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People like Congo?
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schild
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People like Congo?
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Sir T
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Wouldn't the Death Star have to be in a Geostationary orbit for the Shield to be projected from the ground... unless the Death Star was running its engines to stay in position...
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TheWalrus
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Bluray sales for this are super shitty. Guess it wasn't as popular as I thought.
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schild
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Bluray sales for this are super shitty. Guess it wasn't as popular as I thought.
it was terrible popularity in theaters != sales on blu-ray |
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TheWalrus
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It's fine, just give it a decade for today's kids to get nostalgic about it the same way people are nostalgic for the prequels now.
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Goumindong
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Wouldn't the Death Star have to be in a Geostationary orbit for the Shield to be projected from the ground... unless the Death Star was running its engines to stay in position...
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Wouldn't the Death Star have to be in a Geostationary orbit for the Shield to be projected from the ground... unless the Death Star was running its engines to stay in position...
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Yes. I don't understand why anyone would think that wasn't the case. |
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Ginaz
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It's fine, just give it a decade for today's kids to get nostalgic about it the same way people are nostalgic for the prequels now.
Really? There are people actually liked the prequels?  |
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In an awfully bad nostalgic sort of way, similar to how I really enjoy films like Ice Pirates or Krull.
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Goumindong
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Wouldn't the Death Star have to be in a Geostationary orbit for the Shield to be projected from the ground... unless the Death Star was running its engines to stay in position...
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Yes. I don't understand why anyone would think that wasn't the case. Well, to be fair, Star Wars has a loose relationship with physical relationships let alone physics. Ships are routinely shown at different distances depending on who has perspective (when star destroyers are seen above a planet from the planet they’re shown to be at like... a few Kilometers height if that. And then when they turn around and show hem from space they’re hundreds of thousands of KM away from the planet. The physics of how it works basically boils down to “what looks good for this shot” and so making assumptions based on what you see doesn’t necessarily follow. |
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jgsugden
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In an awfully bad nostalgic sort of way, similar to how I really enjoy films like Ice Pirates or Krull.
Fuck you for putting a classic like Ice Pirates in the same sentence as the prequels. Get Space Herpies. |
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In an awfully bad nostalgic sort of way, similar to how I really enjoy films like Ice Pirates or Krull.
The Rifftrax guys just did a pretty funny live riff of Krull. |
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schild
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In an awfully bad nostalgic sort of way, similar to how I really enjoy films like Ice Pirates or Krull.
ah yes every star wars installment, ice pirates, and krull this is a list i can get behind well done |
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Threash
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Krull was fucking awesome.
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Abagadro
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If you like lots of walking and riding horses.
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And baby faced Liam Neeson!
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BobtheSomething
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Bluray sales for this are super shitty. Guess it wasn't as popular as I thought.
Where can one read about the blu ray sales, digital sales, and so on? |
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Ard
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Ice Pirates was pretty much the start of Ron Perlman's career. That alone made that movie worth existing.
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schild
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Ice Pirates was pretty much the start of Ron Perlman's career. That alone made that movie worth existing.
Huh, I had thought Beauty and the Beast was first. You're right! |
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Sir T
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If you look back at the threads for the Prequels you will see unending war between the "Well these films are good really! THEY ARE THEY ARE THEY ARE!!!" and the people saying they were total shit. It eventually turned into "The Revenge of the Shit will PROVE that Lucas was a genious all along!" posts.
And its not just here, the same was in pretty luch every forum on the internet. People just could not let the OT go, and they probably felt that admitting that Lucas was a fat overhyped hack would mean they were wrong about something vital to their entire lives. The posts now saying the prequels are dogshit are on the same level as the people who wont admit voting for an Umpa Lumpa in 10 years time.
Still, its a better love story than Twilight.
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TheWalrus
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Teleku
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Yeah, all the numbers are showing its done pretty terrible for a Star Wars film on Blu-ray release. Worst than I first thought as well, and I figured marketing/brand momentum would carry it.
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TheWalrus
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You, uh, clicked the link right?
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TheWalrus
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TFA also got a pretty nice boost from being the first Star Wars film in awhile. So, sure. I guess we can all agree that it was better than Black Panther if we're going to play that game though.
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As long as you agree it was half the movie the cinematic master piece The Force Awakens was.  |
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Wait, a movie that's been out for five months hasn't sold as many copies as a film that's been out for two and a half years? Crazy!
Hey, let's compare how TLJ has done in two years to how TFA has done right now. 5,927,719 for reference.
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Trippy
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It's a valid comparison cause the vast majority of disc sales (like ~75%) during the first year of its release will occur during the first 3 weeks. E.g. TFA sold ~4 million Blu-ray copies during its first 3 weeks and TLJ sold < 2 million. I.e. TLJ will never come close to the TFA.
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Ceryse
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All of which is chump change compared to where most of the worry regarding Star Wars should be; toy sales. We probably won't see a lot of detailed information for awhile yet, but all indications is the toy market for Star Wars has nose-dived substantially. It saw a hefty boost post-TFA (which makes sense, regardless of the movie's quality), but has been declining ever since. Sales from toys based on the side-stories have also been relatively poor, but the continuing decline in sales even in the trilogy-based characters is the most interesting. The reasons for the decline are fairly obvious -- and not all of them are even related to the back-lash towards the franchise. A lot of major brands have suffered a decline in sales (and not just in growth, but actual negatives).
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TheWalrus
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Not Star Wars related specifically, but I've been wondering about toy sales for a lot of these things period. The masks and costumes sell well, because dress up will always be popular. Legos do ok, because Legos. But I don't see kids playing with the dolls action figures like when I was a kid. If you can put out a game app at the same time, that seems to do pretty well. I'm sure collectors snap the shit up, but as far as kids actually playing with all that, I dunno.
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schild
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When we're talking about star wars, the fans are completely irrational.
The action figure thing probably holds true for most other franchises though.
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