We've seen the trailer for The Lone Ranger, and we think it looks awful, yes?
Helena Bonham Carter's costume looks good? But yes, that movie look horrible.
I'll be fine. I'll be your bounty, Jubal Early. And I'll just fade away.
River ,'Objects In Space'
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Atropa - May 11, 2013 9:16:35 am PDT #24337 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
§ ita § - May 12, 2013 6:53:06 pm PDT #24338 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In another iteration of "equations will ruin art", this article talks about a successful statistical script doctoring process; [link]
Interestingly, (or depressingly) they cite two movies that appealed to me not in the least--Lincoln Lawyer would probably catch my eye on cable, but if it ended up on my Netflix queue, I wouldn't bump it to the top. And Oz just...I like the source material, but how more boring could it look?
So, while it makes sense that you can predict to a point box office and how to pander (it's not like that's a new concept--it's the spreadsheet in the background that appals), what does that to for me? If they could tell me what movies I liked they applied this to, and what changes were at their behest, I'd be fascinated.
But saying guardian superheroes do better than cursed one seems to, if I'm on the same semantic page, predict that Spiderman and Batman should do less well Superman (they cite him specifically), and the Avengers as a whole as successful as it was.
TL/DR: Send me contextualised relevant data, pls.
Frankenbuddha - May 13, 2013 7:04:12 am PDT #24339 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I saw IM3 this weekend, and boy THAT was fun. Definitely helped me get my mind off of things for a little while.
§ ita § - May 13, 2013 8:03:26 am PDT #24340 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Who's the target market for this: [link] ? I thought it was a 'shop job...
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Sophia Brooks - May 13, 2013 8:24:48 am PDT #24341 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Is that real? I do not understand.
Jesse - May 13, 2013 8:30:43 am PDT #24342 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, that's not real. [link]
Jesse - May 13, 2013 8:35:03 am PDT #24343 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh, but as long as I'm here -- I finally saw Iron Man Three, with all the trailers in the world before it, and I think the trailer for White House Down might be my favorite movie I've seen all year.
§ ita § - May 13, 2013 8:48:08 am PDT #24344 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah, that's not real
Oh, thank you! I didn't find the page it was used on, just saw the ew domain.
§ ita § - May 13, 2013 10:20:04 am PDT #24345 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Why is my local theatre not selling ST tickets for Saturday yet??? This doesn't warrant advance advance sales? Sheeit. I keep getting excited and then clitblocked.
Steph L. - May 13, 2013 11:28:32 am PDT #24346 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Fandango just sent me an email saying that ST tickets are on sale for our AMC theater. (Don't know about non-AMC theaters.)