The MEGASHOCK Saloon Thread 3: Chinder Chagger Edition

[Hecatom]

31 minutes ago, Darc_Requiem said:

I am SO over this nonsense it's not funny. 

 

Edit: Please tell me this is someone trolling.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-12298801/EXCLUSIVE-Snow-White-Seven-Politically-Correct-Companions.html

 

That movie would bomb harder than TLM.

And before anyone says it did well, not, it didn't

 

542 millions box office, against a 250 million dollars budget, and this is without taking into account the budget for advertisement that was between 100 to 150 million, the inflation rate and the interest rates for the loans, since they didn't put all the 250 from their pocket neither the advertisement money.

Also, the fact that the theaters keep like 50% of the box office at average.

So the movie needed like 700 to 800 million dollars to break even.

 

And Disney has been caught under reporting their budgets for movies recently, up to 100 million dollars, making movies that supposedly were a successs actually lose money in reality, like Dr Strange 2, and Thor L&T for example.

Edited July 14, 2023 by Hecatom

[VirginDefiler]

 

 

tucker has the goofiest laugh. never noticed that before.

[RSG3]

How? It's like one his defining features, right there with staring vacant lyrics into the camera like a moron. 

[Darc_Requiem]

7 hours ago, Hecatom said:

 

That movie would bomb harder than TLM.

And before anyone says it did well, not, it didn't

 

542 millions box office, against a 250 million dollars budget, and this is without taking into account the budget for advertisement that was between 100 to 150 million, the inflation rate and the interest rates for the loans, since they didn't put all the 250 from their pocket neither the advertisement money.

Also, the fact that the theaters keep like 50% of the box office at average.

So the movie needed like 700 to 800 million dollars to break even.

 

And Disney has been caught under reporting their budgets for movies recently, up to 100 million dollars, making movies that supposedly were a successs actually lose money in reality, like Dr Strange 2, and Thor L&T for example.

People forgot about The Little Mermaid because Indy is tanking so badly. It's looking to lose more money than The Flash at this point.

 

Budget: $329 million (They said 295 million, UK tax returns showed otherwise)

Advertising: $100 million (I don't them believe them for a second this one, it's higher)

Tota1: $429 million

Estimated Break Even: $858 million

Current Box Office: $258 million

Disney's Take: $129 million

 

Heads need to roll over at Disney. There is no reason an Indy movie should cost $300+ million to film. All of their budgets are out of control. The Super Mario Brother's movie had a 100 million dollar budget. Elemental, which is also bombing, had a budget double that.

Edited July 15, 2023 by Darc_Requiem

[AriesWarlock]

 

[Hecatom]

3 minutes ago, Darc_Requiem said:

People forgot about The Little Mermaid because Indy is tanking so badly. It's looking to lose more money than The Flash at this point.

 

Budget: $329 million (They said 295 million, UK tax returns showed otherwise)

Advertising: $100 million (I don't them believe them for a second this one)

Tota1: $429 million

Estimated Break Even: $858 million

Current Box Office: $258 million

Disney's Take: $129 million

 

Heads need to roll over at Disney. There is no reason an Indy movie should cost $300+ million to film. All of their budgets are out of control. The Super Mario Brother's movie had a 100 million dollar budget. Elemental, which is also bombing, had a budget double that.

 

And it has been happening for years.

Turns out that movies like The Last Jedi and Rise of Palpatine barely broke even since they had budgets more inflated than reported.

Rise of Palpatine for example, hhad a total budget of around 500 to 550 million dollars without advertisement.

 

Which explains articles like this one from Forbes from back in the day

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2020/01/26/box-office-star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-is-the-first-500-million-disappointment-lucasfilm-walt-disney/

 

Like, HOW????

What the fuck are they doing at Disney?

 

No wonder they sacked Alonso's ass, since apparently her division was what ended bloating a lot of those productions on the Marvel side and made them financial nightmares despite the apparent good box office numbers.

[DangerousJ]

A 2 hr movie with 11 CGI robots occupying 70 percent of the runtime  with 2 relatively  unknown human actors  cost $100 M less than Harrison Ford and a few other humans traipsing around earth.

 

 

 

[Dayaan]

6 hours ago, Reticently said:

Depends on the cancer, depends on the treatment.  There aren't too many cancer scenarios where being fit is going to be worse for you, but for example if your percentage bodyfat is TOO low it CAN make you more susceptible to some of the negative effects of cancer and certain treatments.

