Upon knowing that Ghost in the Shell has been a film in development hell for almost a decade since it was initially announced. And this has been a film that has moved from studio to studio; with Mickey Mouse seemingly being the one to make until the Mouse dropped it off at Paramount with DreamWorks co-producing the film. Universal has picked up distribution rights for numerous countries outside of the United States, not sure how much of their involvement factors into the final product of the film.
Before I get to the real source of the "problem"; I want to address the biggest complaint that I have seen to date. Scarlett Johansson was announced as the role of the "Major" who in the anime and manga is named Motoko Kusanagi. As you can tell, Scarlett Johansson is an American of Danish descent. The biggest and most annoying remark I see regarding this casting choice is; "Why Isn't Rinko Kikuchi the Major"?
Hollywood is a money making machine. Whenever movies are being pitched and financiers are mulling things over, if it's not going to make money; it needs to win awards. And to make money, you need names that will put asses in seats. Case in point, Rinko Kikuchi is persona-non-grata or "box office poison". 2013 was a big year for Rinko and it was a bust for her as both Pacific Rim and 47 Ronin bombed. Pacific Rim was budgeted around $200 million and made half of that in the United States. And even though it made $100 million in the States, half of the money goes to the theatrical establishments meaning that WB only got $50 million. That means that in the United States, only a quarter a film's budget was recouped.
And almost everyone jumps to the fact that Pacific Rim made a killing in China and grossed almost $112 million. While China has been the number two market that studios are looking at, it is not the United States. It all varies from studio to studio, Legendary decided to go for a sequel for both Pacific Rim and Warcraft because of the Chinese box office results while both films bombed here in the States. Since Ghost in the Shell is a Paramount film; they had all ready tried to rely on the Chinese market for Terminator: Genisys to get a sixth film made and it failed to make enough to justify getting that film off the ground. Paramount and the financiers are probably not going to take that risk for this film, even though I doubt there will be a sequel despite how vast this universe is.
47 Ronin was crowned the title of the "biggest box office bomb of 2013". The film made under $40 million in the United States and cost a grand total of $225 million dollars. The film failed to get a Chinese release and it's biggest grossing outside the United States was Russia with about $27 million. Worldwide, the film made $150 million and half of that goes to the theater establishments. So, a $225 million that only made a third of it's budget back.
And her follow up to those films was Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter which only managed to score a limited theatrical release. Most likely due to the failures of her other previous English language films. I cannot find any budget for this film, which was probably a $20+ million film and it didn't even hit a million worldwide in theatrical grosses.
Rinko has gone back to Japan and is now married and starting a family. While she has a part in Pacific Rim 2: Uprising, it is not a lead role. And besides, there are other Asian actresses who are more qualified but most people who jump to the default "Why isn't it Rinko" probably don't watch a lot of foreign films to see what other talent is out there compared to what junk the Hollywood system churns out. Actresses like Ai Hashimoto, Satomi Ishihara, Kiko Mizuhara, Aya Ueto, Chiaki Kuriyama; and other Asian ethnic actresses like Liu Yufei, Li Bingbing, or Kelly Hu. There are plenty of other Asian actresses out there who could get the job done compared to Rinko Kikuchi.
I am biased towards both Scarlett Johansson and Rinko Kikuchi. While Scarlett is an attractive woman, her movie roles have been less than stellar in my opinion. And her political views have been a bit of a turn off for me as well. Seeing the trailers and seeing how she has done for the role of the "Major", it's been so-so. I am more or less excited for seeing Beat Takeshi as the man who runs the corporation that created the Major. If you know who Beat Takeshi is, it's kinda surprising seeing him take on an American role. This is the first English film that he has done since Johnny Mnemonic in 1994.
I see a lot of hate from fans and I see a lot of this hate aimed in the wrong direction. It is not Paramount and DreamWorks for making the film. It's not Scarlett Johansson for taking the role; she's an actress who has a child and having a kid means you got to provide. The hate should be, but it won't, is the owners/publisher of the manga. Again, I myself have no problem with this film adaption; but, the owners are the ones who ultimately want to make money off their product. Be it from publishing and selling copies in shops or by cutting adaption deals for either television, film, or video game. The owners are the ones who allow this whenever the ink hits the papers and the money exchanges hands.
I, myself, have had some far out and radical thoughts about doing adaptions because you want to be able to make a product that stands out. Given the case for Ghost in the Shell, you got Scarlett Johannson. If my favorite theatrical establishment ends up getting the film, I will be buying a ticket to see this film because I don't care what you think.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Monday, March 6, 2017
X-Men Timeline? Major Spoilers...
Let me refrain that there is major spoilers ahead for the X-Men films, including Logan. As Wade Wilson said in his film, Deadpool; "McAvoy or Stewart; these timelines are so confusing". Wade does make a point that all of us viewers and fans have bemoaned since X-Men: Days of Future Past which effectively rebooted the series while keeping the cast mostly intact.
Let's break the events down:
1845: James Howlett (Logan) kills the man who turns out to be his biological father and escapes with his brother, Victor aka "Sabertooth". This is the intro to X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
1944: Young Magneto is a child in a German concentration camp. His parents are murdered by Sebastian Shaw. This is the intro to both the first X-Men film and is explored in depth in the intro to X-Men: First Class.
1945: Logan is in P.O.W. camp in Nagasaki, Japan. Logan saves Yoshida. Yoshida thanks Logan and goes on about his business rebuilding Japan and his empire. This is the intro to the Wolverine. It is also worth noting that Victor and Logan must have been off fighting in different parts of WWII at the time as Victor is nowhere to be seen. However we do know that both of them fight together side-by-side in various other conflicts.
1962: Professor Xavier and Mystique meet Moira McTaggert and form a bond with Magneto who is out to kill Sebastian Shaw. We encounter Logan at a bar drinking. Then we have the rest of the events of X-Men: First Class which plays out.
1973: Logan, down and out from various wars is a bodyguard whom has a vision to seek out Professor Charles Xavier. Logan finds him and reveals to Charles that through another dimension in time and space, the older Xavier relays a message that Bolivar Trask must stop his sinister plans to unleash Sentinels on mutants. This is the "Past" portion of X-Men: Days of Future Past.
After this point in time, the continuity is completely altered and events are out of order. We do know that when Logan was sent back through time in the non-existent universe, he knew of all of the events from the X-Men trilogy which was altered and mentions the names of several mutants to Charles Xavier; Cyclops, Jean, Colossus, etc. This was most likely to prevent them from going astray and to possibly stop them from joining the "Brotherhood" which is Magneto's evil group of mutants.
