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Gatsby77

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  1. Also - spoiler for Season 4, but it was surreal watching the show in real-time during the back half of season 3 because Luke Perry died in real life - but the show was filmed so far ahead that he continued to appear in the next 6-7 episodes. The show didn't deal with his death until months later in the premiere of Season 4, where we learned his character was killed in a hit-and-run car accident - and
  2. I don't think the show is really aimed at teens - but rather Gen X parents. Why? *Way* too many intentional castings of 90s TV stars - hitting that nostalgia button. Like: Luke Perry (Beverly Hills 90210) Skeet Ulrich (Scream, The Craft) Molly Ringwald Robin Givens (Head of the Class) Madchen Amick (Twin Peaks) Mark Consuelos (All My Children) Chad Michael Murray (One Tree Hill) So...it may be more specifically geared towards Gen X *mothers* but it's definitely not primarily for teens. Also, I first heard about it from (late 40s) boss 5-6 years ago - she watched it religiously. Took me a few years later to discover the show for myself - and it's amazing. *Far* better than it has any right to be.
  3. I need to catch up. Loved this show - but dropped off half-way through season 5 (which was split up due to pandemic filming delays). Season 1 is amazing - and the pilot episode is an all-time great first episode of television - up there with the first episodes of Friday Night Lights, Breaking Bad and Lost.
  4. Fun fact: That 1990s Barbie series lasted for 63 issues - longer than Guardians of the Galaxy did.
  5. Supposedly Agatha is totally done and Ironheart has "finished filming" but isn't finished - so needs the strikes to end before it can be scheduled.
  6. I can't speak for @paperheart, but I'm guessing he means the literal Barbie - who had a Marvel Comics series in the '90s. Thus, Barbie is technically a Marvel character. I remember when this book hit the stands. I am old.
  7. So...$50 million worldwide after 6 days. And dropped to # 2 (after Barbie, natch) after 3 days. I still maintain that since this was originally slated as a Max release, all the theatrical gross needs to do is cover 2x P&A for it to be a win. So...$210 million worldwide and we should be good. Will it get there?
  8. This. I think representation matters - and is important - but story matters more. And hopefully there will be a time in the not-too-distant future where Hispanic representation will be so commonplace that it will hardly be mentioned. Example: One of the *many* reasons I loved Succession is Kendall's hedge fund college buddy Stewie - who is gay. We don't find out he's gay until his 4th or 5th appearance - when he and Kendall are talking business at a nightclub while his (male) date is sitting beside him. And then I don't think it's ever mentioned again until either the last or second-to-last episode of Season 4. A generation ago it would have been a big deal for even such a supporting character to be gay. And HBO would have milked it in their advertising. Today - I'm sure there are plenty of people who watched Succession and didn't realize Stewie was gay. Because it was like 6th or 7th on the list of his most important characteristics and importance to the story.
  9. Hispanics account for ~19% of the U.S. population - a much higher % than that of African Americans.
  10. No. I'm saying the usual rules don't apply since this was originally slated to go to HBO Max. So the only numbers that actually count against break-even are the theatrical marketing ones. They were going to spend $125 million anyway - just to put it on Max.
  11. Since this was initially slated as a Max-only release I am right that it only needs to cover say... double its marketing expenses to be considered profitable? So...let's say $220 million worldwide and it's good?
  12. Beating Barbie - now on its 5th weekend of release - doesn't seem like that high a bar.
  13. Finally saw this last night. Shockingly good. Took a concept that could have been a throwaway and made it a compelling comedy with something to say -- and kudos to Mattel for allowing that needle to be thread. Best analog I can come up with re. taking a potentially silly concept and wildly over-performing with something amazing: Pirates of the Caribbean -- Can you imagine pitching a pirate movie based on a Disney themepark ride - especially when the last big-budget pirate movie (Cutthroat Island) was one of the biggest box office bombs of all time and literally bankrupted the studio?
  14. That's my guess. I'm old enough to remember when Amy Schumer was attached to star as Barbie.
  15. Maybe this means Gal Gadot is free. And she can be cast as Jessica Jones in a $120 million film version of Alias.
  16. Creative confusion is one way to put it. Per this Variety article, either Gadot lied, or Gunn did. https://variety.com/2023/film/news/gal-gadot-wonder-woman-3-not-in-development-1235693545/
  17. So apparently Barbie was originally budgeted at $100 million - but the final budget (before P&A expenses) came in at ~$145 million. (AKA half of Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part 1's $290 million.) And I see that supposedly Robbie and Gosling both got paid $12.5 million - but I'm curious about: 1) What Gerwig got paid; 2) What type of gross points (if any) Robbie, Gosling and/or Gerwig received; 3) Particularly Robbie's total base comp - since she's the star & a producer.
  18. My mom got in some *serious* trouble for taking the 14 year-old daughter of a good family friend to see Thelma & Louise back in 1990 or whatever. He was mad pissed about the supposed "feminist indoctrination" of that movie.
  19. That's laughable hogwash. First, both Marvel & DC have been progressive for 50+ years. See the Neal Adams Green Lantern run -- overtly dealing with racial injustice, teen drug use, religious cults, political villains, and more. Subtle it was not. Second, the lower print runs today vs. 1993 has precisely zero with progressive narratives in superhero books. The primary decline in print comics since then is due to the rise of video games and smart phones - literally *nothing* to do with storylines or content.
  20. Again - you're objectively wrong here. $780 million worldwide in just 11 days proves either 1) it's not preaching or 2) if it is, it's not alienating audiences - at least, not in any way that actually matters in the real world. And in terms of gaslighting, 1/3 of the domestic audience is men, not 1/4 as you stated. I am also not a misandrist by any stretch of the imagination. As @sfcityduck noted, you're misusing the term. Mocking a small subset of weak men who feel somehow threatened by a movie about a toy doll in no way denotes misandry. Nor does pointing out their weakness or fragility, LOL.
  21. ? Day by day, the Barbie movie is outpacing such blockbusters as Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way of Water. If anything, I'd say the controversy ginned up by some fragile men on social media is only *helping* the film.
  22. Apparently, by the box office so far, they do. Social media outrage is not reality. Ticket sales are.
  23. Yet Barbie has made ~2x that of Oppenheimer domestically so far. Goes to women being an under-served demo. Remember, Captain Marvel did $1.1 billion worldwide.