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Random Stranger posted:That sounds like people just looking for something to get upset about. "A superhero movie starring a woman gets less money! Oh gee, I wonder why they might be think that Wonder Woman is going to preform worse than BvS or Suicide Squad. They sure as hell aren't adjusting for BvS and SS's failure.
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Jan 2, 2017 02:09
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" ignores that they're from different studios, that films are budgeted individually, and that they have to decide on a budget based on expected performance. Could there be some Hollywood sexism mixed in?
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Random Stranger posted:I don't know if that's accurate. I did a quick google search for Wonder Woman's budget and that's what turned up, but the financials for the production won't really come out until next year, most likely. I don't actually disagree FWIW. I just think that Random Stranger posted:that they have to decide on a budget based on expected performance. is a factor that could very easily be influenced by hollywood sexism. Look at Star Wars TFA's overexposure of Kylo Ren and underexposure of Rey for example. Either way, studios are still spending way too much on movies and that trend doesn't look to be slowing down any time soon.
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Jan 2, 2017 02:19
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:Is that sexism, or is it just more promoting the Edgelord of the Sith because kewl dudes sell? I recall a lot of Darth Maul promotion, and he's way less prominent in his film than Kylo in his. It was more prominent with the toys but Kylo toys were significantly overproduced and sold worse than Rey/Finn/Poe while Rey, the only woman, was the best selling character even though her toys were significantly underproduced in comparison to the other characters.
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Jan 2, 2017 03:43
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Nuebot posted:I really hope Ghost in the Shell does well. The trailer seems to have upset a lot of fans by using some generic movie lines like "Everything you knew was a lie" or whatever, but they've gotten the visuals well enough that I'm excited for it. It looks bad
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Jan 2, 2017 04:59
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Maxwell Lord posted:Yeah, but what the Hell is it even going to be about? If any science fiction movie DIDN'T leave hooks for a sequel it's that one. Ryan Gosling has to win the big blade running marathon to save the rec centre
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Jan 2, 2017 05:13
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I bet Weyland-Yutani gets name dropped Prepare for the AvPvBRCU
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Jan 2, 2017 05:42
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I thought the first film was about man's inhumanity to our own creations and whether Dick Deckard is one of those creations or not doesn't really change the themes or symbolism.
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Jan 2, 2017 08:26
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SciFiDownBeat posted:Actually it looks like unironically fun and good and will have a lukewarm box office reception at worst. So there It looks like the most "forgetable early 2000s kids movie" movie ever. There's no way it'll break even.
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Jan 2, 2017 09:35
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Didn't help that it was a mediocre movie with a boring villain
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Jan 3, 2017 03:52
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The MSJ posted:Last year, people in CD were making fun of people who thought that BvS did bad financially also saying that "people who say this obviously have no idea how Hollywood finances work". Maybe it's different now that's it Hollyweed? Hollyweed has the hardest working, most stoned accountants in the world
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Jan 3, 2017 05:10
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Renoistic posted:Funny thing is, for all the cheesecake in the Manga, the Major never had to get naked to use stealth camouflage. In fact, she's never naked during any mission. That was all made up for the movie. TBF the manga did have a hardcore sex scene plopped in the middle for no reason
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Jan 3, 2017 11:00
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Renoistic posted:Hey what the major does in her free time is her business. Tbh I had completely forgotten about it since I have the old US version where it was cut/censored (scenes with brains being exploded were left as they were of course). And the scene is softcore at most. Nope, you're misremembering  https://imgur.com/a/jXVle It gets more explicit too. Unsurprisingly, the author/artist now exclusively does porn comics.
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Jan 3, 2017 13:15
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CelticPredator posted:Although, Beyond Skyline has nothing to do with the BS, outside of them doing the effects, and it stars Mad Dog, Rama, and Crossbones/Punisher Lite so, it could be good. Attaching it to the dogshit first film doesn't give me any hope though
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Jan 3, 2017 22:58
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Rough Lobster posted:The Liefeldverse A Youngbloods film could theoretically lead to a film version of Brandon Graham's Prophet relaunch, in some universe.
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Jan 5, 2017 05:01
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Guy Mann posted:It's a better idea that trying to claim ownership of the concept of Let's Plays and that the creator of Minecraft should be paying dividends since it's why his game got so popular, at least. Not like that was a joke or something
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Jan 6, 2017 02:53
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SciFiDownBeat posted:heh heh yeah, this movie is gonna loving SUCK hahaha I really doubt it's gonna make much of a splash at all
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Jan 6, 2017 08:48
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Enos Cabell posted:If they do even a halfway decent job at the tie-in merchandising, then this movie will be freaking huge. $125 million is a lot to make back for a movie with 18% on rotten tomatoes
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Jan 6, 2017 22:51
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I had nightmares about a black goo in a lake trying to eat me as a very young child and a few years ago I found out that The Raft segment from Creepshow 2 matched those dreams almost exactly.
