Star Trek Crosses $350 Million Worldwide

[Jeri]

Totally consistent with Star Trek "science."

 

[Similitude]

Oh man, this is great.

 

[urbandk]

Asking what Star Trek's budget was is like asking what infinity plus one is.

 

[M'Sharak]

Where are the charts to prove these assertions?!?

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Source: ex astris scientia

As member of Sir Laurence Olivier's National Theatre Company, the actress was affectionately christened "Tits" Rigg by Mr. Olivier. It seems she habitually refused to wear a bra.

http://www.sk96.de/sk_dr02.htm

**bookmarks to finish reading later**

 

[Cyrus]

Man in a rubber lizard costume: Awesome.
Critically acclaimed blockbuster, #1 movie of 2009 (thus far): Shit on a stick.

Ah, yes, but remember:

- in 1997 the most successful movie of all time, Titanic, was released.
- A lot of folks on the Internet don't like Titanic (mainly, it seems to be the kissing and stuff).

Therefore: if you have no argument to make, just post the sentence "Oh yeah, well a lot of people liked Titanic, too!" It's a sort of aethestic/intellectual "get out of jail free" card that's supposed to shortcircuit everyone's analytical skills.

I liked Titanic, but I think the unwritten rule among men is to either pretend that they didn't like it or claim that they only liked the last hour (with the action stuff).

 

[Jeri]

I won't see Titanic; I know how it ends.

As member of Sir Laurence Olivier's National Theatre Company, the actress was affectionately christened "Tits" Rigg by Mr. Olivier. It seems she habitually refused to wear a bra.
http://www.sk96.de/sk_dr02.htm

**bookmarks to finish reading later**

The husband and I chuckle at that one -- since she's not buxom, and she pointed that out herself.

Did you hear that one of how her character came to be Emma Peel ? While the creators were sitting around talking, they jotted down the things they'd be needing in the show.

One they agreed on was "masculine appeal," which got jotted down as "m. appeal," and thence became Emma Peel.

 

[TheArsenal]

One they agreed on was "masculine appeal," which got jotted down as "m. appeal," and thence became Emma Peel.

Boy, I hate doing things like this but ... "man appeal" ... but close enough actually.

Peel's introduction was also the point they retooled the show for the better in my opinion (as I found out watching it later, too young to have caught it in the first run). I liked the Cathy Gale character, but she's no Emma Peel, not to mention John Steed was such a different character during her years that the chemistry didn't work as well for me. And in fairness, those episodes suffer from the quality of the prints which puts me off and make them harder to embrace.

Odd to be discussing a 40 year old television show ... oh yeah ... never mind ....

 

[Jeri]

I watched it first run; it was cool.

 

[RAMA]

A close friend of mine once attended a 20 minute lecture on film marketing. I think its safe to say, through my conversations with her, this sets me apart from anyone on these boards as the expert on film marketing. That settled then, let's look at the numbers shall we?

Each one of those one sheets (that's the correct term for "movie poster") with such high gloss coating costs about $5,000 dollars apiece (amazed? Google it). My theater had at least 10. Multiply that times the number of theaters, train stations, bus stops, etc. they were placed worldwide, and you are already deep in the tens of millions, if not more.

This film/ads licensed a Beastie Boys song. That song costs them no less than 80 million dollars which was placed on the marketing budget. And speaking of licensing, way back Leonard Nimoy cleverly circumvented Desilu Productions and copyrighted the Vulcan hand salute. Every time that is used, someone pays. He charged Paramount $25 million to use that salute in the ads, which of course is charged to both the production and marketing budget. Double dipping.

We are now in the area of 600 million dollars in marketing. A paltry 350 million dollar box office in no way covers this and the 375 million dollar production costs. Even DVD sales won't dent this.

And none of this even addresses the strong rumors that from his own pocket Abrams purchased $175 million in theater tickets to make this movie look like a success.

Add the numbers, and I think it adds up to COMPLETE FAIL!!

This is my favorite post EVER!!! The Abrams paragraph simply deserves an award for imagination alone!

RAMA

 

[Jeri]

I think he lifted the whole thing from a news blurb about Ann Coulter's last book.