Superman flies again . . . but can even he save Hollywood?

The Times ^ | May 6, 2006 | Chris Ayres

[RightWingAtheist]

Here's Supes at a May Day rally!

[COBOL2Java]

World Trade Center (September 29) Oliver Stone directs...

That's all I need to know about this film. Never gonna waste my money.

[RightWingAtheist]

The actor who played Jimmy Olsen on the George Reeve series is gay, and his life partner was the late writer-director James Bridges (Urban Cowboy, The China Syndrome). They tried to have a civil ceremony...but that damned homophobic Superman had to ruin it:

[tet68]

The one film that could save them, the one film they cannot and will not make is one in which an average American family
is caught up in Islamic terrorism, and rises above their petty everyday personnas to deal with situations beyond their experience in the way Americans always have, with
courage, bravery, ingenuity, steadfastness and yes humor.

Don't look for it at a theater near you any time soon.

Remember I said it HERE first.
Tet68

[The Foolkiller]

Pretty cool. There's a guy on FR who uses "KneelBeforeZod" as his screen name, in case you didn't know. I always get a chuckle out of it.

[The Foolkiller]

I never really saw Luthor as totally evil in the comics, but he wanted power, and he definitely wasn't a jokester, he was a hardass. Sort of like Victor Von Doom. Who they also screwed up royally in that garbage Fantastic Four movie by changing the character and his origin ENTIRELY.

[The Foolkiller]

Do you remember the original TV series with George? It was pretty hardcore originally-at least one person a week got killed. The radio series (which I'm unfortunately also old enough to remember), was the same way. In fact, when I watch certain episodes of the TV show, I recognize the story line from the radio scripts. The series got away from that and turned goofy the last few years it was on-like the nutty professor character that was introduced. Probably because the comics also took a weird turn about the same time.

[Richard Kimball]

Absolute best page from that site is here.

[durasell]

What about a story in which an Average American family pulls together to build a 2,000 mile long fence along the American/Mexican border with courage, bravery, ingenuity, steadfastness and yes humor?

[Richard Kimball]

Not photoshopped.

[discostu]

All those I listed will make over $100 mil, most will make close to or above $200 mil. Over hyped drek or not they're gonna make a ton of money.

[KamperKen]

"There's a guy on FR who uses "KneelBeforeZod" as his screen name, in case you didn't know. I always get a chuckle out of it."

I hadn't noticed, but I'll have keep an eye out now!

[longtermmemmory]

net or gross?

If a movie costs 150 mil to make but only grosses 100 million PLUS whatever to advertise it is still not a very big success.

Movie theaters don't get DVD sales or Cable and PPV.


Nitch sales only take you so far.

[Rastus]

I've heard it's real, and that someone had an original Brazilian print of it to prove it, etc. It's certainly not outside the realm of possibility, since it was a much more innocent time. Either way, sorry . . . it is funny.

[Rastus]

The actor who played Jimmy Olsen on the George Reeve series is gay, and his life partner was the late writer-director James Bridges (Urban Cowboy, The China Syndrome). They tried to have a civil ceremony...but that damned homophobic Superman had to ruin it:

Yeah, I heard about that during this movie's production. I thought, "OMG, is anyone straight any more?" Even worse, do you know who Tom Atkins is? Ultra-cool, ultra-tough guy from '80s B-movies? Well, according to the IMDb, he's got a "life partner." That was the biggest shock of all, though there may have to be a mistake there.

[Boiling point]

You know, there is a little known component of capitalism that Hollywood should take the time to learn. Supply and demand. I might go see a movie once in a while if it didn't cost so danged much! We can wait six months and BUY the DVD for about half of what I can take the family to the movies for. Go back to about $5 admission and $1.50 popcorn and you'll pack the house.

[longtermmemmory]

I don't think its lost on hollyweird.

They don't want to pay the theaters.

[The Foolkiller]

Tom Atkins was in many early John Carpenter flicks, my personal faves being Escape From New York & The Fog. Great actor. Sure can't picture him being gay, though.

[Rastus]

Yeah! He was great as a John Carpenter player. Besides the Fog, I probably liked him best in the non-Carpenter Night of the Creeps. Also, I thought he made Halloween III work, though most would disagree, I guess.

[discostu]

Domestic gross. They're going to make money. And remember the theaters don't give a crap what the production budget was, they get their cut off the top (the only part of the whole equation where the theater makes out).

$100 mil is NOT nitch sales regardless of what the budget was. $200 mil is WAAAAY not nitch sales. $30 mil is the high end of nitch sales, my list isn't going to be nitch movies, they're going to be block busters.