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Post by ironhold on Oct 24, 2015 4:12:54 GMT
Saw "Jem and the Holograms" earlier.
Decent enough as a disposable coming-of-age film, but an absolutely terrible adaptation. They could have given everybody different names and the film would remain unchanged... except for where it would remove the clunky insertion of phrases & such meant to forcibly remind us that the film was, indeed, supposed to have been an adaptation.
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Oct 27, 2015 13:00:59 GMT
Looks like this past weekend yielded nothing but duds.
New movies ranked by revenue...
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4) The Last Witch Hunter ($10.8M)
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6) Paranormal Activity ($8.2M)
7) Steve Jobs ($7.3M)
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13) Rock the Kasbah* ($1.5M)
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15) Jem and the Holograms ($1.3M)
For comparison, The Martian (week 4) remained #1 with $15.9M & Goosebumps (week 2) held #2 with $15.5M...
*I believe this is the worst opening weekend ever for a film featuring Bill Murray
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Post by mrfatso on Oct 27, 2015 18:35:06 GMT
Saw "Jem and the Holograms" earlier. Decent enough as a disposable coming-of-age film, but an absolutely terrible adaptation. They could have given everybody different names and the film would remain unchanged... except for where it would remove the clunky insertion of phrases & such meant to forcibly remind us that the film was, indeed, supposed to have been an adaptation. An adaption of what may I ask? |
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Oct 27, 2015 18:41:32 GMT
Saw "Jem and the Holograms" earlier. Decent enough as a disposable coming-of-age film, but an absolutely terrible adaptation. They could have given everybody different names and the film would remain unchanged... except for where it would remove the clunky insertion of phrases & such meant to forcibly remind us that the film was, indeed, supposed to have been an adaptation. An adaption of what may I ask? Adaptation of the 1980's cartoon Jem. |
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Post by mrfatso on Oct 27, 2015 18:45:45 GMT
That's one that passed me by.
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Post by ironhold on Oct 28, 2015 2:30:42 GMT
Jem, Transformers, G. I. Joe, and My Little Pony were Hasbro's big four back in the day, all of them syndicated cartoon series based on their various kids' properties.
G. I. Joe first appeared as a five-episode mini-series in 1983. It was made available as a syndicated effort, with some networks reportedly airing it in prime-time. A second five-part series would come in 1984, with a full weekday series starting in 1985. The show ran through 1986 and had a feature-length film produced in 1987, but due to the financial failures of the Transformers and MLP movies (see below), the film never aired in theaters. A full 1987 season was in the works when Hasbro gave the license to DiC instead. Re-runs of G. I. Joe episodes would air in some markets until the summer of 1989 (alongside the last of the Sunbow-produced toy commercials), at which point DiC finally decided to exercise their rights to the cartoon (resulting in much of the 1987 and 1988 product getting shafted in the media). DiC produced a mini-series in 1989 (with some stations airing the Sunbow episodes alongside it), then produced full seasons in 1990 and 1991. Once the final episodes were completed, cable channel USA got the series broadcast rights alongside a number of other DiC offerings; they would air the Sunbow and DiC episodes through to the late 1990s, well after the toy line and Marvel comic book both ceased. The show disappeared into the aether for a while, returning circa 2000 thanks to home video releases and limited runs on Cartoon Network & sister channel Boomerang. Hasbro has since acquired the licenses for the original cartoons, and has been airing the Sunbow episodes on The Hub / Discovery Family; the DiC episodes have been released to DVD alongside the Sunbow episodes, but no broadcast appears to be forthcoming.
Transformers popped on-scene in 1984, with episodes airing weekly. Whereas Joe was staggered (toy line and comic in 1982, cartoon in 1983), Transformers hit as a simultaneous multi-media effort. The show switched to weekdays in 1985, and in 1986 we had a theatrical movie; the movie was a massive financial flop back in the day, but it's since become a cult classic. A full weekday season was created for 1986, but for reasons unknown Hasbro ordered what would have been 1987's five-part series opener to be redone as a three-part series finale. This upset fans the world over, resulting in partner Takara commissioning their own 1987 season (Takara would produce new seasons for broadcast in Japan until 1990, with limited releases outside of Japan). Hasbro, meanwhile, tried to compensate for their blunder with the 1988 season, which went back to airing weekly instead of daily; the season consisted of an Optimus Prime puppet "recounting" select episodes as stories he was telling to a boy named Tommy Kennedy. This was the death knell for the series outside of Japan. Approximately two-thirds of the episodes were reworked circa 1994 to support the "Generation 2" toy line, but the full series would not be aired again until the Sci-Fi channel got it a few years later, and the movie would only air in its entirety twice on broadcast television. The cartoon came back to home video starting in 2000, but a rights issue with the US 1988 season has kept it from being legally released. It is now out on DVD and airing on The Hub / Discovery Family.
