Wonder Woman - June 2, 2017

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

$400 back then and $400 now is entirely different

That's true. Go back and look at the other films that came out before and after SW in 1977 There was NOTHING...like a desert. Also, movies played for a longer period of time, since there were no DVD's, and then there are all the other factors like television, online streaming services, and illegal downloading of films. WW is still in theaters, but you can watch it online

 

[Wor-Gar]

$400 back then and $400 now is entirely different

Yep, much harder back in the day when ticket prices were $3.50.

Probably can't have an experience like the original Star Wars anymore since movies play for only a month or two at best and then get released on multiple formats over the following 6 months.

You'd think $400 million wouldn't be such a milestone when tickets cost $12 or more.

 

[jye4ever]

Average rent in 1977 was $200/month and 7 paper bag full of groceries was $30.00 lol

 

[Khev]

Technically Star Wars made $322 million in 1977 and then another $100 million with the 1997 SE re-release but still, no point in comparing it to any other blockbuster. It wasn't Avatar where it came out, made a gajillion dollars and then five minutes later everyone stopped talking about it or being able to even remember a single character's name. SW changed the world.

 

[jye4ever]

Yup OT box office is irrelevant when compared to the cultural impact.

The power we're dealing with here is immeasurable.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I expect there will be some "experience" yet to come that will reinvent 'the world' ... really curious what that will be?

I would love to see the next 'Star Wars' type event hit the screens and just change everything. I feel like we're still very much under the shadow of Star Wars -- the effects-laden "heroic adventures of" type films...

 

[jye4ever]

Hmmmm

Maybe JL will be the one to do that.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Maybe JL will be the one to do that.

 

[Khev]

Yep all of cinema will feature characters with digitally erased mustaches going forward.

 

[jye4ever]

Fatality!

Wor-Gar Zero Wins

 

[Khev]

Bringing multiple stand alone heroes into one film in 2012 might be the closest we'll see to a Star Wars gamechanger for the forseeable future. For many years the very notion of doing such a thing was considered a laughable impossibility. Now it isn't just a foregone conclusion for all future superhero films but now we're seeing connected universes in completely different genres.

 

[ZaCHw117]

You cheeky bugger.

 

[Wor-Gar]

If Avatar had been a world people wanted to revisit again and again, it could have been that game-changing film. As it is, it is the last movie-going phenomenon I can remember and certainly no slouch when it comes to money-making. But just imagine if that world was 'cool'....

 

[ZaCHw117]

If Avatar had been a world people wanted to revisit again and again, it could have been that game-changing film. As it is, it is the last movie-going phenomenon I can remember and certainly no slouch when it comes to money-making. But just imagine if that world was 'cool'....

I thought AVATAR was pretty cool. Really dug the whole "dancing with wolves in space" vibe. (and I'm a sucker for anything that resembles Native American tribes).

Easy 8.5/10 IMO.

I also respect Cameron for taking his time with the next one.

 

[Khev]

If Avatar had been a world people wanted to revisit again and again, it could have been that game-changing film. As it is, it is the last movie-going phenomenon I can remember and certainly no slouch when it comes to money-making. But just imagine if that world was 'cool'....

I'm sure Cameron is working night and day to do just that. But I don't think he has it in him anymore. Lucas, Scott, Spielberg, and Cameron all atrophied following their successful hey days. Of the old guard only George Miller has been able to repackage his cinematic universe in a way that was "cool" to modern audiences.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Easy 8.5/10 IMO.

Imagine if it was an 11... like the original Star Wars was.

I'm sure Cameron is working night and day to do just that. But I don't think he has it in him anymore. Lucas, Scott, Spielberg, and Cameron all atrophied following their successful hey days. Of the old guard only George Miller has been able to repackage his cinematic universe in a way that was "cool" to modern audiences.

Good ol' Miller. He really pulled it off.

Cameron might just do the same trick. Who knows? His track record is amazing. Personally, I don't think so either. But wouldn't it be great if he did?

 

[ZaCHw117]

Imagine if it was an 11... like the original Star Wars was.

For some it was...

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Imagine if it was an 11... like the original Star Wars was.

Ok, what's with your SW boner recently? Were you kidnaped and brainwashed? What did they do to you, Wor? What have you become?

 

[Khev]

Ok, what's with your SW boner recently?

Uh oh, please don't post that gif of the anime character attacking people with his crotch, lol.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Uh oh, please don't post that gif of the anime character attacking people with his crotch, lol.

Good idea, but I can't, I'm on my phone.