Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
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Burke actually was a last-minute replacement in the role of Praetorian Jack. Originally they cast Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, but he had to drop out because of scheduling issues with another project.
I do think this works better, actually. I don't think Abdul-Mateen would have been as similar to Max as Burke turned out to be, and that bit actually is a nice set-up for Furiosa's relationship with the actual Max in FR.
I do think this works better, actually. I don't think Abdul-Mateen would have been as similar to Max as Burke turned out to be, and that bit actually is a nice set-up for Furiosa's relationship with the actual Max in FR.
There's one thing I'm unsure of, do we know how much time there's supposed to be between the end of Furiosa and the beginning of Fury Road? (always setting aside the campfire mythical nature of the stories which I guess means it could have been five minutes or five years)
When Furiosa returns in Fury Road, she says it has been 7000 days since she was taken. She looks like she is in her 30s in Fury Road, so makes sense.
I liked it, but the movie felt too long. And really, there were times where it felt like it was more about Dementus than about Furiousa herself.
And you have to love the ultracompetence of some characters. Like how her Mom was this unstoppable Terminator who always was perfect with every shot and never let anything stop her despite looking like she'd never been in a fight before. And how every shot Furiousa and Jack made was a perfect headshot as well.
And you have to love the ultracompetence of some characters. Like how her Mom was this unstoppable Terminator who always was perfect with every shot and never let anything stop her despite looking like she'd never been in a fight before. And how every shot Furiousa and Jack made was a perfect headshot as well.
The studio has absolutely no confidence in its success
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Damn that sucks. While I wasn't as wowed by Furiosa as I was Fury Road, it was still tremendous fun that deserves to be seen on the big screen.
And yet, studios won't realize they're shooting themselves in the feet in the long run by continuing the trend of shortening the time between theaters and streaming. Long gone are the days of slow but steady theater runs.
I saw someone make the point on Twitter today that If started off slow at the box office but the studio sat back and let it build up an audience via word of mouth, rather than pull it out of screens. It’s not making mega dough but seems to be holding steady.And yet, studios won't realize they're shooting themselves in the feet in the long run by continuing the trend of shortening the time between theaters and streaming. Long gone are the days of slow but steady theater runs.
Yeah, at this point it's almost starting to feel like they're trying to kill movie theaters.And yet, studios won't realize they're shooting themselves in the feet in the long run by continuing the trend of shortening the time between theaters and streaming. Long gone are the days of slow but steady theater runs.
Damn that sucks. While I wasn't as wowed by Furiosa as I was Fury Road, it was still tremendous fun that deserves to be seen on the big screen.
And yet, studios won't realize they're shooting themselves in the feet in the long run by continuing the trend of shortening the time between theaters and streaming. Long gone are the days of slow but steady theater runs.
When I was a kid my parents wouldn't really take us to the first-run movie theater. We went to the "SECOND-RUN" theater, which at the time was $1 and then $1.50 in the 90s... but you'd wait like 3 or 4 months(sometimes more) until it got there and they usually only had 1 or 2 movie showing since it was a 1-screen theater.
But I distinctly remember Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade came out like Memorial Day Weekend. It premiered at the second-run theater LABOR DAY weekend (so roughly 3 months later) and wasn't available to rent on VHS until sometime that winter.
Now you can see a movie from theater show up on a streaming service you can watch with your normal monthly fee sometimes as soon as 8 to 10 weeks later. Even movies that are hugely successful. Dune 2 was a March 1st release and on HBO about 2.5 months later
And I know people will talk about the theater experience... But the "HOME THEATER" experience for what I have in 2024 compared to what I get in a movie theater is a much closer thing than the 'home viewing experience' I would have had renting a VHS movie and watching it on a 29 inch tv with poopy built-in speakers in 1990.
I find it interesting that Godzilla x Kong is sill playing in theaters and, as of this weekend, became the highest grossing movie in the series.
The studio saw that it had legs and kept it in circulation, whereas the studio behind Furiosa yanked it before it ever had a chance.
The studio saw that it had legs and kept it in circulation, whereas the studio behind Furiosa yanked it before it ever had a chance.
You also had Godzilla Minus One show up on Netflix and still had Godzilla/Kong in the theater which I'm going to think probably did a little bit of business off of interest after watching it. Even though they are VERY DIFFERENT movies in different 'universes' and not connected.
You do realize that's the same studio for both movies, right?
Well, Warner went from 0 days to 45 days to ( in Dune 2's case ) 81 days...
doesn't really feel like the trend is shortening.
Dune 2 was filmed in IMAX so that they could market it as "The only way to see this movie the best way is in the Theater!" so folks decided to see it there instead of waiting for the home release.
With Furiousa, they didn't do it that way and people figured "Eh, it's a character from a movie 9 years ago and it's going to be on home release in like a month and will look good on our TV so let's just stay home."
With Furiousa, they didn't do it that way and people figured "Eh, it's a character from a movie 9 years ago and it's going to be on home release in like a month and will look good on our TV so let's just stay home."
Now that you've said it, I have little doubt they are, at least in the long term. I'm sure the thinking goes: Why pay a "middleman" approximately forty percent of the ticket price, when you can put it out online (preferably on your own streaming service) and pocket the whole amount?
But how much money do they make off movies on the streaming services? Is it just the subscription fees, or do they get money based on views, like how people can monetize social media content? Would it be worth spending $100M on a movie, just for it to go on Max, Paramount+, Disney+ and/or Hulu, or Peacock?
Yeah, WB, Universal, Paramount and even Disney have discovered that producing for their own streaming service isn't nearly as profitable as they hoped. What actually is very profitable is producing to licence out, and putting stuff on Premium VOD. That's where they have found to make similar or even better profits than at the Box Office.