Jem came around in 1986, both as a challenger to Barbie and a means of making money off of the MTV craze. Hasbro (in)famously released a fake promotional catalog for their 1986 assortment which didn't include Jem so as to fool Mattel until the last minute, as Hasbro knew that Mattel wouldn't stand for Hasbro challenging Barbie. The series was intended to run on weekdays, and ran through (IIRC) the summer of 1989. At this point, it vanished from view inside of the United States until circa 2000, when it was released to home video alongside G. I. Joe and Transformers. For reasons unknown, Hasbro waited a year before bringing this series to The Hub / Discovery Family, where it currently airs. The full series has just been released in a single boxed set.
My Little Pony came around circa 1986; IIRC, this one launched with its theatrical movie, which was also a dud. The cartoon ran its course before the end of the 1980s, but product continued to ship until the early 1990s; circa 1992, there were actually a series of mail-in offers in which a person could get both G. I. Joe *and* My Little Pony product. AFAIK, the entire 1980s series - movies and all - is out on home video, but The Hub / Discovery Family won't air any Pony material older than the early 2000s direct-to-video movies for reasons that have never been explained.
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Post by mrfatso on Oct 28, 2015 5:23:26 GMT
I know of Transformers, My Little Pony and G.I. Joe, just not Jem.
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Post by silverdragon on Oct 28, 2015 8:07:44 GMT
From what I hear on this one.
First, he wasnt always "Such a nice person"
Second, a film about his life is about the same as a film about someone who did nothing interesting until they did something, and then they did nothing BUT that something.....
So in that, the film is not really that good, in that you find out that he wasnt always someone to be admired, and he wasnt all that interesting anyway.
Its also directed by Danny Boyle.... he likes to do "Warts and all" type documentary things, so including the bad with the good is his trademark.
Unfortunately, from what I hear, there was a struggle to find enough "Good" to balance the film.
All in all, its the portrayal of life of someone who is struggling to maker ends meet whilst inventing something.
Steve Jobs Widow tried to have the film stopped from being made?... open question no definite answer, but, its known she wasnt to happy about it being made, as she was a "Long suffering" wife who had to put up with someone who wasnt always an angel.
Would I watch it?...
Why?.
I do NOT like the "closed shop" approach to appel products, nor do I admire or even aspire to own one, so why would I care about the owners enough to watch their life?..
That would be like knowing I do not like Ginger but demanding I taste a gingerbread cookie....
Is anyone "Interested" enough to go watch a life story of someone they dont even like the product they make?...
Therefore, its a "Minority" film, only attractive to those fools who MUST own everything apfel produce.
There are critics who liked this one... lots of them....
May we presume they all own i-fools?...
Ironhold, I challenge you.
Can you give us a critics eye view of this film to balance out the "Only for the fan-boys" views I have heard?...
Reason I ask, I think I would trust your views more than the obvious blatant "Oscar nomination" reviews I see so far...
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Post by Cybermortis on Oct 28, 2015 9:24:58 GMT
The reviews that I've heard say that the Steve Jobs film is actually quite good. The main reasons for its low takings were initially a limited release in the U.S., followed by competing with to many other larger films that had better marketing by the time it went on general release.
I doubt this was a film that cost all that much to make, so its probably already made its money back at least. We are not, after all talking about an effects heavy $150 million film like Pan, or Vin Diesel's Last Witch Hunter.