 

And there are definitely cancers/treatments that will completely interrupt your ability to stay in shape.

Gotcha. What is the point of body fat percentage that would be deemed too low? Even bodybuilders will openly say that extremely low body fat is only sustainable for a few hours, and I don’t think anyone can justify that ever being “healthy.” Is that the threshold or is it a little higher? 🤔

 

Either way, self regulation is good like you say. Push up and pull up responsibly. 🫡

[TheInfernoman]

FEMALE FRIDAY

 

 

[Darc_Requiem]

Disney's problem, at least from a movie budget standpoint,  is their over reliance on CGI. They use CGI just because they can instead when it's necessary. Practical effects are cheaper and hold up better over time. If it cant' be done practically, then you use CGI.

 

Edit: @TheInfernoman, I remember that story. I literally face palmed when I saw it. Dude got removed from the gym for doing something was physically incapable of. Seeing. What an insult to a blind person.

Edited July 14, 2023 by Darc_Requiem

[AriesWarlock]

Two Kansas City officers are being disciplined after a video of them pinning a man to the ground over a receipt for a $5 Walmart pizza went viral on TikTok.  RELATED: Police pin down man over $5 Walmart pizza, internet outraged

 

A video showing a confrontation between police and a Walmart customer over a $5 pizza has gone viral, sparking outrage on social media and conversations about the use of force by police officers.  The incident, which occurred on June 1 at a Kansas City Walmart, was recorded and posted to TikTok on June 2 and shows Dayton Borisouth, 24, get pinned down by security officers who questioned whether he paid for a frozen pizza.

 

 

[Chadouken]

I bought a bike today. Got a great deal on a used fat tire mountain bike from my buddy at the local bike shop. Just took it for a spin on some desert trails in 100+ degrees and it's fucking prefect. Got my heart rate up for a half hour and sweat a bunch. Feeling good.

Edited July 14, 2023 by Chadouken

[MillionX]

I haven't used a bike since I was a little kid; that brings back memories...  I remember mine was a black/grey Huffy.  I also had a scooter but that ended up being a waste of money, really since I barely used it... the bike was just way more fun.  One of my friends in the old neighborhood had a nice hilly area in the backyard so it was fun to do "stunts" jumping that hill and all that jazz.

 

...now I'm wondering how often the average American kid rides a bike anymore these days.  I imagine it's probably not that often due to the rise in popularity of gaming... since it's way more of a thing now than it was during a Gen-X childhood when it was just Nintendo vs. Sega and a fading legacy of Atari (*they were on the 7800 system by the 8-bit days; I wanted the 7800 but never got it... this reminds me there's some big Atari collection that hit all the consoles some months ago; I should get that...there is a Switch version.)

[Hecatom]

[Reticently]

23 hours ago, Dayaan said:

Gotcha. What is the point of body fat percentage that would be deemed too low? Even bodybuilders will openly say that extremely low body fat is only sustainable for a few hours, and I don’t think anyone can justify that ever being “healthy.” Is that the threshold or is it a little higher? 🤔

 

Either way, self regulation is good like you say. Push up and pull up responsibly. 🫡

I don't know a specific number, though there may be on eburied in the NCCN guidelines, or whatever equivalent to that the surgeons go by.

 

Rule of thumb though, if you're so fit that your % body fat could be mistaken for someone with an eating disorder it's probably problematic.

Edited July 15, 2023 by Reticently

[Sonichuman]

1 hour ago, AriesWarlock said:

Two Kansas City officers are being disciplined after a video of them pinning a man to the ground over a receipt for a $5 Walmart pizza went viral on TikTok.  RELATED: Police pin down man over $5 Walmart pizza, internet outraged

 

A video showing a confrontation between police and a Walmart customer over a $5 pizza has gone viral, sparking outrage on social media and conversations about the use of force by police officers.  The incident, which occurred on June 1 at a Kansas City Walmart, was recorded and posted to TikTok on June 2 and shows Dayton Borisouth, 24, get pinned down by security officers who questioned whether he paid for a frozen pizza.

