Weekend Estimates (pg44): Spectre 73 | Peanuts 45 | Martian 9.3 | Goosebumps 6.9 | Spies 6.09 | Important forum announcement in first post.

[grey ghost]

11 minutes ago, Chewy said:

 

Star Wars is both. Also, no

 

Young adult is a book genre targeted toward older teens.

 

Star Wars is not based on teen books, is four quadrant and appeals to multiple generations.

[DAR]

Gary Oldman's  EVERYONE shout in the professional was amazing

[Jack Nevada]

As if the stuff with Natalie Portman in The Professional wasn't fucking creepy enough, it could've been even worse:

 

[AniNate]

3 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

 

YA = Young Adult.  No one is HS is an adult, young or otherwise.

 

Unless they're in a movie

[TalismanRing]

1 minute ago, tribefan695 said:

 

Unless they're in a movie

 

Played by 30 year old actors.

[grey ghost]

15 minutes ago, Chewy said:

I'm wondering when space opera got classy. I guess when Channing stuck those wolf ears on

 

Hey! I was elf eared Channing Tatum for Halloween.

 

And the housewives giving out candy loved it!

[Jack Nevada]

Omg I just realized Channing Tatum's JA character was essentially Barf from Spaceballs

[TalismanRing]

1 minute ago, grey ghost said:

 

Hey! I was elf eared Channing Tatum for Halloween.

 

And the housewives giving out candy loved it!

 

If you'd dressed like Magic Mike my bet is you would have got a lot more candy.

[Ethan Hunt]

The Hunger Games kinda destroyed the YA market because now everything wants to be exactly like The Hunger Games so now we have a shit ton of Katniss wannabes who lack all the things that made Katniss such a strong protagonist

[Ethan Hunt]

2 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

 

Hey! I was elf eared Channing Tatum for Halloween.

 

And the housewives giving out candy loved it!

Did you have wings though?

[grey ghost]

6 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

 

YA = Young Adult.  No one is HS is an adult, young or otherwise.

 

So Harry Potter, Maze Runner, and Divergent are mainly for college students?

 

 

[AniNate]

2 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

 

So Harry Potter, Maze Runner, and Divergent are mainly for college students?

 

 

 

It would be inaccurate to say they're not a significant part of the audience. That's probably why the phrase YA was coined, to make teens feel good about themselves while not alienating 20-somethings.

Edited November 8, 2015 by tribefan695

[TalismanRing]

5 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

 

So Harry Potter, Maze Runner, and Divergent are mainly for college students?

 

 

 

Children's lit.  The Hobbit falls under that category as well.  Doesn't mean it's not appealing to teenagers or adults as well.  Coming of Age stories can be either.

 

 

Edited November 8, 2015 by TalismanRing

[Ethan Hunt]

Is TFIOS considers YA?

[grey ghost]

14 minutes ago, Jack Nevada said:

Jesus, The Fifth Element. Awful. Almost as bad as The Professional.

 

Are you trying to troll Generation X, bro?

[Jack Nevada]

Just now, grey ghost said:

 

Are you trying to troll Generation X, bro?

Fuck Gen X. 

[TalismanRing]

3 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Is TFIOS considers YA?

 

Actually, yes.  I was mostly being pedantic.  YA stands for "young adult" but in current practice it can cover everything from puberty to 18.  It's come to a point where formerly YA lit for the college age crowd (and even up to 30) is now called "New Adult".

[grey ghost]

5 minutes ago, tribefan695 said:

 

It would be inaccurate to say they're not a significant part of the audience. That's probably why the phrase YA was coined, to make teens feel good about themselves while not alienating 20-somethings.

 

The characters in YA films are typically teens. Kids start reading them at 14. College kids who spend too much time in the YA section of the library are probably still watch the Nickelodeon channel.

[Ethan Hunt]

Just now, grey ghost said:

 

The characters in YA films are typically teens. Kids start reading them at 14. College kids who spend too much time in the YA section of the library are probably still watch the Nickelodeon channel.

 

 

Ermm... I think you may be a little out of touch with reality.

[AniNate]

1 minute ago, grey ghost said:

 

The characters in YA films are typically teens. Kids start reading them at 14. College kids who spend too much time in the YA section of the library are probably still watch the Nickelodeon channel.

 

When I was in college Twilight and Hunger Games were just as much the rage as they were in high schools