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Public business. A socialist economy system. "Fall of Communism" - you mean the disregard for rules of equity during the nationalization of property as executed by a cult of personality, narcissistic tyrant? It is as bad an example as any. Tell me you know a thing more about communism than just the dark side of Stalinist practices and I'll begin to consider you know a thing about what you're talking about. Till then, I am as much a Luddite as you are a neoliberal.

It's not "cool" to be anti-capitalist. This sentiment has always existed. Not everyone - as a matter of fact, a large amount of people - do not benefit from capitalism, and probably never will. You may mock people for having rightfully placed rage against what is currently established, call them luddites and idiots, and that's just gonna make you sound as comically evil as these AMPTP buffoons. And the "they never come up with a solution" argument, have they ever had a chance to? Fuck off.

Dinosaurs produce better cinema than those who revolutionize the industry, according to you. Off with that AI chilling nonsense, it will not change Hollywood for the better in almost, if not pretty much any way.

But why can't humans use AI to their advantage for aspects where it does make their life easier, but not necessarily writing the work flat out? As a matter of fact, preferably, AI shouldn't be used at all.

....but why? Are we supposed to feel sorry for studios because a strike wouldn't let them use AI for shady reasons? Once again: writers should be able to decide whether AI can help them, but it's THEIR work. Studios are not interested in using AI to help their employees, rather they're interested in using AI to *replace* their employees. It's not a double standard to call that out.

...again, a writer should be able to decide whether or not AI is helpful for them as long as THEY are in charge. A studio is not interested in using AI as a tool, they're interested in using AI as a replacement to human labor. Why is that "exploitation" / "double standard" and why are you actively antagonizing people with something that should be simple to understand?

I think you're getting caught in dumb details here. I doubt AI would not be used as a tool to by anyone ever develop, but it should be at the discretion of that specific writer. It's pretty obvious why the WGA would fight for a ban on studio use of AI, which would emphasis replacing human labor (aka higher expenses) as much as possible. Whether AI is banned completely or used as a tool by writers is beside the point - the only thing in question is for it not to replace artists' jobs. Hell, is AI really any helpful in creative work? I know it's cool to dream of a future where work is automated and all, but artistic work should NEVER be replaced by machines. Flat out.

I posted this in the Telegram chat. I don't know how truly informative it is, since it extrapolates from historically poor comparisons, but this is the closest I can find. So the closest comparisons I was able to look up for a big post-July 4th 5-day opening weekend are Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Which, well, are completely inept comparisons, because 1) Harry Potter is a historically frontloaded franchise, and 2) these were midnight numbers in 2007 and 2009 respectively, long before the mid-day inflation-adjusted preview numbers of 2023. Having said that, if we were to look at the Internal Multipliers of these two films - well, Half-Blood Prince seems INSANELY unlikely to follow, since it had a 7.12 IM from Wed-to-Sun, opening to 22.2m midnights and a 158m 5-day, which would be a 49.84m 5-day for MI7. This is, as I said, extremely unlikely lol. Order of the Phoenix has a more sensible 11.64 IM, so: MI7 with Order of the Phoenix's 5-day 11.64 IM - 7x11.64 = 81.48m OW (discarding 2.5m from EA) - outtracking Fallout's first Fri-to-Tue by 5.1% Assuming that a 11.64 IM is too high and opting for the halfway point between OotP and HBP, a 9.38 IM: 7x9.38 = 65.66m OW (discarding 2.5m from EA) - undertracking Fallout's first 5 days by -15,3% This would be a disappointing number, yes. So I would like to invite conversation and ask the bigger numbers experts which one is likelier to be followed lol. But I do think that. with the historic of the MI franchise, OotP number is likelier even than the halfway point.

Updated as of July 11th, 2023.

My Summer Movie Wager being a tragedy RIP Equally embarrassing is putting the Flash in the top 5 like I did.

This sounds toxic

So good to expand my ignore list.

I think it's the tragedy of the Summer. Not saying you're doing this, but celebrating the wins of a movie made for right wing loons is an embarrassment I ain't spending.

I only check the forum every now and then, don't actually come all the time. But thanks for thinking you know anything about my life, I guess?

Anyway, Looking forward for estimates. Does anyone have Saturday numbers?

