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re: Lightyear flops earning only $51 million opening weekend
Posted on 6/19/22 at 3:41 pm to CP3forMVP
Posted on 6/19/22 at 3:41 pm to CP3forMVP
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At the end of the day, who gives a frick. Like I said, 1 second in a movie with 8700 more seconds. If you let that one second keep you from enjoying the rest of the movie, again…that’s on you. I would expect a 15 year old girl to hold onto shite that long, but not grown men.
“It’s just…” yeah, how many times have I heard that over the past two years?
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Posted on 6/19/22 at 3:54 pm to OMLandshark
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If you let that one second keep you from enjoying the rest of the movie
Looks like I’m not the only one. I have 3 young’uns who won’t be spending my money to see this. Kids movies are not and should not be the pace for social messaging, especially if it goes against years of normal cultural values. Whether JUST a little scene or the whole damn plot, enough is enough. I’m glad you can and did enjoy it, and I mean that sincerely. Those of us who choose not to are not acting childish for keeping things away from our kids tha5 we don’t want them indoctrinated to. You calling it that is a poor reflection on you.
Posted on 6/19/22 at 3:59 pm to OMLandshark
I think the cultural Marxists have underestimated that the normal people's tolerance for even the slightest bit of compromise has been expended. After 978 consecutive, "It's not that big of a deal" concessions, we're tired of it.
Posted on 6/19/22 at 4:23 pm to CP3forMVP
quote:apparently a lot of people, including myself.
At the end of the day, who gives a frick.
quote:won't enjoy it because I'll never see it. My kids won't either.
If you let that one second keep you from enjoying the rest of the movie, again…that’s on you
They got an inch. They took a mile.
Posted on 6/19/22 at 4:39 pm to OMLandshark
No more groomer movies.
Posted on 6/19/22 at 5:59 pm to FnTigers
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apparently a lot of people, including myself.
Let’s not sit here and pretend the kiss is the reason this movie is bombing. I think that it’s part of it, but there are several reasons, quite a few bigger than the kiss, and the others, some are Disney’s fault, some necessarily not.
The biggest is probably most people just didn’t want a Lightyear movie. Look no further than the trailers for the last two Pixar movies on the official Pixar YouTube channel. Turning Red has 45M views on its trailer, Lightyear has 19M. The interest in this movie was pretty small from the get go.
Posted on 6/19/22 at 6:05 pm to CP3forMVP
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The biggest is probably most people just didn’t want a Lightyear movie. Look no further than the trailers for the last two Pixar movies on the official Pixar YouTube channel. Turning Red has 45M views on its trailer, Lightyear has 19M. The interest in this movie was pretty small from the get go.
I would have been excited for a lightyear movie and my son every time he sees an advertisement on ESPN etc. wants to go see it.
Due to Disney's attempts at grooming I and my son will not go see it. Small bit o money that they will miss but every bit counts when trying to contribute to an embarrassing flop of an opening weekend.
They might not care about my $20 but Pixar will care about the embarrassment of one of their signature characters getting smoked by minions.
ETA I might take him to minions just for that fact alone
This post was edited on 6/19/22 at 6:06 pm
Posted on 6/19/22 at 6:16 pm to Crimson K
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Kids movies are not and should not be the pace for social messaging, especially if it goes against years of normal cultural values. Whether JUST a little scene or the whole damn plot, enough is enough.
Kids movies have been a primary vehicle for social messaging since the beginning of kid's movies. I have no problem with anyone not giving their money to what looks like a shitty cash grab from an apparently creatively bankrupt studio, but saying things like this is really stupid.
Posted on 6/19/22 at 6:20 pm to OMLandshark
Posted on 6/19/22 at 6:23 pm to Jay Are
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Kids movies have been a primary vehicle for social messaging since the beginning of kid's movies. I have no problem with anyone not giving their money to what looks like a shitty cash grab from an apparently creatively bankrupt studio, but saying things like this is really stupi
I'm snot sure how old you are, but you come across as a know-it-all teenager type/. Kid's movies have not ALWAYS been about acting as a primary vehicle for social engineering. Saying that is just stupid. (See that how that comes across as dickish?)
Posted on 6/19/22 at 6:29 pm to CP3forMVP
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1 second in a movie with 8700 more seconds
This is why everyone knows your take is full of shite
There was a whole backstory that went along with the kiss. Did you not see that on screen either? Oh, wait, I guess thats just irrelevant, a part of everyday life, right? Well this is a damn cartoon, not real life. A cartoon set in the 1990s, which would have never had the 2 black lesbians backstory in it, amirite?
And if it really is so minimal or irrelevant, then why did they waste tens of thousands of dollars drawing this irrelevant storyline into the Lightyear movie? Must not be that irrelevant to them, huh?
Posted on 6/19/22 at 7:20 pm to CP3forMVP
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Let’s not sit here and pretend the kiss is the reason this movie is bombing. I think that it’s part of it, but there are several reasons, quite a few bigger than the kiss, and the others, some are Disney’s fault, some necessarily not.
