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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: drewh

Hollywood managed to mess up a fantasy fun movie. Danger of drowning, being saved by really gorgeous lifeguards of the opposite sex in an ultimate beach environment. Besides that, the TV show actually conveyed valuable information about beach safety and lifesaving techniques in a fun way.


21 posted on 05/30/2017 2:12:30 PM PDT by grania (only a pawn in their game)
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To: drewh

Dem guys ain’t got no boobs!!


22 posted on 05/30/2017 2:13:33 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Army Air Corps

the girls were georgeous and fresh but just not in the weight class of Pam Anderson or the other women of her day...


23 posted on 05/30/2017 2:14:04 PM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh

No more original ideas in Hollyweird, just remakes of remakes and TV shows made into failed movies.


24 posted on 05/30/2017 2:16:38 PM PDT by SkyDancer (You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
the liberals version of Baywatch....


25 posted on 05/30/2017 2:17:19 PM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh

Horrible script. Just absolutely a mess. We had a free ticket, wasn’t worth a 2 for 1.


26 posted on 05/30/2017 2:17:22 PM PDT by rstrahan
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To: drewh
I like Dwayne Johnson but to star in a remake of Bay Watch? Definitely not a resume enhancer........

I suspect he did it for fun and the $$$$$, not caring if it was going to bomb at the box office..........

27 posted on 05/30/2017 2:18:56 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (If a cow ever got the chance, heÂ’d eat you and everyone you ever cared about.)
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To: drewh
Three reasons:

(1) Poor reviews
(2) R Rating
(3) Dwayne Johnson bashing Trump on SNL and elsewhere

28 posted on 05/30/2017 2:19:08 PM PDT by montag813
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To: rstrahan
no comparison with Carmen Electra, Pam Anderson, Alexandria etc.


29 posted on 05/30/2017 2:20:05 PM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh

It didn’t have the magic touch of the Hass. EVERYTHING Hasselhoff touched turned to gold.


30 posted on 05/30/2017 2:20:47 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Flinging poo is not a valid argument)
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To: Hot Tabasco

yep, Dwayne gets paid and everyone else is doing it to get more famous for the next movie payday..


31 posted on 05/30/2017 2:21:12 PM PDT by drewh
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To: bk1000

Did you EVER dream, watching Baywatch, that she’d be assisting Wikileaks 20yrs later?


32 posted on 05/30/2017 2:25:55 PM PDT by txhurl (Time to blow the Queen and King off the board, DJT, and by your birthday, or on it!)
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To: Organic Panic

I still think they will make the money back worldwide, but it just wont be a maasive hit like 21 jump street.


33 posted on 05/30/2017 2:26:08 PM PDT by drewh
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To: drewh

Not funny or interesting. But GQ the fake magarag will still tell us The Rock will run for President.


34 posted on 05/30/2017 2:26:15 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: grania

correct, Hollywood manages to screw up everything! instead of going with proven female leads, they went with nobodies on the cheap and paid the price big time...


35 posted on 05/30/2017 2:27:49 PM PDT by drewh
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I would never have paid to watch a big screen version of a syndicated show but beyond that Baywatch had one objective: eye candy.

It was probably inevitable but I read recently about one or more cast members talking about ‘flipping stereotypes.’ On Baywatch?!?! It’s T&A. They’re cast members chosen for their appearance. What ‘stereotypes’ are being flipped and how and why?

The problem with virtue signaling is that people attempt to do it when there is no virtue to signal. Put on your swimsuit and shut up.


36 posted on 05/30/2017 2:28:49 PM PDT by relictele
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Precisely. Baywatch without the Hoffmeister is like, well, like the re-make.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/travel/3681437/baywatch-fans-can-now-stay-in-the-hoff-stel-a-berlin-hostel-dedicated-to-david-hasselhoff/


37 posted on 05/30/2017 2:29:50 PM PDT by tumblindice ("Fight for your country." Hector)
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To: Crusher138

“Oh, look! They’re running!”


38 posted on 05/30/2017 2:30:48 PM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.)
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To: drewh

You need David Hasselhoff for Baywatch. There is no substitute.


39 posted on 05/30/2017 2:33:47 PM PDT by BestPresidentEver
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To: relictele

you cant make a male Baywatch, lol!


40 posted on 05/30/2017 2:37:41 PM PDT by drewh
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