Fortis93

4 hours ago, R1s1ngs0n said:

But why are some of you calling it a steelbook?

If KS reads this, he might really get pissed and delay it even further.

Take your time with the steelbooks.

To quote the best Bond movie:

Do it doucement. Do it very slowly.

😄

52 minutes ago, Veum said:

 

@Fortis93 Elias how is the movie? 🧐 

While I thought Caleb Landry Jones' performance was good, the movie itself was okay. I didn't love it.

The movie was met with backlash as it's about the real-life shooter responsible for one of the worst massacres/shootings in Australian history - the 1996 Port Arthur Massacre. The local residents of the area where these events took place protested against the filmmakers shooting there, so they had to film it elsewhere.

While I'm not against movies showing how these criminals are driven to such acts, and the issues of mental-health, gun-control, etc. I think there's a fine line between trying to be objective and filmmakers going out of their way to humanise them and paint them purely as victims without any agency, especially at the expense of the real victims affected by this tragedy.

For example, this real killer, Martin Bryant, was known to have violent, psychopathic tendencies growing up such as harming animals, etc. But the movie shies away from this. It picks and chooses what to show and takes creative licences to try and make him out to be more of a victim than I think he was.

2 minutes ago, Veum said:

 

 

 

Pfft.

What a wimp.

No way Connery would ever allow himself to get emasculated like that.

Now Bond has to be all sensitive and sh*t.

Bring back the tough, manly Bond. 

36 minutes ago, Squeegie McGee said:

So would it be 10 years per Brosnan gif?

Post any GoldenEye gifs and @R1s1ngs0n will shut the whole f**king place down and not look back.

3 hours ago, Cornbuster said:

What a magnificent performance Jones presents here - simply phenomenal!

Ich war beeindruckt von seiner Leistung in "Nitram". 

Er spielte einen echten Schützen und schaffte es, einen ländlichen australischen Akzent genau nachzuahmen. 

Für einen Amerikaner ist es sehr schwer, einen solchen Akzent hinzubekommen, aber er hat es brillant gemacht. Ich war überzeugt, dass er ein Australier war.

6 minutes ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

 

@Fortis93 sorry I missed this bud.  Was going through notifications and just saw it.

 

My connections are on the creative/production side and not on the studio side but I certainly can give you my thoughts.

 

There's something odd going on here, imo.  First off, it's actually $140 mil world wide, and that is probably a realistic P&A number for this type of film these days, and not as excessive as some would say.  I'm sure there are loads of quick turnaround backend bonus's for talent: that self-funded $120 mil production budget is prob closer to $150 when all the points are paid, so that makes the $140 he's asking for even less shocking.

 

I'm starting to think that this whole thing is part of the marketing of the film.  Poor Francis, can't find a home for his last movie, it's so convoluted, but brilliant, daring, but can't be positioned in the market, it's "batshit".  This is marketing gold, and look how much HR, Variety, social, etc, are talking about this film.  I wouldn't be surprised if he has a handshake deal already, and this is typical Hollywood shenanigans to create buzz at Cannes, and that was the "plan" all along.   Too conspiratorial?  

 

Certainly Neon would be willing to do it, but they and A24 probably don't have the money to push this film out, and it isn't on brand for A24, really.  Searchlight or Focus would be a good guess, but Focus is signaling they're out, I've read.  Apple?  I just can't imagine Coppola would settle for streaming only, he is part of the fabric of cinema, and he wants this thing in the theaters, and while he's not looking for an IMAX deal, he evidently had some IMAX tech consulting on production so it could be shown in IMAX.  Even if he has to pay the P&A himself, and put the studio in first position to recoup distribution, I think he'd do that before streaming only (but I really don't know).  Would he sell it?  Yikes, it's hard to believe he'd give up any control, and this is most likely what he'd have to do for a buy out.  

 

Or the movie could just suck and no one wants it.  But, it sure is getting a lot of "free" buzz, aye?

 

 

 

I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the whole thing was part of their marketing ploy, especially if it'll save them a couple of bucks.

Reminds me a bit of the buzz and articles surrounding the release of Joker.

