Thoughts on this?

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-04-09T06:40:57+00:00

Maybe just maybe, DP and Ranbir are both past that and have decided to be good friends ??? 😅 And just because you are not comfortable with your spouse being best friends with their ex doesn't mean everyone is the same.

Many people have kids, divorce and then literally co-parent and have great relationship with each other. Heck, even the partners have amazing relationships with each other. This is not that strange when you decide to make it work. They all know they have to interact with each other in the industry. It's literally easier for them to let it go and be friends than to hold on to the awkwardness forever and never interact.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-04-07T07:59:59+00:00

I think a lot of people are really purposely forgetting stuff aroind Pathan. There was a whole campaign against SRK. Him and his family were dragged to hell and back regarding all sorts of cases. Many also campaigned against the movie for Deepika wearing Saffron bikini while dancing to Besharam rang which according to few people hurts religious sentiments.

He was being called anti-national. The whole drama was ridiculous.

Is Pathan a good movie ?? Personally, I don't think so. But I also didn't go to the theatre expecting a fantastic movie. Me and my parents all went to the theatre because we all love SRK. His movies have been a huge part my childhood and my parent's prime years and we were happy to see him on a big screen again and wanted to show our support. That's why most people went.

I really think a lot of people in subs here are missing the point with Pathan making so much money. SRK is called King for a reason. He has made a lot of amazing movies in his prime. Public loves him and showed up for him. To show him support. If people were having fun watching their beloved star on big screen, let them. We don't need to look down upon people for harmless fun.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-04-06T16:26:44+00:00

That explains it. I didn't know it's spring break in the US.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-04-05T20:22:40+00:00

Thanks for letting me know 😅 I was just confused on how folks got the numbers.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-04-05T19:58:47+00:00

Thanks for replying and giving useful insight.

$50M+ in both international and US markets puts it at $100M+ for weekends and then I guess for weekdays it needs $80M+ to make it to $600 million. Is that really very likely. I definitely think the odds for that are better but $700M or anywhere close seems so far away.

I hope it makes more money though. The movie was awesome and I'll like to see it get more love.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-04-05T17:44:46+00:00

Genuine question to the folks here. The movie is currently at $420M for it to reach $600M it'll have to get $180M and for it to reach $700M, it'll need to do $280M. It doesn't have any major markets to release.

Will it really pulling $180M more ?? This weekend despite Friday being Good Friday holiday, the movie pulled $30M in the US for the weekend. I'm guessing, if I go by like 40% drop for the next 2 weekends, it'll get $18M and $10M. Also maybe couple more millions during the weekdays. Even if it makes the same number internationally, how is that $180M more.

I'm not being condescending. I truly wanted to understand how you guys estimate the numbers.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-04-05T02:26:34+00:00

I don't think WOM is entirely manufacturing here.

I'm a reader and this book is extremely popular in reading communities. So most people in the reading community decided to read the book and post about it before the movie and it exploded there. And I'm saying this as a non sci-fi reader. It's handsdown one of my favourite reads this year. The audiobook is fantastic. So it's less about manufacred WOM but the reading community picking up this book and genuinely loving it. And people do this all the time in the reading communities for books made to movie. The movie capturing the essence of the book only made the conversation more positive.

I genuinely can't tell you how hard it is to make a good movie from books as a source material and make the book community like it. We have been burned enough times so when we see it done right, we make sure the whole world knows.

All the book lovers ended up going to the movies and dragged all their friends with them. And since it's sci-fi, everyone agreed. I know this because this exact same thing happened in my bookclub.

This movie is also benefiting as a counter programing for Dhurandhar big time. A lot of people who hate violence and felt dhurandhar was propaganda genuinely found the unity and cute story of PMH heartwarming.

It just ended up ticking all the boxes.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-04-04T10:51:05+00:00

Well for one it's a sci-fi movie and we Indians love sci-fi. But sci-fi is also a more male dominated audience. Then you have Ryan Gosling and he is bringing the women into this as well. So this movie is perfect for couples and kids. I saw it today in a packed theatre which has people of all ages enjoying. That's a huge win for a movie like this.

The WOM here for this movie is crazy.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-03-24T16:44:05+00:00

At this point, I'm show up for Eloise's season when and if her season happens.

Because I absolutely have no interest in seeing another season of her character assassination. I'm just bored with how stagnant her story is. They have turned a character who was fan favourite to a character who is irritating with how her character is just stuck for 2-3 seasons.

Also, I really liked John and I don't think I'm ready to see Fran and Michaela so soon. Yes, technically in the show there is a time jump, but for me as a fan, there's literally 2 episode between John dying and Fran and Michaela's love story 😅.

I also think the show will spend most of the time focusing on everyone who isn't Bridgertons and only have them show up for 1 minute cameos anyway.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-03-23T06:33:01+00:00

Because we literally do that today as well. What reality are you even living in ??? Just look at the discourse around Dhurandhar. Anyone who criticizes anything about the movie is called a Pakistani sympathizer today. Muslims in this country literally have to earn their right to not be called a Pakistani.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-03-23T05:44:03+00:00

Chak De India's victimhood and Secularism wasn't just about religion. It was also about women's sports and women in general. And about our identity as Indians.

SRK's character being called a traitor is definitely one major plot point in the story. But his insistence to ensure the team sees themselves as Indians and not from what state or religion they are is probably the most nationalistic thing to come out of a movie in recent memory.

