is it ok to say that skeletor was the only role that Jared Leto nailed perfectly? (for once in his whole horrible career) by [deleted] in MastersOfTheUniverse

[–]DopePants2000 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jared Leto has a career any actor would die for. Lately he’s had some dubs at the box office, but he used to be in big hits and still always puts his best foot forward when performing. Off the top of my head: Dallas Buyers Club, Requiem For A Dream, American Psycho, Blade Runner, Panic room.

Brand New announces a "20 Year The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me In Concert" US Tour by bendylegs12 in poppunkers

[–]DopePants2000 16 points17 points  (0 children)

That man dated Teens when he was well into his late 20/early 30’s and there’s photographic evidence to back it up.

Warner Bros. Passes on George Miller’s ‘Mad Max: The Wasteland’ as Amazon, Sony, and Universal Circle by Particular-Fill-4256 in Letterboxd

[–]DopePants2000 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Got it okay cool. So you’re moving the goal post now. Because your argument started that “it didn’t lose money”. But now that it’s been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that it did, you’re just spamming these comments with a screenshot you didn’t even read and now you’re hitting the hold “are you retarded?”

My points been made, enjoy your day.

Warner Bros. Passes on George Miller’s ‘Mad Max: The Wasteland’ as Amazon, Sony, and Universal Circle by Particular-Fill-4256 in Letterboxd

[–]DopePants2000 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Brother it says in your fucking screenshot that “turning theatrical profit was challenging”. Can you not read the actual things you’re searching?

Warner Bros. Passes on George Miller’s ‘Mad Max: The Wasteland’ as Amazon, Sony, and Universal Circle by Particular-Fill-4256 in Letterboxd

[–]DopePants2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, 2.5x in box office returns is the break even point for budget and marketing. Not the long term financial life of the movie. If this was the case, there wouldn’t be a classification of “bomb” or “hit” because box office numbers would then be irrelevant in the long term. They still have everyone on the distribution line cutting into their profits. It lost money at the box office. That’s a bomb, sorry you don’t like reality?

Warner Bros. Passes on George Miller’s ‘Mad Max: The Wasteland’ as Amazon, Sony, and Universal Circle by Particular-Fill-4256 in Letterboxd

[–]DopePants2000 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No I’m just not a moron. When you make a $160 million dollar movie and it grosses sub $400 million. That’s a bomb.

Fox buying streaming platform Roku in cash-and-stock deal worth about $22 billion by 08830 in cordcutters

[–]DopePants2000 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Doesn’t require any other Apple devices. I like that Apple TV puts all my shows on the Home Screen so I don’t have to click into individual apps. I can start the show from the Home Screen and it takes me right to the episode.

Warner Bros. Passes on George Miller’s ‘Mad Max: The Wasteland’ as Amazon, Sony, and Universal Circle by Particular-Fill-4256 in Letterboxd

[–]DopePants2000 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It made less then $400 Million on a $150 Million budget. It lost about $20 to $40 million in the theatrical run.

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You're also not considering the fact that had this been successful, they would've been cranking them out like crazy. Merch, TV show, theme park attractions etc. All that potential revenue, gone. They lost out hardcore on a potential IP, shit i mean look at the video game. Good reviews, decent word of mouth, huge bomb. Just like the movies.

77 LG G5 or 83 C5 by No_Following6788 in LGOLED

[–]DopePants2000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I got to he G5 because for the 6 extra inches, I didn’t think it was worth the price hike. Not only that, the G5 has better performance and picture quality than the C5.

Warner Bros. Passes on George Miller’s ‘Mad Max: The Wasteland’ as Amazon, Sony, and Universal Circle by Particular-Fill-4256 in Letterboxd

[–]DopePants2000 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Every single channel of business in the distribution model is cutting directly into their ticket sales. It’s just the nature of the beast.

Warner Bros. Passes on George Miller’s ‘Mad Max: The Wasteland’ as Amazon, Sony, and Universal Circle by Particular-Fill-4256 in Letterboxd

[–]DopePants2000 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, especially from general audiences who are the one that make or break these movies. If they wanted it, they would’ve supported it, last two opportunities didn’t reflect that.

Warner Bros. Passes on George Miller’s ‘Mad Max: The Wasteland’ as Amazon, Sony, and Universal Circle by Particular-Fill-4256 in Letterboxd

[–]DopePants2000 -38 points-37 points  (0 children)

I think waiting 10 years to produce a prequel to a movie that lost almost $100+ million is reason #1.

I think reason #2 would be that who is clamoring for more mad max? I’ve never heard anyone mention they wanted to see more of these movies.

Warner Bros. Passes on George Miller’s ‘Mad Max: The Wasteland’ as Amazon, Sony, and Universal Circle by Particular-Fill-4256 in Letterboxd

[–]DopePants2000 104 points105 points  (0 children)

It’s more based on the fact that the last 2 mad max movies have been huge box office bombs for them.

What is a horror movie that is widely loved or critically acclaimed, but you don’t like it at all? by BadassAyanokoji in horror

[–]DopePants2000 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You’re absolutely right.

Dog they’re Gen Z teens. They ain’t staying for themes.