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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Edit: dang, Solo is being released 3 weeks after Avengers 3 and one week before Deadpool 2 (and a month before Jurassic World 2). That's a whole bunch of big budget effects-laden action/adventure romps about quippy anti-heroes-with-a-heart-of-gold and so far the only thing that distinguishes Solo from the pack is that it had a whole bunch of lovely behind the scenes dramas which forced them to reshoot half of it. And a fortnight before Incredibles 2.
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I keep wondering if Disney is looking at Solo as just a completely sunken cost at this point, instead just praying for decent merchandise sales.
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Jan 8, 2018 18:03
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Well who is the breakout new merchandise object or character for Solo? It's not like people will say "You know, I want interested in the millennium falcon before, but NOW I gotta have one!"
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Timby posted:I keep wondering if Disney is looking at Solo as just a completely sunken cost at this point, instead just praying for decent merchandise sales. Considering its being released in between two other major Disney owned properties, it certainly looks like they aren't expecting much from it. Avengers 3 is going to make obscene money, as is Incredibles 2, so if Solo tanks they're just going to quietly ignore it happened and move on with the next Star Wars thing until we're all dead or nerds finally stop giving a poo poo about Star Wars.
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I think it's good for episode 9 to put the Solo movie out earlier so it feels like there's been a longer wait for ep 9
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Jan 8, 2018 18:32
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Al Borland Corp. posted:Solo has one thing going for it the others don't. It's got Clint Howard in it Does he play Chewbacca before he let his hair out?
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Al Borland Corp. posted:Well who is the breakout new merchandise object or character for Solo? It's not like people will say "You know, I want interested in the millennium falcon before, but NOW I gotta have one!" That's the weird thing, there has been like nothing so far. We got Emilia Clarke, Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton, and Paul Bettany as new characters that we've not even seen, plus Han, Chewie, and Lando, yet the hype train hasn't left the station.
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I'm not going to claim that Disney doesn't care about box office numbers for the Star Wars movies, but they likely don't care as much as other studios do about their products. As was pointed out last year, Disney still makes an ungodly sum of money from licensing merchandise for loving Winnie the Pooh, and their Star Wars merch dwarfs that by several factors. The movies don't matter, they could be complete losses (in which case Disney would write them off for their taxes) and Disney will still come out way ahead from merch sales. Remember folks, the yearly movies whether they are Star Wars, Marvel, etc. are just vehicles for keeping the franchises hot for merchandise sales. EDIT: This is also why Wheat Loaf's attempt to validate his personal opinion with math is even funnier in this particular case. Anonymous Zebra fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Jan 8, 2018 |
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Al Borland Corp. posted:Well who is the breakout new merchandise object or character for Solo? It's not like people will say "You know, I want interested in the millennium falcon before, but NOW I gotta have one!" The entire movie is just an elaborate origin story for Han's vest and it becomes the hot new underarmor pattern and t-shirt design.
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Jan 8, 2018 19:27
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Isn't Solo the movie where midway through production they had to fly in an acting coach because the titular Solo was an awful actor
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Calaveron posted:Isn't Solo the movie where midway through production they had to fly in an acting coach because the titular Solo was an awful actor The "acting coach" thing was in the very obviously planted hit piece in THR (or Variety, I forget which) that dropped like six hours after Lord & Miller were fired. It's never been confirmed.
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"Tell me were not going on the Kessel Run, Solo!" "Would that it were so."
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Who should've starred in the 50 Shades series, instead of Dakota Johnson?
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Tars Tarkas posted:That's the weird thing, there has been like nothing so far. We got Emilia Clarke, Woody Harrelson, Thandie Newton, and Paul Bettany as new characters that we've not even seen, plus Han, Chewie, and Lando, yet the hype train hasn't left the station. To be fair we've seen hardly pretty much nothing for Deadpool 2 or Incredibles 2 either and only the initial trailers for Avengers 3 and Jurassic World 2. Edit: Jesus, it only really hit me when I typed out that sentence how many goddamned sequels we're getting Snowglobe of Doom fucked around with this message at 19:52 on Jan 8, 2018 |
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Who should've starred in the 50 Shades series, instead of Dakota Johnson? To what end? Because I can think of no better place to put a multi-generation nepotism case than a movie nobody involved wants to be making.
