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Why would someone avoid STID but see Iron Man & Man Of Steel? spoilers
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Re: Why would someone avoid STID but see Iron Man & Man Of Steel? spoi
Similarily, all you need to know about Star Trek is that there's a ship called Enterprise with a guy with pointed ears on board who acts like a computer.
Similarily, all you need to know about Star Trek is that there's a ship called Enterprise with a guy with pointed ears on board who acts like a computer.
Re: Why would someone avoid STID but see Iron Man & Man Of Steel? spoi
I thought Man of Steel was absolutely mind-numbing. I definitely wouldn't say it has a better plot than Into Darkness - because I'm not sure it had a plot at all. Just lots of things went boom very loudly for 2 and a half hours. Was like watching Bad Boys 2 all over again - but without the humour.
I thought Man of Steel was absolutely mind-numbing. I definitely wouldn't say it has a better plot than Into Darkness - because I'm not sure it had a plot at all. Just lots of things went boom very loudly for 2 and a half hours. Was like watching Bad Boys 2 all over again - but without the humour.
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I wish
You must've gotten an edited version of the movie in your theatre, then.
I wish
Re: Why would someone avoid STID but see Iron Man & Man Of Steel? spoi
You know that the Superman origin story predates all of those right? The Matrix fight over the city between Smith and Neo, which is what I'm assuming you were referencing, was based on Superman, not the other way around. You think Neo flying around with a trenchcoat/cape was the first time that ever happened and that the Wachowskis weren't doing an homage to anyone there?
Superman was an alien refugee story long before District 9, dealt with alien invasions way before Independence Day, and had an alien living among the natives and taking their side well before Avatar. Not sure what the Alien connection is supposed to be. The production design of the Kryptonian ships and architecture? The cryopods in the scoutship? The HR Giger dark biomechanical designs were fairly unique at the time, but it's pretty commonplace now. And cryopods have been part of scifi for decades.
You know that the Superman origin story predates all of those right? The Matrix fight over the city between Smith and Neo, which is what I'm assuming you were referencing, was based on Superman, not the other way around. You think Neo flying around with a trenchcoat/cape was the first time that ever happened and that the Wachowskis weren't doing an homage to anyone there?
Superman was an alien refugee story long before District 9, dealt with alien invasions way before Independence Day, and had an alien living among the natives and taking their side well before Avatar. Not sure what the Alien connection is supposed to be. The production design of the Kryptonian ships and architecture? The cryopods in the scoutship? The HR Giger dark biomechanical designs were fairly unique at the time, but it's pretty commonplace now. And cryopods have been part of scifi for decades.
Re: Why would someone avoid STID but see Iron Man & Man Of Steel? spoi
Bottom line: Star Trek isn't the broad crowd puller that Paramount thinks it is. The franchise stands more chance of success if they don't put it up against movies with much better street cred. I don't doubt that the 2009 Star Trek got a lift because it wasn't going up against competition anywhere near as strong as Iron Man 3.
You said it yourself. The bottom line is that Star Trek just isn't in the same league as those other two. Both ST2009 and STID have done exceptionally well for Star Trek pictures, but Star Trek isn't (and never has been) a draw for the general public in the same way as other major hollywood blockbusters like those you mentioned. The last time Paramount tried to put the franchise up against the big guns in 2002, the very same strategy as with STID, they ended up with Nemesis going down like the Titanic.
Bottom line: Star Trek isn't the broad crowd puller that Paramount thinks it is. The franchise stands more chance of success if they don't put it up against movies with much better street cred. I don't doubt that the 2009 Star Trek got a lift because it wasn't going up against competition anywhere near as strong as Iron Man 3.
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Okay then - since you don't get Superman at all, you're not going to understand why audiences so much prefer Man Of Steel to Into Darkness.
As someone who absolutely loved STID and wants it to do well, it's crystal clear to me that MOS is the superior movie by far.
That is why it's kicking Star Trek's ass at the box office.
The audience is always right.
Okay then - since you don't get Superman at all, you're not going to understand why audiences so much prefer Man Of Steel to Into Darkness.
As someone who absolutely loved STID and wants it to do well, it's crystal clear to me that MOS is the superior movie by far.
That is why it's kicking Star Trek's ass at the box office.
The audience is always right.
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ST:TMP performed well - and had a very broad demographic - because it followed almost a decade of TOS (and TAS) repeats in syndication, and at times when children could watch with their parents: early evening prime time.
