Money where your mouth is (Hit or flop)
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. Star Trek XI will break $500 million barrier easily.
I chose 'hit'. If it does Batman Begins numbers, it will be seen as a 'hit' and I don't think those numbers are unrealistic (each shares a similar obstacle--dealing with the disappointment of the previous incarnation at the box office--and a similar potential--a revamping designed to make "non-fans" interested). Mega hit is possible, I suppose, as is "break even", but somewhere in between seems the most likely bet.
No one outside a very small circle of hardcore-non-fans cares dude. It'll be a huge hit regardless.
So if they repeated the same negative, angry things over and over again on a message board while looking down at anyone who has a differing opinion, would they have lives then?
I voted HIT, but hoping that MEGA-HIT is what it becomes.
I've been lurking (1999) and posting (2001) around here longer than I like to admit, mostly as a positive voice (with the occasional retort to the Neg-tones that infest the place) and so far, from what I've read, this seems to be (so far) the most Positive Reaction toward a new Trek Product by the Trek BBS-masses since before ENTERPRISE premiered.
To me THAT speaks volumes about how well JJ and His Crew have done.
Let's just hope that it continues beyond the premiere.
I've been lurking (1999) and posting (2001) around here longer than I like to admit, mostly as a positive voice (with the occasional retort to the Neg-tones that infest the place) and so far, from what I've read, this seems to be (so far) the most Positive Reaction toward a new Trek Product by the Trek BBS-masses since before ENTERPRISE premiered.
To me THAT speaks volumes about how well JJ and His Crew have done.
Let's just hope that it continues beyond the premiere.
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I predict third biggest weekend. So "hit" I suppose.
darkwing_duck1
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I voted Megahit. Other than a few grumpy old men (Haters Club), the trailer was viewed positively. I got some friends who don't like Star Trek to watch the full trailer and so far all say they would go see it. Even my brother who is the first to say he never has understood what I see in Star Trek! After watching the trailer he offered to go see it with me the week after it opens (he hates crowds and I can see it again with him.. so it is all good).
Welcome to our world. Unfortunately we have some of the Haters Club who love to call names.Originally posted by Whatever
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I never saw TOS,TNG,DS9,VOY or any other STAR TREK movie, never been in a forum like this,or fandom for that matter, this movie got me interesed in Star Trek, in who Kirk or Spock is, and i assure you that i'm not a sad person. And yeah i like a movie with explosions and lots of action.From my point of view i think you are taking yourself to seriously,and your a jerk tooOriginally Posted by The Wormhole
Oh I'm pretty sure the movie will make money. The unwashed masses wh have never seen Trek in their sad pedantic lives will probably storm the theatres to see a over-marketed movie with pretty splosions in the commercials. But will it be a good movie? I highly doubt it.
I've been a Star Trek fan since the 1970s, but didn't know about this forum until I read an article about a new Star Trek movie.
Empire magazine's poll is running 42% hate it/neutral, to 58% positive responses. If those numbers hold up, we have no blockbuster, and Paramount WANTS a blockbuster...
I think it will perform similar to the Bryan Singer superman movie.
It will make a respectable amount of money, but will still be seen as having underperformed, not lived up to expectations or been the revival they were hoping it would be.
It will make a respectable amount of money, but will still be seen as having underperformed, not lived up to expectations or been the revival they were hoping it would be.
darkwing_duck1
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Empire magazine's poll suggests otherwise.
Empire magazine's poll means nothing. Nada. Zip.
darkwing_duck1
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And you base that on?
It's a more "mainstream" movie mag (and board) than this place is, and has a 39% "I'd rather eat my own foot" rating for the new Trek project...
Except Trek has a much slimmer budget, and is already showing a strong marketing machine. SR's budget was bloated, and had one of the poorest attempts at marketing ever. If Trek ends up having good word of mouth, it will do just fine.
It'll be a mild hit, but nothing along the lines of the blockbuster some are predicting. It'll get a strong opening weekend, driven mostly by diehard fans and some of the mainstream audience Paramount is hoping for, but business will taper off accordingly. I don't predict it getting that much of a bounce from repeat viewings in the U.S., but I have a suspicion it will do better worldwide.
Mega hit. It's the first time Paramount has ever put this kind of money into Star Trek. They've already started advertising the film with 6 months to go. There will be an even greater push next year. People will get pretty psyched to see this.
Good Will Riker
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If Empire magazine wasn't conducting a polling of a representative sample of the population, I would not worry about it.
If it is mostly hardcore science-fiction fans from a particular region of the world that are into scif-fi publications like Empire were polled for this polling, so of course you are going to get a skewed result like that for a polling like this from fandom (the nerds).
Don't worry about it.
It was not a representative sampling of different age groups and demographics.
darkwing_duck1
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Empire magazine represents a more "mainstream" sampling than TrekBBS does of the likely audience for this film, and 38% loath the very idea of it. That doesn't speak well for it's ability to bring in the "unconverted", and with the "hardcore" Trek fans already pissed, where is this huge audience to come from?
And to answer in general all the posters talking about the "buzz" being so great...remember Serenity...
YOU DO realize there are only about 12 Firefly fans on the whole planet right?RAMA
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