May 29, 2017 17:06
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Sockser posted:More than halfway through 2015, Sony barely is hanging on at the box office. The studio has fallen to seventh place in domestic market share — behind the five other majors and Lionsgate — with a mere $247 million in grosses, just 3.74 percent of the total pie. Globally, Sony has made a weak $564 million. (By comparison, leader Universal Pictures has pulled in $1.8 billion domestically and more than $5 billion worldwide.) As its peers all have released at least one film that has earned $300 million worldwide, Sony’s highest-grossing movie, Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2, topped out at only $104 million. Its latest attempt to create a homegrown tentpole, Adam Sandler's Pixels, isn’t reversing that downward trajectory. And unfortunately, Sandler bolted on Sony and is now inflicting himself on our Netflix accounts.
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May 29, 2017 18:42
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According to Netflix, those Sandler movies are some of their most popular content. So if idiots with terrible taste want to subsidize my Marvel shows for wise people with impeccable taste, hell I'm fer it.
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May 29, 2017 18:56
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zoux posted:According to Netflix, those Sandler movies are some of their most popular content. So if idiots with terrible taste want to subsidize my Marvel shows for wise people with impeccable taste, hell I'm fer it. What about Iron Fist?
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May 29, 2017 18:58
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Never heard of it.
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May 29, 2017 19:02
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Iron Fist wasn't godawful, but it was definitely flawed and easily the worst of the Netflix shows. I'd like to think it's salvageable and will get a good second season.
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May 29, 2017 19:21
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notthegoatseguy posted:And unfortunately, Sandler bolted on Sony and is now inflicting himself on our Netflix accounts. His newest one is getting rave reviews so maybe the joke's on us?
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May 29, 2017 19:43
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RevKrule posted:His newest one is getting rave reviews so maybe the joke's on us? That'd not 'his' though. His latest netflix one is Sandy Wexler which is at like 25%. The Meyerowitz Stories is a Noah Baumbach thing and Sandler is just in it.
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May 29, 2017 20:23
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RevKrule posted:His newest one is getting rave reviews so maybe the joke's on us? They're referring to the Happy Madison Productions crapolla.
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May 29, 2017 20:32
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My mistake. I heard it was Adam Sandler and Netflix had distribution rights and thought it was part of the deal with the devil that was done.
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May 29, 2017 21:17
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ImpAtom posted:What about Iron Fist? Turns out Scott Buck is not as talented as Adam Sandler.
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May 30, 2017 04:16
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Jamesman posted:Iron Fist wasn't godawful, but it was definitely flawed and easily the worst of the Netflix shows. I'd like to think it's salvageable and will get a good second season. Only if they get a new lead AND showrunner. Aphrodite posted:In actual news, Wonder Woman reviews come out tonight midnight eastern. They moved it up a bit, WB normally only does 24 hours before opening. Can't wait to finally know if it sucks.
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May 30, 2017 04:20
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And we're off to the races https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/wonder_woman_2017
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May 30, 2017 05:29
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I'm honestly a little disappointed
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May 30, 2017 05:32
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Arist posted:I'm honestly a little disappointed Don't worry,I'm sure whatever the reason you're disappointed it's probably the fault of corporate shills.
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May 30, 2017 05:54
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Blockhouse posted:And we're off to the races 
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May 30, 2017 06:57
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Just got back from seeing it and I can say with a straight face this is one of the best superhero movies I've seen. You shouldn't expect it to introduce anything new to the genre, but do expect it to be a extremely well put together movie, great pacing, spot on casting and full of WW just wrecking the poo poo out of dudes. There's just so much to say about how well constructed this movie is compared to a lot of other superhero movies but something that needs emphasizing is just how little "stupidity" occurs in this movie. You know the thing where your yelling at people on screen to not do something, wondering why they're doing something, or unnecessary drama ala "THERE'S NO TIME TO EXPLAIN", nope little to non of that here. In this the plot flows naturally from the situation, people are reasonable, good guys are reasonable, even government idiots are relatively reasonable. And something else that was nice was that there wasn't any of the eye rolling "I'm a girl, we're strong too" Black Widow moments. WW just shows up and just kicks everyone's rear end and guys go oh poo poo she crazy, then done, no dwelling by the characters on how it's a girl doing this. The action is also tight and weighty, with very visceral punches even with the CGI mixed in. I'm honestly not doing a good job at describing the movie cause I suck at it but I can answer questions if you guys have any.
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May 30, 2017 12:25
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The Biggest Jerk posted:not doing a good job at describing the movie cause I suck at it but I can answer questions if you guys have any. I think you described it fine. Granted, I haven't seen it.
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May 30, 2017 13:38
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Blockhouse posted:And we're off to the races 
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May 30, 2017 15:02
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Arist posted:I'm honestly a little disappointed Same. DC even sucks at sucking apparently. Nah just kidding I'm glad this is apparently a good movie.
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May 30, 2017 15:31
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Bah, my local (good*) cinema doesn't have any showings at a convenient time until the Saturday. *I actually have a cinema right across the road from where I work but it's so loving terrible I wouldn't go there if it was free, hell I probably wouldn't go if they paid me. Next nearest cinema I actually want to visit is about an hour away, where I actually do have free tickets, but that's beside the point.
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May 30, 2017 15:35
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Blockhouse posted:And we're off to the races  That is pretty drat unanimous.
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May 30, 2017 15:54
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There's no way Luke Buckmaster from Crikey is a real reviewer.
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May 30, 2017 15:55
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Aphrodite posted:There's no way Luke Buckmaster from Crikey is a real reviewer. Crikey is a legitimate publication. They won the Golden Dollary-Doo in 2011 and 2015.
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May 30, 2017 15:57
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For anyone with T-Mobile, the T-Mobile Tuesdays app is giving away $4 tickets to Wonder Woman. They had pretty much every theater in my area available with all the show times.
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May 30, 2017 17:27
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Darn, with moving this weekend and a three year old I have no idea when I'll actually get to see Wonder Woman.
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May 30, 2017 17:28
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Lurdiak posted:
Not entirely (this 'fresh' review, for example, doesn't really come over as a ringing endorsement - "Wonder Woman is a decent but bland addition to the genre that truly shines only in comparison to the rotten DCEU movies so far") but in the main there's certainly more than enough grounds to be feeling optimistic. And the dude who wrote theGrauniad's review seemed mostly put out because he finds the idea of a superhero film set in WWI distasteful so eh.
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May 30, 2017 17:37
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Lots of comparisons to Superman 78 and Chris Reeve in those reviews. I'm full blown hype at this point
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May 30, 2017 17:43
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purple death ray posted:Lots of comparisons to Superman 78 and Chris Reeve in those reviews. I'm full blown hype at this point Yeah the inspiration is pretty clear. Something I noticed a couple months ago in the other thread: Al Borland Corp. posted:I saw the trailer last night, and this is super obvious but I didn't notice it before.
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May 30, 2017 17:57
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Welp I wasn't going to see wonder woman given I despised the last three DC live action films, but if the reviews are correct, I'll have to give it a shot. If DC makes movies that aren't total rear end, I'll happily watch them
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May 30, 2017 20:25
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I'm still gonna go watch this movie with low expectations. I mean, the last DC movies were a disappointment for me, so the bar is super low anyway. 
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Desperado Bones posted:I'm still gonna go watch this movie with low expectations. I mean, the last DC movies were a disappointment for me, so the bar is super low anyway. This was the plan all along. 
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