schmendeler said:TCTTS said:
Had dinner with my friend tonight and got some good news / "insider" exclusives…
- IMAX re-release coming in August.
- Digital purchase finally available mid-August.
- Paramount+ release in November.
Are we going to see movies going to HBO less and less now?
TCTTS said:
It'll just go to both now. The HBO model isn't going anywhere. HBO pays for those movies and the studios aren't going to turn that $$$ down. The timing might be different, but TG:M will find its way to HBO eventually.
TXAG 05 said:TCTTS said:
It'll just go to both now. The HBO model isn't going anywhere. HBO pays for those movies and the studios aren't going to turn that $$$ down. The timing might be different, but TG:M will find its way to HBO eventually.
Gotcha. I figured if a studio has its own streaming service, it would want to make a movie exclusive to maximize subscriptions, but if HBO/Netflix/etc want to drop enough cash for a certain movie then smoke em if you got em.
That's awesome. And he gets to see "Star Wars" again, only this time with F/A-18s and no Force.helloimustbegoing said:
Taking my 74-year-old Dad to see Maverick today. He took me to see my first movie in 1977, a little film called Star Wars.
Cinco Ranch Aggie said:That's awesome. And he gets to see "Star Wars" again, only this time with F/A-18s and no Force.helloimustbegoing said:
Taking my 74-year-old Dad to see Maverick today. He took me to see my first movie in 1977, a little film called Star Wars.
Paramount is doing a big push for @TopGunMovie #TopGunMaverick on August 12th. Bonus footage, IMAX coming back and more. Hello $700m+ domestic.
— EmpireCity Box Office (@EmpireCityBO) July 31, 2022
SJEAg said:
Bonus footage?!
More like boner footage, amirite?SJEAg said:
Bonus footage?!
Know Your Enemy said:More like boner footage, amirite?SJEAg said:
Bonus footage?!
Know Your Enemy said:More like boner footage, amirite?SJEAg said:
Bonus footage?!
bthotugigem05 said:
I think the most impressive part about TG:M is that people don't think there's very much CGI in it (not saying you country, but people I talk to in general). There's a massive amount of CGI in TG:M.
I was picking up what you were putting down, it just got me thinking about other people who had no idea there was any CGI in it, sorry if that came across differently.country said:
Exactly. That's what I was trying to say. All it takes is filming real world stuff, editing it in a unique way, and adding some cg where needed. I really don't like it when the only thing real in a scene is the human actor.
The problem with Midway regarding the CGI is that of all those aircraft depicted in that movie, there are very few flying examples remaining. Some, like the torpedo bombers, none at all. So how are you going to make that particular movie? Models is the obvious answer (and Christopher Nolan proved that models can still be used to great effect).country said:
I just hope the CGI is limited but it doesn't look like it will be at all. The remake of Midway was not good IMO because of the lack of realism with the CGI. What makes Top Gun so good is the lack of of all of that and the real world footage. It's not even the computer generated stuff within the jets or the legions of aircraft in the air that bother me. It's the CG background as well. If they would just go film on site and fill in with CG it would be fine, but building an entire movie from it just doesn't look good.
My dislike of Midway wasn't the CGI aircraft. Like I said earlier, it is that the only thing real in any aerial scene was the actor. The background, the ocean, the clouds, all of it was CGI, or at least there was so much of it that I couldn't tell what was real.Cinco Ranch Aggie said:The problem with Midway regarding the CGI is that of all those aircraft depicted in that movie, there are very few flying examples remaining. Some, like the torpedo bombers, none at all. So how are you going to make that particular movie? Models is the obvious answer (and Christopher Nolan proved that models can still be used to great effect).country said:
I just hope the CGI is limited but it doesn't look like it will be at all. The remake of Midway was not good IMO because of the lack of realism with the CGI. What makes Top Gun so good is the lack of of all of that and the real world footage. It's not even the computer generated stuff within the jets or the legions of aircraft in the air that bother me. It's the CG background as well. If they would just go film on site and fill in with CG it would be fine, but building an entire movie from it just doesn't look good.
With Top Gun/Maverick, they had access to real aircraft, and yes, the result was a better depiction of aerial combat and maneuvers because it was real. In this Devotion movie, those Corsairs and Bearcats look to be real in some shots, while in many others, obvious CGI.