New time line starts with Logan being taken by Mystique (in the disguise of General Stryker) to Alkali Lake to have the Adamantium bonded to his skeleton. All of the events past the opening war sequence of X-Men Origins: Wolverine has been erased and have never happened in the way we saw. We do not know if Team X existed, but, we do know from that film that Stryker was in Africa mining for the Adamantium. And we all know that he needed that for the "Weapon X" program.
Discrepancy is Wade Wilson. If the Vietnam sequence is indeed around 1975 at the end of the war, that means he'd probably be around 20, meaning that he would be 61 in Deadpool. We will just assume that Wade Wilson had a son who would also be called Wade and would go on to become Deadpool at a later point in time. There would be no "Weapon XI" in this timeline.
1983: The "first" mutant, Apocalypse; is awoken after sensing the time and space paradox being distorted from the events in Days of Future Past. The events unfold in the film, X-Men: Apocalypse. Logan appears and has just gone through the Adamantium bonding process and escapes the facility as he is freed by young Scott and Jean as they search for the Professor and the rest of the kidnapped students.
2000: From the film Logan, we know that from what Charles Xavier says, Logan still came the school and the events at the Statue of Liberty still occurred. In what way, we don't know.
2004: According to the film, Logan, last known mutant was born in 2004.
2013: From the film, Logan; we see a Samurai sword on the wall when he is in Mexico. Since the events have been altered, Yoshida would have been unaffected as he was on the other side of the world in Japan building his empire. We don't know if or how these events were altered, but, we do know that in some way, the events of the Wolverine had happened. Granted, Logan would not have been haunted by the memory of Jean Grey since she is still alive and the events of X-Men: the Last Stand did not happen.
2015?: Logan wakes up in the present at Xavier's school. As he wakes up and tries to understand what is happening, he sees all the familiar faces of those who died or left the school. He sees Rogue, who left the mutant life behind in the Last Stand. Logan is shocked to see both Jean and Scott still alive and well. Logan goes to the Xavier and they both seem to have a mutual understanding that they both know that time and space has been altered. This is the end of Days of Future Past.
2016: The events of the film Deadpool play out.
2018: From the film Logan, Laura aka X-23 is born in Mexico sometime in 2018.
2029: Logan.
Speculations from Logan; it is possible that Charles Xavier killed a large majority of mutants in the United States from his Alzheimer/degeneration of his brain. This most likely was strong enough to kill Magneto. Whatever this event was, it cause Logan to take Charles on the run and take care of him until he dies. However, as strong as this event was, it did not have the ability to reach out to Mexico to kill the mutants there. Therefor, it did not kill Laura and the others. Obviously, from the fourteen years after the end of Days of Future Past, Logan has moved on from Jean.
Since Scott and Jean lived and the events of the Last Stand did not happen; the potential for them to conceive Nathan Summers aka Cable is most likely. Especially since Deadpool has been breaking the fourth wall and makes mention of Cable being present in Deadpool 2.
Let's break the events down:
1845: James Howlett (Logan) kills the man who turns out to be his biological father and escapes with his brother, Victor aka "Sabertooth". This is the intro to X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
1944: Young Magneto is a child in a German concentration camp. His parents are murdered by Sebastian Shaw. This is the intro to both the first X-Men film and is explored in depth in the intro to X-Men: First Class.
1945: Logan is in P.O.W. camp in Nagasaki, Japan. Logan saves Yoshida. Yoshida thanks Logan and goes on about his business rebuilding Japan and his empire. This is the intro to the Wolverine. It is also worth noting that Victor and Logan must have been off fighting in different parts of WWII at the time as Victor is nowhere to be seen. However we do know that both of them fight together side-by-side in various other conflicts.
1962: Professor Xavier and Mystique meet Moira McTaggert and form a bond with Magneto who is out to kill Sebastian Shaw. We encounter Logan at a bar drinking. Then we have the rest of the events of X-Men: First Class which plays out.
1973: Logan, down and out from various wars is a bodyguard whom has a vision to seek out Professor Charles Xavier. Logan finds him and reveals to Charles that through another dimension in time and space, the older Xavier relays a message that Bolivar Trask must stop his sinister plans to unleash Sentinels on mutants. This is the "Past" portion of X-Men: Days of Future Past.
After this point in time, the continuity is completely altered and events are out of order. We do know that when Logan was sent back through time in the non-existent universe, he knew of all of the events from the X-Men trilogy which was altered and mentions the names of several mutants to Charles Xavier; Cyclops, Jean, Colossus, etc. This was most likely to prevent them from going astray and to possibly stop them from joining the "Brotherhood" which is Magneto's evil group of mutants.
New time line starts with Logan being taken by Mystique (in the disguise of General Stryker) to Alkali Lake to have the Adamantium bonded to his skeleton. All of the events past the opening war sequence of X-Men Origins: Wolverine has been erased and have never happened in the way we saw. We do not know if Team X existed, but, we do know from that film that Stryker was in Africa mining for the Adamantium. And we all know that he needed that for the "Weapon X" program.
Discrepancy is Wade Wilson. If the Vietnam sequence is indeed around 1975 at the end of the war, that means he'd probably be around 20, meaning that he would be 61 in Deadpool. We will just assume that Wade Wilson had a son who would also be called Wade and would go on to become Deadpool at a later point in time. There would be no "Weapon XI" in this timeline.
1983: The "first" mutant, Apocalypse; is awoken after sensing the time and space paradox being distorted from the events in Days of Future Past. The events unfold in the film, X-Men: Apocalypse. Logan appears and has just gone through the Adamantium bonding process and escapes the facility as he is freed by young Scott and Jean as they search for the Professor and the rest of the kidnapped students.
2000: From the film Logan, we know that from what Charles Xavier says, Logan still came the school and the events at the Statue of Liberty still occurred. In what way, we don't know.
2004: According to the film, Logan, last known mutant was born in 2004.
2013: From the film, Logan; we see a Samurai sword on the wall when he is in Mexico. Since the events have been altered, Yoshida would have been unaffected as he was on the other side of the world in Japan building his empire. We don't know if or how these events were altered, but, we do know that in some way, the events of the Wolverine had happened. Granted, Logan would not have been haunted by the memory of Jean Grey since she is still alive and the events of X-Men: the Last Stand did not happen.
2015?: Logan wakes up in the present at Xavier's school. As he wakes up and tries to understand what is happening, he sees all the familiar faces of those who died or left the school. He sees Rogue, who left the mutant life behind in the Last Stand. Logan is shocked to see both Jean and Scott still alive and well. Logan goes to the Xavier and they both seem to have a mutual understanding that they both know that time and space has been altered. This is the end of Days of Future Past.
2016: The events of the film Deadpool play out.
