Satire?

[abbey1227]

Nov 27, 2022 5:51:31 GMT merh said:

Nov 27, 2022 2:36:57 GMT abbey1227 said:

don't you just love word and name origins sometimes? 

It is funny because it is from Thor & fans of Coulson have kept that alive.
It makes sense the Son of Odin, Thor Odinson, would see the name that way.

People act like Ragnarok was the first humorous Thor movie, but Thor has been funny in all of his appearances.

Interesting.
Apparently they digitally "fixed" Namor in Wakanda Forever. Those little green speedos were not family friendly. 

I've heard more than a few complain about the 'weiner' in Watchmen, too 

[abbey1227]

Nov 27, 2022 10:29:37 GMT merh said:

ewwwww   sleeveless?

[merh]

Nov 27, 2022 13:24:13 GMT abbey1227 said:

Nov 27, 2022 5:51:31 GMT merh said:

It is funny because it is from Thor & fans of Coulson have kept that alive.
It makes sense the Son of Odin, Thor Odinson, would see the name that way.

People act like Ragnarok was the first humorous Thor movie, but Thor has been funny in all of his appearances.

Interesting.
Apparently they digitally "fixed" Namor in Wakanda Forever. Those little green speedos were not family friendly. 

I've heard more than a few complain about the 'weiner' in Watchmen, too 

So parents have been "woke" forever?

At the bottom of that article was a survey.

How closely do you follow the NFL (National Football League)?
Not at all
29%
Very closely
18%
Somewhat closely
23%
A little
17%
Hardly at all
13%
Based on 1,672,819 responses

So the negative are 42%
Positive 41%
Fence sitters 17%

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TIL for the Untouchables Brian De Palma casted Bob Hoskins in case De Niro could not appear. De Palma mailed Hoskins a check for his contracted fee of $200,000 with a "Thank You" note, which prompted Hoskins to call up De Palma and ask him if there were any more films he didn't want him to be in.

[abbey1227]

Nov 27, 2022 14:26:55 GMT merh said:

Nov 27, 2022 13:24:13 GMT abbey1227 said:

I've heard more than a few complain about the 'weiner' in Watchmen, too 

So parents have been "woke" forever?

At the bottom of that article was a survey.

How closely do you follow the NFL (National Football League)?
Not at all
29%
Very closely
18%
Somewhat closely
23%
A little
17%
Hardly at all
13%
Based on 1,672,819 responses

So the negative are 42%
Positive 41%
Fence sitters 17%

We are such a weird country........Janet's nipple slip was bad? But sex sells everything? But we're never to see a dork?

I've gone from very closely to hardly at all

So many fence sitters in so many things  

[abbey1227]

Nov 27, 2022 17:57:55 GMT merh said:

I'm guessing Customer Service came up with that entire Ad

[merh]

Nov 28, 2022 10:35:15 GMT abbey1227 said:

Nov 27, 2022 17:57:55 GMT merh said:

I'm guessing Customer Service came up with that entire Ad

It's a troll account.

You know, like Elon Musk 

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[abbey1227]

Nov 29, 2022 22:05:03 GMT merh said:

Nov 28, 2022 10:35:15 GMT abbey1227 said:

I'm guessing Customer Service came up with that entire Ad

It's a troll account.

You know, like Elon Musk 

So what do you think of these people who purposefully go out and try to provoke these interactions? Like the baker and the gay couple?

There's other paths to take.........but to provoke a confrontation to make your point? Where's the live and let live attitude?

[abbey1227]

Nov 29, 2022 22:16:22 GMT merh said:

Wow, ever since the early 1800s, they seem to have lost their sense of dominance. 

[merh]

Nov 30, 2022 0:08:00 GMT abbey1227 said:

Nov 29, 2022 22:16:22 GMT merh said:

Wow, ever since the early 1800s, they seem to have lost their sense of dominance. 

It's adorable how Americans are 5-10 points above the Brits. We are an overconfident lot, aren't we?

[abbey1227]

Nov 30, 2022 3:17:08 GMT merh said:

Nov 30, 2022 0:08:00 GMT abbey1227 said:

Wow, ever since the early 1800s, they seem to have lost their sense of dominance. 

It's adorable how Americans are 5-10 points above the Brits. We are an overconfident lot, aren't we?

Exactly..........as we're as unhealthy as we've ever been      

Fight a bear? No problem.

Walk a 1/4 mile? Too much trouble

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SUNDAY AM UPDATE: On one of the dullest weekends of the year, it’s good to see some movies overperforming. And we have the fourth weekend of Disney/Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever coming in at $17.59M, and Universal/87 North’s horror action comedy Violent Night over-indexing with $13.3M, slightly above its $10M-$12M projection.

As previously mentioned, that opening is just under Universal’s 2015 horror comedy, Krampus, which played the same early December frame, opening to $16.2M and legging out to $42.7M stateside. That pic was PG-13 to Violent Night‘s R. The movie minted a $20.3M global launch from 73 offshore territories. At the end of the day, Violent Night did what it was suppose to do. I hear Universal execs when they were considering a greenlight took the script home for the weekend and came back that Monday morning and said ‘Hell, yeah!’ to Violent Night.

“Violent Night had a terrific debut this weekend. 87North, director Tommy Wirkola, and the incomparable David Harbour as Santa crafted an incredibly original, fun, irreverent take on the ultimate superhero that thrilled audiences this weekend and will for many weeks to come,” exclaimed Universal Domestic Distribution Chief Jim Orr this morning.

