I don't know why some people are surprised about this. Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of the Moon (which was hyped as a 3D event) weren't exactly beloved, there was a complete cast overhaul, and as I mentioned in the movie's actual prediction thread, the marketing did nothing to really tell it apart from the previous films (plus this franchise just has fatigue in general). Thus, this is the result.
I don't care at all about Pokemon (I was in my freshman year of college when it was the height of its popularity/the release of the movie) or that there are apparently plenty of people here who still worship it. But that endless discussion of it in the weekend #'s thread last weekend which eventually turned into a "which character is hotter" debate (having the hots for an animated character...yeah, just, no) that was really grotesque.
Anyway, back to topic: where them Transformers #'s at.
Agreed with all of this. Threads getting derailed is nothing new and are tolerable as long as they are contained. But geez don't allow it to go so far. The debacle in last weekend's thread was ridiculous and gross.
Yeah, they underwhelmed in comparison to even the lowest expectations, but just because it's summer doesn't mean people will automatically flock to the theater just because. There are other- and certainly more fulfilling- things to do than to sit in a movie theater watching a nearly three-fuckin'-hours-long Transformers movie.
I must say, on Filmgasm/World of KJ as well as BOM back when you and I (and maybe a few others still around) were among its members around a decade ago, this kind of thread hijacking would've never been allowed. And at least when the threads were derailed in all of those cases, the hijacking at least had something to do with the topic of the thread.
This looked like it was going to be an "off" summer heading into the season, and the reality that it has turned out to be a pretty weak summer is a surprise for a number of people? Something does not compute.
Hmm I'll take a shot. Of movies opening within exactly one year from now:
1. Interstellar
2. Gone Girl
3. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
4. The Avengers: Age of Ultron
5. Inside Out
6. Big Eyes
7. Jurassic World
8. Tomorrowland
9. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
10. Big Hero 6
LOL I remember reading a review for Free Birds that said it ends with a message that pizza is the only food that is perfect to eat all the time or something like that. That must please nutritionists to the high heavens.
Only on this forum would a Wednesday box office thread dissolve into a RiffTrax screening of fuckin' Free Birds (a very recent movie I completely forgot even existed until now). Oy!
Next Week's Theater Counts
Tammy- 3,350+
Deliver Us From Evil- 3,000
Earth to Echo- 2,800
America- 1,000 (this has to be the widest release ever for a movie 99.9% of the moviegoing public has never heard of beforehand)