 

 

There is a alot going on here for 5 fucking dollars and a receipt.  I kinda want to know more context before this but based off what is in front of me, this looks pretty fucked.  Dude is screaming "HERE'S THE RECEIPT" and nobody is even bothering to look at it until the very end of the video.

[Sonichuman]

Some of the answers he gives to the questions are insightful.  Did not know that if you been avoiding getting served physically that they could just put the serve in something like the newspaper and then potentially start the trial without you.

[Dayaan]

53 minutes ago, Reticently said:

Rule of thumb though, if you're so fit that your % body fat could be mistaken for someone with an eating disorder it's probably problematic.

I agree.

[Hecatom]

Damn, I wasn't aware that Bob Iger was the man behind the fall of Twin Peaks 🤣

Back when he was the CEO of ABC, he pushed for the creators to reveal who was the killer as soon as possible, because as he said back then, "We own the public after not revealing it at the end of season 1" and other executive meddling that killed the series.

[Hecatom]

[iStu X]

 

[DangerousJ]

for Million...

 

 

[AriesWarlock]

I didn't know they were making a real life movie of Snow White

 

 

[Darc_Requiem]

54 minutes ago, AriesWarlock said:

I didn't know they were making a real life movie of Snow White

 

 

They aren't 👀

[GreatDarkHero]

3 hours ago, Darc_Requiem said:

They aren't 👀

Somebody... actually sat down in that office at Disney... and thought this was a good idea! 

That company has been getting its ass kicked, especially lately. 

[Hecatom]

[iStu X]

1 hour ago, Hecatom said:

Back home there was a mexican restaurant that use to be an Asian restaurant. Well the old owners left a lot of the Asian themed decor like drawing of pandas and dragons. So instead of redoing the decor the new owners just painted on sombreros and/or them eating tacos. 😂

 

absolute legends 

Edited July 15, 2023 by iStu X

[Hecatom]

Just now, iStu X said:

Back home there was a mexican restaurant that use to be an Asian restaurant. Well the old owners left a lot of the Asian themed decor like drawing of pandas and dragons. So instead of redoing the decor the new owners just painted on sombreros. 😂

 

absolute legends 

 

Is by any chance this one?

 

[iStu X]

10 minutes ago, Hecatom said:

 

Is by any chance this one?

 

Yes. 😂

[Hecatom]

Just now, iStu X said:

Yes. 😂

 

Nice, I heard about that restaurant from reddit I think , and someone posted that picture.

Your post triggered the memory of that pic/post 🤣

[iStu X]

1 minute ago, Hecatom said:

 

Nice, I heard about that restaurant from reddit I think , and someone posted that picture.

Your post triggered the memory of that pic/post 🤣

They had several like this too. Even a good fortune cat holding a fish taco. They went all in. 😂

[Hecatom]

Just now, iStu X said:

They had several like this too. Even a good fortune cat holding a fish taco. They went all in. 😂

 

Reminds me of a chinese restaurant near where I live where they have been rotating between chinese and mexican since the inception.

I wish they have done something similar, lol.

 

Although, I have to say that the current chinese restaurant has the best chinese food I have eat in years.

[TheInfernoman]

6 hours ago, AriesWarlock said:

I didn't know they were making a real life movie of Snow White

 

 

Snow White? More like Latina brown and the 1 dwarf w/6 homies

[Jion_Wansu]

On 7/13/2023 at 6:57 AM, Chadouken said:

😬

 

Like the 1980s and 1990s with the "winners don't use drugs" campaign.

 

 

12 hours ago, MillionX said:

I haven't used a bike since I was a little kid; that brings back memories...  I remember mine was a black/grey Huffy.  I also had a scooter but that ended up being a waste of money, really since I barely used it... the bike was just way more fun.  One of my friends in the old neighborhood had a nice hilly area in the backyard so it was fun to do "stunts" jumping that hill and all that jazz.

 

...now I'm wondering how often the average American kid rides a bike anymore these days.  I imagine it's probably not that often due to the rise in popularity of gaming... since it's way more of a thing now than it was during a Gen-X childhood when it was just Nintendo vs. Sega and a fading legacy of Atari (*they were on the 7800 system by the 8-bit days; I wanted the 7800 but never got it... this reminds me there's some big Atari collection that hit all the consoles some months ago; I should get that...there is a Switch version.)

Last time I had a bike was in 2007 or something. Wonder if Trek or Ghost are good brands.