With an estimated $56.4M for all movies, it’s the 8th-lowest weekend of the year, the bottom belonging to Jan. 28-30, with $34.9M. That’s when Morbius was suppose to go and Sony pushed it to April because of Omicron. Even in pre-pandemic times, this was never a glowing weekend, as people are distracted with holiday activities, though there’s always been a place for a genre movie to at least play to the 18-34 crowd, which Violent Night did to a near 60%. Still, richer days pre-pandemic: The first weekend of December earned $90.3M for all titles back in 2019.

RelishMix points out that the social media universe for Violent Night at 110M was juiced by 34.4M YouTube views and Universal’s 46.4M social media fan followings, as well as notably the pic’s star David Harbour, who counts around 11M followers after fours seasons of Stranger Things. On PostTrak, close to 40% said they bought tickets because it’s a horror action movie, while 32% said they came for Harbour.

Says RelishMix about the social media buzz for the film, “David Harbour is the hot-trending theme in much of the chatter on Violent Night, and bringing his Stranger Things audience to the comments. Fans are comping the movie to Nobody, Bullet Train, Bad Santa, of course, with Billy Bob Thornton, plus Die Hard — and more recent horror, Smile and Halloween Ends. The tone runs predominantly positive-to-mixed, as fans are happy to have a dark, non-cheesy film to drop into, ‘during the nightmare of the season of merriment.'”

That would be great if that is how Violent Night got approved

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Dec 4, 2022 23:36:14 GMT merh said:

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'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,' 'Violent Night'
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SUNDAY AM UPDATE: On one of the dullest weekends of the year, it’s good to see some movies overperforming. And we have the fourth weekend of Disney/Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever coming in at $17.59M, and Universal/87 North’s horror action comedy Violent Night over-indexing with $13.3M, slightly above its $10M-$12M projection.

As previously mentioned, that opening is just under Universal’s 2015 horror comedy, Krampus, which played the same early December frame, opening to $16.2M and legging out to $42.7M stateside. That pic was PG-13 to Violent Night‘s R. The movie minted a $20.3M global launch from 73 offshore territories. At the end of the day, Violent Night did what it was suppose to do. I hear Universal execs when they were considering a greenlight took the script home for the weekend and came back that Monday morning and said ‘Hell, yeah!’ to Violent Night.

“Violent Night had a terrific debut this weekend. 87North, director Tommy Wirkola, and the incomparable David Harbour as Santa crafted an incredibly original, fun, irreverent take on the ultimate superhero that thrilled audiences this weekend and will for many weeks to come,” exclaimed Universal Domestic Distribution Chief Jim Orr this morning.

With an estimated $56.4M for all movies, it’s the 8th-lowest weekend of the year, the bottom belonging to Jan. 28-30, with $34.9M. That’s when Morbius was suppose to go and Sony pushed it to April because of Omicron. Even in pre-pandemic times, this was never a glowing weekend, as people are distracted with holiday activities, though there’s always been a place for a genre movie to at least play to the 18-34 crowd, which Violent Night did to a near 60%. Still, richer days pre-pandemic: The first weekend of December earned $90.3M for all titles back in 2019.

RelishMix points out that the social media universe for Violent Night at 110M was juiced by 34.4M YouTube views and Universal’s 46.4M social media fan followings, as well as notably the pic’s star David Harbour, who counts around 11M followers after fours seasons of Stranger Things. On PostTrak, close to 40% said they bought tickets because it’s a horror action movie, while 32% said they came for Harbour.

Says RelishMix about the social media buzz for the film, “David Harbour is the hot-trending theme in much of the chatter on Violent Night, and bringing his Stranger Things audience to the comments. Fans are comping the movie to Nobody, Bullet Train, Bad Santa, of course, with Billy Bob Thornton, plus Die Hard — and more recent horror, Smile and Halloween Ends. The tone runs predominantly positive-to-mixed, as fans are happy to have a dark, non-cheesy film to drop into, ‘during the nightmare of the season of merriment.'”

That would be great if that is how Violent Night got approved

Maybe they just thought they could replace Die Hard as the top Christmas movie? 

[merh]

Dec 5, 2022 4:43:52 GMT abbey1227 said:

Dec 4, 2022 23:36:14 GMT merh said:

That would be great if that is how Violent Night got approved

Maybe they just thought they could replace Die Hard as the top Christmas movie? 

I bought my tickets for Tuesday yesterday.
I am looking forward to it 



Odin went on the Wild Hunt every Yule. Children would put out carrots or straw in their shoes for Sleipnir & Odin would reward them with toys or candy.

This movie goes back to that. 
He has been doing it since Viking days, hence Season's Beatings. 

Harbour said they whittled out a lot of the really over-the-top lines like "I'm going through these guys like a plate of cookies"

There is already a sequel script in the works if this does well.


You in the Die Hard isn't a Christmas movie?
Harry already made his thread on the subject on V2.

[abbey1227]

Dec 5, 2022 5:47:35 GMT merh said:

Odin went on the Wild Hunt every Yule. Children would put out carrots or straw in their shoes for Sleipnir & Odin would reward them with toys or candy.

This movie goes back to that. 
He has been doing it since Viking days, hence Season's Beatings. 

Harbour said they whittled out a lot of the really over-the-top lines like "I'm going through these guys like a plate of cookies"

There is already a sequel script in the works if this does well.


You in the Die Hard isn't a Christmas movie?
Harry already made his thread on the subject on V2.

I still have no interest in movie theaters.

I like that mixture of stories. Reminds me a bit of Black Peter, as well.

I never really cared, but I'd consider it a Xmas movie........it is Christmas. They even have some holiday music in it