2018: From the film Logan, Laura aka X-23 is born in Mexico sometime in 2018.
2029: Logan.
Speculations from Logan; it is possible that Charles Xavier killed a large majority of mutants in the United States from his Alzheimer/degeneration of his brain. This most likely was strong enough to kill Magneto. Whatever this event was, it cause Logan to take Charles on the run and take care of him until he dies. However, as strong as this event was, it did not have the ability to reach out to Mexico to kill the mutants there. Therefor, it did not kill Laura and the others. Obviously, from the fourteen years after the end of Days of Future Past, Logan has moved on from Jean.
Since Scott and Jean lived and the events of the Last Stand did not happen; the potential for them to conceive Nathan Summers aka Cable is most likely. Especially since Deadpool has been breaking the fourth wall and makes mention of Cable being present in Deadpool 2.
Saturday, February 25, 2017
Minds.com: How Twitter is Killing Itself!
I jumped on camera after this initially happened. However, I decided not to post the video because I was extremely annoyed and it was me just screaming "fuck" for like five minutes because of my frustrations. I will probably hop back on some time this weekend and talk about this while I am copying tapes.
In my previous blog post, I discussed how social media platforms have become biased towards the left. Platforms like Facebook and most of all Twitter. And here I am again, dealing with more frustrations from Twitter.
Lately, I realized that if I wanted to get my audience; much like how I handle filmmaking living out in Ohio, I have to come get you because you won't come to me. Not necessarily, "you won't come to me", because it's "you don't know me". After much thought these past few months, I realized that I needed to hit social media hard.
However, it's hard to go after social media, especially Twitter, when they're not allowing you to fully connect with a potential audience. How Twitter does their operations makes no sense what-so-ever. To quote one of their guidelines; "You may have hit a follow limit. Twitter has imposed reasonable limits to help prevent system strain and to limit abuse. Read more about follow limits below."
How is it abuse in the right context? If we all have the choice to follow who we want and have the option to block people, how is this abuse if you're trying to find people who are interested in your work? You can take a look at celebrities and other people who have been "verified" and see that they follow close to the same amount of people following them. That's a form of "abuse" right there because they can follow as many people as they want and not face and type of restrictions.
And this is ultimately why Twitter is dying and right now at this point, flat-lining. Twitter is ultimately suppressing people to reach their audiences. It's not just me, it's everyone who is trying to get their names out there. The real abuse is the bots that Twitter allows to pass through trying to get you to sign up to adult websites and not doing anything about that. The real abuse is from @jack who trolls for censorship on his site.
This is why Twitter is dying, if not, dead.
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Minds.com: Another Day, Another Dollar. Kind of... [Long Post]
This is my first blog post to Minds. This post and any future blog posts on Minds will also be copied over to my Blogger/Blogspot blog. This is just so that my small following over there can read what I write here. I think it's only fair for those who don't feel like signing up to fifty million different social media services.
My stage name is Orlando Eastwood. I am a 27 year old indie filmmaker and business owner who lives not too far away from Columbus, OH. I officially launched my film studio Orlando Eastwood Films back in February of 2016. We make our own feature films and license features for home video, television/streaming, and theatrical uses. Filmmaking has been and always will be my passion in life. I have pursued it since I was just a small child at the age of four and knew that I always wanted make movies after watching numerous old-school Godzilla films.
I joined Minds after seeing several people writing about it on social media and talking about it on Youtube videos. I figured with how this place is structured, why not. I have been getting incredibly frustrated with Facebook, Twitter, and even Youtube in terms of how things are being handled for us people who are out there to entertain and/or inform the masses.
With Facebook, I am especially tired of it being an Anti-Trump propaganda machine. Twitter is that way too, but, I use Facebook for my personal use. And I am not saying it's the people that I am friends with, I am not trying to suppress their views or rights in any way. However, when I see my "News Feed" whenever I am surfing the web while I work, it's all bullshit about Donald Trump or anyone in his cabinet be it Mike Pence or Kellyanne Conway or whoever. It's very tiring and annoying because it's not just one of the three main snippets you see on the feed, it's all of it.
Facebook, like Twitter, are harsh on censorship; especially if you show support to Trump. I don't really call it support, more like Patriotism and showing respect for your country and calling people out on bullshit. My personal Facebook page was getting hit with claims of harassment, but, would not tell me exactly what comment I said. In fact, wouldn't tell me at all, just that I had been reported for something.
Facebook won't even properly block shit anymore for you. Pages that are nothing more than just Anti-Trump propaganda pages like Uproxx, Buzzfeed, and several others are blocked but they still pop up in my news feed and are still visible from friends who share links from said blocked pages. I don't want to see that shit, stop putting that garbage in my feed.
And even now, I am dealing with another stalker and Facebook won't do nothing unless I just block him. How is this all right for business? You can delete someone's post for their views on Trump, but, cyberstalking is okay? For example, this deranged lunatic is stalking my Twitter page and then going on to Facebook and tries to shame me for my tweets. He did it once before and on January 23rd, I made a tweet with an image stating; "Oh, boy! The SJW Police are out to get me! Sharing my tweets all over social media calling me a MISOGYNIST! WHAH! HILLARY DIDN'T WIN!"
Almost a month later, came back and tried to do it again. This time, I posted the whole conversation and he tried to continue it with me just ignoring him after a certain point. It's sad and pathetic if you think you can use my tweets or posts with my views against me. Sticks and stones my brake my bones, but my own words will never hurt me.
And Twitter, throttles me with me trying to get followers. Their whole schematic for how this works makes no sense. If you're trying to get followers and you follow people, wouldn't you think that you'd be able to follow as many people as possible to build your brand? Even the other day, Twitter sent me a strange email stating that my account was possibly hacked when it wasn't. Makes no sense.
Finally, Youtube. As much as I love uploading stuff, I've been on a self hiatus for the past few months because the service has been turning me off in terms of how they view "social justice" and the "social justice warriors". Also, I have been hit nonstop with bogus copyright claims. Most of the time it's from the Kevin MacLeod and Frank Nora music; however, I just got hit with a copyright claim from MGM over the public domain film, the Screaming Skull.
It's sad how MGM is bullying the public over a film that is public domain when they had no rights to it in the first place. MGM acquired American International Pictures who let a large majority of their films lapse into the public domain, films like House on Haunted Hill; a Bucket of Blood; the Last Man on Earth; etc. There's some films that are Public Domain here in the United States, but, are not outside of the country; like some of the old-school Gamera films; Santa Claus Conquers the Martians; etc. Some of those movies, even though I have masters for them in HD, I am not even going to mess them with because those studios do control how they're uploaded on Youtube and that's out of my hands.
