Pelzter 0 Posted August 28, 2002 Share Posted August 28, 2002 ...Quess what? AOTC hit the $300m mark, and has now made approx. $300.001m in the US alone.--Pelzter, who knows this is getting tedious.PS: LOTR was actually only two days faster to the same amount in 2001. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beowulf 4 Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 Hey!I'm rooting for AOTC along with ya Pelzter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 Who cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCFKevin 0 Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 Well, no one SHOULD, it's not like we get any kickbacks, but generally, when people like something, they want it to succeed as much as possible, so, therefore, I care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 But that's my point, it's not that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCFKevin 0 Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 You have no point, you have an opinion. Just 'cuz you didn't like something doesn't mean no one else does. Personally, I loved it, so that's why I wanted it to do well. I don't think Spiderman deserved that much $$$, it just wasn't THAT good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 Well,it just prooves SW is not "fading away".AOTC still managed to drive me into the theater 4 times despite bad dialogue,acting and music editing.Maybe its just something about leaving our own world a bit to get into that alternate and now familiar universe GL created for 2 hours.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCFKevin 0 Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 Indeed. That's the appeal to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 Yep,however the flaws in the movies,GL has crated a monster universe with plenty of planets,weird beasts and aliens,sith and Jedis,characters that have their own history,varied cultures,cities,politics even religion that are now part of us,and source of inspiration for a miriad of books,even encyclopedias.I think we all like revisiting those places and the new ones each movie brings us.Thats the true genius of Star Wars to me.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 Ill continue here because the Edit function screws up..Anyhow,its nice to see the technology has evolved enough to finaly see in motion the rich paintings and illustrations Ralph Mc Quarry had envisionned for many locales,especially Coruscant,and why I don't mind changing the effects in the SW films as the years go by to get as close to that vision as possible.Look at Cloud City in"The Illustrated Guide to the Star Wars Universe".They added stuff in the S.E's,but i want to see even more of it as originally concieved.K.M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 Oops, sorry. From the topic heading, I thought this was another thread about Mark Olivarez's honeymoon. :roll: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,069 Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 eek2 You mean there was a thread about my honeymoon and I missed it?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! :wow: -Mark, who will not miss his real honeymoon night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,069 Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 Actually I had predicted in an earlier thread that AOTC would gross about $355 million. I was off by $55 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetePan 163 Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 -Mark, who will not miss his real honeymoon night. Your poor wife... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 He doesn't know it yet, but that's him on the chain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted August 29, 2002 Share Posted August 29, 2002 Just imagine how much money it would have made if it was a really good film instead of average or mediocre.Imagine if the characters had connected with peopleImagine if the story were compelling.Joe wondering what John Lennon would sayImagine there's no Star WarsI wonder if you can.Imagine there's no Jedino droids or Anakin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 I prefer the old version Good lyrics A great vision for the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Leader 2 Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 PS: LOTR was actually only two days faster to the same amount in 2001.Ummmm you mean in 2002. The film was BARELY out for a week in 2001. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,069 Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 Actually if you look at the face with the whip it looks like a female to me so.......... Of course the guy does eventually get his turn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector J. Guzman 1 Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 Thanks, Hector, for yet another "Bud Selig sucks" photo signature. Figo, quite refreshed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector J. Guzman 1 Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 He he he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 Bud Selig is to baseball as George Lucas is to the New Star Wars Trilogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector J. Guzman 1 Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 I culd have not said it better LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gibson 0 Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 MMMMMMM The Ultimate Cheeseburger ...~Lord Gibson, who is slobbering all over hisself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector J. Guzman 1 Posted August 30, 2002 Share Posted August 30, 2002 That's sick, man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted August 31, 2002 Share Posted August 31, 2002 Ricard, is this cheeseburger business allowed? I don't recall any mention of corporate sponsorship of this site being permitted. Every time I open a thread I am bombarded with tiny billboards for McDonald's. Figo, who thinks Hector is on the take again. Does anyone else have the inexplicable urge for a Big Mac? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelot 508 Posted August 31, 2002 Share Posted August 31, 2002 what was the budget for AOTC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted August 31, 2002 Share Posted August 31, 2002 what was the budget for AOTC?140 million i think i recall.K.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,276 Posted August 31, 2002 Share Posted August 31, 2002 I read 115 million, but I?m not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AHerrera83 0 Posted August 31, 2002 Share Posted August 31, 2002 Both of you are right!According to Box Office Mojo, the production budget was $115 million and the marketing costs $25 million (taking it to $140m). