Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs

[Casper Gutman]

Joel...when you assume...you know what happens.
I never put zero effort into my thoughts and posts. If it's my opinion, I express it.
There was a discussion about if Disney felt Snow White would be a tent pole hit...so I did some research.

What's fun and interesting is one of the most celebrated voices on this site used AI extensively in 2024.... and no one cared. Surprised Disney Irish never caught on but I studied and captured the receipts...or maybe he saw it but since it was a voice he agreed with...he stayed silent.

Anyway...I'm not here to out anyone, just keep in mind there is advanced tech to find out and it's not GPTZERO to discover AI voices.

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You’re accusing me of being AI? You’re mad. I’ve never once used AI for anything, let alone something as frivolous as posting on a message board. I hope anyone who’s read my posts, agree or disagree, would attest to the fact that I have a fairly distinct voice.

I’d appreciate an apology for this garbage.

PS: asking AI something isn’t “doing research.”

 

[Agent H]

You’re accusing me of being AI? You’re mad. I’ve never once used AI for anything, let alone something as frivolous as posting on a message board. I hope anyone who’s read my posts, agree or disagree, would attest to the fact that I have a fairly distinct voice.

I’d appreciate an apology for this garbage.

Indeed. You are perhaps the most composed poster on here.

 

[Casper Gutman]

Indee. You are perhaps the most composed poster on here.

You’re a great poster. If you are indeed on the younger side, your articulate posts and thoughtful arguments certainly don’t reflect any lack of experience.

 

[LittleBuford]

I can smell AI a mile off. @Casper Gutman is the furthest poster from it.

 

[Casper Gutman]

Tony the Tiger.. and please…

Do you think I’m Tony?

Are you OK?

 

[Disney Irish]

Joel...when you assume...you know what happens.
I never put zero effort into my thoughts and posts. If it's my opinion, I express it.
There was a discussion about if Disney felt Snow White would be a tent pole hit...so I did some research.

What's fun and interesting is one of the most celebrated voices on this site used AI extensively in 2024.... and no one cared. Surprised Disney Irish never caught on but I studied and captured the receipts...or maybe he saw it but since it was a voice he agreed with...he stayed silent.

Anyway...I'm not here to out anyone, just keep in mind there is advanced tech to find out and it's not GPTZERO to discover AI voices.

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I never caught it because its not a thing. You're upset that you got called out for your use of it, and now trying to clap back as if everyone is against you.

Let me be clear, I'm not against you, no one is against you. As I've said now MANY times, I'm not against AI, I use AI in my job and am very familiar with it. My issue was and continues to be the use of AI as a replacement for actual research and discussion.

You want to use AI fine, as long as you clearly identify it as AI generated information I don't care, people can make their own opinions about its veracity from there. And you notice I haven't said one thing about your posts that you've done that, and I appreciate that you have.

 

[LittleBuford]

I’m not sure what you are talking about. Where, precisely, did I call you racist? I don’t know how I supposedly did something “by Tony.”

You are lying about me and using personal insults while pretending to be a victim.

I say this as someone who has difficulty letting go, but please just ignore them. Anyone who calls you such a disgusting thing doesn’t deserve a second more of your time or attention.

 

[MagicMouseFan]

I never caught it because its not a thing. You're upset that you got called out for your use of it, and now trying to clap back as if everyone is against you.

Let me be clear, I'm not against you, no one is against you. As I've said now MANY times, I'm not against AI, I use AI in my job and am very familiar with it. My issue was and continues to be the use of AI as a replacement for actual research and discussion.

You want to use AI fine, as long as you clearly identify it as AI generated information I don't care, people can make their own opinions about its veracity from there.

It’s a thing Irish… I dropped the proof in front of your eyes.

 

[Disney Irish]

It’s a thing Irish… I dropped the proof in front of your eyes.

Its not a thing, as I've been interacting with that poster for a long time and know his writing style. Just like I knew yours from our previous interactions (or did you forget all the times we discussed movies over the last 3+ years) and could tell when you switched to using AI for your posts.

 

[Casper Gutman]

I say this as someone who has difficulty letting go, but please just ignore them. Anyone who calls you such a disgusting thing doesn’t deserve a second more of your time or attention.

I’m just kind of wondering what sort of prompt I would have used to sound like me - “Be a pompous dweeb about Disney?”

 

[Disney Irish]

I’m just kind of wondering what sort of prompt I would have used to sound like me - “Be a pompous dweeb about Disney?”