Outside of these concerns, I have been busy working on the studio stuff. Finishing up everything on the VHS and the DVD releases for Toaster and getting ready to send out and pay up for the copyright on our release of the film. I will be submitting another one when we get around to making the sweet Blu-ray release since we're wanting to do a nice first-run collector's edition of the film. It's amazing that after a year, we're pretty much at the finish line for it. My clients; Dave, Nate, and Mike have been very great and supportive that I have chosen their film as my studio's first distributed title. I chose it over my own first film because I really believe in it.
I am waiting on my income taxes to come back so I can finish the VHS release, I still have buy the cases; pay for the cover art to be printed; and buy the labels to stick on the actual tape. And I am going to be doing both the spine label and the face label on the actual tape to give it that charm.
After we're done with that we're going to be working on the new English dubbing and soundtrack for the public domain film Vampyr; which our version will be called Vampyr: The Castle of Doom. I finished the new widescreen 1.66:1 version since the public domain had foreign subtitles on it and also did color tinting to highlight the mood of the film. We will probably have a VHS of that ready in May or June with an Amazon OnDemand DVD-R release probably a month after.
Then at the end of March; I am planning to film the new segments of Traumatic Possession 3D: The Tape. I am effectively pulling a "George Lucas" for my first feature. I was never too pleased with the film and on top of losing the original project files when my Toshiba died in 2014, I needed to provide a new edit any way for the film. So, it's about time we got around to finishing that. Still undecided on how I want to do the VHS release for this film; maybe do a split 50-50 on the 100 copies. Do half as 1.33:1 semi-open matte / semi-cropped and do the other half as the original 2.35:1 aspect ratio that I prefer. Or just do it all in 1.33:1; I haven't fully decided yet.
Thank you for reading.
-Orlando Eastwood
-Orlando Eastwood
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Meryl Streep: Box Office Dud!
Hello, everyone!
Given the hack, Meryl Streep; decided to take jabs at Donald Trump, NFL, and MMA; I decided to go over her box office results and I gotta hand it to you, her movies suck! She's a critic's darling like Terrance Malick who does shit! I will be doing a break down of her films starting from the year 2000 onward to present day, as there is just too many films in her resume. Given the demand, if there's any, I could possibly go back and do more breakdowns on her film's box office takes.
Before we begin, there's several things that need to be accounted for. First off, theaters in the U.S. get about 50% of the money and apparently, in Europe and most parts of the world, they get 60%. So, I shall be generous and just deduct half. Also, just because once the 50% cut has been taken and movie makes it's production budget back does not mean that it breaks even. You also have to factor in that a separate pool of money from the studio goes into advertising a film. So, just because it makes the production budget back does not make the film a success. Again, for the sake of being generous, I'll factor in that it's probably $10 - $20 million extra for the advertising. Finally, Worldwide total also has the U.S. box office takes figured in. Let's begin.
Given the hack, Meryl Streep; decided to take jabs at Donald Trump, NFL, and MMA; I decided to go over her box office results and I gotta hand it to you, her movies suck! She's a critic's darling like Terrance Malick who does shit! I will be doing a break down of her films starting from the year 2000 onward to present day, as there is just too many films in her resume. Given the demand, if there's any, I could possibly go back and do more breakdowns on her film's box office takes.
Before we begin, there's several things that need to be accounted for. First off, theaters in the U.S. get about 50% of the money and apparently, in Europe and most parts of the world, they get 60%. So, I shall be generous and just deduct half. Also, just because once the 50% cut has been taken and movie makes it's production budget back does not mean that it breaks even. You also have to factor in that a separate pool of money from the studio goes into advertising a film. So, just because it makes the production budget back does not make the film a success. Again, for the sake of being generous, I'll factor in that it's probably $10 - $20 million extra for the advertising. Finally, Worldwide total also has the U.S. box office takes figured in. Let's begin.
A.I: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Budget: $100 Million
U.S: $78,616,689
Worldwide Total: $235,926,552
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $39,308,344
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $39,308,344
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $117,963,276
RESULT: FLOP!
Adaption (2002)
Budget: $19 Million
U.S: $22,498,520
Worldwide Total: $32,801,173
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $11,249,260
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $16,400,586
RESULT: FLOP!
The Hours (2002)
Budget: $25 Million
U.S: $41,675,994
Worldwide Total: $108,846,072
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $20,837,997
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $54,423,036
RESULT: FLOP!
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Budget: $80 Million
U.S: $65,955,630
Worldwide Total: $96,105,964
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $32,977,815
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $48,052,982
RESULT: FLOP!
Budget: $140 Million
U.S: $118,634,549
Worldwide Total: $209,073,645
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $59,317,274
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $104,536,822
RESULT: FLOP!
Stolen Childhoods (2005)
Budget: N/A
U.S: $2,996
Worldwide Total: N/A
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $1,498
RESULT: FLOP!
Granted that this documentary had a limited release, I am sure a lot more money than three thousand dollars went to Ms. Streep.
Prime (2005)
Budget: $22 Million
U.S: $22,827,153
Worldwide Total: $67,937,494
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $11,413,576
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $33,968,747
RESULT: FLOP!
I would have to assume that a good $10 million to $15 million went into advertising, therefor FLOP!
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
Budget: $10 Million [Wikipedia]
U.S: $20,342,852
Worldwide Total: $25,978,442
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $10,171,426
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $12,989,221
RESULT: FLOP!
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Budget: $35 Million
U.S: $124,740,460
Worldwide Total: $326,551,094
Worldwide Total: $326,551,094
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $62,370,230
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $163,275,547
RESULT: SUCCESS!
The Ant Bully (2006)
Budget: $50 Million
U.S: $28,142,535
Worldwide Total: $55,181,129
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $14,071,267
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $27,590,564
RESULT: FLOP!
Evening (2007)
Budget: $30 Million [Wikipedia]
U.S: $12,492,481
Worldwide Total: $20,016,753
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $6,246,240
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $10,008,376
RESULT: FLOP!
Rendition (2007)
Budget: $28 Million [Wikipedia]
U.S: $9,736,045
Worldwide Total: $27,038,732
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $4,868,022
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $13,519,366
RESULT: FLOP!
Lions for Lambs (2007)
Budget: $35 Million
U.S: $15,002,854
Worldwide Total: $63,215,872
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $7,501,427
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $31,607,936
RESULT: FLOP!
Dark Matter (2008)
Budget: N/A
U.S: $30,591
Worldwide Total: $66,375
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $15,475
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $33,187
RESULT: FLOP!
There was no info that I could find regarding the budget. If I had guess, probably had a $20 Million budget.
Mamma Mia! The Movie (2008)
Budget: $52 Million
U.S: $144,130,063
Worldwide Total: $609,841,637
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $72,065,031
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $304,920,818
RESULT: SUCCESS!
