Porthos

Still, great progress in the healing. May be slow, but steadily improving! 👍

@MrPink @Deep Wang

Still in a waiting period, as there are conflicting signals on 14 or 21. Speaking of waiting...

(an exceedingly USA-centric joke, probably)

While there are pros and cons, I do think it's good to have the more popular clubs in high trafficked areas of the forum. It allows more people to see them and engage with them. And while the Clubs forum might be one of the more popular ones outside of the box office one, it still can be a case of "out of sight, out of mind" at times. It can be a bit depressing to see you club not get much action, but at the same time it's easy enough to bump it back up if there is a good reason (bumping for no good reason is of course not good). I also worry that if remove all clubs from the box office section, then people will start to forget they even exist as they get caught up in the day-to-day discussion of movies in general. Having popular clubs on the first couple of pages reminds everyone that Clubs Are a Thing and, perhaps, "Oh yeah, wonder what's going on with that club I heard about". In short, they can be considered advertising for the concept of clubs themselves. Maybe that's not a good reason, or at least a good enough reason. But I do think it is a factor, however small.

(the metajoke on one level is that nycsouthpaw is a huge Dodger fan)

Indeed.

Okay, I'm over it. Now that I've given my sympathy I can revel in this. But I'll be nice and not do it in this thread.

Must be getting soft in my old age, as even I can feel that was a BRUH-TAL way to lose. Sincere and heartfelt sympathies on a personal level to @Plain Old Tele and @Water Bottle. On the other hand, if there was ANY team that deserved to get some playoff karma, it was the Nationals, who were, if anything even more snakebit than the Dodgers. Really happy to see them proceed.

DAYM.

Of course, if the resident Dodger fans on this board want to consider this a curse and why he's been unlucky in the playoffs... Well, I won't feel that bad at taking that burden.

Gotta say thought, I'm sad as hell it was Kershaw who coughed up the lead. I genuinely like him, both as a player and a person. It's not hyperbole to say that he is probably my favorite Dodger I've personally seen play. And as a Giants/Astros fan that is mighty high praise. I also have always thought that the playoff choker label was waaaaaay overblown. So it actually pains me to see him give up back to back game tying homers. ... Not enough to want to see the Dodgers come back and win, mind (though clearly they still are favored in this game going forward). But I'm still sad to see it was Kershaw, as I genuinely love him as a player.

Only been one episode so far, with the second airing on this coming Sunday, so you don't have much to catch up with.

I might have changed my mind.

This game is not pleasing me so far.

Such a great great show. Witty writing and fantastic chemistry between all the actors. Just great viewing all the way around.

Since it's a smaller distributor, any chance at a late run expansion? Getting to the time of year where there probably isn't much room for expansion as the holidays start. But if its close to 100m as Thanksgiving window comes around...

@Thanos Legion I know you were speculating over the weekend that Downton Abbey might have a shot at 100m DOM after all. Any further thoughts on that as these dailies are coming in? I reckon it needs strong mid to late legs, so that's a given. Just wanted to see if you had any other updated thoughts now that the weekend and Tue numbers are in.

Second source: Jordan Maison has a very good track record when it comes to trailer news.

Already being talked about in the TROS thread, but a heads up for trackers: SWNN has an article up about it, for what its worth. And, yes, Black Series Rebels is a pretty legit voice within SW circles, though obviously not official. === Now this IS just for the trailer. I suppose it is possible that Disney, in its infinite wisdom, might release the TROS trailer on Monday Night Football and not release tickets. But why slap this on MNF if it isn't part of the ticket launch? If this is a ticket drop as well, then it follows the pattern of launching a pre-sale ticket drive when a Disney movie finishes its OW. But what about Frozen 2? Does Disney wait a week and release them the week of the 28th? That gives Frozen 2 pre-sales about the same length of time as TS4, TLK, and Aladdin, for those keeping track. Or does it really court madness by releasing both on the same day (Frozen 2 in the morning, TROS in the evening)? Still for right now, consider this a Strong Rumor. Especially since it technically is only for the TROS trailer.

Yeah, IMAX contracts tend to be much harder to mess with from what I've seen. But theater specific PLF screens can be a bit more fluid, at least from my casual experience. For what it's worth, there are more non-IMAX PLF screens locally than there are IMAX: XD: 5 screens RPX: 1 screen IMAX: 3 screens (not including the Cinema West "Giant Screens" this time as none of them look to be applying the PLF upcharge for either of these movies)

*double checks* Huh. Gemini Man doesn't even have a monopoly on PLF currently locally for this weekend. It does have the IMAX screens (fake and true). But XD (Cinemark) and RPX (Regal, where applicable) are both Joker. Innnnteresting.

I should slightly hesitate and mention that depending on how the contracts were written for Gemini Man, they might try to unload some of the PLF/Dolby screens during Gemini Man's actual opening week (ie past the weekend). As I check out some locals, I see that Joker is getting some PLF screens during Gemini Man's actual opening week. But once Maleficent 2 strolls in, PLF time for Joker is over. Also checked ahead and Maleficent 2 is holding on to them throughout its opening week.

None as Maleficent 2 already has them locked up.