LOL, I wasn't going to call you pompous, but that is a good description.

 

[erasure fan1]

Snow is absolutely for small children.

The question is, does the parent want to pay for tickets for themself and their children to watch Snow?

That's a great question. One I've asked many times. Young kids can't get to the movies or buy tickets... If the parents want no part of it, there's a great chance you lose the kids too.

 

[Disney Irish]

Anyways, back to talking about the box office.

I was interested in Black Bag when I saw the previews for it. But after this performance I'm thinking to wait until it comes to streaming. Comcast I think did a disservice to this movie.

 

[Trauma]

Nope… I felt and still do little mermaid casting was gimmicky and he went the other direction with it.

Banned me to the corn field.

I’ll never forget it.

I don’t know what we are talking about.

I just know that even though we don’t agree on a lot of things on these forums, my general sense is that almost everyone here is a good person.

I don’t want to call them out, but for example sometimes when Casper posts I actually smack myself in the head. That being said I would bet Casper is an excellent person. Everyone’s ideology is shaped by our experiences. I did not grow up like Casper and Vice Versa. I know I myself regrettably get grumpy on these boards. It’s just because in my eyes I see the destruction of the company I love happening right before me. That being said I have to respect that some people think Disney is making the correct choices and want to argue that side of it.

In other words I still have some growing up to do when it comes to respecting others points of view.

Hopefully I get to it, before I’m dead.

 

[DKampy]

Anyways, back to talking about the box office.

I was interested in Black Bag when I saw the previews for it. But after this performance I'm thinking to wait until it comes to streaming. Comcast I think did a disservice to this movie.

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I saw Black Bag last week…I enjoyed it…..Saw Novacane today….I thought that was a fun Movie… violent but still felt like light escapism…. Saving Snow White till next week….I did not know long those would stay in theater…People say they want original movies, but when a studio produces one… no one watches it

 

[MagicMouseFan]

I don’t know what we are talking about.

I just know that even though we don’t agree on a lot of things on these forums, my general sense is that almost everyone here is a good person.

I don’t want to call them out, but for example sometimes when Casper posts I actually smack myself in the head. That being said I would bet Casper is an excellent person. Everyone’s ideology is shaped by our experiences. I did not grow up like Casper and Vice Versa. I know I myself regrettably get grumpy on these boards. It’s just because in my eyes I see the destruction of the company I love happening right before me. That being said I have to respect that some people think Disney is making the correct choices and want to argue that side of it.

In other words I still have some growing up to do when it comes to respecting others points of view.

Hopefully I get to it, before I’m dead.

excellent post

 

[BrianLo]

I call for a straight moratorium on AI search results. I’m not enjoying these walls of text prompts, is anyone else actually and I’m missing the mood?

It might be a tool to help with neurodivergence and communication. I actually don’t mind it if people need to use it to help author their points for them well.

But I skip past and usually report every Grok search result I encounter. Fun quips about a Wonka machine or not.

 

[Trauma]

I call for a straight moratorium on AI search results. I’m not enjoying these walls of text prompts, is anyone else actually and I’m missing the mood?

It might be a tool to help with neurodivergence and communication. I actually don’t mind it if people need to use it to help author their points for them well.

But I skip past and usually report every Grok search result I encounter. Fun quips about a Wonka machine or not.

Report them for what though ?

I don’t enjoy them either, but it’s not really that different than posting a link to an article is it ?

 

[brideck]

I saw Black Bag last week…I enjoyed it…..Saw Novacane today….I thought that was a fun Movie… violent but still felt like light escapism…. Saving Snow White till next week….I did not know long those would stay in theater…People say they want original movies, but when a studio produces one… no one watches it

Regrettably I haven't made it to the theater at all this weekend. Hoping to get to The Monkey and The Assessment before they vanish on me. We also want to try to catch Mufasa before it's gone this week -- still haven't made the time for it yet, just way too much indie/international stuff we've wanted to see lately.

 

[BrianLo]

Report them for what though ?

I don’t enjoy them either, but it’s not really that different than posting a link to an article is it ?

It’s currently against the spirit of the TOS. Which has been misinterpreted. AI is actually ‘ok’ for helping to find your voice, not post search results. Whether they are labeled as Grok or not, sometimes they aren’t.

A link I can skip past, a wall of text is more irritating. I guess at least hide it behind a spoiler tag labeled Grok results so I can scroll similarly by.

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