Doubt (2008)
Budget: $20 Million
U.S: $33,446,470
Worldwide Total: $50,907,234
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $16,723,235
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $25,453,617
RESULT: FLOP!
I know that Disney campaigned hard back when it made and owned the film for awards. A FLOP!
Julie & Julia (2009)
Budget: $40 Million
U.S: $94,125,426
Worldwide Total: $129,540,499
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $47,062,713
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $64,770,249
RESULT: DEBATABLE!
Considering that I would factor in another $20 million into the advertising, but was being pushed for awards, it's debatable if this is considered a success.
The Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Budget: $40 Million
U.S: $21,002,919
Worldwide Total: $46,471,023
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $10,501,459
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $23,235,511
RESULT: FLOP!
It's Complicated (2009)
Budget: $85 Million
U.S: $112,735,375
Worldwide Total: $219,103,655
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $56,367,687
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $109,551,827
RESULT: DEBATABLE!
Another film aimed at awards, therefore the advertising costs probably went up higher than $20 mil.
The Iron Lady (2011)
Budget: $11 Million [Wikipedia]
U.S: $30,017,992
Worldwide Total: $114,956,699
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $15,008,996
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $57,478,349
RESULT: SUCCESS!
Hope Springs (2012)
Budget: $30 Million [Wikipedia]
U.S: $63,536,011
Worldwide Total: $114,281,051
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $31,768,005
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $57,140,525
RESULT: SUCCESS!
August: Osage County (2013)
Budget: $37 Million [Wikipedia]
U.S: $37,738,810
Worldwide Total: $74,188,937
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $18,869,405
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $37,094,468
RESULT: FLOP!
The Giver (2014)
Budget: $25 Million
U.S: $45,090,374
Worldwide Total: $66,980,456
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $22,545,187
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $33,490,228
RESULT: FLOP!
Into the Woods (2014)
Budget: $50 Million
U.S: $128,002,372
Worldwide Total: $213,116,401
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $64,001,186
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $106,558,200
RESULT: DEBATABLE!
This is another one made by Disney for an awards grab. Disney could throw all the money they want, which makes Into the Woods questionable.
Ricki and the Flash (2015)
Budget: $18 Million
U.S: $26,822,144
Worldwide Total: $41,325,328
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $13,411,072
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $20,662,664
RESULT: FLOP!
Shout Gladi Gladi (2015)
Budget: N/A
U.S: $5,839
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $2,919
RESULT: FLOP!
Another documentary. I am sure Ms. Streep's costs are more than what this documentary made.
Suffragette (2015)
Budget: $14 Million [Wikipedia]
U.S: $4,702,420
Worldwide Total: $16,002,420
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $2,351,210
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $8,001,210
RESULT: FLOP!
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
Budget: $29 Million [Wikipedia]
U.S: $27,383,770
Worldwide Total: $48,559,900
Actual U.S. minus the 50%: $13,691,885
Actual Worldwide minus the 50%: $24,279,950
RESULT: FLOP!
BREAKDOWN: 28 Films
FLOP - 21 Films (75%)
SUCCESS - 4 Films (14.3%)
DEBATABLE - 3 Films (10.7%)
This woman needs to fire or agent or retire. Calling out people like Trump or the NFL and the MMA because it's not art is just stupid. It was hilarious and entertaining seeing Rhonda Rousey getting hammered by Amanda Nunes. More than anything you've ever done, Ms. Streep.
Friday, October 28, 2016
*Kinda Political* The Price of Doing War?
Hello, World!
I did some math and added some numbers up. Before I discuss why, let me back track a bit. If you pay attention to news outlets regarding the situation with Russia and how it seems that Obama is instigating a potential war that could be all-out catastrophic and that Hillary Clinton has had the biggest, raging hard on for wanting to go to war with Vladimir Putin to the point of saying that Breitbart and Alex Jones and virtually everyone who is of the "Alt-Right" is in his pocket. While discussing this, Hillary Clinton is in the back ground of what I have to discuss. She is the over all theme, but, she not the main issue of this post ... it's Disney! And Sony as well for their reckless shaming of Donald Trump. More so with Disney as with their comic's via Marvel have poked lots of fun at him recently even to the point of making him M.O.D.O.K. in one of the comics.
So, let's discuss what a war with Russia would cost Disney. This isn't a whole number as there's lots of factors involved that are not fully known, like licensing rights for toys and various miscellaneous things. Before I begin to do a break down, I want to discuss why I feel that a potential war with Russia is wrong. The main reason is economics. It would hurt everyone financially in the long run. I myself have been getting some connections in terms of Russian studios for potential deals to import films from Russia to the States and likewise with exporting my films to Russia. To be honest, anyone who's an artist; be it writers, musicians, filmmakers; or any field that requires some sort import/export type situation will be impacted. So, let's talk money and how we all know that Mickey Mouse loves his "cheese".
How much do you think Disney films make in Russia? Probably a few million here and there? You would be somewhat correct. They are not the big money maker like China is proving itself to be, but, the numbers might surprise you. I am going to link all the movie titles back to their Box Office Mojo pages so you can check numbers for yourself. You might be surprised. And just a quick note, Star Wars: the Force Awakens was not a factor in this research as it was released at the end of 2015, only a week and a half before the start of the new year. And Box Office Mojo will be abbreviated as "BOM".
The first film of the year that Disney released was the Finest Hours, starring Chris Pine of the rebooted Star Trek film series. BOM does not list a "Production Budget" cost for the film; however, Wikipedia has an estimated $80 million for the film. The film bombed hard, and brought in a world wide gross of $52 million. In the U.S, the film made over $27 million and in Russia, the film made $3,195,800.
The second feature was one of Disney's highest earners of the year, Zootopia. No need to give an explanation on it as I am sure most are aware of the film and it's story. Again, no production budget is listed on BOM, but, Wikipedia states it was $150 million to make it. The film made $341 million in the States and in Russia, it made $32,228,883. In Russian theatrical sales, even though studios have to give theaters a cut, the film made a fifth of budget back alone in Russia.
Third feature of the year is the Jungle Book. The live action adaption of Rudyard Kipling's classic story, mainly just a live action adaption of Disney's beloved animated film. Don't worry, there's another live action Jungle Book movie coming from WB with Benedict Cumberbatch doing the voice of Shere Kahn. Disney's Jungle Book was made for $175 million and made $364 million in the States. While in Russia made just a little over $20 million; to be exact, $20,359,503.
Fourth film is Disney's second highest grossing film this far in the year, Captain America: Civil War. Made with a $250 million budget and made $404 million in the States. In Russia, surprisingly, only $16,557,300. Not a big money maker over there as compared to Jungle Book or Zootopia.
