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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | March 22, 2024
Hatebox replied to Eric Atreides's topic in Box Office Discussion
but it is there. They’re the most popular replies on the ghostbusters subreddit. I’m sorry that’s an inconvenient truth, and I agree it’s a shame that’s where some of them ended up, but it’s still fair game to comment on. #NotAllGhostbustersFans -
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | March 22, 2024
Hatebox replied to Eric Atreides's topic in Box Office Discussion
Nothing manufactured - there’s post after conspiratorial post on the subreddit taking that stance. https://www.reddit.com/r/ghostbusters/s/NvAj45GLli Like it not, that’s the online fanbase right now, such as it is. -
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | March 22, 2024
Hatebox replied to Eric Atreides's topic in Box Office Discussion
Not going to say my age but suffice it to say GB’84 was a cultural touchstone for me on par with star wars for 70s kids. Proton pack toys, figurines, lunch boxes, the lot. doesn’t stop me looking at the mental gymnastics going on from big chunks of the current fanbase right now and thinking “fucking hell” -
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | March 22, 2024
Hatebox replied to Eric Atreides's topic in Box Office Discussion
The ghostbusters subreddit is convinced critics are being harsh over this because they’re still sore from the audience rejection of the 2016 film. Which, on the pathetic scale, must put them up there with the Snyder fandom -
I rewatched it recently for the first time in at least 20 years. My main reaction was that it was way more adult than I remember despite ostensibly being an edgy family movie, to the point where if it came out today it’d probably get (unfairly) criticised for being tonally inconsistent. My second reaction was “I forgot Hollywood used to allow films to be short”
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Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | March 22, 2024
Hatebox replied to Eric Atreides's topic in Box Office Discussion
I adored the 2016 movie. Not having a written script with setups and punchlines was such a radical, exciting approach -
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | March 22, 2024
Hatebox replied to Eric Atreides's topic in Box Office Discussion
Reading the meltdowns on the ghostbusters subreddit and it’s striking how much they act like superhero fanboys. Because, I suppose, that’s essentially what sony has turned the franchise into: an earnest action film rather than a silly comedy -
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | March 22, 2024
Hatebox replied to Eric Atreides's topic in Box Office Discussion
Can’t even be bothered to be snarky. So I’ll just say: this was fuckin predictable -
Weekend Numbers | actuals | 30.15M KFP IV | 28.50M DUNE II
Hatebox replied to kayumanggi's topic in Numbers and Data
well, I’ve never made that argument. 🙂 To me saying the films are objectively very popular and that popularity often isn’t reflected in their internet presence isn’t a qualitative statement, it’s just a fact. And an interesting one in relation to modern box office because it’s so unusual. -
Weekend Numbers | actuals | 30.15M KFP IV | 28.50M DUNE II
Hatebox replied to kayumanggi's topic in Numbers and Data
I think it’s fine to acknowledge avatar is insanely popular while being slightly baffled at not seeing, literally, a single meme for it. In 2024 that is objectively odd. Trouble is, when you say that, some avatar fanboys think it’s an insult and get defensive. But it’s not. It’s just noting an aberration. When I don’t see other billion dollar grosses I still often feel like I have through online osmosis. I haven’t seen barbie but can pretty much guess the story beat for beat and reel off a few quotes by now. Put a gun to my head and tell me to do the same for avatar 2? I’m dead. To me that’s not a bad thing, it’s intriguing. The franchise exists beyond the internet. -
Civil War | A24 | Alex Garland action thriller | 04/12/2024
Hatebox replied to AniNate's topic in Box Office Discussion
Old joke by now, but if this alliance seems impossible to you then world war 2 will blow your mind 😃 -
Weekend Numbers | actuals | 30.15M KFP IV | 28.50M DUNE II
Hatebox replied to kayumanggi's topic in Numbers and Data
She definitely was, but actually I think the movie needed a bit of that. It would more staid without it. She was the star wars element to the otherwise somber sci-fi