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[BumRush]

Not at the moment, but yes in general. I taught at a private high school for a few years but let my contract lapse in 2016, while we figured out what was going on with my wife's job and whether her employer would force a relocation (the answer is yes). I spent a decade in academia before teaching, so I have been doing some contract work for a lab group that I was once associated with, while also spending more time with my daughter. I plan on going back to teaching in Edmonton once I get re-certified for the Alberta curriculum.

I taught general science, biology, chemistry, physics, computer science, and some math up to grade 12.

That's awesome. Now that I have kids I have a newfound appreciation for teachers.

 

[DMczaf]

My join date is way, way after that.

And yet I've never been a mod...

Not even an honorary one for only being banned 3 times in 13 years!

 

[Busty]

Not only is there a Robin Hood movie next year, that Maid Marian solo movie with Margot Robbie is gearing up too.

I heard the same thing about that Robin Hood spec script/cinematic universe that SPE paid something ludicrous like $3m for a few years ago.

I don't see this going anytime soon if at all.

 

[The Elite]

Have you ever wanted to see a film about Mary Magdalene, where Mary is being played by Rooney Mara, and Joaquin Phoenix is Jesus? Because you will get your chance this November.

The real Prometheus 2.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

Here's the headscratcher/brain-baker

I'm turning 40 this year, but only been visiting since like 2013 (and haven't been regularly posting since like 2014)

Some of you are turning 30 but been here for like 10+ fuckin' years.

I can't tell if that's freezing people in place, or aging them like they drank from the wrong grail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYqPs0LInls

Or at least after growing tired of games and Gaming Side. But then the rest of the internet is even worse to hang out on, so it's a mild positive. I mean, imagine if most of us with 'girlgaf' threads were to hang out on reddit subs where you're really only being radicalized into becoming a white male online account suicide terrorist?

Since the 2016 election, this isn't some empty exercise in would-be statistics either. These patterns literally determine our world now.

Not to say that I'm a force for good either though. More like "woefully chaotic evil with some neutral episodes", but at least I'm not a total piece of shit on purpose. Most of the time.


Also, while I could hang out on boards of my own language, Dutch people are kind of vile once you get on the internet. Basically 4chan.

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

Have you ever wanted to see a film about Mary Magdalene, where Mary is being played by Rooney Mara, and Joaquin Phoenix is Jesus? Because you will get your chance this November.

It's Joaquin Phoenix though, that alone is kind of appealing.

Also, I'm not opposed to good religious movies. Just those really awful, miserable, dehumanizing, exploitative, crap movies. Thankfully, the Ben Hur re-doodoo killed that dead for a while. I'd say "thank god" but that would defeat the point.

 

[quickwhips]

Saw baby driver and it was really forgettable. It was ok I guess but nothing special like I thought it would be.

 

[BumRush]

Baby Driver seems to be incredibly divisive, going by the impressions from the various GAF threads

 

[kswiston]

Rth made the following Monday estimates:

Despicable Me 3 - $14M
Baby Driver - $5.5M
Wonder Woman - $4.3M
Transformers 5 - $3.8M


That would put Wonder Woman over $350M domestic.

I am curious to see how Tuesday performs. Usually the 4th of July leads to a dip in box office, but with Cheap Tuesday being so strong in the last two years, I wonder if today's numbers will be closer to being flat than they were back in 2006.

Expect huge Wednesday drops though.

Baby Driver seems to be incredibly divisive, going by the impressions from the various GAF threads

I sort of wonder if people are seeing the 97% on RT and expecting a masterpiece.

 

[Harmen]

I really dislike the trailer for Baby Driver I have seen, so that is putting me off from seeing it, despite the high scores it is getting.

Here's the collection of Spider-Man predictions:

FYI, I will be gifting the 3 persons with the best OW prediction one game on Steam. In the event of a tie (Because you fuckers are offered no less than 5 $120M OW predictions) I'll use the domestic total as a tie-breaker, so please provide that if you want to participate. I've got a few games I can gift, so the breakdown will be

1st place: Dishonored 2
2nd place: Doom
3rd place: XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Or, if 1st place wants Doom, I'll give that person that and then 2nd gets Dishonored 2, etc.

edit: Let's also put the deadline at 11:59PM July 5th PST.

Ok, cool! I'll join the game. My predictions:

Spider-Man: Homecoming:

OW: $117M
Domestic: $354M
International: $537M
Worldwide: $891M

 

[BronsonLee]

Baby Driver seems to be incredibly divisive, going by the impressions from the various GAF threads

What are you doing

That is MY word

 

[ArmGunar]

I sort of wonder if people are seeing the 97% on RT and expecting a masterpiece.

But average rating 8.2 and 86 on Meta which is very high
I didn't see it yet but I hope, I won't be disappointed (I don't read any impressions about it to be unbiased)

 

[Random Human]

Baby Driver seems to be incredibly divisive, going by the impressions from the various GAF threads

Having seen it now, I'm incredibly curious what its legs are like.

 

[BumRush]

What are you doing

That is MY word

According to Merriam Webster, the first known use of 'divisive' was in 1640...and now it's your word?

 

[Litan]

According to Merriam Webster, the first known use of 'divisive' was in 1640...and now it's your word?

Bobby lied when he said he was turning 40.
Edit: once again, I've confused Bobby with B'Lee.

 

[kswiston]

Having seen it now, I'm incredibly curious what its legs are like.

Baby Driver's first day was $330k higher than Entourage's first day (also a Wednesday). After 6 days, Baby Driver has already passed Entourage's final gross.

 

[Random Human]

Baby Driver's first day was $330k higher than Entourage's first day (also a Wednesday). After 6 days, Baby Driver has already passed Entourage's final gross.

Is that good? I thought Entourage bombed, haha.

