TCTTS said:

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At this point I think Tenet goes to VOD within the month. I'm wondering if the Regal closing now gives WB permission to void the 90-day window. We shall see...

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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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This is a bunch of crap.

Will there be any theaters left to show any movie in with all these postponements? I could put a list of things that I really hate right now, and right near the top would be this vast over-reaction of the f*****ng virus. Hey, let's destroy so many industries, or seriously cripple them, all for a virus that the vast majority will survive.

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i don't know if you have or not, so this isn't a "gotcha", but have you gone to see any of the movies in the theaters right now? Saw Tenet, the only new movie that I had any interest in seeing. Also saw Back to the Future and The Empire Strikes Back.

you have to put your money where your mouth is if you're going to complain about an over-reaction to the virus.

they aren't going to put out movies that have a limited "freshness" if they are going to make $15 million dollars on them. I get that, and from a general business perspective, I understand that the vast majority of these movies cost well more than $15m to make, so yeah, the studios want payoffs on their investments, but was any of this shut-down really necessary? For a few weeks very early on, I agreed with the shutdown, but now, with so much understanding of how the virus is working and how to combat it, with vaccines on the horizon, all of that, this shut-down has become a political creature. Again, how many theaters are going to shutter since they can't get sufficient butts in the seats to stay afloat?

if people aren't going to the theaters to see the movies, then you can't get too upset about studios trying to hold on to projects that they want to get a good return on.

i applaud TENET for trying to make it happen, but even worldwide, i don't think they are going to turn a profit from theatrical release. supposed production cost was ~$200 million and they are at like $300 million worldwide right now. my understanding of movie finances is dim, but i think that puts them solidly in the red, still.

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PatAg said:

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I don't know how much you can blame things on a govt overreaction to covid anymore.
Theaters opened up, there were showings all over for Tenet, right? People just didn't want to go, and if there is no demand/revenue then the theaters close.

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Saying "people didn't want to go" is simplistic and naive. I'm a huge Nolan fan, but Tenet was the wrong movie to gauge the willingness of the public to go back to the theater. Plus the knock on it's sound quality by virtually everyone who did see it hurt as well. They needed to try the reopening with something HUGE that would draw your average moviegoer, not a niche crowd. Wonder Woman 2 would have been perfect....comic book crowd, sequel that people are excited to see, blockbuster popcorn action movie.

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I think saying a Nolan blockbuster is "the wrong movie to gauge the wilingness of the publick to go back to the theater" is moronic.

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FL_Ag1998 said:

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PatAg said:

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I don't know how much you can blame things on a govt overreaction to covid anymore.
Theaters opened up, there were showings all over for Tenet, right? People just didn't want to go, and if there is no demand/revenue then the theaters close.

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Saying "people didn't want to go" is simplistic and naive. I'm a huge Nolan fan, but Tenet was the wrong movie to gauge the willingness of the public to go back to the theater. Plus the knock on it's sound quality by virtually everyone who did see it hurt as well. They needed to try the reopening with something HUGE that would draw your average moviegoer, not a niche crowd. Wonder Woman 2 would have been perfect....comic book crowd, sequel that people are excited to see, blockbuster popcorn action movie.

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AustinAg2K said:

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I just finished the book. It was decent. I feel like this had the potential to be a Game of Thrones type TV series. I kind of wish they would have gone that direction instead of a movie. It seems like they're going to have to cut a lot of stuff to fit into 2 hours.

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PatAg said:

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There is not enough material to do a Game of Thrones type run. I actually think it should fit pretty well into 2 movies though.

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Ocean Of Funk said:

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PatAg said:

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There is not enough material to do a Game of Thrones type run. I actually think it should fit pretty well into 2 movies though.

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There most definitely is enough Dune material to do a series.

The first three books are a trilogy, so with the way that Hollyweird likes to draw things out you could definitely stretch the material for 4-5 seasons. Brian Herbert would cream his panties at the thought of generating more garbage Dune fanfic for a tv series.

The fourth book would be a standalone season.

Books 5 and 6 are probably two seasons.

The above points do not take into account there are already 3 prequel (fanfic) novels to Dune and 2 (more fanfic) which conclude the story arc from original Dune books 5 and 6. As I have stated before, I have great disdain for the crap Frank Herbert's son cranked out.

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