Plain Old Tele Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 (edited) Let's look at this year so far, only Divergent and Vampire Academy can really count as being solely targeted at the 12-25 crowd compared to the 4 films I listed. Before you make another list, the other films that you might consider to counter this point (Lego, 300 etc.) are much more broadly targeting than just the 12-25 crowd but you can't really make the same case for the films I mentioned. And also "dozens" of movies targeted at "old men" is actually quite a lot, considering how little box office they bring. I said "dozen", not dozens. Nor am I talking about solely targeting 12-25 year olds.... those movies sure as hell aren't targeting "old men"! (And if we're talking actual old men, none of your examples qualify.) For a 20-something to claim that Hollywood is making too many movies for "old men" is like the CEO of a Wall Street hedge fund claiming that he just doesn't make enough to survive. Edited April 14, 2014 by Telemachos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 I said "dozen", not dozens. Nor am I talking about solely targeting 12-25 year olds.... those movies sure as hell aren't targeting "old men"! (And if we're talking actual old men, none of your examples qualify.) For a 20-something to claim that Hollywood is making too many movies for "old men" is like the CEO of a Wall Street hedge fund claiming that he just doesn't make enough to survive. I've never said "too many" Tele, look at my post, I said "a lot". And it's true, they do make "a lot". I didn't say it was more than YA or any other demographic. I think someone's projecting a little . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 "A lot" compared to one. Not a lot compared to what's released. But I've hammered this argument into the ground. It's dead, Jim. Moving on... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 "A lot" compared to one. Not a lot compared to what's released. But I've hammered this argument into the ground. It's dead, Jim. Moving on... One what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 One what? Movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Can we all just agree that Hollywood makes to many movies targeting males? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Movie. It's actually a lot in general and not just compared to "one" but whatevs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 (edited) Let's look at this year so far, only Divergent and Vampire Academy can really count as being solely targeted at the 12-25 crowd compared to the 4 films I listed. The movies targeting teens come out in the summer when schools are closed. Most of the big budget summer movies target male teens. The old man movies are released outside the blockbuster season And Jack Ryan was an action movie starring a young male lead. How was it targeting old folks? Do you consider action movies for old demo? If so plenty of "geriatric" actors star in successful action movies....all those successful action franchises...daniel craig, tc..etc Edited April 14, 2014 by kiki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Hollywood doesn't make a lot of movies targeted toward adult males. Hollywood is a teen to young adult business. If you want to name 12 movies a year that are targeted towards adult or older males, then you can also name about 80-100 that aren't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Going to do my tentative list today. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Baumer about the comedy question #18 did I answer it correctly(page 2) and there is no abstaining right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 There is no abstaining. And it looks like you answered it correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkelf Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Fuck it, I wasn't going to play because it looks very time consuming but what am I going to do all summer, study? I'll probably do some research this weekend... As my friend from high school used to say: "It's important to participate, and not be last." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 The thing about this being time consuming is that the preseason picks are time consuming. But once the season starts, it will take maybe 30 minutes out of your week. You only have 12-15 questions (some bigger weeks could have 50 questions, but that will only be once or twice in the season) to answer every week. That shouldn't take too much time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 I do no research at all lol probably why ill never win but its fun thats why I play 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 My research involves watching a few trailers and waiting for BOM to release their summer predictions lol. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 A lot of people put Dragon 2 as the #1 movie domestically. Ugh. I feel like TASM2 and DOFP can break out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punishment Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 I don't like question 19, nope not one bit I abstain, oh wait I can't Great job coming up with all the questions Baumer , it should be quite an interesting year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerdyGeek Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 Wow! I just found this thread. RESERVED. I'm definitely taking part, I love predicting, and it looks like this is going to be super fun. Time to start up some research. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