It hasn't had the same "crowd puller" value ever since. Certainly, the success of TNG in first-run syndication in Seasons 3-6 (its peak?) had merchandising running high, but it was perhaps all downhill since then - with the latter series screening later and later to fewer and fewer - until Bad Robot revived things in 2009.
ST:TMP performed well - and had a very broad demographic - because it followed almost a decade of TOS (and TAS) repeats in syndication, and at times when children could watch with their parents: early evening prime time.
It hasn't had the same "crowd puller" value ever since. Certainly, the success of TNG in first-run syndication in Seasons 3-6 (its peak?) had merchandising running high, but it was perhaps all downhill since then - with the latter series screening later and later to fewer and fewer - until Bad Robot revived things in 2009.
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I don't think people avoided ST:ID - after all it's the most successful Trek movie ever made! I think that the marketing was too downbeat though and if it had been promoted as more of an Indiana Jones style romp then I think it'd have made more money.
Superman's success is likely due to the excellent first film starring Christopher Reeve. Everyone wants the next S-man film to be that good! I also think that pretty much everyone has forgotten Superman Returns, so there weren't the skeptics that there were for say the amazing Spiderman reboot.
For what it's worth, I thought Superman was terrible, if you're interested, here are my reviews of ST:ID and MOS:
http://ryesofthegeek.wordpress.com/
I don't think people avoided ST:ID - after all it's the most successful Trek movie ever made! I think that the marketing was too downbeat though and if it had been promoted as more of an Indiana Jones style romp then I think it'd have made more money.
Superman's success is likely due to the excellent first film starring Christopher Reeve. Everyone wants the next S-man film to be that good! I also think that pretty much everyone has forgotten Superman Returns, so there weren't the skeptics that there were for say the amazing Spiderman reboot.
For what it's worth, I thought Superman was terrible, if you're interested, here are my reviews of ST:ID and MOS:
http://ryesofthegeek.wordpress.com/
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The success of MOS was not driven by a thirty-five year-old movie that everyone doesn't agree was "excellent."
The success of MOS was not driven by a thirty-five year-old movie that everyone doesn't agree was "excellent."
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I prefered Superman Returns. It's far more true to the character of Superman. I've never seen Superman give less of a shit about saving people than he does in MOS
I prefered Superman Returns. It's far more true to the character of Superman. I've never seen Superman give less of a shit about saving people than he does in MOS
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I guess that means you think Transformers and Twilight are excellent films then.
I guess that means you think Transformers and Twilight are excellent films then.
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You may go on guessing whatever makes you comfortable.
Damn straight.
You may go on guessing whatever makes you comfortable.
Man of Steel is the best superhero movie I've ever seen.
I tried to watch Superman Returns the other night and it put me to sleep.
Damn straight.
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What we think doesn't matter, its whether those films sell enough tickets to make the studios a healthy profit.
And they do. Because people buy tickets to them by the fistful.
What we think doesn't matter, its whether those films sell enough tickets to make the studios a healthy profit.
And they do. Because people buy tickets to them by the fistful.
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Just pointing out that it doesn't make much sense to say that simply because a film makes more money doesn't mean it's better. Not to mention that is all subjective. X-Men 3 made a lot more than X-Men First Class, yet most people would say that First Class is clearly the better film.
There are a lot of other factors, like marketing, timing, etc... . If you thought MOS was better than STID, I respect your opinion. But I also respectfully disagree with it. I thought MOS was good, not great. I found IM3 to be very boring and silly, yet IM3 will be the highest grossing movie this summer. My opinion is that STID is the best of the summer blockbusters so far.
Just pointing out that it doesn't make much sense to say that simply because a film makes more money doesn't mean it's better. Not to mention that is all subjective. X-Men 3 made a lot more than X-Men First Class, yet most people would say that First Class is clearly the better film.
There are a lot of other factors, like marketing, timing, etc... . If you thought MOS was better than STID, I respect your opinion. But I also respectfully disagree with it. I thought MOS was good, not great. I found IM3 to be very boring and silly, yet IM3 will be the highest grossing movie this summer. My opinion is that STID is the best of the summer blockbusters so far.
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More movie-goers disagree with you than agree with you by the only real standard of measurement. It's illogical to assert that "most people would agree" about the relative quality of two X-Men movies if the behavior of movie-goers contradicts that. What you're asserting is no more than "I've heard more people say this than say that."
More movie-goers disagree with you than agree with you by the only real standard of measurement. It's illogical to assert that "most people would agree" about the relative quality of two X-Men movies if the behavior of movie-goers contradicts that. What you're asserting is no more than "I've heard more people say this than say that."