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OwlChemist81 Posted June 11 Share Posted June 11 I dig it!! Will it be the massive success the Peter Jackson films were? Doubtful. But it COULD give Demon Slayer: Mugen Train a run for its money as highest-grossing animated film of the 2020s. (Unless something already has...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketch Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 It's 2D! Now I'm officially hyped. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasqueradeOverture Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 I fuck with this so much. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianycpht Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 Never seen any LOTR movies, but this looks pretty good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted November 21 Author Share Posted November 21 Behold the Popcorn Hammer. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperxmns Posted November 21 Share Posted November 21 If only the hammer was made of metal maybe you could actually make stovetop popcorn with it lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Gun Posted November 21 Share Posted November 21 They...they do know that Helm didn't use an actual hammer, right? ...right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 (edited) Saw the preview for this when I went to the movie theater the other day. I was thinking it was gonna be live-action honestly because all I saw was the title before. Not really disappointed at all though, cuz it still looks like it's gonna be really good. Seeing that Peter Jackson has been involved with it as an executive producer and that it's being directed by Kamiyama who did stuff like Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. also instills me with a lot of confidence it's gonna have a solid story and be well worth checking out. Edited November 22 by Dark_Cloud_Overhead 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted November 22 Share Posted November 22 Just now, Dark_Cloud_Overhead said: Saw the preview for this when I went to the movie theater the other day. I was thinking it was gonna be live-action honestly because all I saw was the title before. Not really disappointed at all though, cuz it still looks like it's gonna be really good. Seeing that Peter Jackson has been involved with it as an executive producer and that it's being directed by Kamiyama who did stuff like Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. also instills me with a lot of confidence it's gonna have a solid story and be well worth checking out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted November 29 Author Share Posted November 29 (edited) Executive Producer Jason DeMarco. Edited November 29 by Jman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonamiguy321 Posted November 30 Share Posted November 30 10 hours ago, Jman said: Executive Producer Jason DeMarco. What an awful first example for people to see. The first 15 seconds of this “animation” is a blatant stillframe with the mouth animated and nothing else. That might be ok for some throwaway TV anime, but something you expect people to cough up for to see in theaters shouldn’t look like this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 On 11/29/2024 at 10:16 PM, Toonamiguy321 said: What an awful first example for people to see. The first 15 seconds of this “animation” is a blatant stillframe with the mouth animated and nothing else. That might be ok for some throwaway TV anime, but something you expect people to cough up for to see in theaters shouldn’t look like this. It DOES get better after that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketch Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 That seemed like pretty significant moment and all I could think was "you couldn't have done something more dynamic with the posing or the camera position?" The trailers have shown off some pretty nice stuff but that scene ain't it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonamiguy321 Posted December 1 Share Posted December 1 1 hour ago, OwlChemist81 said: It DOES get better after that though. Oh no no no, we aren’t doing this again. Fool me once with Uzumaki, shame on you. Promos and teasers always wheel out the best shots to lure people in. If that is what they consider teaser worthy, I shudder to think of what kind of PowerPoint the rest of the film is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasqueradeOverture Posted December 2 Share Posted December 2 Just have WB excise all animation it'll be more merciful that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted December 3 Author Share Posted December 3 The first 8 minutes, which is generally a sign they have no trust in the movie - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Gun Posted December 7 Share Posted December 7 One of the best Tolkien YouTubers I follow saw an early screening and posted pretty glowingly about it. That makes me a lot more optimistic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketch Posted December 8 Share Posted December 8 4 hours ago, Top Gun said: One of the best Tolkien YouTubers I follow saw an early screening and posted pretty glowingly about it. That makes me a lot more optimistic. I am hearing good things as well. So that’s something. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted December 9 Author Share Posted December 9 https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_war_of_the_rohirrim 67% on Rotten Tomatoes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted December 11 Author Share Posted December 11 (edited) Box office predictions are showing a bigger bomb than Joker 2. Less than $10 million domestic. For reference, the Demon Slayer recap film pulled down $11.4 million opening weekend. Even a Solo Leveling recap film still pulled $2.4 million domestic over the weekend despite a relatively low amount of theaters (it bested the indie release Y2K to be #8 at the box office). This film might be DeMarco’s last stand. Honestly, I could see him being fired over it as the scapegoat. Edited December 11 by Jman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonamiguy321 Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 3 hours ago, Jman said: Box office predictions are showing a bigger bomb than Joker 2. Less than $10 million domestic. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokeNirvash Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 I mean, was anyone seriously expecting this to be a smash success? Demarco'll skate by like he has in the past, that I can seriously expect. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted December 11 Author Share Posted December 11 13 minutes ago, PokeNirvash said: I mean, was anyone seriously expecting this to be a smash success? Demarco'll skate by like he has in the past, that I can seriously expect. The initial estimates were for $10-$12 million. It’s now tracking for $5-$6 million opposite a $30 million budget, a pittance by modern Hollywood’s bloated standards, but he may not make a third of that when you add in theater take and marketing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonamiguy321 Posted December 11 Share Posted December 11 58 minutes ago, PokeNirvash said: I mean, was anyone seriously expecting this to be a smash success? Demarco'll skate by like he has in the past, that I can seriously expect. Smash success? Not really. But it needs to sync up with its internal predictions. If they were expecting 10-12 and it’s looking more like 5-6, that’s gonna be a problem. Maybe not enough of a problem to get him fired, but enough of one to take his keys to originals projects away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Idea Box Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 A track record so important for the future of Toonami that it has to be renamed to notify that. Ouch. And yet, I don't know what would happen if DeMarco got DeMoted. Or worse, fired. There's a myriad of ways this could go, not all of them good. But with Invincible Fight Girl not even in Max's Top 10 for weeks, Dragon Ball Daima probably becoming a Crunchyroll exclusive, Creature Commandos needing a Tenchi-style edit in its first episode, and the general decline of entertainment, it makes even the smaller bits of good news feel better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasqueradeOverture Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 The Jason DeMarco touch of death continues. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greener223224 Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 (edited) Demarco will never get fired. WB has shown time and time again that they do not care what they're producing anymore quality-wise, as long as it can be something they can use in their ads to draw people to their streaming services. Even for all his screwups, firing and replacing Demarco would cost more money than letting him stay, same reason bad sports teams never fire incompetent coaches or general managers. All we can do is pray that something happens that forces Demarco to stop being involved, like a health scare or a really, really big scandal. Edited December 12 by Greener223224 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasqueradeOverture Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 6 hours ago, Greener223224 said: same reason bad sports teams never fire incompetent coaches or general managers. uhhhhh ask The Jets 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 8 hours ago, Greener223224 said: Demarco will never get fired. WB has shown time and time again that they do not care what they're producing anymore quality-wise, as long as it can be something they can use in their ads to draw people to their streaming services. Even for all his screwups, firing and replacing Demarco would cost more money than letting him stay, same reason bad sports teams never fire incompetent coaches or general managers. All we can do is pray that something happens that forces Demarco to stop being involved, like a health scare or a really, really big scandal. What the hell is that supposed to mean!? Without DeMarco there is no Toonami! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 On 12/9/2024 at 12:01 PM, Jman said: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_lord_of_the_rings_the_war_of_the_rohirrim 67% on Rotten Tomatoes. Down to 57% last I checked. Sad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greener223224 Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 (edited) 2 hours ago, MasqueradeOverture said: uhhhhh ask The Jets Aaron Rodgers is turning the Jets into his cult of personality like Lebron did with the Cleveland Cavaliers, and he's having anyone who pisses him off ejected from the franchise. It's not a normal situation. Meanwhile look at the Raiders rehiring Jon Gruden for a decade until he was forced out by homophobically insulting the NFL commissioner, Jeff Fisher's wrath of mediocrity on the Rams until his extension was leaked, or Ryan Pace's tenure on the Bears. Edited December 12 by Greener223224 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greener223224 Posted December 12 Share Posted December 12 (edited) 33 minutes ago, OwlChemist81 said: What the hell is that supposed to mean!? Without DeMarco there is no Toonami! Do you really want this status quo of Toonami to continue? One where we only have 3 or 4 premiere slots, air shows that should belong on the Monday evening slots on Saturday midnights if not for Teen Titans Go devouring the channel, and watch as every single Toonami original is some kind of deeply flawed non-starter or backroom production collapse as rumors fly that TMS sued Demarco for money laundering? I would much rather it end than keep being dragged along like this. We don't even need Toonami to get anime on CN - Death Note and Code Geass proved that long ago. Edited December 12 by Greener223224 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketch Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 People always use TTG as the example but besides that ridiculous marathon week for the 400th ep, they only air it a few times a day and not even in the most watchable slots. It’s been that way for two years I think. Regular Show airs more often and Gumball is usually the show filling the most slots. They are nonetheless a stagnant channel which refuses to take risks. MAWS and IFG should have aired on CN time but they were too chicken shit to do it and Michael O is content to let CN starve to fill AS’ pantry as much as he can. I don’t think Toonami gets any better without DeMarco but it probably doesn’t get any worse either. At any rate, I saw the movie on IMAX and it was fine. Left me with no strong feelings one way or the other. I saw it with my father who is in his 60s and he enjoyed himself and didn’t realize it was anime till the credits roll. Prior to seeing it I thought I’d probably want to see it more than once in theaters but to be honest I have no strong desire to do so any time soon which is a true mark of a Jason DeMarco and Joseph Chou co-production. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonamiguy321 Posted December 13 Share Posted December 13 20 hours ago, OwlChemist81 said: Down to 57% last I checked. Sad. It’s in the hands of the real audience now rather than just paid shills. The fact paid shills could only hold it up to 67% should have been a red flag. 20 hours ago, Greener223224 said: Do you really want this status quo of Toonami to continue? One where we only have 3 or 4 premiere slots, air shows that should belong on the Monday evening slots on Saturday midnights if not for Teen Titans Go devouring the channel, and watch as every single Toonami original is some kind of deeply flawed non-starter or backroom production collapse as rumors fly that TMS sued Demarco for money laundering? I would much rather it end than keep being dragged along like this. We don't even need Toonami to get anime on CN - Death Note and Code Geass proved that long ago. As much as I’d love to see it, it’s too late to toss Demarco out and get someone new. If it gets to that point, AS would sooner just cut their losses and can the whole block. But I agree, if the new norm is just 3 premiers (where one of them is eternally One Piece so really only 2), maybe it’s time for TOM to sign off. That said, if Toonami does end, that’s the end of the road for anime on AS. Yea, it doesn’t NEED Toonami to air, but the reason Toonami sucks is they can’t consistently get anime, or I guess in Demarco’s case, won’t settle for B shows. So there isn’t even a point in getting any without Toonami. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted December 14 Author Share Posted December 14 More negative reviews! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted December 14 Author Share Posted December 14 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kraven-the-hunter-box-office-bombing-1236087005/ Film is now tracking for $5 million. DeMarco’s got the Eye of Zaslav upon him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greener223224 Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 Has Zaslav even fired anyone in executive positions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonamiguy321 Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 Interesting thing happening here though. The critics are not being kind to it, but the audience seems to have a very favorable view of it. Yet, that is contrasted with its dismal box office numbers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Gun Posted December 14 Share Posted December 14 Yeah, almost every Tolkien fan I've seen post about it has talked positively overall. I almost never see movies in theaters, but I might give it a shot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted December 15 Author Share Posted December 15 (edited) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kraven-the-hunter-box-office-bombing-1236087005/ $5 million domestic, $4 million international. Proportionally it’s not as big a bomb as Joker 2: Society Harder, but it’s still a terrible performance for