The fifth film that Disney released in 2016 was the box office bomb, Alice Through the Looking Glass. Made for $170 million and only bringing in $77 million in the States. It just shows proof that if you want to make a sequel, strike while the iron is hot and don't wait six years! Another movie series that waited six years and bombed as well, Silent Hill! Back on point, the film only made $9,955,014. Just couldn't get past the double digits in the millions ... so close.
Sixth film of the year is their highest grossing so far (as we still have Doctor Strange and Star Wars: Rogue One), Finding Dory! No production budget is listed on BOM, but, Wikipedia states $200 million for the production budget. The film made $485 million in the United States, but, didn't make as much in Russia. I think the same applies to Finding Dory as to what I said about Alice Through the Looking Glass, strike while the iron is hot. The film only made $9,220,953. Yes, the Russian filmgoers flocked to Alice over Dory.
Seventh film that Disney released was yet another box office bomb, Steven Spielberg's the B.F.G! Made with a budget of $140 million and only grossed $55 million in the States. In Russia, it only made $5,877,446.
The eighth film of the year that Disney released was the moderate success that is the 2016 remake of Pete's Dragon. The film was made for $65 million and made $75 in the States. Film only made $3,551,751 in Russia.
The ninth film, the Light Between the Oceans, is probably considered a box office flop in Russia. Then again, I am not sure how the film's release is being handled over there. I know it was given a small, limited release here in the States. Made for a micro-budget by Disney standards, $20 million, and grossed only $12 million in the States. In Russia, the film made only $186,064.
The tenth film of the year, Queen of Katwe, did not get a Russian release as of yet. The only countries with box office results are Colombia, South Africa, and the U.K.
So, did you add that all up? What did you get, class? The answer is $101,132,708. While that is not the final number as I cannot find home video sales; merchandise costs; etc, etc, etc. I hope Disney is happy. I hope that they can live with themselves for this blatant ignorance for wanting a war monger as the first president of the United States.
I am sure you wondering why I said Sony as well? Well, given the whole backlash against men in general over Ghostbusters and pandering to Hillary Clinton by having Kate McKinnon and the crew on some shitty day time talk show on the same day as Clinton. As well as tweets aimed at the Clinton regimen. I am not going to go into vast details over Sony titles, because fuck 'em, that's why.
I am putting the film in order of their release this year as well as the production budget in parenthesis.
The 5th Wave ($38 million) - $3,593,787
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ($28 million) - $532,267
Risen ($20 million) - No Info
The Brothers Grimsby ($35 million - Wiki) - $2,306,082
Miracles from Heaven ($13 million) - No Info
Money Monster ($27 million) - $1,251,875
The Angry Birds Movie ($73 million) - $11,996,823
The Shallows ($17 million) - $3,137,750
Ghostbusters ($144 million) - $4,870,811
Sausage Party ($19 million) - $2,596,072
Don't Breathe ($10 million) - $2,243,766
When the Bough Breaks ($10 million) - No Info
The Magnificent Seven ($90 million) - $3,439,947
While it's only a third of what Disney has in terms of viewer output, Sony films made only $35,969,180. So, I hope it is all worth it. I really do. Sony also have Playstation, I am sure those sales will hurt too.
Playing with fire. That's all it is.
I did some math and added some numbers up. Before I discuss why, let me back track a bit. If you pay attention to news outlets regarding the situation with Russia and how it seems that Obama is instigating a potential war that could be all-out catastrophic and that Hillary Clinton has had the biggest, raging hard on for wanting to go to war with Vladimir Putin to the point of saying that Breitbart and Alex Jones and virtually everyone who is of the "Alt-Right" is in his pocket. While discussing this, Hillary Clinton is in the back ground of what I have to discuss. She is the over all theme, but, she not the main issue of this post ... it's Disney! And Sony as well for their reckless shaming of Donald Trump. More so with Disney as with their comic's via Marvel have poked lots of fun at him recently even to the point of making him M.O.D.O.K. in one of the comics.
So, let's discuss what a war with Russia would cost Disney. This isn't a whole number as there's lots of factors involved that are not fully known, like licensing rights for toys and various miscellaneous things. Before I begin to do a break down, I want to discuss why I feel that a potential war with Russia is wrong. The main reason is economics. It would hurt everyone financially in the long run. I myself have been getting some connections in terms of Russian studios for potential deals to import films from Russia to the States and likewise with exporting my films to Russia. To be honest, anyone who's an artist; be it writers, musicians, filmmakers; or any field that requires some sort import/export type situation will be impacted. So, let's talk money and how we all know that Mickey Mouse loves his "cheese".
How much do you think Disney films make in Russia? Probably a few million here and there? You would be somewhat correct. They are not the big money maker like China is proving itself to be, but, the numbers might surprise you. I am going to link all the movie titles back to their Box Office Mojo pages so you can check numbers for yourself. You might be surprised. And just a quick note, Star Wars: the Force Awakens was not a factor in this research as it was released at the end of 2015, only a week and a half before the start of the new year. And Box Office Mojo will be abbreviated as "BOM".
The first film of the year that Disney released was the Finest Hours, starring Chris Pine of the rebooted Star Trek film series. BOM does not list a "Production Budget" cost for the film; however, Wikipedia has an estimated $80 million for the film. The film bombed hard, and brought in a world wide gross of $52 million. In the U.S, the film made over $27 million and in Russia, the film made $3,195,800.
The second feature was one of Disney's highest earners of the year, Zootopia. No need to give an explanation on it as I am sure most are aware of the film and it's story. Again, no production budget is listed on BOM, but, Wikipedia states it was $150 million to make it. The film made $341 million in the States and in Russia, it made $32,228,883. In Russian theatrical sales, even though studios have to give theaters a cut, the film made a fifth of budget back alone in Russia.
Third feature of the year is the Jungle Book. The live action adaption of Rudyard Kipling's classic story, mainly just a live action adaption of Disney's beloved animated film. Don't worry, there's another live action Jungle Book movie coming from WB with Benedict Cumberbatch doing the voice of Shere Kahn. Disney's Jungle Book was made for $175 million and made $364 million in the States. While in Russia made just a little over $20 million; to be exact, $20,359,503.
Fourth film is Disney's second highest grossing film this far in the year, Captain America: Civil War. Made with a $250 million budget and made $404 million in the States. In Russia, surprisingly, only $16,557,300. Not a big money maker over there as compared to Jungle Book or Zootopia.
