Fine, but, I have a question... what other movies debuted this week? I had heard that this was PRE-Sales, meaning, sales before the movie is released. It's pretty easy to get the bulk of ticket sales if you're the only new offering on the plate.
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Fine, but, I have a question... what other movies debuted this week? I had heard that this was PRE-Sales, meaning, sales before the movie is released. It's pretty easy to get the bulk of ticket sales if you're the only new offering on the plate.
I saw a couple going in to see Adventureland last night... bastards! 
I saw a couple going in to see Adventureland last night... bastards!
How dare they!
I saw a couple going in to see Adventureland last night... bastards!
LOL
As an aside to all of this, though, Fandango is reporting that only 20% of those who say they are planning to see Star Trek at all are under 25. Most are men over 25.
That pretty much suggests that the people planning to see THIS Star Trek are the same people who have seen most of the others. That number cannot be encouraging to those who desperately wanted this movie to appeal to younger viewers and women.
Well judging from my two other forums I post at, a ton of people who normally do not see Trek are going to go see it this weekend.
Maybe. I'm always suspect of forum posts, though.
I mean, to watch a couple of these forums you would believe that there were about 50,000 people at that screening in Texas and every one of them thought that this was the greatest movie of all time.
While I know one of two Star Wars fans who chuckled at how much they thought it looked like a Star Wars film, I can't say that I know anybody off line who was really planning to see it. Not that that means anything, just saying that a lot of posts don't necessarily equate to a lot of sales.
I mean, to watch a couple of these forums you would believe that there were about 50,000 people at that screening in Texas and every one of them thought that this was the greatest movie of all time.
While I know one of two Star Wars fans who chuckled at how much they thought it looked like a Star Wars film, I can't say that I know anybody off line who was really planning to see it. Not that that means anything, just saying that a lot of posts don't necessarily equate to a lot of sales.
I saw a couple going in to see Adventureland last night... bastards!
LOL
As an aside to all of this, though, Fandango is reporting that only 20% of those who say they are planning to see Star Trek at all are under 25. Most are men over 25.
That pretty much suggests that the people planning to see THIS Star Trek are the same people who have seen most of the others. That number cannot be encouraging to those who desperately wanted this movie to appeal to younger viewers and women.
But on the flip side of that is that in my experience, the under 25s make the decision of what movie to see pretty much the day they go, if not actually while in line to buy the tickets. So early/online ticket sales might not pick up those potential viewers at all. They are the ones who will be influenced by word of mouth and what the pop entertainment sources are saying. For instance, our local rock station morning talk show reviewed Star Trek this morning and gave it high praise. The under 25s who mostly listen to that station will hear that and perhaps think, "Well, if those guys think its good, then let's go!"
I saw a couple going in to see Adventureland last night... bastards!
LOL
As an aside to all of this, though, Fandango is reporting that only 20% of those who say they are planning to see Star Trek at all are under 25. Most are men over 25.
That pretty much suggests that the people planning to see THIS Star Trek are the same people who have seen most of the others. That number cannot be encouraging to those who desperately wanted this movie to appeal to younger viewers and women.
I tend to agree here. My daughter and I went last night (Enjoyed it BTW, daughter LOVED it... but she really went to see Sylar... er Spock); as we were sitting there I asked her about the kids at school and if they were talking about Trek and what's the buzz around school. She said no one is talking about it, but all the kids are really excited about Transformers 2.
I think some people may have some unrealistic expectations for this film.
Yancy
Sad.
I'm going to close this because the OP has not provided a supporting link for the claimed figure, which otherwise leaves us pretty much talking about hot air.
One thing, though:
One thing, though:
Don't call people trolls in-thread. Just don't.
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