ROGUE ONE WEEKEND THREAD | Actuals R1 155.09m, Moana 12.7m, OCP 8.58m, CB 7.1m, FB 5.07m

[MovieMan89]

Just now, Chewy said:

 

For a while the Avatar fans were soooooooooo annoying and hard to take and then a couple years ago it flipped and everyone thought it was so cool to trash it constantly. We gotta find a middle ground over the next 20 years before Jim gets to work on the sequel

Hmm, that kind of sounds like something happening with a certain fanbase now...

[4815162342]

Just now, JamesCameronScholar said:

 

Zero evidence. This is libel. 

 

Okay, settle down with throwing around legal assertions.

[MrPink]

3 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Don't be the puppet CJohn.

 

No puppet. No puppet.

 

 

[Chewy]

2 minutes ago, CJohn said:

I was about to lock this but I just realized the Grand Tele is on so he has the control.

 

 

And in the middle of all of this mess, I still haven't watched Rogue One, nor have plans to do it in an immediate future. 

 

You locking a thread Tele's posting in would be unpresidented

[IronJimbo]

1 minute ago, Grand Moff Tele said:

 

There's no point in paying critics. It's a waste of money. All studios already use junketeers for the same effect. All studios.

 

junketeers, what does that mean? Teach me tele

2 minutes ago, JamesCameronScholar said:

 

Zero evidence. This is libel. 

i laughed

[Chewy]

Just now, MovieMan89 said:

Hmm, that kind of sounds like something happening with a certain fanbase now...

 

It happens with all of them last year the Star Wars fans were up in here furious because we were talking about Oscah runs instead of discussing TFA's 40th day

[Mattrek]

10 hours ago, JonathanLB said:

I've never seen Cars. They all looked bad to me but I guess I should give them a chance! 

 

Don't go in with high expectations. They aren't normal Pixar quality. That being said they are an enjoyable ride.

[miketheavenger]

[Porthos]

Just now, JamesCameronScholar said:

 

Zero evidence. This is libel. 

 

"Working the refs" isn't a bad thing, therefore is not libel.

[JonathanLB]

2 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

Hmm, that kind of sounds like something happening with a certain fanbase now...

No that's just YOU buddy! Lol

[druv10]

13 minutes ago, MrPink said:

Parking lots look dead to me, I've been hiding here in the bushes since 0300

MrPink, Donnie Yen was awesome in the movie.

[TomCruiseTop]

2 minutes ago, Ozymandias said:

 

 

It is amusing how posters with James Cameron names/avatars often talk about how weak and bad TFA's story/execution are(I wonder if it has something to do with its gross in the US?) whenever they're not derailing threads with James Cameron/Avatar talk when Avatar is more or less just an incredibly dumbed down version of Princess Mononoke.

 

 

 

My association with Avatar and/or James Cameron has nothing to do with it. It's a common criticism of TFA - ad hominem attacks won't change the fact the story was a dumbed down version of ANH. The different is I don't deny that the storyline of Avatar was simple and derivative - that's something that had to be done with a movie that aims to change the cinemascape itself. 

 

It is ignorance and hubris of this kind that prevented TFA from even coming close to dethroning Jim. 

 

A real shame too, I guess we will just have to wait for Project 881 to knock Titanic into 3rd place. 

[MrPink]

1 minute ago, druv10 said:

MrPink, Donnie Yen was awesome in the movie.

 

He was amazing and everything I hoped for. 

 

Been twice already and have a couple more viewings planned. One at the MarqE for Dunkirk goodness

Edited December 17, 2016 by MrPink

[Kvikk Lunsj]

1 hour ago, Walt Disney said:

 

You do realize that Disney spent $4 billion to buy Lucasfilm, right? It would be pretty logical for them to make the movies that will make them the most profit first. That's not a cash grab; it's trying to break even.

 

Every movie is a cash grab. Every studio is a business they are driven by money first both long short term and long term. 

[terrestrial]

4 minutes ago, stuart360 said:

Its nice to see AVATAR getting some love around here for a change.

 

Avatar fan for the 3-d experience in a cinema, but still not a 10/10 for me

(I really love it for giving my first and only clue how you all people see the world in real life, as I am 'only' 2-d sighted = including outside of a cinema)

[stuart360]

3 minutes ago, Ozymandias said:

 

 

It is amusing how posters with James Cameron names/avatars often talk about how weak and bad TFA's story/execution are(I wonder if it has something to do with its gross in the US?) whenever they're not derailing threads with James Cameron/Avatar talk when Avatar is more or less just an incredibly dumbed down version of Princess Mononoke.

 

 

Eh?, i liked TFA a lot and thought it was a worthy sequel (especially compard to the prequels), but AVATAR is better in pretty much every way imo. You could argue TFA had better characters (Han Solo, Chewie, come on!) but thats where it ends for me.

 

Why the salt anyway?

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Seems like I didn't miss much since I left....

Edited December 17, 2016 by Jayhawk

[DAJK]

23 minutes ago, druv10 said:

Empire, how are the matinees doing? My showing was 95%+ full at 12:20.

I'm not empire city and only have access to 1 theatres numbers and pre sales but RO seems to be playing like a family movie here (so a good increase from true Friday).

[stuart360]

6 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

Hmm, that kind of sounds like something happening with a certain fanbase now...

 

The Nolanites were far worse than AVATAR fans anyway. Thankfully that cult has been dispanded lately it seems.

[MovieMan89]

11 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

 

 

Btw, y'all really need to pick up the slack when I'm not giving this non-event thread something to talk about. Can't raise R1's status all on my own over here.