The fifth film that Disney released in 2016 was the box office bomb, Alice Through the Looking Glass. Made for $170 million and only bringing in $77 million in the States. It just shows proof that if you want to make a sequel, strike while the iron is hot and don't wait six years! Another movie series that waited six years and bombed as well, Silent Hill! Back on point, the film only made $9,955,014. Just couldn't get past the double digits in the millions ... so close.
Sixth film of the year is their highest grossing so far (as we still have Doctor Strange and Star Wars: Rogue One), Finding Dory! No production budget is listed on BOM, but, Wikipedia states $200 million for the production budget. The film made $485 million in the United States, but, didn't make as much in Russia. I think the same applies to Finding Dory as to what I said about Alice Through the Looking Glass, strike while the iron is hot. The film only made $9,220,953. Yes, the Russian filmgoers flocked to Alice over Dory.
Seventh film that Disney released was yet another box office bomb, Steven Spielberg's the B.F.G! Made with a budget of $140 million and only grossed $55 million in the States. In Russia, it only made $5,877,446.
The eighth film of the year that Disney released was the moderate success that is the 2016 remake of Pete's Dragon. The film was made for $65 million and made $75 in the States. Film only made $3,551,751 in Russia.
The ninth film, the Light Between the Oceans, is probably considered a box office flop in Russia. Then again, I am not sure how the film's release is being handled over there. I know it was given a small, limited release here in the States. Made for a micro-budget by Disney standards, $20 million, and grossed only $12 million in the States. In Russia, the film made only $186,064.
The tenth film of the year, Queen of Katwe, did not get a Russian release as of yet. The only countries with box office results are Colombia, South Africa, and the U.K.
So, did you add that all up? What did you get, class? The answer is $101,132,708. While that is not the final number as I cannot find home video sales; merchandise costs; etc, etc, etc. I hope Disney is happy. I hope that they can live with themselves for this blatant ignorance for wanting a war monger as the first president of the United States.
I am sure you wondering why I said Sony as well? Well, given the whole backlash against men in general over Ghostbusters and pandering to Hillary Clinton by having Kate McKinnon and the crew on some shitty day time talk show on the same day as Clinton. As well as tweets aimed at the Clinton regimen. I am not going to go into vast details over Sony titles, because fuck 'em, that's why.
I am putting the film in order of their release this year as well as the production budget in parenthesis.
The 5th Wave ($38 million) - $3,593,787
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ($28 million) - $532,267
Risen ($20 million) - No Info
The Brothers Grimsby ($35 million - Wiki) - $2,306,082
Miracles from Heaven ($13 million) - No Info
Money Monster ($27 million) - $1,251,875
The Angry Birds Movie ($73 million) - $11,996,823
The Shallows ($17 million) - $3,137,750
Ghostbusters ($144 million) - $4,870,811
Sausage Party ($19 million) - $2,596,072
Don't Breathe ($10 million) - $2,243,766
When the Bough Breaks ($10 million) - No Info
The Magnificent Seven ($90 million) - $3,439,947
While it's only a third of what Disney has in terms of viewer output, Sony films made only $35,969,180. So, I hope it is all worth it. I really do. Sony also have Playstation, I am sure those sales will hurt too.
Playing with fire. That's all it is.
Monday, October 10, 2016
Last Night.
Last night was really interesting. I laugh now in retrospect of it all. How society views people today is just down right sickening. This wave of feminism that hates on Caucasian males and views them as these oppressors is fucking hilarious. These BETA male cuckolds are just as equally hilarious and pathetic that you have to play along and be stringed along by your significant other and have no fucking balls.
And I am going to talk politics; because this comes into play and I have never really brought politics up in my blogging because it's not really a fundamental part of my life. I do like stirring the pot on Facebook and Twitter, but, I like to keep my blog personal. I do not like Hillary Clinton. However, I find this amusing that they can make fun of Trump's wife who gave a speech that was reused from Michelle Obama and even that speech was reused. A reused speech within a reused speech, that's like sixteen reused speeches. But, can't shit on Bill Clinton. I brought up Bill Clinton because of the whole; "Grab them by the Pussy". Which was said and not actually done. If it was done, we would have heard way more about it and a lot earlier, as in 2005 earlier. And the woman whom Trump was talking in this leaked audio recording, has even gone on the record and stated that this is not about her.
Above is the video. I don't have a problem with this as compared to the incidents with Paula Stone which Bill and Hillary Clinton had to pay almost a million dollars in damages because it was proven that Bill was sexually inappropriate with her. Even the people whom I was conversing with kept bringing up Monica Lewinsky. Let me be clear, Monica Lewinsky is the most famous, but she's really the tip of damn Clinton iceberg. I bring this up and a few images of Bill making faces, which make him look guilty. So, to the few people whom I was debating, needless to say, I got blocked. And I hilariously got blocked by several people over the past few days.
Two of the people who blocked me were supposed to work for me. They're lucky contracts were not signed or it would have became a legal nightmare for them. I have been too busy working on getting Toaster released which has been the main priority over getting the new segment shot for Traumatic Possession 3D: the Tape and finishing Into the Madness: A Documentary. I have to go back and forth with the rights owners of Toaster to make sure everything is okay because at the end of the day, I want my clients to be happy with the product that I am selling. To sum it up, the main one who was going to be acting for me quietly blocked me.
One of the other people who blocked me is now a former friend who I was friends with in my film classes since all the way back to 2004; I feel sorry for you and at the same time say; "Shame on you" for playing the victim card. This friend, who decided to bring up that his current girlfriend was sexually assaulted by an ex from a previous relationship. Which I am sure if she knew, would probably be thrilled that I know that bit of information. If anyone is sexually assaulted, probably don't want it thrown back in their faces constantly for someone else's gain, like my now former friend. You move on from it, at the end of the day it does not own you.
I would know as my previous fiancee cheated on me, numerous times. That was traumatizing and I could chose to sit in a corner and go on and on about how "life isn't fair" and blah blah blah. I moved on. After a year and a half of being single, I met my now fiancee and have a wonderful family that we've built. I didn't get to this point in my life by playing a god damn victim.
But, I get a response of "I really can't be friends with someone whose values are so different than mine." This is the point of having friends, you dumb shit. You have friends and you respect them and their views. Not, "you like this and I don't, good bye"! You can't have friends who like every single thing that you like down to the smallest detail, it's fucking impossible. I replied; "That sounds like you thin out the herd pretty hardcore then. Before you know it, you'll probably have no friends".
Let me rewind to what started this back and forth that lead to the FUCK OFF. I made the comment about how Donald saying it and not doing it is harmless compared to what Bill Clinton has done. Again, you can shit on Melania but you dare not shit on Bill! So, I made the statement that I can say something around the lines of; "I'm going to grab Hillary by the pussy and shove my hand in that ass!" That doesn't mean that I am going to do it, now does it?