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector J. Guzman 1 Posted September 1, 2002 Share Posted September 1, 2002 Ricard, is this cheeseburger business allowed? I don't recall any mention of corporate sponsorship of this site being permitted. Every time I open a thread I am bombarded with tiny billboards for McDonald's. Figo, who thinks Hector is on the take again. Does anyone else have the inexplicable urge for a Big Mac?That is not a Big Mac!!! :mad:McDonald sucks!!!! :mad: :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Leader 2 Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 You can bet 99% of that budget went into the CG or close to it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpigeon 3 Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 You can bet 99% of that budget went into the CG or close to it anyway. doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figo 2 Posted September 2, 2002 Share Posted September 2, 2002 Is that the Duke of Doubt? Damn it, I wish you guys would lay off the McDonald's references!Or was that Burger King?Figo, with a long memory for '70s TV trivia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Leader 2 Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 I was just joking. However I WOULD BET 80% of the budget went into the CG. I mean practically EVERYTHING was CG in the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpigeon 3 Posted September 5, 2002 Share Posted September 5, 2002 i know you were joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 8, 2002 Share Posted September 8, 2002 You know I wonder if Lucas cares at all about fan opinions??I mean this seriously?? Does it hurt him atg all if they don't like his stuff?? Does he feel ANY need to make up for what people feel are his mistakes??He claims he doesn't care in interviews buyt DEEP DOWN I must wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Leader 2 Posted September 8, 2002 Share Posted September 8, 2002 Damn system logged me out. Ahhy well that was me folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted September 8, 2002 Share Posted September 8, 2002 He said on his birthday, the best present he could get was everyone liking AOTC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Leader 2 Posted September 9, 2002 Share Posted September 9, 2002 Well he better not unwrap his gift then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,810 Posted September 9, 2002 Share Posted September 9, 2002 About the Budget:Whatever it was, all money earned in theaters is income. The merchandising and licensing of the movie littlerally payed the movie even before it was done.About if Lucas cares of ('non true' ) fan opinions:Well i think yes, he cares. In the way that if people get a pain in the neck he will do something to annoy them. You know all the bitching about the music in TPM and he surely thought 'fuck you bastards and wait few years to get a good score on this movie' when doing AOC. Well i dunno if he cares but this seems that way... THANKS for bitching about TMP. And many people critisized STAR WARS when it was released, and now people say that A NEW HOPE is the best movie of the saga.SO stop bitching* (and be a true fan) about it and maybe EPIII will have a untouched score.* and making me opine in SW threads, making me break my 'i will not speak about SW here anymore' . Sometimes the tentation is so strong.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mark 3,631 Posted September 14, 2002 Share Posted September 14, 2002 We'll have to wait for the IMAX B.O. reciepts.K.M.Who thinks AOTC in Imax might actually work better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted September 14, 2002 Share Posted September 14, 2002 We'll have to wait for the IMAX B.O. reciepts.K.M.Who thinks AOTC in Imax might actually work better.I doubt that. I can't imagine this looking good at all. IMAX will show every flaw of digital film making. I've seen 35mm film blown up to IMAX, and it looks just okay. Taking Clones' less than film digital resolution and then blowing it up to IMAX dimensions is akin to playing a VHS tape on a 20 foot screen.Plus I think the IMAX presentation will be panned and scanned.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoffJake 0 Posted September 14, 2002 Share Posted September 14, 2002 Plus I think the IMAX presentation will be panned and scanned.NeilI doubt that. Lucas wouldn't allow it. It'll be matted into a Letterbox preserving the original aspect ratio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue_Leader 2 Posted September 16, 2002 Share Posted September 16, 2002 SO stop bitching* (and be a true fan) about it and maybe EPIII will have a untouched score. So not showing any sort of criticism makes you a "TRUE FAN"? Sounds more like a zealot who will bow his head at whatever "Sacred Cow" Lucas is serving up for his fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted September 17, 2002 Share Posted September 17, 2002 I doubt that. Lucas wouldn't allow it. It'll be matted into a Letterbox preserving the original aspect ratio.I'm not sure then how that would work. I don't think there has ever been a widescreen IMAX film. And keep in mind, this is not simply a 35mm blow-up to IMAX, this is an all new IMAX version of the film. I'm pretty sure that it will be square to fill the IMAX screen. Every IMAX film whether native to the format (Fantasia 2000) or re-issued in the large gauge format (Beauty and the Beast) has been in the square proportions of the IMAX screen. Also I'm not sure if IMAX screens have adjustable scrims to re-format the screen for different ratios and I'm sure the projectors don't have multiple lenses to show different formats. All this leads me to think that Attack of the Clones in IMAX will fill the IMAX screen and therefore will be panned and scanned.And what makes you think Lucas is such a slave to the original aspect ratio? The DVD of Clones is coming out in 2 different versions on the same date, and only one of them will be widescreen. Also, more than a year after its DVD debut, The Phantom Menace will also be available in a pan and scan edition that same day.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,810 Posted September 17, 2002 Share Posted September 17, 2002 SO stop bitching* (and be a true fan) about it and maybe EPIII will have a untouched score. So not showing any sort of criticism makes you a "TRUE FAN"? Sounds more like a zealot who will bow his head at whatever "Sacred Cow" Lucas is serving up for his fans.Your thing is not critizism, it bithcing, complain for the only pleasure of complain.And yes, you should not be a sheep of whatever Lucas does. I meant that a true fam likes all the movies, not olny the ol' ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morn 8 Posted September 17, 2002 Share Posted September 17, 2002 If you hate criticism so much, how come you are criticing him for criticizing Star Wars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted September 17, 2002 Share Posted September 17, 2002 The IMAX version may actually be superior to the original release version. The newest story to come out of this new release is that 23 minutes has to be cut from the film to fit on a 2 hour IMAX platter. That's what this story is saying.Neil - who is all for a shorter version of this looooooooooong movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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