TulipO Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 (edited) The wordier posts tend to get skipped I find. Edited August 8, 2012 by TulipO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 From my experience an exchange between you an another person goes as such: You: Outrageous Statement Person: Question About Statement You: Answer that only kind of explains statement Person: Additional questions You: Bristling statement (I would assume because you're starting to get frustrated) What follows is never pretty. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panch Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 HEY EVERYONE!! LOOK AT THIS CLOWN!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TulipO Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Wow--that wasn't even me who neg'd you. Whatever. I still maintain that you are either not reading my actual responses, or you are not comprehending them and you're blaming me for your inability to do so. Additionally, you pre-judge me based on a number of assumptions you make about the left in general. Then with your opinion already formed and half-cocked you launch in to a snide response--that are barely coherent and lack any understanding about the issue at hand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share Posted August 8, 2012 HEY GUYS REMEMBER BATMAN!!?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panch Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I'm with Clown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Reverend Jax Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 HEY GUYS REMEMBER BATMAN!!?? Who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Wow--that wasn't even me who neg'd you. Whatever. I still maintain that you are either not reading my actual responses, or you are not comprehending them and you're blaming me for your inability to do so. Additionally, you pre-judge me based on a number of assumptions you make about the left in general. Then with your opinion already formed and half-cocked you launch in to a snide response--that are barely coherent and lack any understanding about the issue at hand. I would agree if it was just me who ever had this problem. You do all those things as well. Like for example, you are currently mad, I was not when I wrote that. Nor am I now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JunkerSeed Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 (edited) The problem here is that people who think that the corporate elite are the problem are painted as mindless idiots who follow someone like Bane withouth question, and the rich along with the police are the only ones who can save us all. When I say "I stand with Bane" its a joke about the way I feel about the perspective of the film. This is what bugs me about this one. The movie can't just pretend that it has interesting ideas in it, it has to actually have them. I'm all for being an active audience member and engaging with a film/story, but you guys are doing some heavy lifting that Nolan and co. sure as fuck didn't help very much with. Believe me, when Bane was like "Occupy Wall Street, revolution rah rah raaarrrr" my ears perked up, and then the movie went "stupid,, stupid, boom bam! Good guy, bad guy!" and I was like "oh, ok. nevermind". I wish the film were half as interesting as what you folks are discussing. Edited August 9, 2012 by JunkerSeed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TulipO Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Lol! I feel ya man. I know that the circles I run in have been analyzing this shit to death. Honestly, I know that the entire concept of Batman doesn't fall into my particular worldview, but it entertains me anyway. That being said: The tone of the film was definitely to the right of center--but at the end of the day its just a movie. The scene where the "hero-cop army" rushes in to fight Bane was a little much for me, but again, I didn't expect much different from a Frank Miller story. That scene just kind of reminded me a little of Triumph of the Will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 batman is a 1% fantasy, i'd not read into it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 batman is a 1% fantasy, i'd not read into it When I first read that, I thought you meant it was 1% fantasy, 99% reality. Like, "don't read into it, it's only mostly truth." then I got what you actually meant. It's a fantasy OF the 1%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 ...kind of more accurately, it's a 99%'er fantasy of the 1%. if batman was real, he'd be bought & paid for by the MPAA and beating up people violating intellectual copyright while wearing a texaco symbol on his cape & a byline of whatever party paid top dollar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lycaon Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 You think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iambaytor Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 That was the first thing that came to my mind too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted August 16, 2012 Author Share Posted August 16, 2012 Some badass Batman posters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Batman '89 sold more tickets than TDKR Batman '89 Sold More Tickets Than The Dark Knight RisesNew study indicates a 12 million ticket gap between the two films. by Max Nicholson AUGUST 22, 2012 It's no secret that ticket price inflation has drastically skewed the way we perceive box office success, especially with the 21st century's boom of 3D and IMAX releases. All the same, a recent study showed that Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises has actually sold fewer tickets than Tim Burton's Batman from 1989. According to Movies.com (with the help of one Brian Collins), TDKR has thus far sold an estimated 50,635,700 tickets with an average price of $8.02 per ticket. Batman '89, meanwhile, sold 62,954,600 tickets with an average price of $3.97. Keep in mind that these numbers are not an exact science, but -- from this data -- it's clear to see that there's about a 12 million ticket gap. If Collins' research is correct, The Dark Knight Rises is on track to sell 10 million fewer tickets than its original predecessor. Having said that, Burton's Batman still doesn't hold a candle to Marvel's The Avengers, which sold an estimated 76 million tickets. The Dark Knight, on other hand, came close at 74 million sales. In any case, this definitely puts an interesting spin on our preconceived notions of box office numbers. Nolan couldn't deliver that Burton magic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Jax Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 But those numbers don't factor in the foreign box office, which has grown to become a much bigger percentage of total ticket sales than it was in prior years, especially for blockbusters. Home media is also a bigger piece of the pie than it used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alive she cried Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 (edited) But those numbers don't factor in the foreign box office, which has grown to become a much bigger percentage of total ticket sales than it was in prior years, especially for blockbusters. Home media is also a bigger piece of the pie than it used to be. Exactly. Hey Nick, nice try though... <embed width="600" height="361" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullscreen="true" allowNetworking="all" wmode="transparent" src="http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf" flashvars="file=http%3A%2F%2Fvid192.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fz91%2Fblazebyrne%2Fada70c31.mp4"> Edited August 28, 2012 by alive she cried Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The NZA Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 yeah, movies make more now with newer/bigger markets and also more people are alive now blah blah blah still made more where it mattered, cause its prolly a better flick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newtype Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 I found this movie be even more boring then the last one. I want my 3 hours back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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