Be a little more informed before speaking!!!!!!!!
on
The Empire Stumbles
·
· Score: 1
THE EMPIRE STUMBLES? Where are you from? Here are a few things to consider. 1. Clones had the 2nd biggest weekend of all time (2nd only to Spidey). 2. Clones is 2nd fastest to get to the 100m mark (2nd only to spidey)_ 3. Clones is 2nd fastest to reach 200m, 2nd only to spidey. 4. Spidey is 2 weeks ahead in release, give clones time. It's AHEAD of Phantom Menace which finished at $431m. 5. To make your money back on a movie, there is a general rule hollywood follows, spend an equal ammount of money for advertising as you did on making the movie. So, spidey cost $139m to make, and I know they spent well over $250 marketing it. Clones Cost $120m and he spent about $80 on advertising. Think about that one for a moment. 1/3 the advertising, and making comperable money. Empire stumbles? I THINK NOT. If this movie was made by a Studio (Lucas Film is NOT a hollywood studio, but an independent, Fox is merely the distributor)it would be hailed as a box office marvel. Studios would be going nuts planning the next installment.
The Empire stumbles is the WORST conclusion from a completely BIASED point of view. How can you say a movie with such INCREDIBLE box office performance is doing do badly. Lets look at the facts, yes spider man will probably finish higher then Clones, but hell, STar Wars is not sitting atop the box office, Titanic is. WHY? it has a target audience, and it worked that target audience like a crack dealer to his buyers.
Now lets talk story for a moment, let me simply say this, you make one good point about the Hero that everybody can identify with, but WRONG on just about every other point you make. Spiderman is a MUCH older tale the Star Wars. So this whole thing about a new breed of hero for a new generation, THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK, AND DO YOUR HOMEWORK. Star Wars is a grand tale, about people (some normal, some extraordinary in nature) put into intense situations, and doing extraordinary things. DID you even see clones? I give you merrit for you vocabulary, but your article (Which I am sure you felt was a whitty, insiteful and inspiring one) is WAY off base, and the fantasy of a person who wants to knock the big guy off the top... Lucas' vision is a grand tale, and it is one that will be remembered much longer and by many more then Spider man's could think to be.
Slashdot Mirror
THE EMPIRE STUMBLES? Where are you from? Here are a few things to consider.
1. Clones had the 2nd biggest weekend of all time (2nd only to Spidey).
2. Clones is 2nd fastest to get to the 100m mark (2nd only to spidey)_
3. Clones is 2nd fastest to reach 200m, 2nd only to spidey.
4. Spidey is 2 weeks ahead in release, give clones time. It's AHEAD of Phantom Menace which finished at $431m.
5. To make your money back on a movie, there is a general rule hollywood follows, spend an equal ammount of money for advertising as you did on making the movie. So, spidey cost $139m to make, and I know they spent well over $250 marketing it. Clones Cost $120m and he spent about $80 on advertising. Think about that one for a moment. 1/3 the advertising, and making comperable money. Empire stumbles? I THINK NOT. If this movie was made by a Studio (Lucas Film is NOT a hollywood studio, but an independent, Fox is merely the distributor)it would be hailed as a box office marvel. Studios would be going nuts planning the next installment.
The Empire stumbles is the WORST conclusion from a completely BIASED point of view. How can you say a movie with such INCREDIBLE box office performance is doing do badly. Lets look at the facts, yes spider man will probably finish higher then Clones, but hell, STar Wars is not sitting atop the box office, Titanic is. WHY? it has a target audience, and it worked that target audience like a crack dealer to his buyers.
Now lets talk story for a moment, let me simply say this, you make one good point about the Hero that everybody can identify with, but WRONG on just about every other point you make. Spiderman is a MUCH older tale the Star Wars. So this whole thing about a new breed of hero for a new generation, THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK, AND DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
Star Wars is a grand tale, about people (some normal, some extraordinary in nature) put into intense situations, and doing extraordinary things. DID you even see clones? I give you merrit for you vocabulary, but your article (Which I am sure you felt was a whitty, insiteful and inspiring one) is WAY off base, and the fantasy of a person who wants to knock the big guy off the top... Lucas' vision is a grand tale, and it is one that will be remembered much longer and by many more then Spider man's could think to be.