Red Lagoon
Did they cut stuff out in China, or are we all missing some content here?
Nope, pretty much all the haters were going on about how it would bomb and some are changing their tune now that they were proven wrong.
Saying that there weren't haters that said it wouldn't make bank just isn't true.
Red Lagoon
In that case my CM haters are smarter then yours.
Jokes aside I think it's pretty obvious people who said that simply didn't know what they were talking about, which obviously is not rule or even common tendency for people who dislike CM and/or things around it.
Edited by Tenzen12 on Mar 12th 2019 at 9:42:04 AM
Captain of the Dead City
No, just like, the actual reason why CM pulled in $400M in one weekend when Alita still hasn't quite reached that number in over a month. It's a more anticipated title from a tried and tested fan-favourite property and part of series people are already invested in, while Alita is an untested and obscure standalone weeaboo adaptation. I know it must be second nature to be defensive about CM criticism at this point, but I have no bone in this "fight". Only bigots even see it as a "fight".
The critics I watched are Chris Stuckmann and Jeremy Jahns btw, if you're curious. I agree with the former on most things and with the latter on like 65.7% of things, but I know what their tastes are, so for me they're a good measuring stick.
Edited by GoldenKaos on Mar 12th 2019 at 10:00:47 AM
"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
I do not know why people thought that cm would be a failure.
It's the same company who made a movie starring by D-list characters, and was successful.
Back on Alita, I just realized that the soundtrack was composed by Junkie XL… which surprises me. That didn't really sound much like him. =[ Though maybe my mind is still stuck on Fury Road.
Wow I didn't notice.
I was surprised to discover the age of the actress. Rosa Salazar definitely does not look like a 33 year old woman.
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Good genes, clean living, and the money to pay for health care.
Captain of the Dead City
Nah, I can totes see her as being older than me. She doesn't look 33 in Alita, hell no.
"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
I think they used much of the CGI to de-age her a bit.
What's hilarious to me, is after seeing Alita I love how deadpan she is in interviews.
With all the memes about women choosing a bear over a man, Hollywood might wanna get on an 'East of the Sun and West of the Moon' adaptation
The movie has broken the 400M$ threshold (…give or take a few thousands).
Against all initial predictions.
Captain of the Dead City
Hurrah!
"...in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach."
WOOT! Awwweesoooomme! ![[tup]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Thumbs_up_emoticon_3268.png "[thumb up]"){kind=small}
This is great. Meanwhile I am reading the manga again, and I still can't see how they would make a sequel.
But even if they don't, yay for a successful blockbuster that isn't part of an existing film franchise. Because these days that hardly ever happens.
Edited by gropcbf on Mar 24th 2019 at 9:51:39 AM
Berserk Zapan ends up making Alita take a deal with the devil with Nova and become a TUNED fighting Barjack?
Sure that would make for a good story. Can they do that while keeping the pg-13, lighthearted feel? I am more sceptical about that.
That being said, if a sequel is made, I will want to watch it.
Edited by gropcbf on Mar 24th 2019 at 10:13:37 AM
Making Nova's lab PG-13 is a challenge indeed.
Honestly, I don't care about ratings. If it's R rated, big whoop I say. As long as they dont overdo it and have Alita say "Fuck" every 10 seconds.
With all the memes about women choosing a bear over a man, Hollywood might wanna get on an 'East of the Sun and West of the Moon' adaptation
I think most of us would like it better if it was rated for adults. There are economical reasons that make big productions dumb things down in order to be pg 13.
Well, remember how in the manga there's an escalation in Gally's nicknames (Battle Angel, then Angel of Death, then Angel Exterminator)? They could reflect that by upping the rating. Or something.
Alita: Battle Angel Last Order
Rated XXX for excessive Sechs
They could always get around Nova being up top by establishing his copies early.
Huh, on Box Office Mojo the numbers have gone down, somehow…?
What do you mean, uncut version? An extended cut?