Again, I recognize that he may be (evidently, he is) factually correct. I said so straight away. The issue is the said condescendence, which reads very cynically towards Barbie and those supporting it. Some people have taken their stance on this film from a clear antagonistic perspective and, while this may be a stretch for me to say and I may be the only one to sense it, it almost plays like "fandom war" superhero movie fans vs. the world type thing. Sorta like when Avatar 2 came out.

Don't like condescendence You could very well be factually correct about this, but did you need to be passive-aggressive about someone daring to say Barbie has hot pre-sales? It's like a point you have to go out of your way to prove that it's not having Marvel movie pre-sales or something?

Not that far off from Scream VI's $5.7 million Could it challenge $35 million?

You literally lose on the first sentence. Movie hasn't opened in every market yet, it's having Titanic-sized runs in certain countries (namely South Korea), it's holding monstruously OS as well. It's already at 100 million OS without UK, Japan and some European countries. 150 million DOM + 250 million internationally for 400 million is not at all unlikely and it'll likely come closer to that than 300 million. But whatever, if you're happier with the argument that it's unsalvageable, cool, good for you.

And how many times does it need to be pointed out that literally, who gives a shit? If the movie makes 400 million worldwide off of a 44 million worldwide opening, even Disney won't care about the money they lost. They'll make a lot from D+, VOD, ancilliaries, marketing deals and merchandise. It will literally be the highest grossing original film in years. Given the direction Disney took with Pixar in 2020-2022, it will help other movies soar. That's all.

Elemental is literally their first original film to get a real theatrical run in theaters since 2017. We all know what happened to their other movies from 2020 onward and this was never gonna have an easy job performing strong right out of the gate, so I think that its performance is merely a trendsetter for upcoming films from the brand, which can surely increase its results if similarly well received. Let Pixar do Pixar.

How many times does it have to be repeated that the conversation on Elemental's legs isn't exactly to point out that it's a big success - rather, it proves the viability of original animation from Pixar theatrically. Sure, overbudgeted, but having a potential 150m DOM finish off of a sub-30m 3-day opening can't be spun as anything other than positive, even if the film fails to break even. It'll be a beast in ancilliares and a top Disney+ performer, so even if it doesn't get in the green through ticket sales, and it obviously is disappointing compared to its budget, it bodes well for the future of cinema.

Studio: Phoenix Fire Pictures; Happy Madison Productions Based On: Meme Run, by Ninja Pig Studios Director: Andy Fickman Genre: Comedy/Adventure Release Date: November 27, Y10 Theater Count: 2857 Rating: PG-13 Format: 2D Budget: $10 million Runtime: 92 minutes Cast: Kenan Thompson as Trollface SungWon Cho as Yeezus Plot Summary: Trollface (Kenan Thompson) is a horror movie enthusiast who enjoys scaring moviegoing audiences while masked as, you guessed it, a Trollface. Soon, an internet social site admin by the name of Yeezus (SungWon Cho) invites him to partake in a competition known as "Meme Run", where he and a number of other pre-selected people can win up to $100,000. Trollface accepts, but as it turns out, he is the only competitor. Yeezus proceeds to subject Trollface through an obstacle course where the obstacles are memes (such as the Illuminati triangle and the vuvuzela). Trollface comes to realize that memes aren't as cool as he thinks and he wants to give up on being Trollface, but Yeezus finds out that he's still not wishing to stop pranking people, so he puts him through an even harder obstacle course. When Trollface loses, Yeezus makes him promise never to be cruel to people again. Trollface accepts his newfound life as a good person, only softly pranking family members and friends in a moderate, acceptable way, and everyone likes his new version more.

Studio: Phoenix Fire Pictures; Phoenix Fire Family Animation Based On: LittleBigPlanet, by Media Molecule Director: Erica Milsom Genre: Animation/Fantasy/Adventure Release Date: June 12, Y10 Theater Count: 4010 Rating: PG Format: 2D, 3D, 4DX, Dolby Cinema Budget: $120 million Runtime: 105 minutes Voice Cast: Selena Gomez as Frida the Bride Stephen Fry as the Narrator (None of the other characters have any voice acting, including Sackboy - the film is mostly silent, apart from some narration interludes by Stephen Fry.) Animation Style: It's a CGI animated film, pretty typical stuff. Specific points of reference would be something like The Super Mario Bros. Movie or Zootopia, in terms of the quickness of the frame rate and film pace. Plot Summary:

Do you have updates on these?