Good luck to your film career. I haven't heard you say one thing in the past two years about what you have been doing or how much you love it. Wasn't that the reason why we took film classes? And good luck to your blogging career too. Started writing for some blog site and last article he wrote was when the first Suicide Squad trailer dropped. That was what, July 2015?
Then the other one who blocked me had a white knight cucked BETA male who decided to call me out as sexist which is bullshit. I said what Donald Trump is what guys say when guys are alone, be it hanging out or at work or wherever. And he said something along the lines of; "I don't want be a 'guy'. Because that's sexist." With his cuckold wannabe punk rocker name that he had on Facebook. He proceed to go on about how no woman deserves my respect. Which I got a laugh out and I called my fiancee over to read the comment. She scratched her head and said; "The hell is he talking about"?
My fiancee told me to say that what he was going on about was sexist too because he was generalizing women, which was true. I think she was kinda annoyed because I made my impression on my fiancee and made a relationship that works. That kinda flustered them. And again, defending Bill Clinton, but shitting on Donald and Melania Trump.
What I see is a generation of; "I WANT THIS AND I WANT IT NOW"! They complain when they don't get X,Y, and Z as opposed to working for it. Main person who started this conversation cried on Facebook repeatedly about things not happening her way. Why aren't I in a band? Why haven't I ever had a boyfriend yet? I want to be an artist. I gave this person several chances to show her talents with make up, kept bailing repeatedly. Good riddance. Where I live, you won't get the chance to show talents. Where we live is a small city on it's deathbed since General Motors closed down.
In my personal and professional opinion; you get nowhere by being a submissive, BETA male. I didn't get to this point in my life and career by being submissive. You take life by the horns and you run with it. I didn't get to work on the TV show Lost because I said; "Please". I had my work shown from my film classes and I had recommendations! I don't have people from other studios messaging me because I'm a little submissive bitch. I had an offer to sell American Nightmare 3D once it's finished but I passed because I am not going to hand over all the rights to my work for a quick buck.
I never made connections because I was nice, I made them because I had the balls to show I got what it takes.
And I am going to talk politics; because this comes into play and I have never really brought politics up in my blogging because it's not really a fundamental part of my life. I do like stirring the pot on Facebook and Twitter, but, I like to keep my blog personal. I do not like Hillary Clinton. However, I find this amusing that they can make fun of Trump's wife who gave a speech that was reused from Michelle Obama and even that speech was reused. A reused speech within a reused speech, that's like sixteen reused speeches. But, can't shit on Bill Clinton. I brought up Bill Clinton because of the whole; "Grab them by the Pussy". Which was said and not actually done. If it was done, we would have heard way more about it and a lot earlier, as in 2005 earlier. And the woman whom Trump was talking in this leaked audio recording, has even gone on the record and stated that this is not about her.
Above is the video. I don't have a problem with this as compared to the incidents with Paula Stone which Bill and Hillary Clinton had to pay almost a million dollars in damages because it was proven that Bill was sexually inappropriate with her. Even the people whom I was conversing with kept bringing up Monica Lewinsky. Let me be clear, Monica Lewinsky is the most famous, but she's really the tip of damn Clinton iceberg. I bring this up and a few images of Bill making faces, which make him look guilty. So, to the few people whom I was debating, needless to say, I got blocked. And I hilariously got blocked by several people over the past few days.
Two of the people who blocked me were supposed to work for me. They're lucky contracts were not signed or it would have became a legal nightmare for them. I have been too busy working on getting Toaster released which has been the main priority over getting the new segment shot for Traumatic Possession 3D: the Tape and finishing Into the Madness: A Documentary. I have to go back and forth with the rights owners of Toaster to make sure everything is okay because at the end of the day, I want my clients to be happy with the product that I am selling. To sum it up, the main one who was going to be acting for me quietly blocked me.
One of the other people who blocked me is now a former friend who I was friends with in my film classes since all the way back to 2004; I feel sorry for you and at the same time say; "Shame on you" for playing the victim card. This friend, who decided to bring up that his current girlfriend was sexually assaulted by an ex from a previous relationship. Which I am sure if she knew, would probably be thrilled that I know that bit of information. If anyone is sexually assaulted, probably don't want it thrown back in their faces constantly for someone else's gain, like my now former friend. You move on from it, at the end of the day it does not own you.
I would know as my previous fiancee cheated on me, numerous times. That was traumatizing and I could chose to sit in a corner and go on and on about how "life isn't fair" and blah blah blah. I moved on. After a year and a half of being single, I met my now fiancee and have a wonderful family that we've built. I didn't get to this point in my life by playing a god damn victim.
But, I get a response of "I really can't be friends with someone whose values are so different than mine." This is the point of having friends, you dumb shit. You have friends and you respect them and their views. Not, "you like this and I don't, good bye"! You can't have friends who like every single thing that you like down to the smallest detail, it's fucking impossible. I replied; "That sounds like you thin out the herd pretty hardcore then. Before you know it, you'll probably have no friends".
Let me rewind to what started this back and forth that lead to the FUCK OFF. I made the comment about how Donald saying it and not doing it is harmless compared to what Bill Clinton has done. Again, you can shit on Melania but you dare not shit on Bill! So, I made the statement that I can say something around the lines of; "I'm going to grab Hillary by the pussy and shove my hand in that ass!" That doesn't mean that I am going to do it, now does it?
My fiancee told me to say that what he was going on about was sexist too because he was generalizing women, which was true. I think she was kinda annoyed because I made my impression on my fiancee and made a relationship that works. That kinda flustered them. And again, defending Bill Clinton, but shitting on Donald and Melania Trump.
What I see is a generation of; "I WANT THIS AND I WANT IT NOW"! They complain when they don't get X,Y, and Z as opposed to working for it. Main person who started this conversation cried on Facebook repeatedly about things not happening her way. Why aren't I in a band? Why haven't I ever had a boyfriend yet? I want to be an artist. I gave this person several chances to show her talents with make up, kept bailing repeatedly. Good riddance. Where I live, you won't get the chance to show talents. Where we live is a small city on it's deathbed since General Motors closed down.
In my personal and professional opinion; you get nowhere by being a submissive, BETA male. I didn't get to this point in my life and career by being submissive. You take life by the horns and you run with it. I didn't get to work on the TV show Lost because I said; "Please". I had my work shown from my film classes and I had recommendations! I don't have people from other studios messaging me because I'm a little submissive bitch. I had an offer to sell American Nightmare 3D once it's finished but I passed because I am not going to hand over all the rights to my work for a quick buck.
I never made connections because I was nice, I made them because I had the balls to show I got what it takes.
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