Since Google Analytics seems to be on about every website in the known world these days, it hardly surprises me that Google would be reluctant to support this. Wouldn't this feature essentially cripple it?
Actually, I wanted to correct this. $1.37 billion was just the loan guarantees it was given for construction. After researching it a little more, I found out that this doesn't cover all the actual cost. Actual construction cost is estimated to be more like $2.14 billion.
I think the summary unfairly implied that this was a majority investment. 12% is, to my mind, a very small investment. But, drop in the bucket or not, it's still nowhere even close to the kind of investment that will be required to actually see it through. I think that needs to be clarified.
I think the summary should have included the total cost. One could read it and come away thinking that Google was completely bankrolling the project, when this is actually just a fraction of the money that will be required to build it.
Don't worry, "Son of Hulk" will be killed later this year in an epic multi-part storyline that will cross-over with 10 other titles, each sporting 4 collectors covers. He will then be re-imagined 6 months later in a new "Son of Hulk Returns!" storyline.
Every new set of producers want to make him younger and better looking (guess they're trying to make him more hip for the kids). I'm just surprised they haven't drafted Justin Bieber to play the next incarnation.
And no, people didn't want them. No one was sitting around five years ago saying "Gosh, I sure wish they would bring back 3D movies." But thanks to James Cameron (and some *very* clever marketing), they created a nice false demand--and got the sheeple to accept it.
Because if they had suddenly doubled their price without being able to tout some awesome new "feature," people would have been up in arms and the box office would have actually suffered. But thanks to James Cameron, they found a way to actually make people pay without feeling ripped off (even though they *are* being ripped off).
You have a very naive idea of what it takes to start up a movie theater these days. Try it sometime without a franchise license from a major chain and just see how many major studios will let you exhibit their films.
Here's a hint: Almost all the major studios now have exclusive exhibition deals with specific chains. Ever wondered why X major release is only playing at Carmike cinemas in your area, and not at any of the Cinemark ones? Every wondered why the indie theaters only seem to get small-release films and mainstream movies way after their initial release dates? Well, now you know.
I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that the only people who will get fucked thanks to this "service" are the morons stupid enough to invest in it.
A lot of theaters don't offer a 2D alternative. So unless you want to drive across town to the ghetto theater, it's either pay up for 3D or find another movie.
The reason it's so "popular" is because studios can get away with doubling their ticket prices to a 3D movie. It has nothing to do with giving the public what they want. It has everything to do with giving the studios and exhibitors what *they* want (i.e., more money).
When they started showing car commercials at the beginning of movies, the public certainly wasn't demanding more of that. But the studios and exhibitors loved them because it gave them a new revenue stream. So guess what you see at the beginning of every movie now.
The real politics is the Cold War politics here. How about NASA scheduling the first shuttle launch of the 20th anniversary of Yuri Gragarin's first flight into space--just so they could forever obscure any celebration of his anniversary flight with their own. Such a petty and sad move.
Sadly, it costs money to preserve. And politicians don't like to give money to projects unless they can get some present-day political mileage out of them.
Yeah, I forgot about comic books. Killing off the main characters and bringing them back in those has become so common that it happens at the end of almost every storyline. Every time some new writer or artist comes on board, they kill off the character and then bring him back in some reinvented form. Death has lost all meaning. I think Superman and Batman have died dozens of times in the last 20-30 years.
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Since Google Analytics seems to be on about every website in the known world these days, it hardly surprises me that Google would be reluctant to support this. Wouldn't this feature essentially cripple it?
For the 100th time, stop trolling my posts, Mom!
Actually, I wanted to correct this. $1.37 billion was just the loan guarantees it was given for construction. After researching it a little more, I found out that this doesn't cover all the actual cost. Actual construction cost is estimated to be more like $2.14 billion.
I think the summary unfairly implied that this was a majority investment. 12% is, to my mind, a very small investment. But, drop in the bucket or not, it's still nowhere even close to the kind of investment that will be required to actually see it through. I think that needs to be clarified.
I think the summary should have included the total cost. One could read it and come away thinking that Google was completely bankrolling the project, when this is actually just a fraction of the money that will be required to build it.
$168 million sounds like a serious investment, until you consider that this thing is projected to cost $1.37 *billion*.
> Patrick Duffy
The Man From Atlantis; alright.
And also Scuzzlebutt's right leg.
Don't worry, "Son of Hulk" will be killed later this year in an epic multi-part storyline that will cross-over with 10 other titles, each sporting 4 collectors covers. He will then be re-imagined 6 months later in a new "Son of Hulk Returns!" storyline.
Every new set of producers want to make him younger and better looking (guess they're trying to make him more hip for the kids). I'm just surprised they haven't drafted Justin Bieber to play the next incarnation.
And I hope you're just *pretending* to be naive enough to believe that was just "chance."
Because many theaters don't give them the choice.
No, they're making them to make more MONEY.
And no, people didn't want them. No one was sitting around five years ago saying "Gosh, I sure wish they would bring back 3D movies." But thanks to James Cameron (and some *very* clever marketing), they created a nice false demand--and got the sheeple to accept it.
Because if they had suddenly doubled their price without being able to tout some awesome new "feature," people would have been up in arms and the box office would have actually suffered. But thanks to James Cameron, they found a way to actually make people pay without feeling ripped off (even though they *are* being ripped off).
You have a very naive idea of what it takes to start up a movie theater these days. Try it sometime without a franchise license from a major chain and just see how many major studios will let you exhibit their films.
Here's a hint: Almost all the major studios now have exclusive exhibition deals with specific chains. Ever wondered why X major release is only playing at Carmike cinemas in your area, and not at any of the Cinemark ones? Every wondered why the indie theaters only seem to get small-release films and mainstream movies way after their initial release dates? Well, now you know.
I'm going to go out on a limb and predict that the only people who will get fucked thanks to this "service" are the morons stupid enough to invest in it.
A lot of theaters don't offer a 2D alternative. So unless you want to drive across town to the ghetto theater, it's either pay up for 3D or find another movie.
The reason it's so "popular" is because studios can get away with doubling their ticket prices to a 3D movie. It has nothing to do with giving the public what they want. It has everything to do with giving the studios and exhibitors what *they* want (i.e., more money).
When they started showing car commercials at the beginning of movies, the public certainly wasn't demanding more of that. But the studios and exhibitors loved them because it gave them a new revenue stream. So guess what you see at the beginning of every movie now.
And miss all the walking?!?!?
The real politics is the Cold War politics here. How about NASA scheduling the first shuttle launch of the 20th anniversary of Yuri Gragarin's first flight into space--just so they could forever obscure any celebration of his anniversary flight with their own. Such a petty and sad move.
Sadly, it costs money to preserve. And politicians don't like to give money to projects unless they can get some present-day political mileage out of them.
C.S. Lewis pulled the same stunt with Aslan.
True story. I first got the idea for a show about crab fishing by watching the Paris Hilton sex tape.
Yeah, I forgot about comic books. Killing off the main characters and bringing them back in those has become so common that it happens at the end of almost every storyline. Every time some new writer or artist comes on board, they kill off the character and then bring him back in some reinvented form. Death has lost all meaning. I think Superman and Batman have died dozens of times in the last 20-30 years.
I just hope it was better than the Forever Knight pilot (with Rick Springfield as the vampire cop).
Who is this "Dr. Who" character of which you speak?
The Who on first