People were worried the movie would be controversial and encourage/incite school shooters. If that was part of their marketing, it definitely worked. 😅

It still surprises me how much that movie made against its budget.

1 minute ago, Catgirl said:

Do something with old people, mothers-in-law fell in the garage. I wanted to water flowers and clean windows, of course you also have to clean windows in this bad weather. Now she was lying there in the wet and no one heard her calling..... The emergency doctor flew in by helicopter and the ambulance took her away, suspected of a dislocated shoulder.  

I'm really sorry to hear that Lindy.

I hope she's okay.

4 hours ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

While my comment was in jest, it is absolutely true that the vinyl/audiophile world is toxic.  Not joking, MP, and even the steel discord, reddit, etc, are so much more fun to be a part of than the online vinyl/audiophile world.  Just brutal elitism and one-upping all the time.  The sharing and community that goes on here is virtually non-existent in that world.

This is one of many reasons why I took a liking to MP when it came to the world of movies (or "film" for the snobs 😁) and physical media.

Check this out:

https://shop.warnerbros.co.uk/products/north-by-northwest-ultimate-collector-s-edition-with-steelbook-4k-ultra-hd-1959

@Casiusco

Have a good one, mate. 👍

18 minutes ago, Cornbuster said:

@extantsrevenge

 

 

 

 

Du bist fast da, mein Freund.

Ich bin sicher, Nils hat ein schönes Beauty-Shots-Paket für dich vorbereitet.

12 hours ago, Cornbuster said:

 

No problem, Mike.

@extantsrevenge will deliver precisely in 400 (rank-)points...

 

 

 

Hey, @BreakBeatDJ

I have an industry related question for you.

I've been reading about Coppola struggling to get the $100 million marketing budget he wants for "Megalopolis".

Do you think a streaming service such as Apple will step in to foot the bill, or do you think he'll have to reach some compromise with a smaller distributor like Neon or A24?

1 hour ago, MikeH5856 said:

Seriously. It seems like they only have WB now. Otherwise, I just don’t understand why it seems like they’re doing everything in their power to not announce Oppenheimer after teasing it last year. And what happened with their discless CP line? Feels like an age since they announced anything for that, too. I wonder what’s going on over there.

I'm thinking there's some licensing issue.

I don't think it's an issue of Oppenheimer not being a popular enough title (both in China and the rest of the world) considering how much the film grossed and how well the steelbook itself sold.

35 minutes ago, Cornbuster said:

Nils, I would also like to know what you plan to do if there is no news.

Und seine Fortsetzung.

12 minutes ago, Cornbuster said:

Nils, I would also like to know what you plan to do if there is no news.

Nils dreht gerade seinen neuesten Film.

8 hours ago, LeadFarmer said:

This is good to see. I visit two massive flea markets at least 3 times a month and the people with tables selling physical media are always being swarmed. It doesn't matter if it's blu ray dvd or vhs the stuff sells like crazy used and new. One seller has a massive sign hanging in his area that says unlike cable or a streaming bill physical media doesn't cost you a dime more once you buy it. he has another sign that says once you buy physical media you own it and it can't be erased by contractual updates.

I was at a garage sale a couple of weeks ago and managed to snag a VHS set of the Indiana Jones trilogy that included a collectible map for $6.

It's not something that I really needed, but I thought it would be cool to have.

I grew up watching these movies on VHS anyway.

They would be playing on TV and my dad would tape them, so that's how we would watch them.

45 minutes ago, bilbon said:

 

 

Bon appetit.

@Gladiator_MV und @bilbon

14 minutes ago, R1s1ngs0n said:

In all seriousness, though.

I know WP is still busy working on their first release with Dr. No.

But, if WP wanted to branch off into a classic film series, I think you guys would do a good job with something like Nikita.

@R1s1ngs0n This sounds like a job for yourself, Jeff Marshall and World Premium. 😁

This probably isn't news to collectors like us, but it's nice to see this out there, especially for those who think physical media is dead.

@JojoFrance76

Bonjour, tout le monde.

@forenhase