Ghostbusters has never (to the general public) been more than one standalone movie. Ghostbusters 2 and the cartoon are not enduring, beloved classics. It’d be like expecting to make an American Graffiti cinematic universe.
Looks like it’s the total of all days as of July 15th.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ghostbusters2016.htm
I think it opened on July 15th. I’m hearing that it’s having relatively good box office projections, but given its budget and Sony’s (somewhat unrealistic to begin with) plans of this becoming a giant franchise, it isn’t quite what they had hoped.
Shit, did it?
Huh, I guess it did. That’s not too bad for opening day earnings, but the rate at which it makes money is only gonna get slower, so maybe it’s not so good. Only time will tell.
For a movie with an approximately 150 million dollar budget (not counting oversees marketing), it won’t be a huge moneymaker, especially since it isn’t a film with much of an oversees market compared to others. The Communist Party of China has also denied the film entrance, which hurts a lot financially. I’m sure they’ll sell out and re-edit the film for the Chinese market, though, like that horrible Red Dawn remake. They won’t lose money on it, but if they want it to be a franchise like Marvel (I don’t even understand why they ever thought that would be the case) then their projected budget isn’t promising.
That doublepost is either top-tier satire or an amazing coincidence.
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Looks like it’s the total of all days as of July 15th.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=ghostbusters2016.htm
I think it opened on July 15th. I’m hearing that it’s having relatively good box office projections, but given its budget and Sony’s (somewhat unrealistic to begin with) plans of this becoming a giant franchise, it isn’t quite what they had hoped.
Again, the main difference between Catholicism and Christianity is that Catholicism revolves around a Church that operates no differently than a secular government. Church and state are merged in Catholicism. Christianity, according to the Bible, is incredibly submissive and is inherently passive. Given the contradictions between Hitler’s own speech, it’d be unwise to call him a “Christian”, in fact, he’s often inaccurately referred to as an atheist.
I find it interesting that you declare the Catholic Church to be not Christian based on the New Testament, which was, as it happens, assembled and defined by synods and councils of the Church:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synod_of_Hippo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Councils_of_Carthage#Synod_of_397Note how the Council of Carthage, in addition to listing the agreed-upon books of the Bible, recommends that the martyrs be honoured on their feast days, and clearly mentions priests. In other words, when the New Testament was assembled, certain Catholic teachings were the norm throughout the majority of Christendom.
Those were ecumenical to a degree, not exclusively Catholic, and were before the Catholic Church had its monopoly on biblical interpretation. Ironically, the Catholic Church throughout European history was the greatest enemy to those who actually wanted to read the Bible.
Just to be clear, I was always against Lutheranism and Calvinism as well. Lol.
To reject the Church as having strayed from the truth is one thing, but to say that it is not Christain because its base structure is misaligned with the Bible doesn’t seem to be a very tenable position, considering that the New Testament canon was defined within that structure (the canon was assembled by a council of bishops, and had to be ratified by Rome, etc.).
If we’re referring to the Bible as truth, then I would say that the Catholic Church having strayed from the truth is an understatement.
Sure, but I was thinking of Hitler himself, who was raised Catholic. I don’t really consider the individual soldiers in the German Army; I’m sure most of them weren’t aware of what they were fighting for. As for most of Hitler’s SS thugs, I don’t know what their religious identities were. The problem I have with your definition of Christianity is that there are sects that elevate the Pope or Joseph Smith, for example, (I hope Ender can elaborate on his views) to the level of near-divinity. The Pope takes the title of “Holy Father”, which is only used in the Bible to refer to God himself.
Joseph Smith is certainly not elevated above humanity in Mormon teaching.
I was thinking that in the Mormon faith Joseph Smith played a role in the final judgement. Apparently it was Brigham Young, his successor and respected Mormon leader, who stated that Joseph Smith was the one who essentially chose who gets to heaven. How much more elevated can you get? Sadly, the LDS website has no clear answers and I honestly don’t have the patience to dig much deeper. Hopefully Ender can shed light on his position.
That’s not good. I doubt this is the film that’ll do well in foreign markets.
Some dreams are nonsense, but I think that all dreams have value. Even if just in an Un Chien Andalou sort of way.
I believe it’s in shitposting.
Clearly.
yhwx said:
So you look this?
I look quite a bit like he does in that picture. I’m six and half feet tall though and he was pretty short I believe.
I hope I look good at age 60 though.
