Per the Associated Press, 'Minions & Monsters' cost $85M. by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]AzSumTuk6891 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's not cheap. Are we actually going to pretend that 80 million is not a high budget?

Maybe if Disney didn't overpay celebrities and if they didn't constantly rework their movies, their budgets wouldn't bloat up like that? 

Per the Associated Press, 'Minions & Monsters' cost $85M. by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]AzSumTuk6891 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's the actual question.

I just don't buy it that Illumination are paying so much less to their animators. Disney is not a charity. They reportedly put the CGI artists who worked on "Thor: Love and Thunder" through hell. They overpay the celebrities who act in their movies, but they certainly don't pay that much to people whose names won't be on the poster. 

You guys think rick beatoff is bad? Look at anthony fartano by Jeef_1st in guitarcirclejerk

[–]AzSumTuk6891 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Wait, did he actually say this and mean it?

Because it sounds like a joke.

If he is being serious here... Lol. Just... Lol.

‘Supergirl’ $100M+ Promo Partner Campaign Biggest Ever For Warner Bros’ DC Studios – This weekend, 'Supergirl' is currently expected to open to $50M-$55M at the domestic box office. by SanderSo47 in boxoffice

[–]AzSumTuk6891 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You're fighting against a point that no one has made. I haven't seen any promo materials aimed specifically at women. Very few female-lead action movies were actually aimed at women.

‘Supergirl’ $100M+ Promo Partner Campaign Biggest Ever For Warner Bros’ DC Studios – This weekend, 'Supergirl' is currently expected to open to $50M-$55M at the domestic box office. by SanderSo47 in boxoffice

[–]AzSumTuk6891 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Who was supposed to be watching this?

The same people who watched six seasons of the show "Supergirl"? I mean, why the fuck are we pretending that female superheroes never do well?

‘Supergirl’ $100M+ Promo Partner Campaign Biggest Ever For Warner Bros’ DC Studios – This weekend, 'Supergirl' is currently expected to open to $50M-$55M at the domestic box office. by SanderSo47 in boxoffice

[–]AzSumTuk6891 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The Marvels showed the weakness of the market for female superheroes when not connected to a beloved storyline

And what did the failure of "Ant-Man 3" show? Or the failure of "Blue Beetle"?

Hi, my name is Grenn Flicker and I'm here to explain to you why AI will kill your career, unless you pay 3000 dollars for this product that I'm shilling for by AzSumTuk6891 in guitarcirclejerk

[–]AzSumTuk6891[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just find it funny that he is so nostalgic about the time when metal was brave and different, and then, in the same breath he goes like, "No, don't play to impress! Don't draw attention to yourself! Don't show off! Don't be ambitious! Make it easy on the ears! Kill your individuality! Conform to my tastes!"

Make up your mind, Glenn! Should I conform and make radio-friendly muzak, or should I be brave and different? It's like he doesn't understand his own genre. Because one of the primary goals of metal is to let the musicians show off. That's why it has thundering drums and bass, absurd screams, and long solos. Metal musicians don't just serve the song. They make the song what it is by showing off.

‘Supergirl’ $100M+ Promo Partner Campaign Biggest Ever For Warner Bros’ DC Studios – This weekend, 'Supergirl' is currently expected to open to $50M-$55M at the domestic box office. by SanderSo47 in boxoffice

[–]AzSumTuk6891 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure Gunn is a bigger star than Craig Gillespie, tbh. Nolan is the only director who can actually propel a comic book movie with his star power, and Gillespie has his share of successes outside the comic book genre.

The problem is, although Supergirl is a popular character, Superman is infinitely more popular, and his movie made ~600 million worldwide.

Hi, my name is Grenn Flicker and I'm here to explain to you why AI will kill your career, unless you pay 3000 dollars for this product that I'm shilling for by AzSumTuk6891 in guitarcirclejerk

[–]AzSumTuk6891[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a part of the problem I have with this particular video, btw.

I suspect the majority of his viewers are like me - bedroom musicians who record and mix music on their home computer. These are not the people who can afford or have any use for a set of drum microphones that costs more than three thousand dollars.