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Post by the light works on Oct 28, 2015 14:32:47 GMT
I have started heard rumors that ticket prices for the Steve Jobs movie are twice what the ticket prices for other movies in the same theater are, and you must buy the tickets in a special box office.  |
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Oct 28, 2015 14:41:35 GMT
I have started heard rumors that ticket prices for the Steve Jobs movie are twice what the ticket prices for other movies in the same theater are, and you must buy the tickets in a special box office. I heard the movie screen may be cracked and without warranty... |
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Post by ironhold on Oct 28, 2015 14:48:34 GMT
Ironhold, I challenge you. Can you give us a critics eye view of this film to balance out the "Only for the fan-boys" views I have heard?... Reason I ask, I think I would trust your views more than the obvious blatant "Oscar nomination" reviews I see so far... Problem is, "Jobs" isn't at the theater my paper has the agreement with. cinergycinemas.com/locations/copperascove/If it's not at that theater, then I have to pay out-of-pocket to see it. And I'd only get reimbursed if the review was published. |
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Post by silverdragon on Oct 29, 2015 8:04:32 GMT
Ironhold, I challenge you. Can you give us a critics eye view of this film to balance out the "Only for the fan-boys" views I have heard?... Reason I ask, I think I would trust your views more than the obvious blatant "Oscar nomination" reviews I see so far... Problem is, "Jobs" isn't at the theater my paper has the agreement with. cinergycinemas.com/locations/copperascove/If it's not at that theater, then I have to pay out-of-pocket to see it. And I'd only get reimbursed if the review was published. Never mind... any hope of it getting there, or is that a not-in-the-useful future thing?... Still, I would love to know what you think of it. |
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Post by ironhold on Oct 29, 2015 16:05:25 GMT
Problem is, "Jobs" isn't at the theater my paper has the agreement with. cinergycinemas.com/locations/copperascove/If it's not at that theater, then I have to pay out-of-pocket to see it. And I'd only get reimbursed if the review was published. Never mind... any hope of it getting there, or is that a not-in-the-useful future thing?... Still, I would love to know what you think of it. It's only an 8-screen theater, and so unless a film is a massive sleeper hit (like "God's Not Dead" or "War Room"), they'll only pick up the "wide" releases, and only if they feel that the new releases will sell better than the films they've already got. |
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Post by the light works on Oct 30, 2015 0:44:10 GMT
Never mind... any hope of it getting there, or is that a not-in-the-useful future thing?... Still, I would love to know what you think of it. It's only an 8-screen theater, and so unless a film is a massive sleeper hit (like "God's Not Dead" or "War Room"), they'll only pick up the "wide" releases, and only if they feel that the new releases will sell better than the films they've already got. "only" an 8 screen, he says... |
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Post by ironhold on Oct 30, 2015 3:52:02 GMT
It's only an 8-screen theater, and so unless a film is a massive sleeper hit (like "God's Not Dead" or "War Room"), they'll only pick up the "wide" releases, and only if they feel that the new releases will sell better than the films they've already got. "only" an 8 screen, he says... The Hollywood Cinema facility in Killeen (on the other side of Ft. Hood) has 10 screens, and I think the Cinemark in Harker Heights (next to Killeen) has 15 or so. What's more, the individual theaters here at Cinergy aren't the same size. #1 and #2 are huge, such that they could easily hold a hundred or so people. But I've been in apartments that were bigger than #8. |
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Post by the light works on Oct 30, 2015 3:55:48 GMT
"only" an 8 screen, he says... The Hollywood Cinema facility in Killeen (on the other side of Ft. Hood) has 10 screens, and I think the Cinemark in Harker Heights (next to Killeen) has 15 or so. What's more, the individual theaters here at Cinergy aren't the same size. #1 and #2 are huge, such that they could easily hold a hundred or so people. But I've been in apartments that were bigger than #8. we have 4. |
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Post by silverdragon on Oct 30, 2015 9:10:38 GMT
The Hollywood Cinema facility in Killeen (on the other side of Ft. Hood) has 10 screens, and I think the Cinemark in Harker Heights (next to Killeen) has 15 or so. What's more, the individual theaters here at Cinergy aren't the same size. #1 and #2 are huge, such that they could easily hold a hundred or so people. But I've been in apartments that were bigger than #8. we have 4. "When I was a kid", we had ONE screen, and only one film a week, two weeks if it was a big film. You got what they chose, or nothing.... Our local multiplex has about 15 screens... but this is Manchester, its expected to have an IMAX at least. |
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Post by The Urban Mythbuster on Oct 30, 2015 13:40:26 GMT
When I was a kid, within 10 miles, we had a local single screen theater that played movies on a 'second run' basis. A four screen theater and an eight-screen theater. Well, the single screen has since been demolished. I guess selling movie tickets for $2 wasn't the best business plan.  The four screen theater was remodeled into an eight-screen cinema. The cinema closed and the building is now occupied by the electric company. The eight-screen theater is now a 15-screen megaplex (including two Imax screens). It is the only game in town. Unless you want to drive 5 to 10 miles farther... ======= Opening this weekend: "Truth", "Burnt", "Our Brand is Crisis", "Freaks of Nature", "Dancin' It's On" and "Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse". Nothing that seems worth watching before its released to Netflix... I'm holding out for next weekend when "Spectre" and "The Peanuts Movie" open. Guess which one I'll be seeing... |
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Post by the light works on Oct 30, 2015 14:23:09 GMT
My town's original one-screen is still open, they are currently showing the martian with a midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show for halloween. they sometimes open a movie, but more commonly pick up the shows the 4-plex misses. - oops, guess they are a 6, not a 4.
the SIX plex has Bridge of Spies, Burnt, Mockingjay PII, Last Witch Hunter, Our Brand is Crisis, Paranormal Activity The Ghost Dimension, Steve Jobs, with both Spectre and Star Wars opening when they come out.
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