TheVileOne Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 JW does keep the international record though. But still... Goddamn.No one gives a wooden nickel about that record! I bet Universal does. Sure, they care that pitiful record is all they can hang their hat on at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Well, that, and the best domestic box office year by a studio ever, a record they broke months ago. Still Star Wars goddamn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 So has the story been officially retrofitted to say that Darth Plagueis was Palpatine's master? I liked it much more when Plagueis was this ambiguous figure that may or may not have been some bullshit that Palpatine made up.From the way that scene was handled and the way McDiarmid played it, I assumed right from the get-go that he was definitely talking about his own Sith mentor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Which was confirmed in now out of continuity novels right after, and I believe reconfirmed in the new timeline in the Tarkin novel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Yeah Universal has Jurassic World and Fast & Furious. They ain't struggling that's for sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 And Minions. Edit: Universal has put out 7 films that crossed the $100 million barrier domestic this year. In addition to the three already named, you have Pitch Perfect 2, Fifty Shades of Grey, Straight Out of Compton and Trainwreck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 I can picture the Universal execs burying their heads into giant piles of money and weeping because their record has been broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 So has the story been officially retrofitted to say that Darth Plagueis was Palpatine's master? I liked it much more when Plagueis was this ambiguous figure that may or may not have been some bullshit that Palpatine made up. I don't get why the Collider guys take all of Palpatine's words on Darth Plagueis as gospel. Even after Episode 7, they are still riding the Plagueis train hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted December 22, 2015 Share Posted December 22, 2015 Friggin' lizard shit, that is a metric fuck ton of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Random "I was a silly child" story: So, I saw Star Wars on TV when I was maybe 5 (and taped it, and watched and re-watched it until the tape was garbage), and saw Jedi in the theatre when I was 6, but I didn't see Empire until well after that--pretty much all I knew about the story came from the hyper-condensed "storybook and cassette" package, until I was probably 10 or 11. But I had a lot of experience with the toys and especially the toy ads. As a result, because the Tauntaun toy had a trap door described as a "secret compartment" I actually thought that Luke was hiding in a marsupial-type pouch until we got the VHS box set of the trilogy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Something I found interesting So there was a story on either Kotaku or IO9 about how there were 8 trailers before their showing of Force Awakens I went to the Alamo Drafthouse and only got 3 (that wasn't a complaint) Alamo - since they customize the pre-movie stuff they show - showed all the Star Wars themed wrestling. I did miss a couple of lines of dialogue here and there trying to order a refill for my son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Our Drafthouse pre-show didn't have any wrestling. It did have lots of toy ads and a David Unger music video, and a selection of famous Chewbacca moments re-dubbed with Pee-Wee Herman laughs and yells. It was amazing. Only trailers we got (aside from the Hook and Scott Pilgrim quote-alongs next month) were the Michael Moore film, Star Trek Beyond and ID5. No X-Men, Deadpool, Civil War, or BVSDOJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I didn't go to the Alamo, not one anywhere near me. But my local Celebration Cinema had a "silence your phones" bit recorded by James Earl Jones as Vader that was pretty fucking awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Trailers I got were Civil War, Fantastic Beasts, and suddenly called Wave 5. Probably one or two more but nothing I remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Wilson Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I got different trailers then some: Civil War, Wave 5, Warcraft, X-Men, Gods of Egypt, and oddly Zootopia. Just got back from seeing it, great movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 My Alamo also should that clip where someone dubbed in James Earl Jones dialogue from his other movies over Vader and its outstanding. And it turns out we only got trailers - Civil War and X-Men (we realized it was only two when trying to remember what the third one was) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 At AMC's IMAX 3-D, we got: Trek Beyond, BvS:DOJ, Warcraft, Civil War, Kung Fu Panda III, Kubo and The Two Strings, and a short Deadpool bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I guess my Alamo Drafthouse bitching can just extend to several others of you here instead of Will I still got the Art Theater though! Zeidler knows what I'm talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 STAR TREK! There was a third trailer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I feel like we had 14 fucking trailers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I had a bunch of trailers, but I probably would've been less bothered by them if not for the TEN MINUTES of commercials before them. Most all of which were Star Wars themed. Like, thank you for reminding me of everything I actually hate about Star Wars before I get to the part I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stro Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I hate that I know so much about Star Wars despite not being that interested in it, but I'm watching A New HOpe for the first time in a long time. Super Star Wars nerds have every right to be mad about the special editions. The stuff is so in your face added and standing out. All the added stuff is SO out of place. It's fascinating on how the prequels make so many things make no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I only got three trailers. Warcraft: Special effects look quite good. Story will be chopped to bits from the game, of course. I'm lukewarm but I mean it's Warcraft it will be pretty good. Naturally the game's story will nuke the movies but we all know that in advance. The Finest Hours: I always like the idea for "disaster at sea" movies. They said it was based on a true event but didn't really get across what that event was, instead focusing on your classic "ship is sinking" action stuff. Looks pretty decent and it won't really make any money. The Jungle Book: Special effects looked incredible. Another not serious film getting the SUPER SERIOUS SUBJECT treatment, thanks Batman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 Nolan made a masterpiece it's not his fault, leave Nolan alone! The Imax I went to we had Divergent something sequel, Warcraft, Superman v. Batman, Civil War and Jungle Book. People popped for Batman and for Jungle Book. Civil War was greeted with "oh great, another Avengers movie, cool...I guess" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted December 23, 2015 Share Posted December 23, 2015 I like The Dark Knight very much, for the record, it's one of the best action films of it's decade, but it's also a film that for better or worse has taken a lot of other films in a direction they wouldn't have gone if The Dark Knight never happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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