Either way, while I have some problems with BD, I hope it does well because Wright is one of my fave directors and I hope it opens some doors for him. Guy deserves a hit.

 

[GhaleonEB]

I hadn't looked in on Baby Driver's daily tracking yet, but hot damn. Good legs are already apparent.

 

[Penguin]

Spidey has solid reviews and will have solid legs, but unlike GoTG and WW, we know the following weeks are filled with equally good films and a decent heavy-hitter in Apes

So gonna say 128 million OW

360 Domestic
550 international
910 WW

 

[PhoncipleBone]

And yet I've never been a mod...

Not even an honorary one for only being banned 3 times in 13 years!

1 ban in 12 years here. All because a pic I linked got changed to goatse a day later. And in a thread about Roger Ebert to boot. Been very cautious about my image links since.
It also came during the final episodes of Lost, so couldn't participate in those discussions.

 

[BronsonLee]

According to Merriam Webster, the first known use of 'divisive' was in 1640...and now it's your word?

They created it

I perfected it

 

[hodayathink]

I am curious to see how Tuesday performs. Usually the 4th of July leads to a dip in box office, but with Cheap Tuesday being so strong in the last two years, I wonder if today's numbers will be closer to being flat than they were back in 2006.

I know that the cheapest Cheap Tuesday theater near me is actually not doing Cheap Tuesday for the 4th (it's a Cinemark theater). Haven't checked the other two theaters (AMC and Regal), though.

 

[Schlorgan]

I'll say $120m opening for Spider-Man.

Every theater nearby does $5 Tuesdays, I just don't have a lot of time after work to go see anything.

 

[Busty]

They created it

I perfected it

 

[Slayven]

They created it

I perfected it

You can't even tie your shoes

 

[3N16MA]

They created it

I perfected it

Fake news.

 

[BronsonLee]

I got a bone to pick with you bruh, Miyagi gif aside

You can't even tie your shoes

Velcro is the future

Fake news.

I'll call the cops

 

[Freeza Under The Shower]

Rth made the following Monday estimates:

Despicable Me 3 - $14M
Baby Driver - $5.5M
Wonder Woman - $4.3M
Transformers 5 - $3.8M

Wonder Woman being above TF5 a number of weeks into its run...

what a world.

 

[bananafactory]

Any updated tracking for Spider-Man? All I can find is ~100m from mid June which im sure is way off at this point

 

[kswiston]

Any updated tracking for Spider-Man? All I can find is ~100m from mid June which im sure is way off at this point

No. Deadline will most likely do their weekend projections tomorrow.

 

[Busty]

Any updated tracking for Spider-Man? All I can find is ~100m from mid June which im sure is way off at this point

$50m?

 

[HarryKS]

The new Pirates is a fun little movie.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Spider-Man Homecoming

Opening - 25 million
Domestic Total - 50 million
Worldwide - 100 million

 

[BronsonLee]

Spider-Man Homecoming

Opening - 25 million
Domestic Total - 50 million
Worldwide - 100 million

Perfect, shut it all down

 

[Busty]

Spider-Man Homecoming

Opening - 25 million
Domestic Total - 50 million
Worldwide - 100 million

Yen?

 

[Sweeney Tom]

Spider-Man Homecoming

Opening - 25 million
Domestic Total - 50 million
Worldwide - 100 million

lol, this one's gonna get a lot of quotes in the next thread

 

[bananafactory]

Spider-Man Homecoming

Opening - 25 million
Domestic Total - 50 million
Worldwide - 100 million

Dino Crisis

Movie OW: N/A
New game sales (first month): N/A
Cinematic franchise value equivalency: Real Steel

 

[kswiston]

Spider-Man Homecoming

Opening - 25 million
Domestic Total - 50 million
Worldwide - 100 million

Josh Trank redeemed?

 

[BronsonLee]

Dino Crisis

Movie OW: N/A
New game sales (first month): N/A
Cinematic franchise value equivalency: Real Steel

Yo Real Steel was awesome, I'll drop you like a bad habit

 

[shintoki]

Dino Crisis 3

Movie OW: N/A
New game sales (first month): N/A
Cinematic franchise value equivalency: Real Steel - Franchise ending

FIFY

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Spider-Man Homecoming

Opening - 25 million
Domestic Total - 50 million
Worldwide - 100 million

These are the Bumblebee spinoff's numbers.

 

[Busty]

These are the Bumblebee spinoff's numbers.

Dude, Paramount is right over there.

*Paramount runs off in tears*

PARAMOUNT!!!!!

Nice one, Bobby.

 

[Nev]

As a Spider-Man fan I couldn't care less about Iron Man v Spider-Man: Yawn of Nostakes but you're delusional if you honestly believe it won't reach a minimum of 800k.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

As a Spider-Man fan I couldn't care less about Iron Man v Spider-Man: Yawn of Nostakes but you're delusional if you honestly believe it won't reach a minimum of 800k.

I bet it will make more than 800k by the end of Thursday night.

 

[kswiston]

I bet it will make more than 800k by the end of Thursday night.

It made more than 800k whenever presales went live.

 

[Toa TAK]

As a Spider-Man fan I couldn't care less about Iron Man v Spider-Man: Yawn of Nostakes but you're delusional if you honestly believe it won't reach a minimum of 800k.

I bet it will make more than 800k by the end of Thursday night.

It made more than 800k whenever presales went live.

Well

There you have it.

 

[BronsonLee]

YOU KNOW WHAT HE MEANT YOU NERDS

 

[AndyVirus]

Damn, if it's already made 800k, could it reach Jawmuncher's 100m by the end?

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Nev takes his shot

 

[FTF]

YOU KNOW WHAT HE MEANT YOU NERDS

800k twitter mentions opening weekend?