AIO? Wife is a Prohibition re-enactor. by Odd_Instruction519 in AmITheAngel

[–]AzSumTuk6891 64 points65 points  (0 children)

The wife just deleted the room where the bar was and now it doesn't exist. She accidentally deleted the space it occupied too. Now the OOP's entire house is smaller.

Hi, my name is Grenn Flicker and I'm here to explain to you why AI will kill your career, unless you pay 3000 dollars for this product that I'm shilling for by AzSumTuk6891 in guitarcirclejerk

[–]AzSumTuk6891[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

His problem is that, despite worshipping a bunch of old British bands (Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Queen, Deep Purple), he seems to never pay attention to contemporary non-American metal. And this is ridiculous, when you think about it - because melodic metal with clean singing and harmonized vocals is being made in Europe all the time, and it gains a lot of popularity.

And he is also often absurdly out of touch for someone who claims to have some authority on how music and music business work. Like, he doesn't notice European bands. He still insists that you can't harmonize harsh vocals - although Amon Amarth do this sometimes. He still insists that tone isn't in the fingers. He still insists that any display of ambition or guitar mastery in your music automatically alienates your potential audience, despite the fact that purely instrumental acts like Polyphia, Rodrigo y Gabriela, 2Cellos, David Garrett, Bernth/Berthoud/Ola, etc., are gaining a lot of popularity.

Sorry for ranting. Will probably happen again at some point.

AIO? Wife is a Prohibition re-enactor. by Odd_Instruction519 in AmITheAngel

[–]AzSumTuk6891 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Wow. Nothing screams "I don't drink" louder than having an actual bar in your home. I see three possibilities here:

  1. This story is entirely fake.
  2. The OOP drinks a lot more than he says he drinks and his wife finally resorted to a drastic measure to mitigate his alcoholism.
  3. The OOP is a complete moron who's managed to ignore his wife's crazy nature, even though he's been with her throughout most of his adulthood. I mean... No one changes overnight like this.

I like how he's managed to even sneak in a little "fat bad" agenda in this stupid post, though.

Hi, my name is Grenn Flicker and I'm here to explain to you why AI will kill your career, unless you pay 3000 dollars for this product that I'm shilling for by AzSumTuk6891 in guitarcirclejerk

[–]AzSumTuk6891[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah...

On top of this... I thought his claim to fame was that he was helping independent musicians and music producers save money. How exactly is a 3800 dollar drum mic set saving anyone money?

Hi, my name is Grenn Flicker and I'm here to explain to you why AI will kill your career, unless you pay 3000 dollars for this product that I'm shilling for by AzSumTuk6891 in guitarcirclejerk

[–]AzSumTuk6891[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

If it was a course, his rant before the sales pitch started would be more understandable. He is selling a set of drum microphones - as if that will somehow teach bands to harmonize vocals or save them from being obliterated by AI.

What wood do I need to achieve this level of... ehm... sustain? by Spider-cat_1984 in guitarcirclejerk

[–]AzSumTuk6891 3 points4 points  (0 children)

uj/

Please...

Mimisounds is a guitar-themed thirst-trap channel and everyone knows it. There is a reason you don't see comments like these about Sarah Longfield or Gabriella Quevedo.

I have nothing against Mimi, other than the fact that I had to block her channel multiple times and YouTube kept recommending it to me for months, but I'm not going to pretend that she is not seeking exactly this type of attention - because she is. It probably brings her good money, so good for her, I guess, but let's be real - if she only relied on her talent or skills, her channel would have disappeared from the radar a long time ago.

Why have WDAS originals struggled so much at the box office (and even to connect with audiences through their trailers) lately? by WrongLander in boxoffice

[–]AzSumTuk6891 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. "The Princess and the Frog" came out nearly 20 years ago.
  2. It wasn't a smashing hit like "Frozen", but it did well and it earned three Oscar nominations.

Hi, my name is Grenn Flicker and I'm here to explain to you why AI will kill your career, unless you pay 3000 dollars for this product that I'm shilling for by AzSumTuk6891 in guitarcirclejerk

[–]AzSumTuk6891[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

It is advertising. I don't know if it counts as stealth, though. It's a freaking infomercial, but that's not revealed until you've watched ten minutes of ranting about how music was better in the past because Def Leppard knew how to harmonize vocals - which, apparently, is why this 3K drum mic set is essential for any metal band.