Wonder Woman
POSTED BY: JEWELSTAITEFAN
UPDATED: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 11:30
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Agreed Rappy. I love to hear about this stuff, once I've seen the movie.
I could appreciate the behind the scenes stuff, Bravo!
SGG
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* Why do we have to wait until well over 1/2 through the movie to hear WW's theme music kick in? As she starts to finally kick ass , ... and why wasn't it set up earlier in the movie? Stuff like that, I dunno, just seems like it sort a just appears, out of no where, and now , when ever you see her in a trialer, that theme music cranks up...
Tired now. Nite.
Man, sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who sees things a certain way, or ask odd ball questions, and then this happens !
It makes perfect sense ! Her theme music is even more awesome than I knew ! Man, I really dig learning about stuff like this !!
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Oooops...was my post too spoilery ?
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Maybe just a tad spoilery.....but not to worry, at this stage of the posts people should know that there will be some spoilers.
Still though, awesome post Rappy.
SGG
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Oooops...was my post too spoilery ?
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Thanks Second, that's what I remember as well from the movie; it gave both origins of WW and left it up to the audience...just as you said. In Greek mythology, Zeus was in the habit of having sex with mortals and producing offspring that were considered demi-gods (much like Perseus and Hercules).
SGG
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Wonder Woman’s dueling origin stories are explained at:
www.vox.com/culture/2017/6/7/15740202/wonder-woman-origin-story-amazon
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In 2011, DC Comics instituted a relaunch of 52 of its titles called the “The New 52,” which essentially undid those titles’ previous storylines and “reset” them at a new starting point; it was characterized at the time as a way to make the comics more accessible to new readers. In writer Brian Azzarello and artist Cliff Chiang’s New 52 run, Wonder Woman’s origin is changed.
The movie gives BOTH origin stories, the old and the new. The movie leaves the final interpretation of Diana’s origin to its audience, and in doing so reflects a debate over Diana’s origin that’s been going on in Wonder Woman comic books over the past several years.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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I'm revisiting this post because this weekend I was given a free ticket by my local theater (I went to a screening several months ago and there were some issues with the film, so they gave us free tickets to go see anything we wanted to make up for it).
I chose to re-watch WW. Now, yes I could have picked Dunkirk, but I was not in the mood. I immediately picked WW, and I was quite surprised to see, at this time of the year (it was released June 2) that it still has "legs" some 2 months later.
As of August 6 the worldwide take for this movie has been rather strong $793 Million; and it's about even both domestically and the foreign box office.
$399M domestic and $393M foreign markets and counting. According to Box Office Mojo, where I got these numbers, the film cost $149M to make (I'm not sure if that includes advertising).
My local theater, a multiplex, was near capacity (about 90% full); there few empty seats and the crowd was enthusiastic as the movie started. While I was waiting on line to enter the theater several people commented that it may be sold out. This on a Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. And there were all kinds of people there; couples, family with kids (some I thought were too young for the war theme) white, black, Asian, etc. It ran across the board, all kinds of people. And everyone seemed to enjoy themselves throughout the movie. WW set a record for a female directed feature:
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...exceeded all expectations this weekend, delivering an impressive $100 million opening, the largest opening for a female-directed feature, vastly out-performing the previous record holder Fifty Shades of Grey, which debuted with $85.1 million back in 2015.
I was pleasantly surprised to see that, not so much about making money, but that it has exceeded my initial thought as too the success of both the movie and it's star Gal Gadot. Her performance in Batman v. Superman got me excited and now it is more than what I thought at the time. It's more than just a hit movie, it is officially a phenomenon.
Just thought I'd share.
SGG
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The London release was apparently cancelled due to the Manchester bombing.
North America will need to take up the slack.
Next Friday.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451279/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
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That's a solid showing for a 2 month movie on a Saturday night.
Anecdotal though it may be.
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen
I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.
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Quote:You are adding a bunch after the post I saw initially. Looks like you are learning after getting burned on making posts and then they don't show up.
Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:Quote:I chose to re-watch WW. Now, yes I could have picked Dunkirk, but I was not in the mood. I immediately picked WW, and I was quite surprised to see, at this time of the year (it was released June 2) that it still has "legs" some 2 months later.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
The London release was apparently cancelled due to the Manchester bombing.
North America will need to take up the slack.
Next Friday.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451279/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
As of August 6 the worldwide take for this movie has been rather strong $793 Million; and it's about even both domestically and the foreign box office.
$399M domestic and $393M foreign markets and counting. According to Box Office Mojo, where I got these numbers, the film cost $149M to make (I'm not sure if that includes advertising).
My local theater, a multiplex, was near capacity (about 90% full); there few empty seats and the crowd was enthusiastic as the movie started. While I was waiting on line to enter the theater several people commented that it may be sold out. This on a Saturday night at 7:00 p.m. And there were all kinds of people there; couples, family with kids (some I thought were too young for the war theme) white, black, Asian, etc. It ran across the board, all kinds of people. And everyone seemed to enjoy themselves throughout the movie. WW set a record for a female directed feature:Quote:I was pleasantly surprised to see that, not so much about making money, but that it has exceeded my initial thought as too the success of both the movie and it's star Gal Gadot. Her performance in Batman v. Superman got me excited and now it is more than what I thought at the time. It's more than just a hit movie, it is officially a phenomenon.
...exceeded all expectations this weekend, delivering an impressive $100 million opening, the largest opening for a female-directed feature, vastly out-performing the previous record holder Fifty Shades of Grey, which debuted with $85.1 million back in 2015.
Just thought I'd share.
SGG
I am glad it made some money, so that better scripts will follow. Despite the opener not being as satisfactory as, say, Superman with Chris Reeves.
I had also intended to mention that I was looking forward to more from Gal Gadot. But I do feel she was better served with Keeping Up With The Jones' from last fall. Wittier script and story, good surrounding cast, better showcase for her talents, good display of her facets. Her tension and humor for sure. I'm thinking she wasn't pregnant for Keeping, so perhaps that made a difference. So, Keeping gave her a better story, better display, more to work with, and I think was more memorable for her fans - but WW gave her more exposure, and will help launch the franchise.
I had also recommended Criminal before, and I liked her work in that film as well, which I saw partly because she was in the credits. I think both Criminal and Keeping were better to see her in than F&F or WW.
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You're right, I was totally caught by surprise not expecting many folk inside the theater, and it sounded like they enjoyed themselves. And these were first-time audience/viewers because the majority stayed to see if there were any codas (what I call Extras) at the end.
Only a handful left right away (maybe 10 out of the whole theater).
SGG
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
That's a solid showing for a 2 month movie on a Saturday night.
Anecdotal though it may be.
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen
I'm just a red pill guy in a room full of blue pill addicts.
" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall
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Watching the TV show, I hadn't recalled before that the electronic sound effects of Bionics had been migrated from Six Million Dollar Man over to WW, like when she is moving heavy objects.
I don't recall this in the film, and that's good.
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