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skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Tl;dr: the box office numbers aren't really that relevant to a film's success these days, it's mostly about appearances.


"profits don't matter to studios, only PR"

- CineD thought leader

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skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx

Do it ironically posted:

i dont understand why cineD wants this movie to be a success so bad

virtue signaling

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx

Paladinus posted:

inappropriate jokes about pregnant women and thinly veiled xenophobia

were they funny though or are you incapable of processing transgressive humour as a rule

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Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx

Krypt-OOO-Nite!! posted:

Saw the movie yesterday it's alright apart from if there's anything to dislike then it's that it seems to trying to riff on the Marvel formula complete with a weak third act

yeah you can't blame a studio for trying to cargo cult marvel's success, it's like 10 years ago when World of Warcraft became a monster and every game studio shat out an MMO in response

of course they all failed but DC/Sony/et al will learn this lesson the hard way

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx

Pvt.Scott posted:

Why even make films for the US any longer though?

bingo

if I'm a Sony shareholder and I know they can get 10:1 ROI in China versus 1:1 domestic, why am I not screaming blue murder about how they're spending $150m+ per project?

same thing happened in Vegas which is why you won't see any more $2b+ megacasinos; Adelson/Wynn/et al get 5-7x ROI on aircraft hangars full of baccarat tables in Macau

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx

Hadaka Apron posted:

It's kind of depressing to see Leslie Jones get praised to high heaven for doing the last thing that anyone in that situation should do.

but lashing out like a caged wolverine at the slightest disagreement or criticism is what mature adult artists should do

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx
twitter's been actively trying to get rid of milo and anyone remotely like him (not a DND style hyperprogressive crybully) for over a year now, reminder they took away his checkmark badge for telling someone they deserve to be harassed

twitter's reports must be even more hysterical than SA's in every sense of the word

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx

VideoGames posted:

I really didn't like the movie but I feel absolutely terrible for Leslie Jones. Good lord, she doesn't deserve any of this.

if you don't believe her PR/Sony was working with Twitter on this to remove GB critics and other undesirables from the platform, well then I bet you think the army tried to stage a coup in Turkey

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx

Crowsbeak posted:

Ah love the alt right now going straight towards tin foil hattery. More tears you all. I think I'll rent this for one night at red box all to show while I consider it crap I can thank it for causing the alt rights God to get banned.

guys listen up, if you think twitter applies their rules preferentially based on political leanings, you are "alt right" according to noted something awful sadbrains crows beak because I guess thats quicker than typing "boogeyman"

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Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx
this is hilarious and a great read for all the "poor leslie jones" mopes ITT

http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/07/20/double-standards-leslie-jones-racist-twitter-history/

like this loser vvvvvvvvv

skeevy achievements fucked around with this message at 14:54 on Jul 22, 2016

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx

ya but her acting makes The Rock look like Gielgud

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Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx

DoctorStrangelove posted:

In all the trailers and stills and whatnot Wiig looks like she's really bored and annoyed and just doesn't want to be there. Does she come across that way in the actual film?

that's her schtick in every film she's ever made

it's funny, see, because she's a woman, and

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx
point B is salient after seeing literally zero promotion for The Nice Guys in Toronto, Chicago and NYC before/during/after it premiered

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx
you just know as we speak that kanye or jayz or one of those clowns is trying hard to star in a remake of the godfather

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx

Crowsbeak posted:

If you didn't deal with said racism and sexism that did exist it would make the movie suck. Also sorry that you all cannot deal with Hamilton being awesome.

you've never seen it, but thanks for reminding us that you get all your opinions from facebook

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx
holy lol

https://twitter.com/bradmiska/status/759771743758213120

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Why is this guy talking like the $150m gross is all it's going to make? It hasn't even been in cinemas for 3 weeks yet, it's got another few months to go before it's done.

he just said it looks like a $225m loss, he didn't say it wouldnt earn another dime

that said it's clearly spent in north america, and idk too many other regions of the world where people are gonna line up to see 4 catladies fight bad CG

edit: ah and its already been released in a lot of catlady-friendly countries http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Ghostbusters-(2016)#tab=box-office

skeevy achievements fucked around with this message at 15:59 on Aug 2, 2016

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Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx

Drunken Baker posted:

Isn't he proclaimed as some genius writer? How so, when he basically just tells people to improv on camera?

Never seen Freaks & Geeks, was that a heavily scripted masterpiece or something?

it was a mildly amusing show about being a nerd in high school, it wouldnt be notable at all except that it launched a few mildly amusing actors' careers

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx

ah that's where this is from

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx

loquacius posted:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ghostbusters-heading-70m-loss-sequel-918515

jeez guys I had no idea this movie was losing this much money

I actually thought it was breaking even, $70M is ridiculous. Hell, I've never even lost ONE million on a business venture.

CineD/DND on suicide watch

on the upside the entire enterprise will make a great case study for MBA marketing classes for generations to come

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx

loquacius posted:

Yeah Sony is really trying new things w/r/t Internet-age marketing, they tried exploiting international relations for The Interview and they tried carefully tending and curating an outrage garden for GB2016, and honestly both marketing campaigns worked really well, they just forgot to make the movies actually worth seeing

those campaigns generated a lot of buzz that translated into big losses, so I'm not sure they could be considered to have "worked really well"

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Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx
who would have guessed Paul Feig is not the strong roll with the punches man he makes himself out to be but a brittle pissbaby

http://heatst.com/tech/twitter-allegedly-forces-comedian-to-delete-ghostbusters-joke-because-it-triggered-paul-feig/

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx
twitter has never and will never make money

http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/21/technology/twitter-10th-anniversary/

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx

steinrokkan posted:

Pretty sure they are actually bleeding money like crazy, and are only able to stay alive because of investors who believe the company will eventually come up with a way to monetize its service.

twitter has never and will never make money

http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/21/technology/twitter-10th-anniversary/

Dapper_Swindler posted:

hahah. nice. eat poo poo sony. you picked all the worst possible choices when marketing a movie.

fixed

it will be an MBA case study for years

skeevy achievements
Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx
if there's one thing 10 year olds can't resist it's debate about social justice culture on youtube

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Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx

Uncle Wemus posted:

Also the kids have a weird orgy

ugh yeah, I read it as a kid and remembered thinking wtf is this

also the original book was set in the early 50s iirc when howdy doody and poo poo was popular on tv so baiting kids with a clown made sense

the modern day equivalent would be a guy in a pikachu costume I guess

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Feb 25, 2008

by merry exmarx
so apparently nudes of leslie jones not only exist, but have been leaked to the internet

rabbis will be debating which is the more heinous crime for a thousand years

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