Star Wars hits a billion in 12 days

biggunsbob · Dec 20, 2015

Pretty big number. Did Lucas settle for to little at 4 Billion in sale to Disney ?

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4134&p=.htm

Michchamp · Dec 21, 2015

star wars blows.

Gulo Blue · Dec 21, 2015

I'm not surprised. Halfway through the movie I was already thinking about when I could go back and see it again. So much better than 1-3.

tinselwolverine · Dec 21, 2015

I saw the first three when they first came out-I was in high school when the first one debuted.

Never saw any of the second three; I don't expect I ever will and I don't expect LC this one.

Never saw one of the Star Trek movies either.

Gulo Blue · Dec 21, 2015

tinselwolverine said:
Never saw any of the second three

That's fine.

Never saw one of the Star Trek movies either.

None? Not even the one with the whales?

tinselwolverine · Dec 21, 2015

None? Not even the one with the whales?

Whales?

That's a joke, right?

Natalie Portman looks like she was probably pretty hot in her Star Wars space get up, but I can see her in other stuff.

Michchamp · Dec 21, 2015

star treks II & IV are worth seeing, even if youre not a Trek fan.

although IV might be tough to understand at first w/out the backstory of 3.

at least see II if you haven't seen any. so many great points.

and the soliliquy from Ricardo Montalban's Khan near then end... "from Hell's heart, I spit at thee"... some damn good writing there. Bill Shakespeare himself would say "this is worthy of Bill Shakespeare's time."

I would not recommend anyone over the age of 12 waste their time watching Star Bores. but Ive also never seen/read Harry Potter, the hunger games, twilight, or any "teen/young adult" fiction so what do I know?

tinselwolverine · Dec 21, 2015

michchamp said:
I would not recommend anyone over the age of 12 waste their time watching Star Bores. but Ive also never seen/read Harry Potter, the hunger games, twilight, or any "teen/young adult" fiction so what do I know?

Haven't read any; saw parts of some of the Twilights when the wife had it on TV.

Didn't read the Hunger Games but have seen the first three and I'll watch the 4th one when it comes out on Netflix.

That said, I would watch Jennifer Lawrence and Elizabeth Banks peel shrimp.

I've wondered this, though - what's the difference between Star Trek and like, the super hero kinda movies you tend to bag on?

Aren't they kind of the same thing?

Leonard, Sheldon, Raj, Howard and Stewart seem to like all of them...

sggatecl · Dec 21, 2015

tinselwolverine said:
That said, I would watch Jennifer Lawrence and Elizabeth Banks peel shrimp.

Is that a euphemism for fellatio? If so, I would.

If it's not, I still would.

tinselwolverine · Dec 21, 2015

sggatecl said:
Is that a euphemism for fellatio? If so, I would.

If it's not, I still would.

No.

It's just the most boring thing a person could watch someone else do.

They would both still be hot.

jared · Dec 21, 2015

michchamp said:
star treks II & IV are worth seeing, even if youre not a Trek fan.

although IV might be tough to understand at first w/out the backstory of 3.

at least see II if you haven't seen any. so many great points.

and the soliliquy from Ricardo Montalban's Khan near then end... "from Hell's heart, I spit at thee"... some damn good writing there. Bill Shakespeare himself would say "this is worthy of Bill Shakespeare's time."

I would not recommend anyone over the age of 12 waste their time watching Star Bores. but Ive also never seen/read Harry Potter, the hunger games, twilight, or any "teen/young adult" fiction so what do I know?

Star Trek is unwatchable to me.

Until JJ made the last two entertaining.

Michchamp · Dec 21, 2015

tinselwolverine said:
...

I've wondered this, though - what's the difference between Star Trek and like, the super hero kinda movies you tend to bag on?

Aren't they kind of the same thing?

Leonard, Sheldon, Raj, Howard and Stewart seem to like all of them...

There's a difference between "fantasy" aka superhero stories, and "science fiction."

& i dont care what those guys like or do. i wouldn't want to be any of them.

tinselwolverine · Dec 21, 2015

michchamp said:
There's a difference between "fantasy" aka superhero stories, and "science fiction."

& i dont care what those guys like or do. i wouldn't want to be any of them.

Raj comes from a monumentally wealthy family and he was once named by People magazine as one of the 30 most fascinating up and comers, or something like that - I think he discovered a new star, or something.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPZNPQDB6LE

Howard was a NASA astronaut.

And Leonard is married to Kaley Kuoko look alike.

She also looks like that daughter of the priceline guy, the guy who was the first Kirk on Star Trek.

Michchamp · Dec 21, 2015

I don't care. I'm still happy being me.

Kaley Cuoco is overrated anyway.

sggatecl · Dec 21, 2015

Melissa Rauch > Kaley Cuoco

tinselwolverine · Dec 21, 2015

sggatecl said:
Melissa Rauch > Kaley Cuoco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfkzEBmx9nc

Apparently Melissa's real mom (and dad) talk a lot like HOWUD'S MUTHUH!!!

Thumb · Dec 21, 2015

jared said:
Star Trek is unwatchable to me.

Until JJ made the last two entertaining.

Must...

Resist...

Homicidal....

Urges...

Gulo Blue · Dec 21, 2015

tinselwolverine said:
Whales?

That's a joke, right?

Gulo Blue · Dec 21, 2015

tinselwolverine said:
I've wondered this, though - what's the difference between Star Trek and like, the super hero kinda movies you tend to bag on?

Aren't they kind of the same thing?

Leonard, Sheldon, Raj, Howard and Stewart seem to like all of them...

This question reminds me of this letter floating around about Blade Runner.

http://www.blastr.com/2013-3-26/read-philip-k-dicks-1981-letter-predicting-blade-runners-impact

There's more to science fiction than just being fantasy set in space or in the future. Science fiction tries to portray reality given future technology and tries to predict how things will change. That's the core thing that it's about. Maybe not a universally accepted definition, but I think you can argue that Star Wars is not science fiction. It has science fiction elements, but you could tell the same story as medieval fantasy and the lack of futuristic technology would not change things.

Gulo Blue · Dec 21, 2015

michchamp said:
There's a difference between "fantasy" aka superhero stories, and "science fiction."

& i dont care what those guys like or do. i wouldn't want to be any of them.

I'm so far behind. There's a 2nd page already.

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