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Jan 8, 2018 19:46
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Johnson is actually pretty good in them, she's way above the material but despite hating the other romantic lead her performance doesn't come off as her not wanting to be there
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Who should've starred in the 50 Shades series, instead of Dakota Johnson? Jake Gyllenhaal.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:To be fair we've seen hardly pretty much nothing for Deadpool 2 or Incredibles 2 either and only the initial trailers for Avengers 3 and Jurassic World 2. I have a strong feeling that both Deadpool 2 and Incredibles 2 will be huge disappointments (well, only partially for the former, as the original really doesn't hold up on repeat viewings).
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Timby posted:I have a strong feeling that both Deadpool 2 and Incredibles 2 will be huge disappointments (well, only partially for the former, as the original really doesn't hold up on repeat viewings). Currently hoping that Pixar is just following through on their old tradition of having extremely lovely trailers. (Seriously, the trailer for the original Incredibles is just "lol Bob's fat", it's not any better than the I2 trailer.)
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Jan 8, 2018 20:32
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The lol Bob's fat trailer perfectly encapsulated the story of the movie, an over the hill superhero who is trying to relive his youth, at consequences to himself and his surroundings.
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Wasn't that a Pixar thing for a while where they'd have completely unique trailers with footage that wasn't in the movie?
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joylessdivision posted:Considering its being released in between two other major Disney owned properties, it certainly looks like they aren't expecting much from it. Solo has had that same release date since *long* before filming started, so I really don't think that scheduling has anything to do with Disney's expectations.
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Wheat Loaf posted:Wasn't that a Pixar thing for a while where they'd have completely unique trailers with footage that wasn't in the movie? A lot of trailers do that.
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Id have a lot more respect for Disney if they just said "gently caress it, this Solo movies gonna be poo poo" and scrapped it.
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banned from Starbucks posted:Id have a lot more respect for Disney if they just said "gently caress it, this Solo movies gonna be poo poo" and scrapped it. Seriously. It's clear that they had Ron Howard re-shoot the entire thing, considering Lord and Miller were fired in June with two weeks to go, Howard arrived on-set a week later and he kept shooting until the middle of October. At this point I feel the movie getting released is a statement: "Kathleen Kennedy owns Star Wars, you do not gently caress with her (and to a lesser extent you don't gently caress with Kasdan)."
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Iron Crowned posted:A lot of trailers do that. Sure, but I feel like I remember it being a thing Pixar movies did enough for a while that it was like one of their trademarks. Dreamworks stuff - Antz and Shrek and Shark Tale - didn't do it that I can recall.
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banned from Starbucks posted:Id have a lot more respect for Disney if they just said "gently caress it, this Solo movies gonna be poo poo" and scrapped it. I was saying for like a year that I'd bet this is exactly what they'd do---and rake in fan plaudits for withoholding an unseen "garbage" movie. But why be all Machiavellian about it when you can just crank poo poo out for mad dough I guess 
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I have four words for Solo #ReleaseTheSnyderCut
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Guy Mann posted:The entire movie is just an elaborate origin story for Han's vest and it becomes the hot new underarmor pattern and t-shirt design. https://twitter.com/communistbabe/status/948614604636262401 HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Who should've starred in the 50 Shades series, instead of Dakota Johnson? Sandra Bernhard.
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Al Borland Corp. posted:I have four words for Solo #ItsMillerCutTime
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Lobok posted:https://twitter.com/communistbabe/status/948614604636262401 Can I please get her in more leads in action/adventure movies? Possibly with Eva Green as a villain? Both are great in such roles
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Eva Green and Cate Blanchette buddy cop movie thanks
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Wheat Loaf posted:Sure, but I feel like I remember it being a thing Pixar movies did enough for a while that it was like one of their trademarks. It was. Also doing fake outtakes over the credits but around The Incredibles they stopped that in favor of creating a new short to put on the DVD.
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I always liked their outtakes and was disappointed when they stopped doing them.
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Apparently there's some kind of fantasy-football app now, but for movie ticket sales? I just saw a commercial for it. Also i didnt know where to post this but i saw it at a collection of shorts this week and liked it: https://vimeo.com/98522073
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Al Borland Corp. posted:I have four words for Solo https://twitter.com/thespencerperry/status/949774355004870657
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Most of the people who went to that photo for the Snyder cut banner probably just wanted to meet the Wonder Woman cosplaying Instagram model, she organized it.
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Gatts posted:Can I please get her in more leads in action/adventure movies? Possibly with Eva Green as a villain? Both are great in such roles We need Eva as Modesty Blaise.
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I'm amazed nobody has tried a Modesty Blaise since the DTV one from about 15 years ago ("presented by" Quentin Tarantino!) where she has the stiffest fight ever with Jaime Lannister.
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