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2016-07-17 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by Pappy 2016-07-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 "liberals" always must interject themselves into everything in the world making it un-authentic and idiotic.

The childish utopians used to be harmless hippies but now run everything thinking they may change human nature on top of their stupid plans to gain power by creating all kinds of bingbat problems that existed before... in every powerful Nation that fell into the dustbin of history.

I'll watch 13 hours instead.

Posted by newc 2016-07-17 00:25|| 2016-07-17 00:25|| Front Page Top

#2 I hope they lose $50 million or more on this movie.

Posted by Raj 2016-07-17 01:17|| 2016-07-17 01:17|| Front Page Top

#3 You should see that feminism is doing to schools.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-07-17 04:19|| 2016-07-17 04:19|| Front Page Top

#4 ...There's a magnificent book - at turns informative and gossipy but always so fascinating you can't put it down - called Final Cut, about the disaster surrounding the movie Heaven's Gate. I suspect that there's going to be one just like it written about this version of Ghostbusters,and I can't wait to see how a bunch of The Smartest People In The Room managed to frack up a sure-fire hit. Had they gone with a handing-of-the-torch script - and there were a dozen different variants of that which didn't require Bill Murray's cooperation - we'd be having a completely different discussion.

But, what do I know? I'm only the guy who has to come up with the money to watch this crap. And I'm not going to, though I will probably buy a 1/25th model of the new ECTO-1, if anybody makes it. Sony forgot the first and most important rule of moviemaking - "Give the people what they want."

And this ain't it.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2016-07-17 07:53|| 2016-07-17 07:53|| Front Page Top

#5 "Give the people what they want."

Ah, but they did. The people they swim with in their urban bubbles spouting SJW nonsense wanted this. While very loud in proximity to them, its a demographic that is small and unsupportable in the larger community, just check the consequence Mizzou is paying for the same financial mistake, ie forgetting who pays the tab.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-07-17 08:44|| 2016-07-17 08:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Friday box office for this movie was about $17M. So the first weekend will probably hit $40-50M.

The budget for Ghostbusters 2016 was about %150M.

Posted by lord garth 2016-07-17 09:50|| 2016-07-17 09:50|| Front Page Top

#7 Ahhh, right on schedule, then!

Posted by Raj 2016-07-17 10:01|| 2016-07-17 10:01|| Front Page Top

#8 And their overseas market just suffered significant shrinkage.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-07-17 10:47|| 2016-07-17 10:47|| Front Page Top

#9 I just LOVE being told that I must go to this POS show and CELEBRATE(!) SJW or I'm a misogynist white-privileged asshole. Totally motivates me

Posted by Frank G 2016-07-17 11:11|| 2016-07-17 11:11|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm a misogynist white-privileged asshole. Totally motivates me Posted by Frank

We have much in common. Let me know when you plan to arrive. Perhaps we can sit together.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-07-17 11:27|| 2016-07-17 11:27|| Front Page Top

#11 Ever notice how these social justice wet dreams of movies keep bombing.

You think they would learn.

Posted by DarthVader 2016-07-17 12:01|| 2016-07-17 12:01|| Front Page Top

#12 But what if I like being a misogynist white-privileged asshole? I genuinely don't give a crap about the opinion of most of those on the left, they have managed to end my sense of tolerance for "useful idiots".

Posted by NoMoreBS 2016-07-17 13:23|| 2016-07-17 13:23|| Front Page Top

#13 Almost a religious fervor NoMo.

Posted by Skidmark 2016-07-17 13:33|| 2016-07-17 13:33|| Front Page Top

#14 I genuinely don't give a crap about the opinion of most of those on the left

“Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the enemy, but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal. If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain in every battle to be in peril.”-Sun Tzu, The Art of War.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-07-17 13:39|| 2016-07-17 13:39|| Front Page Top

#15 When I want to be ~~educated~~ (sorry) edjumucated I read a book on history. For entertainment I want less message and more popcorn. Yumm, popcorn!

Posted by magpie 2016-07-17 13:42|| 2016-07-17 13:42|| Front Page Top

#16 Samuel Goldwyn was right:

"If you want to send a [feminist/SJW] message, use Western Union."

(Perhaps apocryphal, but apt.)

Posted by Barbara 2016-07-17 14:05|| 2016-07-17 14:05|| Front Page Top

#17 Ever notice how these social justice wet dreams of movies keep bombing.

You think they would learn.

I think they're called 'loss leaders'!

Posted by Raj 2016-07-17 14:58|| 2016-07-17 14:58|| Front Page Top

#18 grom, note I said most, there are those worthy of attention, but in general they are drowned out by the drivel and platitudes and PC mantra.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2016-07-17 15:38|| 2016-07-17 15:38|| Front Page Top

#19 A video review

Posted by newc 2016-07-17 16:44|| 2016-07-17 16:44|| Front Page Top

#20 Sorry NoMore, I'm kinda down today.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-07-17 17:50|| 2016-07-17 17:50|| Front Page Top

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