STID "tracking" for $85-90 million opening [U.S. box office]

Discussion in 'Star Trek Movies: Kelvin Universe' started by RAMA, Apr 26, 2013.

  1. Neumann

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  2. RAMA

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    I always thought it looked flat and washed out. Super 35 is kind of bargain basement film in a way(or used to be) it's a money saver, and it has to be blown up to be shown on widescreen. On TV its less of a problem but I just think the depth of field is off compared to cinemascope.


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  3. trevanian

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    Do you mean there's too much depth-of-field? Because the main point of S35 is to be able to use spherical lenses instead of anamorphic. You don't need as much light to get an exposure, and if you're shooting close to wide open, your image is still acceptable, whereas anamorphic wide open just breaks down.
     
  4. throwback

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    Are movie cameras damaged when people shake them vigorously? The reason I ask this is because I saw a lot of this in the featurettes for the first film.
     
  5. Maurice

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    But Cinemascope's been dead as a format since...what...1967?
     
  6. M'Sharak

    M'Sharak Definitely Herbert. Maybe. Moderator

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    I remember seeing examples in behind-the-scenes footage of cameras being shaken, but I can't recall anything which would have led me to think that the cameras suffered any damage as a result.
     
  7. throwback

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    According to Wikipedia,

    In 2012, a Brazilian film director used Cinemascope for his film.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinemascope
     
  8. Therin of Andor

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    As a then "newbie fan", people told me this about ST:TMP all through 1980 and 1981. I eventually caught up with all the TOS and TAS I had missed since the 60s. Never changed my opinion of TMP one iota. Still love TMP!
     
  9. Dart

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    That's fantastic. I'm sick of young Clark Kent on a farm over and over.
     
  10. teacake

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    Farms are boring. Enough already.
     
  11. M.A.C.O.

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    I doubt you'd be saying that had the sequel to Superman Returns been made. The rough summary about it was released a few years ago. Superman would've fought Brainiac. This after Brainiac fixed all the world's problems and had the world turn on Superman for never doing so. The big finale would be Brainiac transferring his mind in to Superman's super son and Superman being forced to kill his own child to save the planet.

    ENOUGH WITH THE CHRIST ALLEGORIES IN SUPERMAN ALREADY. Superman Returns had enough of them.
     
  12. Admiral Buzzkill

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    :guffaw: :guffaw: :guffaw:

    No.
     
  13. khan2

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    "Yes!" - Data, Star Trek: Generations
     
  14. Admiral Buzzkill

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    Sorry, ain't happenin' on this planet.

    Why should I care whether JJTrek brings more fans to oldTrek? Star Trek is neither a religion nor an insurance pool.
     
  15. Ovation

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    "No." - the overwhelmingly vast majority of those who watched the Abrams Trek films (as witnessed by word of mouth polls and critical response to each one)
     
  16. Sindatur

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    Blashpemer...Turn in your Nerd Card and report for obligatory burning at your nearest Chapel of The Roddenberry :devil:
     
  17. Noname Given

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    ^^^
    But the good news is - you may now have a shot at loosing your virginity.:bolian::rommie:;)
     
  18. Out Of My Vulcan Mind

    Out Of My Vulcan Mind Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Tuesday number: $1,378,385 for $202,578,928 to date. Star Trek made $1,322,790 on its comparable day.
     
  19. Neumann

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    Those $1,378,385 are showing that the movie has legs

    :)
     
  20. M'Sharak

    M'Sharak Definitely Herbert. Maybe. Moderator

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    We're all familiar with "The Tale of Boy Therin and Star Trek: The Motion Picture," thank you. In this forum alone, you must have told it more than a hundred times; I don't doubt that some here are now able to repeat it from memory and I hope that they're not also haunted by it when they sleep. Perhaps you'd be kind enough to give that story a rest for a bit?