 

3 hours ago, Hecatom said:

 

Reminds me of a chinese restaurant near where I live where they have been rotating between chinese and mexican since the inception.

I wish they have done something similar, lol.

 

Although, I have to say that the current chinese restaurant has the best chinese food I have eat in years.

 

Hmmm. Why not combine Mexican and Chinese dishes at the restaurant.

 

EDIT:

 

Wait up. Why are people against this movie?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 15, 2023 by Jion_Wansu

[RSG3]

3 hours ago, Jion_Wansu said:

Last time I had a bike was in 2007 or something. Wonder if Trek or Ghost are good brands.

 

Trek is a great entry level brand bicycle. 

[Jurassic]

 

[Phantom_Miria]

12 hours ago, AriesWarlock said:

I didn't know they were making a real life movie of Snow White

 

 

Nice! This Digital Playground take on Snow White seems promising.

 

Wait, what do you mean that this is Disney?

I know it looked too cheap for Digital Playground, but this is too much!

[AriesWarlock]

Germans are getting tired of oil protesters

 

"Imagine you fulfill your childhood dream and become a firefighter and in the end you have to scratch such unemployed washcloths off the street."

 

Cementing their hands to the road

 

 

[RSG3]

6 hours ago, Jion_Wansu said:

Wait up. Why are people against this movie?

It's military propaganda that makes a marine look like an action movie star, who it turns out is actually probably a fraud. 

 

Caviezel is also a religious nut who harassed people on set with his proselytizing and people are tired of preached at by people like him so that's some bad press for it to. 

 

For me personally "Ripped from the headlines" stories like these are enherently exploitative and I don't like it. 

Edited July 15, 2023 by RSG3

[DoctaMario]

18 hours ago, Sonichuman said:

There is a alot going on here for 5 fucking dollars and a receipt.  I kinda want to know more context before this but based off what is in front of me, this looks pretty fucked.  Dude is screaming "HERE'S THE RECEIPT" and nobody is even bothering to look at it until the very end of the video.

Agreed. Too often videos like this are posted with little context and we don't see what led up to the situation. The lead up is arguably the most important part.

 

 

[AriesWarlock]

Dude trying to catch a 2-piece

 

 

 

 

[Hecatom]

[Emptyeyes_]

Physical therapy would need to be repeated for me again. Shoulder dislocation 8 times in the past 25 years wasn't a good outcome. I'll get another approval for it by the physician. Kinda terrible when it tries to pop out, but lifetime workouts for it were recommended so my arm wouldn't worsen down the line. Anyway, must do that again.

[Emptyeyes_]

Underrated back then.

[Chadouken]

I weighed myself this morning. I'm at 185. Down from 200 two weeks ago. Making progress 💪

[J-ride]

3 hours ago, RSG3 said:

It's military propaganda that makes a marine look like an action movie star, who it turns out is actually probably a fraud. 

 

Caviezel is also a religious nut who harassed people on set with his proselytizing and people are tired of preached at by people like him so that's some bad press for it to. 

 

For me personally "Ripped from the headlines" stories like these are enherently exploitative and I don't like it. 

The movie takes a pretty restrained approach and most of the people I've heard taking this position are entenched ideologues who are going to be hostile toward Caviezel entirely because of his religious beliefs. 

 

If anything I thought the movie showed how difficult it is to remain "the good guy" while trying to do the right thing and not compromising your mission.  There's no fantastic action in the film, not sure who is saying that.

[RSG3]

20 minutes ago, J-ride said:

The movie takes a pretty restrained approach and most of the people I've heard taking this position are entenched ideologues who are going to be hostile toward Caviezel entirely because of his religious beliefs. 

 

If anything I thought the movie showed how difficult it is to remain "the good guy" while trying to do the right thing and not compromising your mission.  There's no fantastic action in the film, not sure who is saying that.

You're welcome to believe what you want. I already said the part that makes the movie gross to me personally, and it's not just this movie, like I dont like Law & Order for much the same reason.

 

I simply answered dudes question about why others are having an issue. 

Edited July 15, 2023 by RSG3

[VirginDefiler]

1 hour ago, Chadouken said:

I weighed myself this morning. I'm at 185. Down from 200 two weeks ago. Making progress 💪

 

[iStu X]

[Emptyeyes_]