Its 100% disneys fault for making a shite movie and then attacking the audience, numbnuts.
Im sure they knew it wouldn't do well too. Besides getting banned, you usually go after an audience AFTER poor reception, not before.
This post was edited on 6/19/22 at 7:24 pm
Posted on 6/19/22 at 7:22 pm to OMLandshark
Not only did it massively under perform this week, wait till you see the drop next week. Going to be massive, way above normal week 1 to 2 drops.
Believe it or not a lot of parents probably went to this thing having no idea about the gay grooming stuff they shoved in. Lotta pissed off parents, lotta bad worth of mouth.
Believe it or not a lot of parents probably went to this thing having no idea about the gay grooming stuff they shoved in. Lotta pissed off parents, lotta bad worth of mouth.
Posted on 6/19/22 at 7:52 pm to LieutenantBookman
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Believe it or not a lot of parents probably went to this thing having no idea about the gay grooming stuff they shoved in. Lotta pissed off parents, lotta bad worth of mouth.
100%. The people who spent the $51 million to see it this weekend were split with half being woke activists and the other half parents who didn't really know what it was about.
The drop next weekend will probably be above 60%.
Posted on 6/19/22 at 8:53 pm to Linoge
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100%. The people who spent the $51 million to see it this weekend were split with half being woke activists and the other half parents who didn't really know what it was about.
The drop next weekend will probably be above 60%.
If the Lightyear movie was good and wasn’t Woke, it should have been able to compete with Frozen. Lightyear should have been to boys as Frozen was with girls. Every boy worldwide should have wanted to see this film, but they fricked it up. Plus unlike Frozen, you have adults with kids who grew up with Buzz and have nothing but fond memories about it. This is the biggest frick up at least since Solo, which really that was more in reaction to the Last Jedi above anything in that film.
This post was edited on 6/19/22 at 8:54 pm
Posted on 6/19/22 at 9:04 pm to OMLandshark
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If the Lightyear movie was good and wasn’t Woke, it should have been able to compete with Frozen.
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The Toy Story films can’t compete with Frozen, but a Buzz Lightyear movie should?
These false realities that you construct are hilarious.
Posted on 6/19/22 at 9:06 pm to Fewer Kilometers
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Fewer Kilometers
From an outsiders perspective, you’re exactly like the people you mock constantly.
You fly to these threads like a fly does to a pile of shite (and you eat it up). You throw in your quick witted jabs (well, your attempt at them at least) to further derail a thread.
How about you be the change that you proclaim to want
This post was edited on 6/19/22 at 9:08 pm
Posted on 6/19/22 at 9:22 pm to OMLandshark
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it should have been able to compete with Frozen.
Why? Spinoffs usually don't do nearly what the originals do, unless they're Minions. This spin off took one character, a toy, and took him away from the familiar setting of the series, and made him a regular person. It looks like a generic animated movie? The concept of an origin story for a toy is going to go above most kids' heads. Adults didn't grow up with a human version of Buzz, and having Tim Allen there wouldn't have made that more palatable.
That said, quality and profit don't have a direct relationship. People didn't go see this movie because marketing made it unclear who this was for, and didn't make it clear how this Buzz is connected to the toy. People didn't rush out to see something that looked vaguely familiar but generic.
If this holds 50% or more of its audience in weekend 2, we'll have a better idea of whether or not people like it. And animated movies tend to hold on in theaters for a while. I don't think it will hold that audience, though.
I don't mean to play the results here. I thought Disney's own tracking of around $70 million for the weekend made sense. $51 million and second place is pretty surprising. But I absolutely do not understand your premise that this should have been as massive a hit as any other Toy Story or Disney property like Frozen.
Posted on 6/19/22 at 9:32 pm to Jay Are
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People didn't go see this movie because marketing made it unclear who this was for,
It’s a computer animated film entitled Lightyear. One of the most famous animated characters of all time.
It’s pretty damn clear that it’s intended for families. Particularly ones that have small boys. Until they start shoving their agenda in there.
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But I absolutely do not understand your premise that this should have been as massive a hit as any other Toy Story or Disney property like Frozen.
It’s Pixar’s first theatrical release since before the pandemic. The studio that could previously do no wrong has been relegated to second tier streaming which have frankly been mediocre to sucked.
This was them getting back in the game with an offshoot of their biggest IP and frankly one of the most well known characters to parents of child bearing age and their kids.
Couple that with Father’s Day weekend on what should have been the ideal father son movie?
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Spinoffs usually don't do nearly what the originals do
The irony here is it lost to a spin-off trilogy about dinosaurs where the original spinoff is one of the highest grossing films
This post was edited on 6/19/22 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 6/19/22 at 9:32 pm to VermilionTiger
What would he and Jay Are do, if they weren't defending woke Hollywood shite?
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