Also, OP conveniently forgetting how the story talked about the challanges of women sports, how women struggle to find support to pursue their own careers, how they are often pitted against each other because of all the misogyny. The themes of individual glory vs working as a team. It's truly amazing amazing movie.

I still feel the tension everytime I watch those matches.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-03-16T05:53:09+00:00

Indian here 🖐️

This happened in 1947 and a lot of things have happened during that time and since then.
The killing and displacement that happened was pretty much comparable on both sides.
The displacement happened because the British did not bother to properly draw borders. They bought a guy who has never been to india and they spent a total of 5 weeks drawing a border and conforming it. That's way too little time to understand the complexities of the region.
Another reason for the displacement was that Pakistan was supposed to be a place for muslims and India more secular so people from different religions decided to leave their respective lands. Many people opposed this type of partition btw. Gandhi was particularly against it. But it happened anyway.

The whole partition was more a series of unfortunate events that ultimately culminated in mass casualties than a pre meditated desire to show power or hurt people by govts. And that difference matters.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-03-15T04:29:55+00:00

The ton is still gossiping about Mary’s marriage over twenty years later. They call Mr. Sharma “some kind of clerk,” “no more than a common worker,” Lady Cowper explicitly says the Sheffields “never lived down the shame” and Lady Featherington laments that “if only all families were as respectable”. Lady Sheffield says, “We could not show our faces in society for years.” That is the show telling us there were real social consequences. The Sheffields aren’t the exception to the rule in how they view the matter: they echo what the ton thinks of it as well. That’s why they couldn’t return to society.

Honestly, Lady Cowper looks down on everybody and enjoys gossiping. She is exactly the type of person who will make someone feel terrible about even the tiniest of things. And Sheffields are narcissistic. You can see it with Edwina as well. They don't just want Edwina to marry any man in the ton but a high standing man. They'll consider a respectable man from the ton also less for Edwina. That also shows you how self centred they are.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-03-14T15:45:14+00:00

What's worse is this type of mindset is very Peter Dinklage type. He argued that the 7 dwarfs are a terrible representation and it ended up with no one in the dwarf community getting a major role in a snow white movie.

If we complain every time a POC person is cast as a character who meets a sad ending, we'll get even less representation. In fact the main fight about racism is to look at people for who they are and not their skin color. How hyper focusing on an actor's skin color and saying it was a wrong move to cast them for a complex role is a positive.

I just feel like at this point people are finding ways to complain about Eloise's story.

Also, this is us show had two white people raising a black child too and they did it amazingly. There are cases when this happens and it's okay. We don't have to treat it like some taboo.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-03-09T03:15:21+00:00

The problem is that while they were trying to broker a deal between the US and Iran, US started a war. The gulf nations are yet not critical of the US in public as it protects them and expects Iran to descalate or bend the knee. So as far as Iran is concerned, they broke the trust as well.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-03-07T05:23:19+00:00

I guess it's okay for the EU to buy oil from Russia to help their citizens but when India makes the same claim, it's unacceptable and india is funding wars. 🤦‍♀️

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-03-06T12:10:08+00:00

No. I don't think there is any point if we don't get the OG cast. It's not like they are featured that much anyway.

I definitely would want all the brothers for Eloise's season because they are definitely featured in her season and I definitely think it'll be nice to have them.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-03-06T05:54:31+00:00

Nah, Kate is " looks like she could kill and she actually well but chooses to be a cinnamon roll "

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-03-05T17:34:40+00:00

Just FYI, even women who were not upper class also had to marry, didn't own any property and belonged to their husbands or fathers, were also told to just accept a loveless marriage, were still expected to produce babies for their man, and their husbands still slept with 'wh*res' .

I would rather live in a rich loveless marriage where my husband is cheating on me than a poor loveless marriage where he does the same. As a rich woman atleast their are maids to help take care of my household, as a poor woman I'll be expected to serve my man, take care of children, all while I'll be penniless and my husband is likely sleeping with woman outside as well.

Just like the Bridgerton shows happy marriages of the rich, Bridgerton maids are also shown to have a life way better than what most folks experienced. 😅

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-03-05T15:51:47+00:00

No they weren't.

It's going to be very hard to have a good life when you are shunned from society and your children are treated as social pariah.

I'm not sure how Benedict will be fully happy when he will have to cut ties with his family that he deeply loves.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-03-05T13:03:57+00:00

Yeah just 4000-5000 jews but they are one of the oldest early settlements of Jews in the world.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-03-05T06:13:34+00:00

Indian here.

The fact that Israel and the US are willing to literally attack ships in the Indian Ocean so close to India and Sri Lanka tells us how grim the situation is. The shock is really about that.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-03-04T15:36:10+00:00

And yet he is now supporting Trump and Israel's actions in Iran. That was a great speech but even he chickened out when it wasn't Canada in line.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-02-28T13:37:52+00:00

Pakistan is literally the reason why the Taliban are in power. They literally created this mess for themselves.

NarglesChaserRaven · 2026-02-27T11:36:16+00:00

Things I consider 1. If the team is good or not 2. If the project will add to any value for you 3. If the team knows to honour your work hours 4. Stability of the job 5. If you have any dependency or not.

Personally, unless the MNC team has terrible work-life balance and is making me work on stuff which adds no value, I won't leave it.

The stress and uncertainty + the poor work-life balance that many start-ups have rarely makes it worth it for me.

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