That’s sad news. I haven’t had a pet in years. I never got one after the dog I was raised with died after I graduated high school. Pets can become a member of the family.
Just remember that because of his suffering, putting him to sleep was an appropriate decision. Sometimes people feel guilty about it.
Oh and also, keep in mind that the GOUT is widely believed to have been released in response to the prevalence of laserdisc transfer bootlegs in circulation. Now with fan preservations like Despecialized and SSE making the news, more pressure is on now than it was even then to do something about it.
I don’t think you’re reaching at all, because whenever I watch The Force Awakens, nothing about the whole movie reminds me of the prequels at all, except for when Maz Kanata says and I paraphrase “I’ve seen evil take many forms. The Sith, The Empire, today, it is The First Order.”
I don’t think the Sith line was directly prequel-related. I get what you’re saying though. The only part that made me think of the prequels was the “clone army” mention.
Smithers said:
I’m pretty surprised it’s getting all of these good reviews. The first trailer looked awful and the second trailer spoiled all of the potential twists and turns story-wise. I’ll check it out once it’s on Blu-Ray.
I’m reading a lot of negative reviews too, and I’ve heard from friends and family that it’s really bad. That’s what confuses me about the mixed reviews. Maybe that’s just my circle, but they’re fairly diverse when it comes to movies. They’ve given me a lot of specific examples of what they don’t like and it sounds like something I’m not interested in. Everyone seems to think that McKinnon is the best part though, and is funny.
I had a dream early this morning where moviefreakedmind (or at least the guy in his avatar)
That isn’t a picture of me, but I look quite a bit like he does in that picture. I’m six and half feet tall though and he was pretty short I believe.
I just watched Gigli, or at least a little bit of it. I’d give 5 stars!
One of my relatives saw Ghostbusters. She said she couldn’t stand it but also that Kate McKinnon was really good.
This is the perfect time to release the unaltered films because the Fox logo and fanfare will remain if it’s a physical copy of the film.
If anything, a IV-VII set would symbolize more than anything the idea that the prequels are a thing of the past for the most part.
The prequels are more lame than terrible in my opinion.
Sure, but I was thinking of Hitler himself, who was raised Catholic. I don’t really consider the individual soldiers in the German Army; I’m sure most of them weren’t aware of what they were fighting for. As for most of Hitler’s SS thugs, I don’t know what their religious identities were. The problem I have with your definition of Christianity is that there are sects that elevate the Pope or Joseph Smith, for example, (I hope Ender can elaborate on his views) to the level of near-divinity. The Pope takes the title of “Holy Father”, which is only used in the Bible to refer to God himself.
We’ll see. I don’t see how an Episode IV-VII set could work otherwise. Who knows, though? Those steelbooks were a pointless release.
So would you say that people that do hateful things and justify that with Christianity aren’t Christians?
Generally speaking. I wouldn’t say that the Westboro Baptist Church are not Christians. They’re very extreme, but most of their shit (with the exception of the name-calling, which is condemned in the Bible) isn’t necessarily unbiblical. The thing is, violence is not permitted for Christians. The New Testament flat out says that it’s damning to even follow the laws of the Old Testament. It’s debatable to what extant self-defense is even permissible in Christianity. Violence is not prohibited in Islam (which I know is what you’re getting at).
EDIT: I forgot that the Westboro Baptist Church frequently puts themselves in the position of the arbiter between Heaven and Hell. They say specifically who is and isn’t going to hell, which is unbiblical.
Again, the main difference between Catholicism and Christianity is that Catholicism revolves around a Church that operates no differently than a secular government. Church and state are merged in Catholicism. Christianity, according to the Bible, is incredibly submissive and is inherently passive. Given the contradictions between Hitler’s own speech, it’d be unwise to call him a “Christian”, in fact, he’s often inaccurately referred to as an atheist.
It’d be surreal to even own copies of the Original Trilogy (in their original versions) at this point.
Hitler was not a Christian. That is an absolute lie of epic proportions. He was in bed with certain figures of the Catholic Church (which keep in mind, I don’t even consider to be Christian in the first place) for political reasons, but his views of the Christian philosophy are clear:
“The heaviest blow that ever struck humanity was the coming of Christianity. Bolshevism is Christianity’s illegitimate child. Both are inventions of the Jew. The deliberate lie in the matter of religion was introduced into the world by Christianity.” - This was in 1941, after he was firmly in power and didn’t need to cater to anyone ideologically speaking.
This is the first time Bill Gates has commented on this in almost two years.
