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THE DUKE Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I'm curious if the first movies released in theaters after the quarantine is lifted will get a big boost from spent up cabin fever, or hurt because of lingering fear of public places. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadpulse Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 1 hour ago, THE DUKE said: I'm curious if the first movies released in theaters after the quarantine is lifted will get a big boost from spent up cabin fever, or hurt because of lingering fear of public places. I'd be worried about a bloated slate. Hopefully all sides have a sit down and schedule this thing out together. Unprecedented, but so is this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminoles1 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 There's video of Ezra Miller choking and taking a woman to the ground while at a bar. When I first watched it I thought it was a joke, a fake fight of some kind. However, sources at the bar say it wasn't a joke and Miller was escorted off the premises. If it turns out it wasn't a joke, this could seriously effect Fantastic Beasts 3 and The Flash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 42 minutes ago, seminoles1 said: There's video of Ezra Miller choking and taking a woman to the ground while at a bar. When I first watched it I thought it was a joke, a fake fight of some kind. However, sources at the bar say it wasn't a joke and Miller was escorted off the premises. If it turns out it wasn't a joke, this could seriously effect Fantastic Beasts 3 and The Flash. Two probably terrible movies so oh no 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Calvert28 Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 22 minutes ago, August4th said: Time for VR companies to make their moves to unseat the theater industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 I would be extremely okay with this whole thing forcing film studios to finally accept and embrace that home theater and streaming are the way of the future. Have the blu ray release first, then have a two month waiting time before it goes to the streaming site. Blu ray sales account for about a quarter of the home release market. The last data I can find for it was about 5.8 billion in physical sales compared to about 17 billion in digital sales. Obviously digital is cheaper to produce, but I feel like if studios would start releasing the physical copy BEFORE it becomes available on digital, the physical copy sales would increase. I'll never understand why people pay 15-20 to purchase a digital copy of a movie at release when they could pay 20-24 for the physical AND digital copy anyway. But yeah, I'm rambling here. All I know is that the advent of streaming and Netflix producing its own films and its own high-quality television as well as HBO with Game of Thrones... The world has already changed for film studios. This is why you are seeing all these spectacle films. Look back to the 90's. Pulp Fiction, Silence of the Lambs, Goodfellas, Fight Club, Titanic, The Matrix, Jurassic Park, The Shawshank Redemption, Reservoir Dogs, Seven, Terminator 2, Groundhog Day, LA Confidential, Heat, Being John Malkovich, Fargo, The Blair Witch Project, Magnolia, American Beauty, Good Will Hunting, Dumb and Dumber. You go through that small list and obviously there are more, but you have: Adaptations - 4 Original Scripts - 17 Spectacle/Effects-driven - 3 THAT is what you're going to get more of the more things go to streaming. Big budget spectacle needs returns from theatrical runs. If you've got streaming companies coming out of the woodwork, you're going to need to compete with those other streaming services not for a WEEKEND, but for a MONTHLY subscription. You're going to get more original content versus more expensive, less original content. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 We’ve already seen the start of original content starting at streaming. As little as I liked it, The Irishman was a breaking point. Scorsese tried to get funding for it for what feels like as long as I’ve been alive, but no studio was going to do a 3.5 hour long epic anymore. Theaters have a good amount of say in this. They want more showings, more seats filled. That movie would cut the number of showings by close to a third. It was a no go. For as bad as a lot of Netflix original films are, I’m really starting to see them as the premier production company just because of their willingness to try something new in film. What’s really exciting is that 1. They are drawing more talent. 2. They’re getting better. While they’re desperate to get validation through Oscar nominations and wins, they’re still not afraid to produce original entertainment over quality. 6 Underground and What Happened to Monday are two good examples. They knew those weren’t competing, but they took a chance on original content that’s not really seen in theaters anymore. As depressing as this whole pandemic is, I can’t help but get a little excited for how it will, in my opinion, positively impact the QUALITY of film. Also, there has NEVER been a better time to remake The Thing... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacReady Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 ... And speaking of The Thing, I’m more and more reminded of it. Everybody wants to act like The Thing was just some creature feature, but it was so much more than that. It really truly was a product of its time. Second Cold War, HIV... It was released at a time where paranoia, distrust of others and fear of the unseen was prominent. And I’ve been seeing that same fear today. People glaring at you for wearing gloves at Walmart, people glaring at you for NOT wearing a mask at Walmart, people more concerned for their safety than checking your ID for cigarettes or alcohol, extra cleanliness... ”If even one cell... then I suggest we all start eating out of cans...” “Nobody - nobody trusts anyone, and we’re all very tired...” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrILL! Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ty21 Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 On 4/6/2020 at 7:51 PM, seminoles1 said: There's video of Ezra Miller choking and taking a woman to the ground while at a bar How was she dressed tho. She might’ve been asking for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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beekay414 Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 I want a new proper Mortal Kombat movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fresh Prince Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 8 hours ago, beekay414 said: I want a new proper Mortal Kombat movie. You’re getting one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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