a Warner that peaked performance wise with Dune 2. Edited December 15 by Jman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketch Posted December 15 Share Posted December 15 Bad call releasing this in December shortly after Moana 2 and only a week before Sonic 3. They're also flatly admitting they fast-tracked this movie to keep the IP rights at WB/D so ultimately it served its purpose while simultaneously hurting the prospects of any other animated drama being made at a major studio. With a 30 million budget and probably like 10 million in advertising, they can possibly break even with digital sales and home media, especially if it can stay in theaters a few more weeks and get at least a couple million each week but smart money says they never expected this to make money, just hopefully not lose a bunch. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted December 16 Author Share Posted December 16 Final total was under $5 million and DeMarco should never be allowed to produce original anime again. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Idea Box Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 2 hours ago, Jman said: Final total was under $5 million and DeMarco should never be allowed to produce original anime again. BELOW 5 million?! That's worse than I thought. But technically, this isn't an original project. It uses an existing IP as a means to an end, making it a franchise entry. Yes, I know that anime are typically adaptations of manga at the start, but I digress. The point is, it would be easier to assume he's barred from adapting other WB works into anime, which means upcoming DC Comics cartoons have another hill to climb. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketch Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 4 hours ago, Jman said: Final total was under $5 million and DeMarco should never be allowed to produce original anime again. Let’s be real even if critics love this movie it’s still wasn’t gonna do well in theaters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonamiguy321 Posted December 16 Share Posted December 16 3 hours ago, Sketch said: Let’s be real even if critics love this movie it’s still wasn’t gonna do well in theaters. It seems like the critics hate it, but the few people who actually did pay to see it enjoyed their time. At the end of the day, this is a VERY deep cut in the LotR lore, you have to be a die hard LotR fan to even know what this is adapting. This is something that probably shouldn’t have been a theater release. But I guess they had to theater release something to keep the IP or something, so this was more of a necessary bill than anything else. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketch Posted December 17 Share Posted December 17 Ultimately this project accomplished what WB/D needed it to, extend their IP rights. Any money it makes on top of that is gravy but they certainly don't want it to lose money which it could if these numbers drop much more. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark_Cloud_Overhead Posted December 18 Share Posted December 18 Got a chance to see it, and I thought it was great. If anything surprised me it's how well-grounded the story was. After giving it some thought, I believe I see why it's not doing so hot money-wise though. It's an animated movie sure, but it's not exactly family friendly being that it's, as the title says, about a war and naturally has a lot of violence in it. Given this is the time of year people are looking for family friendly flicks and as has been mentioned there's a couple of those available for people to take the kids to go see right now, not helpful. That still leaves it a natural, though somewhat more niche audience, but then on top of that it's got a basically unknown female lead character which I think unfortunately is a disincentive to a good chunk of the established fandom to give it a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KageRageX Posted Friday at 02:42 PM Share Posted Friday at 02:42 PM Damn. I mean damn. It's performing worse than I thought. From here on out anyone who coughs money towards Disney is stupid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMouse Posted Sunday at 04:34 AM Share Posted Sunday at 04:34 AM On 12/17/2024 at 7:10 PM, Dark_Cloud_Overhead said: Got a chance to see it, and I thought it was great. If anything surprised me it's how well-grounded the story was. After giving it some thought, I believe I see why it's not doing so hot money-wise though. It's an animated movie sure, but it's not exactly family friendly being that it's, as the title says, about a war and naturally has a lot of violence in it. Given this is the time of year people are looking for family friendly flicks and as has been mentioned there's a couple of those available for people to take the kids to go see right now, not helpful. That still leaves it a natural, though somewhat more niche audience, but then on top of that it's got a basically unknown female lead character which I think unfortunately is a disincentive to a good chunk of the established fandom to give it a chance. Same here, I thought it was great. I think you're right about it not being a family flick and since there are a couple of big ones premiering at the same time too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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