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Why 'Baywatch' Drowned at the Box Office
Hollywood Reporter ^ | 6:40 AM PDT 5/30/2017 | Pam McClintock

Posted on 05/30/2017 1:50:50 PM PDT by drewh

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To: Telepathic Intruder

There was “Son of the Beach”, which was pretty funny for its dry delivery of sophomoric jokes.


41 posted on 05/30/2017 2:41:30 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: drewh

The campy ironic/sophomoric reboot of old tv shows has been overdone.

I’d think at some level a film like the Mission Impossible or Star Trek series shows that there is a sizeable audience for another approach.


42 posted on 05/30/2017 2:43:08 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The so-called mainstream media resembles a sixth grade lunchroom these days.)
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To: drewh

It failed because it is a useless hot mess


43 posted on 05/30/2017 2:43:55 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: montag813

that hard R rating killed Chips too, a major miscalculation...


44 posted on 05/30/2017 2:45:17 PM PDT by drewh
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45 posted on 05/30/2017 2:47:42 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: drewh

The jet ski chase scene was filmed in my back yard...Literally.

We live in the marina that was used in the movie.

Spent the afternoon sitting around watching the non-action.


46 posted on 05/30/2017 2:49:32 PM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: Steely Tom

There was Treewatch on the short lived Chimp Channel.

I’d take a movie of that over what’s playing now.


47 posted on 05/30/2017 2:52:10 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: drewh

The same Dwayne Johnson who wants to challenge Trump in 2020?


48 posted on 05/30/2017 2:55:47 PM PDT by pinkandgreenmom
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To: drewh

That’s before P&A


49 posted on 05/30/2017 3:01:24 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: drewh

That’s before P&A


50 posted on 05/30/2017 3:01:27 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: drewh

HaHaHaHaHaHa...my heart bleeds. Guess that may postpone his presidency run for a while.


51 posted on 05/30/2017 3:02:35 PM PDT by Fungi (No tagline. Suggestions invited.)
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To: drewh

“The Rock” is mighty sensitive about his movie tanking...

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/05/29/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-slams-critics-baywatch-box-office/


52 posted on 05/30/2017 3:04:07 PM PDT by Conserv
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To: Steely Tom

I think Hollyweird will try the tranny version of Baywatch next.... then they will berate the American public for not rushing to see their latest spew.


53 posted on 05/30/2017 3:11:03 PM PDT by Enchante (Searching throughout the country for one honest Democrat....)
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To: Cowboy Bob

Well, now I’m puzzled.

Is it Baywatch

or

Gaywatch?


54 posted on 05/30/2017 3:22:38 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: drewh

Don’t know whose picture that is, but she really needs to see a plastic surgeon for some lip reduction if she wants to pass for white.


55 posted on 05/30/2017 3:25:30 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: drewh

Hollywood doesn’t have anything new . . . that is why they are rehashing these old shows.

If they come out with a new theme in a movie they know they’ll be sued by someone that already has written a screenplay for something similar.


56 posted on 05/30/2017 3:58:39 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: drewh

Have not seen it, but there are a lot of good movies out right now. Pirates, Guardians Vol. II, Beauty and the Beast, Aliens, King Arthur, Fast and Furious number 127 (or whatever),... A lot of choices if you like movies.

We only go a few times a year now. So we chose Guardians vol. II. Loved it. Oh, and the lead is somewhat conservative.


57 posted on 05/30/2017 3:58:50 PM PDT by MPJackal ("From my cold dead hands.")
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To: drewh

Awful.


58 posted on 05/30/2017 4:00:14 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: drewh

Fat, Hair Hat and Flat. I’ve got bigger boobs than the blonde and I’m a dude.


59 posted on 05/30/2017 4:00:34 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: drewh

Yes, re: overseas returns. Isn’t the female lead a major Bollywood star? Chopra is her name. That ensures huge ticket sales in India and many other nations that love Bollywood productions.


60 posted on 05/30/2017 4:08:26 PM PDT by Blurb2350
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