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

[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?”

 

[LittleBuford]

People, please don’t respond to anyone who thinks it’s acceptable to call a fellow member of this forum one of the worst insults in the English language. Some things are just beyond the pale. Hopefully @The Mom will be along soon to deal with it.

 

[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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[TalkingHead]

1. Reboots? What reboots? Star Wars and Indiana Jones were revived. But there have been no reboots.

Live action remakes operate on the same principle as reboots. What’s the substantive difference?

 

[BrianLo]

Live action remakes operate on the same principle as reboots. What’s the substantive difference?

Canon continuity.

But the line gets awfully blurred. Like video games that blur the line between remasters and remakes.

 

[TalkingHead]

Canon continuity.

But the line gets awfully blurred. Like video games that blur the line between remasters and remakes.

Horror reboots rarely mean anything more than a new movie with the same general story and title which sounds like these live action things.

Also worth noting Snow White, Pinocchio, Dumbo were not hits, either in theaters or on streaming. Bambi was canceled. They’ve probably gotten the message that early Disney features are not popular fare for modern moviegoing audiences, for a variety of reasons.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

Where is the attempt to rehabilitate and champion Perlmutter coming from? It certainly isn’t coming from film or comic fans or historians. Is it just political? Is there some YouTube commentator pushing it?

It’s only in your mind, I used him as a throw away example of how dissent is needed at Disney, you ignored the other 90% of my post and latched onto my one line about a dissenting voice like Perlmutter being good for a company, that’s it… no praise, no attempt to rehabilitate, no championing, just an example of how things typically go better when opposing voices are both included in the process.

 

[Trauma]

It’s only in your mind, I used him as a throw away example of how dissent is needed at Disney, you ignored the other 90% of my post and latched onto my one line about a dissenting voice like Perlmutter being good for a company, that’s it… no praise, no attempt to rehabilitate, no championing, just an example of how things typically go better when opposing voices are both included in the process.

The problem with this is as soon an opposing voice appears things go sideways real fast. How they make it past the first 5 minutes of anything without being accused of micro aggressions, or having everyone else leave in protest, is beyond me.