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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
Here's all the stuff I said in response to this...

Here's all the stuff I said in response to this last time, none of which was acknowledged or addressed. I've bolded the parts that act as summaries, just in case that actually helps me get a...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
Also, you asked me to restate my question/point...

Also, you asked me to restate my question/point (which has happened three or four times now), and then didn't respond to it.

You also didn't explain your response on inflation, which as far as I...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
No, I don't think that. You can tell from quotes...

No, I don't think that. You can tell from quotes like these, which are specifically granting that premise in order to explain why it doesn't necessarily matter:



The only thing within a mile of...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
To who? Not to the millions of people who enjoy...

To who? Not to the millions of people who enjoy them. It's rather silly to say something is inconsequential because mere millions will enjoy it, as opposed to tens or hundreds of millions.

On top...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
Here's what I actually said:

Here's what I actually said:
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
I promise you there are zero. Er, no,...

I promise you there are zero.


Er, no, it's a literal fact. Are you familiar with inflation? Google it if not. It is not a potential factor, it's unavoidable. Everything cost more in 2001 than it...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
I'm glad we agree. I'm not sure how to reconcile...

I'm glad we agree. I'm not sure how to reconcile this with the other posts, though, where you seem to suggest all the flops were obviously going to be flops.


I think you'll find nobody has...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
That's a great question. One you don't have the...

That's a great question. One you don't have the answer to.

I can provide part of the answer, though: inflation alone means that the exact same film shot in 2001 instead of 1980 would cost about...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
How do you know this? What intimate knowledge of...

How do you know this? What intimate knowledge of the production process do you have to come to this conclusion?

It'd cost a lot less now, but that was 16 years ago and the technology was new.
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
Re: Great big budget movies never flop in theaters

The idea that the people actually risking hundreds of millions of dollars are missing some obvious thing that you, a random dude on the Internet has totally figured out, is kinda absurd on its face,...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
Re: Great big budget movies never flop in theaters

BTW, someone bumped a similar thread about Jake Gyllenhaal recently, and I came across some old posts there that are essentially identical to the ideas here, where aronisred decides they just don't...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
No, and literally nothing I said implies this,...

No, and literally nothing I said implies this, either. You sound like you're actively avoiding the questions, at this point.

The phrasing here is weird, too. "We should just accept..."? As if the...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
Re: Great big budget movies never flop in theaters

I really don't think you're listening to these questions. I'm not asking for counter-examples, because those are backwards-looking, too. That's the problem, as I described a couple of times earlier...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
It's the logic itself which is being questioned,...

It's the logic itself which is being questioned, so I'm not sure this works as a response (even though it would otherwise be a mature/admirable one).

As I've noted a couple of times, the logic of...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
Re: Great big budget movies never flop in theaters

Ah, I didn't realize he shifted to talking about the first.

Not sure why minor errors are always treated as occasions to attempt a full-on dunk, but my mistake.
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
He means the new one, Blade Runner 2049.

He means the new one, Blade Runner 2049.
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
My take is that it's just a normal subjective...

My take is that it's just a normal subjective opinion being dressed up as some kind of objective principle. That seems to be the case with most of these threads, most of which are strangely...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
Er, no? I'm asking you the questions I asked you....

Er, no? I'm asking you the questions I asked you. I have no idea how you've mutated it into this.
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
This is really just repeating the initial claim....

This is really just repeating the initial claim. I don't think it addresses any of the questions I asked:
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
Re: Great big budget movies never flop in theaters

Okay, but how is this statement supported? As I noted, it's backwards-looking. It seems like an example of the No True Scotsman fallacy, where you advance a definition of a thing, but any contrary...
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Great big budget movies never flop in theaters
Posted By Yoda
Re: Great big budget movies never flop in theaters

I’m not sure what the actual substance of this statement is, since it seems to be entirely backwards looking. If it made money it was great, but if it didn’t it must not have been? Also, what...