awoogala
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too bad.Nope, that's Mila.
too bad.Nope, that's Mila.
Since he started the Pirates of the Caribbean movie, I haven't liked Depp in any role other than Jack Sparrow. I'm cautiously optimistic about Tonto/The Lone Ranger.Yes. ... Depp created an iconic character in Captain Jack Sparrow.
I wouldn't call him an iconic actor, though. But I have liked or loved almost every film he has ever been in. It's nice to see a local guy and high school drop out make good.
Wow, I just looked at more images and see that it's Mila - that really looks like Rachel Weisz to me though.Nope, that's Mila.
It's Mila. Look at the trailer and she's wearing that outfit. That being said, I understand the confusion. As I already said earlier... Bad bad baaaaaaaad photoshop.That's Rachel Weisz
Bob Weis looks like he's thinking, "Yeah, he's gonna touch it and its gonna break and I'm gonna look bad. Can I go now?"![]()
Jay "I F#^&@(% hate quality"
Wow, I just looked at more images and see that it's Mila - that really looks like Rachel Weisz to me though.
I still think this will be a bankable film, but it all depends on foreign markets. I just skimmed Les Mis' foreign box office totals (http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=lesmiserables2012.htm)Yikes. I didn't know it had cost that much. But yeah, assuming say 100 million spent on advertising, it's a tall hill. But again, it's really tracking that bad? Sorry just trying to clarify your answer, I get with the production and advertising it's costly. But films have been costly before and done well. When you said "it's still early but it's not looking good" were you referring to the tracking on the film or just referring more to how it's a high hill to climb for profitability?
So @WDW1974 (Mr.Spirit) or @Lee, could one of the factors for Burbank/WDI pushing for Mr.Tony Baxter to leave is simply because he wanted to create another blue ocean(like a one of a kind E-Ticket attraction/land) while the others were simply focusing on strengthening their own internal blue ocean strategy like NGE? Could this possibly be the reason Mr.Baxter finally said enough is enough with WDI simply because his vision/viewpoint/definition of a company being a "blue ocean" innovator (which is the right path) is different than what Iger and the rest of his corporate pawsy/puppetheads define as a "blue ocean" strategy? Now would be a good time for Baxter to write that after life Disney book.
He also said nothing else is in construction at WDW right now, and then later in the article references the D-ticket Mine Train ride.
I am glad that they're looking at redoing the entire land since it's such a hodgepodge. Too bad they laid off one of their most talented designers.What I took from Al talking about the lukewarm (at best) response to 'New Fantasyland' beyond the eating hall was that he said that was the reason why the Iron Man attraction for DL had been tabled temporarily because they were looking at the whole land based on the WDW piecemeal approach.
Yikes. I didn't know it had cost that much. But yeah, assuming say 100 million spent on advertising, it's a tall hill. But again, it's really tracking that bad? Sorry just trying to clarify your answer. I get with the production and advertising it's costly. But films have been costly before and done well. When you said "it's still early but it's not looking good" were you referring to the tracking on the film or just referring more to how it's a high hill to climb for profitability?
I just hope that Tonto knows how to swim.Oz, Lone Ranger, Iron Man 3 and Monsters U have costs in the neighborhood of a billion dollars between the four, well over when you add marketing. Do you know what that means when it comes to BO?
Since he started the Pirates of the Caribbean movie, I haven't liked Depp in any role other than Jack Sparrow. I'm cautiously optimistic about Tonto/The Lone Ranger.
you have to make a billion+1Today, films have to make ridiculous sums of money to just break even.
It wasn't all that long ago where $100 million was a blockbuster. Then, it was $200 million. Now, you can have a film make over $300 million and still be in the red due to costs of everything from talent to production to marketing.
Oz, Lone Ranger, Iron Man 3 and Monsters U have costs in the neighborhood of a billion dollars between the four, well over when you add marketing. Do you know what that means when it comes to BO?
I am one who called for a return to ticket books over the years, I'll admit it.
And I'm not certain that a pricing structure to the parks is a bad idea. Hopefully this doesn't mark me as an elitist, but hear me out.
In Walt's day, you could enjoy the park without spending TOO much on admission. Going on the big attractions meant more money. Going on the smaller attractions meant less money.
In 2015 (to choose a date), they could, if they wanted to, create a world where admission wasn't too much and extra value could be had if you had the money. BUT - and this is a big but - this only makes sense if admission isn't too much.
If they want to keep admission around $90 and then also tack on upcharges for FastPass and so on.... we have left the train station and sanity is far behind us.
If they reduced admission to $25 and charged $5/ride, we'd be back in the land of sanity. $5 in 2011 is 66 cents in 1959 terms (when coupons were created), and in the real 1959, such coupons cost 50 cents individually, or 35 cents when bought in bulk. In other words, Walt would probably view $5/ride for an E-ticket to be expensive in 2013, but not overly so.
The problem is scale. And greed. Today's company doesn't want Walt-sized profits. It wants Wall Street-sized profits. Those are not mutually compatible.
I think the average guest for the most part would hate that.
Combining the two most hated business models in the Tourism industry sounds like a bad idea.
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