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Summer Box Office Meltdown: Why the Movie Business Is Running Scared
Variety ^ | July 2, 2019 | REBECCA RUBIN and BRENT LANG

Posted on 07/02/2019 1:59:03 PM PDT by EdnaMode

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Best news I've heard all week!
1 posted on 07/02/2019 1:59:03 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of preverts.


2 posted on 07/02/2019 2:00:12 PM PDT by Nothingburger
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CGI garbage for the Asian markets!


3 posted on 07/02/2019 2:00:21 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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You just don’t care about whose ass it is or why it’s farting.


4 posted on 07/02/2019 2:00:55 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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Why (IMHO)?

1. Because movies are retreaded crap. No original ideas. Same old, same old.
2. Too expensive.
3. Streaming is better, cheaper, and you can watch the movies in your PJs.

5 posted on 07/02/2019 2:01:46 PM PDT by dhs12345
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It has to start with quality storytelling, That’s our focus,” said Cathleen Taff, Disney’s president of global distribution

The same Disney about to release an identical shot-for-shot CGI version of the cartoon Lion King?

6 posted on 07/02/2019 2:02:19 PM PDT by relictele
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Agreed.


7 posted on 07/02/2019 2:02:36 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: Dr. Ursus

Exactly. Because of my age, I am not their target audience. But beyond that, I’m not sure I live on the continent they are taregetting.


8 posted on 07/02/2019 2:03:32 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: EdnaMode

John Wick 3 did very well. Come up with original material instead of reboots, and maybe people will pay $18 for a box of popcorn.


9 posted on 07/02/2019 2:04:07 PM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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I’m 77 ... look at the list of movies ... give me a break,why would I have ANY interest in any of this stuff. Too bad, I live in a senior community, when you go to the local cinema, there are only 5 or 10 people present. They’ve fixed the popcorn, fixed the seats, even put in a pub for beer and wine ... but they don’t have ONE good movie!


10 posted on 07/02/2019 2:04:51 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (We are getting even more than we voted for.)
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Clearly not enough Gay-Trans movies. /I hope they believe that.


11 posted on 07/02/2019 2:05:30 PM PDT by Zathras
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how many times can they make Friday the 13th and Godzilla and old crap movies. Even Rocky is in the geriatric hospital and they still come out with a new version.


12 posted on 07/02/2019 2:06:22 PM PDT by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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The same Disney about to release an identical shot-for-shot CGI version of the cartoon Lion King?

I hate to admit it, but my wife dragged me to the live action Aladdin and to my surprise I liked it.

My grown kids are of an age where when they were 3 or 4 had to listen to the Lion King soundtrack and watch the DVD over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over.

Because of that, Lion King has a special place in my psyche. A "live action" version may not be horrible.

13 posted on 07/02/2019 2:06:56 PM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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Nothing in here about audiences getting sick of giving money to people who hate them and their values. Huck Follywood!


14 posted on 07/02/2019 2:07:14 PM PDT by Rastus
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Maybe another Ruth Bader Ginsburg biopic will help.


15 posted on 07/02/2019 2:07:36 PM PDT by PGR88
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If Air Supply went into the studio to re-record all their old 1980s hits, would people line up to buy them again?

C'mon Hollywood, come up with some original stand-alone movie scripts and maybe we'll go back to the cinemas. Stop trying to re-make movies that were hits 30 years ago.

In the meantime, there's plenty of original old movies to discover on Netflix.

16 posted on 07/02/2019 2:07:38 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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“Look out ... here comes the Spider-man”

The TV ads say he has a “Peter tingle” (not spider-sense, copyright 1962)


17 posted on 07/02/2019 2:09:25 PM PDT by SMGFan ("God love ya! What am I talking about")
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To: relictele

Same studio that laid an egg with the latest Dumbo release.


18 posted on 07/02/2019 2:10:16 PM PDT by RinaseaofDs
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Need me a hot latte


19 posted on 07/02/2019 2:10:37 PM PDT by griffin
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To: Yo-Yo

John Wick 3 was really good.


20 posted on 07/02/2019 2:12:29 PM PDT by Zathras
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