The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......

[FormerBondFan]

Go get 'em FBF. Ice Age awaits Wallets ready?

Don't you let me do all the fun here.

[FormerBondFan]

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118056405 Will this insanity in Hollywood never end? 'What's old is new' is the 21st century's motto for a film's inspiration? FBF, you were not born when these films aired. What are your thoughts?

Rebooting Ghostbusters? The original cast of ghostbusters passing the torch to the younger generation of ghostbusters?

[bjmdds]

Cr-egg could play one of the ghosts, Slimer, eating the hot dog. See, I can find proper movie roles for the sour brisket of acting: http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb2 ... Slimer.jpg Who should the new three leads be? http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6LohnQpCm18/T ... sters1.jpg A female I bet will be selected as one of the three. How about Jesse Eisenberg reuniting with the most expensive female actress in Hollywood Kristen Stewart, or is she too big now in her own mind for such a role? James Franco the third lead?

[shaken not stirred]

Cr-egg could play one of the ghosts, Slimer, eating the hot dog.

Alternatively you could redo gb 2 (shudders) and have him play vigo ie a painting with no emotion and does the same pouting stare



Peter: hey what's this weird ugly guy in this picture
Do not say that that is cregg o you never make him mad he is all powerful
peter: right I think you need to lay off the pills buddy or whatever you put in your coffee, still what an ugly piece of beep.

[bjmdds]

Good point shaken. You see, Bubbles does have possibilities. We know it, the world knows it, but Pascal and the green vegetable are in de-nial

[katied]

Please god, no Ghostbusters reboot. That would be raping my childhood.

[bjmdds]

Do you believe this MP? More of the same from Hollywood. Let's have Indy 5 as soon as possible

[katied]

Both Ghostbusters and Raiders Of The Lost Ark were essential to my teenage years(actually, I saw Raiders Of The Lost Ark when I was 10-showing my age there!)

[bjmdds]

http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column ... mnID=15048

[Omega]

http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/column ... mnID=15048

Will anybody look at Spyfall this closely?

Spider is falling off because it is the same story everyone saw from 2002. Sony is rushing production for Spider 2 which might do better if it has an original story. Goes to show the difference in studios planning for the next movie, the marvel franchises have been managed with amazing finesse but the people running Bond have no plans beyond today, come November they'll have no ideas before 2014 if production can even be started on scheduled. Hollywood has gotten better at telling multiple stories over decades and Bond has gotten worse. Except for the original stars war trilogy movies from the 80s and 90s were really bad because nobody had any ideas besides lets make another, same thing Bond has been doing too. Today trilogies and quadrilogy actually work together somewhat not always great movies but it is better than it used to be. The plan today is remake something that worked planning a at least one trilogy around it. Well actually the plan now is to split the last movie in 2 milking the audience twice.

[FormerBondFan]

We better hope Bond 23 fades much faster than Spidey reboot, especially here in the US.

[bjmdds]

FBF, these IMAX and 3-D films were not available for Tobey's films. The 3-D versions account for 44% of Garfield's box office. How much more would Tobey's films have done with these added features? The same will apply to Bond 23. It will get fewer admissions, but these increased fees for the IMAX, (which I saw with MI:4 and I thought it did nothing to enhance the film), will have the potential to produce a higher box office than we want. Most films now that are deemed blockbusters, not all but most, open with $50 million easily. What defines failure are John Carter and Battleship results. Can we achieve this? Doubtful. Will it surpass MI:4? Unlikely. What's your read on this situation, factoring out Jerry, Steven, Carrot Top, and The Blue Man Group as possible replacements?

[FormerBondFan]

BJ....if Bond 23 (even with an increase ticket prices) surpasses CR's worldwide $594 million and/or QOS' US $168 million, I'm giving up bringing back the traditional Bond, and you should be as well. You once said that Bond 23 won't surpass CR's worldwide gross and QOS' US gross even with an increase in ticket prices. Will it be normal for a 3rd DC Bond to gross higher than its 2 predecessors (especially here in the US) at the box office, making it DC's three times the charm Bond movie just like the third outings of Pierce, Sean and Rog? No, it will NOT be normal. A BAD IMAGE, I tell you. A BAD IMAGE. We don't want this, would we BJ? Otherwise, we should go for the weirdos for Bond, and that should be a response to the general public, especially those in the US, of how STUPID they really are of feeding their money to DC's Bond.

