I’m hoping the director’s cut of Rocky 4 will be released on 4K disc eventually.
That's playing here on one night (Fathom Event) 11/11, but then it will be available to stream the next day. PVOD or whatever. I don't know if the digital version will have a 4K version either.
That's playing here on one night (Fathom Event) 11/11, but then it will be available to stream the next day. PVOD or whatever. I don't know if the digital version will have a 4K version either.
A 4K disc in time for Christmas would hsve been cool. Probably more like Match time if at all.
Lee wasn't banned even temporarily for his direct personal attack on another forum member. Maybe the forum management has other priorities.
Brian, IMO you need to stay here, I may need help with anything Apple and know your thoughts on your new JVC.
The poster in question should mend their ways of posting here and apologize for the offense. If the poster does another personal attack then we, as a group, should notify management.
Turns out I need to walk away too. I am particularly offended and I don't think my attempt to bring it to forum management worked.
Lee wasn't banned even temporarily for his direct personal attack on another forum member. Maybe the forum management has other priorities.
Maybe he's above the rules. Not just the forum rules but the rules of human decency.
I'm fed up and I'm out.
I truly wish the best of luck to most of you, thank you,
-Brian
You made a mistake Brian. You got between me and Steedeel in one of our many forum fights - which BTW is always about the same subject matter. Why you took it upon yourself to do that is baffeling. Believe me, Steedeel can fight for himself.
It appears that "my personal attack" wasn't such or the MODS would have banned me. But they didn't. They enforce the rules. They decide what is and what is not a personal attack - not you.
I do hope you read this post because I want you to know I don't appreciate your snide remarks like:
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I'm going to help you get a life
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A clever troll is still trollin.
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Maybe he's above the rules. Not just the forum rules but the rules of human decency.
Looks like the pot calling the kettle black to me Brian.
Turns out I need to walk away too. I am particularly offended and I don't think my attempt to bring it to forum management worked.
[Show spoiler]Lee wasn't banned even temporarily for his direct personal attack on another forum member. Maybe the forum management has other priorities.
Maybe he's above the rules. Not just the forum rules but the rules of human decency.
I'm fed up and I'm out.
I truly wish the best of luck to most of you, thank you,
-Brian
I hope that you will reconsider; I would very much miss conversing with you.
I am very saddened to see that this conflict has stretched into another day. I wish that I had the diplomatic skills to broker a peace treaty or at least a ceasefire, but I fear that any attempts by me would probably backfire and just make things worse. I tend to be a blunt instrument; my efforts would be like attempting delicate surgery with a hammer instead of a scalpel.
The mods must be tired of refereeing this thread. If these personal disputes continue, some people may get banned, the thread could get locked, and possibly even closed for good. Any of which would be a real shame. All I can ask is for everyone to take a step back to allow tempers to cool. Please try to exercise more tolerance and limit any criticisms to the thread topic and not one another.
The 25th James Bond installment — fueled by older adults — came in on the low end of expectations in North America but should enjoy a long run based on word-of-mouth and strong holds overseas.
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No Time to Die reported for duty at the North American box office with an estimated opening of $56 million as Hollywood attempts to recover from the COVID-19 crisis and lure older adults back to theaters.
The James Bond event pic — starring Daniel Craig in his final turn as 007 — scored the fifth-best domestic opening of the pandemic era and had no trouble coming in No. 1 for the weekend ahead of Venom: Let There Be Carnage, which earned $32 million in its second outing after opening to a pandemic-best $90 million last weekend.
Heading into the weekend, MGM and EON Productions’ No Time to Die had hoped to cross $60 million in its domestic launch based on tracking and advance ticket sales.
The movie’s opening underscores the ongoing challenges facing the box office recovery as studios begin to release adult-skewing movies that were delayed because of the pandemic. No Time to Die was pushed back three times due to COVID.
While superhero movies such as Venom feast on younger consumers, the Bond series has always been fueled in large part by moviegoers 35 and older, a demo that’s been more reluctant to return to cinemas throughout to the pandemic. Older women in particular are nervous.
No Time to Die certainly succeeded in convincing certain adults to show up for the first since the pandemic struck, but moviegoing for this quadrant still hasn’t hit pre-pandemic levels.
The Bond pic skewed male (64 percent), while 57 percent of ticket buyers were over the age of 35, including 36 percent over 45 years old. As a way of comparison, only 9 percent of ticket buyers going to see Venom: Let There Be Carnage on that film’s opening weekend were 45 and older.
Another factor: No Time to Die — which cost $250 million to $300 million to produce before a mega-marketing spend — runs a hefty two hours and 43 minutes, reducing showtimes and making it the longest in the franchise.
Bond movies have never sported huge openings and, instead, rely on strong multiples. They also are bigger internationally. That hasn’t changed.
Overseas, No Time to Die saw its early total climb to $250 million-plus over the weekend for a worldwide cume north of $300 million. It earned another $89.5 million over the weekend from 66 markets for a foreign tally of $257.4 million — that is without China — and $313.3 million worldwide. In many regions it held well or was even up, although COVID is complicating matters in key markets including South Korea and Australia, where there is a widespread lockdown.