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Jan 8, 2017 06:20
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Enos Cabell posted:This is from a few pages back, but it triggered a crazy memory. Our sixth grade band teacher popped in the Creepshow 2 VHS and played it for the whole class during the last week of school. Full on Rated R with nudity and gore in a public elementary in a small Texas town back in like 1988. We moved that summer, so I don't know if the teacher ever got in trouble or not. Sounds like a cool teacher
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Jan 9, 2017 17:23
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Slugworth posted:If the question is ever 'was this thing done because someone had a low opinion of the general public?' the answer is universally 'yes'. And, sadly, generally borne out by market research. Advertising market research is corporate woo-woo with little relation to reality
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Jan 12, 2017 20:38
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Timby posted:Thirty years ago, when research consisted of sentiment-based focus groups and surveys, sure. Nah, it's still bullshit. That much info doesn't actually matter when advertising firms exclusively use it to make whatever they wanted to do originally look like the best option.
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Jan 12, 2017 20:59
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A cool thing to remember about advertising and market research is that it isn't based in reality because if the research/ad company tells their clients the wrong thing too many times then the client will go down the street to a company that's willing to tell them what they want to hear.
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Jan 12, 2017 21:01
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The Saddest Rhino posted:did i hear it wrong but is the girl's name Lucy and the guy literally gets powers from the titular character of the Luc Besson movie No, it is not a sequel to Lucy
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Jan 13, 2017 02:44
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First of all, Lucy was an adult woman in the movie Lucy Second, Lucy was NOT British
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Jan 13, 2017 02:49
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dont even fink about it posted:Max Brooks found when he did some research on the topic that most police forces and emergency crews have put significant thought into how they would handle a zombie outbreak as an intellectual exercise. He also included a blind monk and otaku with a katana
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Jan 14, 2017 03:16
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Aggro posted:But in this case, the book and movie are quite good? The story isn't a generic zombie apocalypse survivors' journey. That doesn't change out dumb the term "hungries" is
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Jan 14, 2017 03:31
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MacheteZombie posted:Isn't The Happening a comedy? Not on purpose
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Jan 16, 2017 21:31
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FishBulb posted:Oh the Village is good now? Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs were good but they were followed by The Village, Lady in the Water, The Happening, The Last Airbender and After Earth. M Night has one of the worst filmographies I've ever seen.
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Jan 16, 2017 22:23
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The Happening is hilarious because of how poor it is. It wouldn't have been funny if M Night was a good director. The Last Airbender and Lady in the Water are two of the worst films I've ever seen.
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Jan 16, 2017 22:48
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DeimosRising posted:Irony is a dead scene. You gotta be kidding me if you say the plant suicide movie with a wind chase scene is being serious, or that such a film could be "not funny" under any circumstances. He doesn't become a better director just because one movie was pretty funny. The majority of his films are dogshit.
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Jan 16, 2017 23:11
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K. Waste posted:What evidence is there to support this? Ed Wood's career
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Jan 16, 2017 23:40
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Femur posted:i have a bad memory overall, i can't remember most of my childhood like at all. And I can't remember or be sure of any dream I've ever had, but reading the description when yall were discussing this, I felt that I've had that happened, and thought" this is a thing separate from dreams? " Sleep paralysis is a very specific thing that triggers a panic response because you can't move and your brain thinks there's something near or on you. It's very distinct from dreams.
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Jan 17, 2017 03:18
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Enola Gay-For-Pay posted:How have you been pedantically arguing with everyone else for two pages and nobody has mentioned your red title yet? Red titles are for cowards
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Jan 17, 2017 15:17
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Olympic Mathlete posted:The concept of AoT is pretty sweet in terms of sheer 'holy gently caress!' but the anime suffers from being massively stereotypical with its characters and the whiny emo protagonist. That and insane amounts of filler in comparison to action. I watched it because it was hyped to gently caress by anime nerds so I gave it a chance. I watched the entire series of 25 episodes and I swear the recap clips on the front of the later episodes are 5+ minutes. There's maybe 25 minutes of action in the entire series. There's a reason why every piece of advertising and game focuses on the attack on the city that happens at the very start of the series
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Jan 18, 2017 16:58
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:FMA 2003 is especially weird because it turns into its own bizarre thing way before the ending, and has themes and subtext that are pretty much the literal polar opposite of the manga and Brotherhood. But it's also a drastic exception rather than the rule, which is why Brotherhood exists. I liked the 2003 anime more than the manga but I haven't read or watched either in almost a decade.
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Jan 18, 2017 23:54
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:It's definitely interesting but... it's 50 episodes long and 50 episodes of that kind of bleakness is an absolute loving slog to get through. The ending is also kind of a wet fart that comes completely out of left field and doesn't really make a ton of sense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipr-wS5iBv0
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Jan 19, 2017 13:59
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gore in them- they're basically anime Fulci, whereas FMA 2003 is kinda like anime Von Trier).
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Sinners Sandwich posted:Black Adam would basically be Scorpion King but with Superman. It is a perfect story for the Live Action DC Murderverse , espicially if the Shazam movie gets canceled proving there are no true superheroes in todays bleak world https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnVPUK-8P0M&hd=1
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Jan 19, 2017 23:01
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greatn posted:Let me get this straight though. No dog was actually harmed. There was a humane society rep on set and observing who apparently voiced no objections. People are mad because a dog looks scared? When dogs have emotions that are completely different than humans and don't show them in the same way as even other dogs. Did you actually read the article or watch the footage? It was forced into the water and went under almost as soon asnit went in. Dogs don't submerge on purpose. It's very clearly in distress and being forced.
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Tars Tarkas posted:Terminators are back again for the whateverth time this is. Didn't Cameron like Genisys?
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