And BJ, let clarify me this again. Look at the figures of Bat 89 and BB. Even with IMAX, BB made $205,343,774 in the US and $372,710,015 worldwide, and those numbers are lower than Bat 89's US gross of $251,188,924 and worldwide gross of $411,348,924.

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=batman.htm
http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=batmanbegins.htm

BJ, you and I want the same thing. Bond 23 to gross lower than both CR and QOS at the box office, especially here in the US. If you're not with me on this, consider giving up on bringing back the classic Bond.

[bjmdds]

But these IMAX prices add a fake sense of comparison FBF. You can no longer compare Bond 21 and 22 to 23 with a same frame of box office reference. What's a success now? If the admissions drop by 5 million tickets worldwide, yet the film does the same as 21 and 22, I would deem it another step back. Eon will tout it as a success with a lower budget.

[FormerBondFan]

But these IMAX prices add a fake sense of comparison FBF. You can no longer compare Bond 21 and 22 to 23 with a same frame of box office reference. What's a success now? If the admissions drop by 5 million tickets worldwide, yet the film does the same as 21 and 22, I would deem it another step back. Eon will tout it as a success with a lower budget.

But BB made less than Bat 89 even with IMAX, both here and worldwide. That is still the case today.

[FormerBondFan]

Also BJ, look at the Harry Potter series. With the exception of Deathly Hallows 2, all of the sequels (even those that were released in IMAX) made less than Sorcerer's Stone's numbers, both worldwide and here in the US. And SS wasn't released in IMAX. BJ, this is where you're wrong about not comparing numbers of Bond 23 with CR's and QOS'.

[FormerBondFan]

And no, I'm not kiddin' myself about comparing Bond 23 numbers with CR's and QOS'. Just look at the numbers of the respective Harry Potter installments, and you know I'm right. DH2 gross the highest but cannot beat SS' attendance numbers. Before DH2, SS was the franchise's top grosser both here and worldwide, and I'm talking about unadjusted numbers here.

But if you're right and I'm wrong, then Carrot Top awaits along with other weirdos (Seagal doesn't count). And I'm serious here.

[bjmdds]

WCBS FM radio today gave the opening weekend box office estimate for TDKR at $164.2 million in the USA, beating TDK's total, but falling well short of The Avengers BUT the reason it won't top The Avengers is the length of the film they said, at 2 hours 45 minutes, 20 minutes longer than The Avengers and with fewer daily showings it cannot beat The Avengers in the opening;however, they said it will play in theatres a very long time and then could come close to The Avengers final USA totals. I have no idea how they can calculate how many tickets will be sold opening weekend. Maybe Q knows the answer. For all we know, it could do much higher. FBF, this IMAX for Bond is a new concept and these minions you refer to are loyal to the Bond Voldemort so they might shell out the added dollars to witness junk, but in their corrupt minds find brilliance in an IMAX DC Bond film.

[FormerBondFan]

FBF, this IMAX for Bond is a new concept and these minions you refer to are loyal to the Bond Voldemort so they might shell out the added dollars to witness junk, but in their corrupt minds find brilliance in an IMAX DC Bond film.

Bj, have you not look at the HP sequels? Even with IMAX, the sequels made less than SS both worldwide and here in the US except DH2, and SS wasn't released in IMAX.

[bjmdds]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ar ... eator.html More bizarre by the moment. Eon is attempting to appeal to young people with this fantasy that a secret service would hire them to do this kind of work. What are these idiots thinking? Q? Get real. http://www.thehdroom.com/images/news/10920a.jpg Sorry but Peter Parker is not Q Eon He looks RIDICULOUS in this film FBF, your thoughts? Shaken? Ale? MP? Nick? Big O? Dr. No? EA? Sweeney? http://www.thehdroom.com/images/news/10920a.jpg