Among new markets, France turned in a huge $10.1 million, on par with Skyfall and a pandemic-era best.
No Time to Die has been embraced by critics and earned an A- CinemaScore from audiences in North America, the same as the last Bond film, 2015’s Spectre. In 2012, Skyfall — which opened to a record $88.4 million domestically — earned an A CinemaScore. (Spectre started off with $70 million.)
Directed by Cary Fukunaga, the event pic is being distributed domestically by United Artists Releasing and internationally by Universal. The cast also includes Lea Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes and Christoph Waltz, along with franchise newcomers Rami Malek, Ana de Armas and Lashana Lynch.
In North America, No Time to Die unfurled in 4,407 theaters, the widest footprint of any Bond pic.
Venom 2 came in No. 2. The pic, which fell 65 percent in its sophomore outing, finished Sunday with a stellar 10-day domestic total of $141.7 million. Sony made the film in association with Marvel Studios and Tencent.
Overseas, Venom 2 opened in earnest, pulling in $24.8 million in 13 markets for an early international total of $43.9 million and $185.6 million globally. The pic did especially well in Latin America with $20 million, a pandemic-era best.
Disney and Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Three Rings crossed the $400 million mark worldwide, including $212.5 million domestically and $189.1 million overseas. Sometime on Monday, Disney will become the first studio to cross $2 billion in 2021 global ticket sales.
Dune crossed the $100 million milestone overseas, where it opened several weeks ago ahead of its Oct. 22 domestic debut. The sci-fi epic finished Sunday with a foreign tally of $117.1 million for Warner Bros. and Legendary.
In North America, MGM’s The Addams Family 2 placed third with $10 million for a 10-day domestic total of $31.1 million, followed by Shang-Chi ($4.2 million) and Warner Bros.’ The Many Saints of Newark with just $1.5 million for a 10-day cume of $7.4 million.
I just put my order for the JVC RS3100. I hope it will actually be that much better than my current NX7.
It is awesome to see some folks from our little group ordering this beast. I can't wait to hear everyone's thoughts and experience with it. What kind of turnaround are they telling you?
On a side note, my Lyngdorf finally showed up and will be setup on Tuesday, which is my next day off. I reached out to my HR group at work to see if our "Parental bonding time" usually given when you adopt a child applies to new processor purchases, but sadly it does not.
I am very saddened to see that this conflict has stretched into another day. I wish that I had the diplomatic skills to broker a peace treaty or at least a ceasefire, but I fear that any attempts by me would probably backfire and just make things worse. I tend to be a blunt instrument; my efforts would be like attempting delicate surgery with a hammer instead of a scalpel.
The mods must be tired of refereeing this thread. If these personal disputes continue, some people may get banned, the thread could get locked, and possibly even closed for good. Any of which would be a real shame. All I can ask is for everyone to take a step back to allow tempers to cool. Please try to exercise more tolerance and limit any criticisms to the thread topic and not one another.
The 25th James Bond installment — fueled by older adults — came in on the low end of expectations in North America but should enjoy a long run based on word-of-mouth and strong holds overseas.
Bond will do very well here in the U.K. it should have good legs. I wonder how it will do in China.
Bond will do very well here in the U.K. it should have good legs. I wonder how it will do in China.
Still got a few days to finding that out.
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Dune will be opening day-and-date with the U.S. in China on Oct. 22 while Daniel Craig’s swan song as James Bond, No Time to Die, will open on Oct. 29.
Yet this 25th installment of the spy series highlights a deeper problem, namely a Bond franchise now untethered from geopolitical reality. Craig sank his first vodka martini back in 2006 at the height of the so-called war on terror. Now the world is entering an era of great-power competition with a particular focus on China. This second Cold War should be good for Bond, given most of his finest outings took place against the backdrop of the first. Yet Hollywood’s fear of Beijing means Bond has a China problem—and one that should worry cinema fans and the West alike.
Hollywood’s China troubles are well known. Only a few U.S. movies get released each year in the world’s largest film market. Negative portrayals of China risk bans, not just for individual films but entire studios. Plot lines involving China’s government, let alone Chinese spymasters, are thus off limits. 2001’s Spy Game did feature a rare plot linked to China. But in general, no major Hollywood release has portrayed China’s government in a negative light since 1997’s Seven Years in Tibet, as analyst Matt Schrader has shown.
No surprise, then, that China does not feature in No Time to Die. Its plot, if you can call it that, involves deadly nanotechnology robots released by the villain, played by Rami Malek, whose character is less Ernst Stavro Blofeld and more a creepy reprise of his earlier role as Freddie Mercury. Elsewhere, there are bulletproof Aston Martins, sexy sidekicks, and secret island lairs. Such silliness is, of course, a Bond staple. But as producer Barbara Broccoli ponders how to reboot the franchise with a new leading man, the impossibility of Bond deploying Q branch’s gadgets against Beijing’s Ministry of State Security ought to be a serious cause for concern.
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