Rise of the Silver Surfer BOX OFFICE Discussion

[Agent 194]

I've been out of pocket most of the day. Looks like I missed something.

 

[Kelly]

I've been out of pocket most of the day. Looks like I missed something.

No you didn't........I promise.........................

 

[TheVileOne]

Then what are you guys so up in arms and pissed about?

 

[Agent 194]

Well whatever it is, maybe I'll be peace maker like I usually am in my own family, and even though I've been playing Mr. Mom to a now very active 11 month old,.... I'll say that Malus sounds like he's had the hardest day recently amongst us. So maybe that'll sooth feelings.

Then again, maybe not.

 

[highguard]

^^ When we were kids, we tended to be very individualistic and divisive, I loved Marvel comics more than DC comics and often we would engage in conversations about who was a better hero, Spiderman or Superman. To us kids it was part of the fun.

It is not so cool to do that as adults but I think Carp should be cut some slack within the FF forum, cause obviously he loves FF more than the others and is still enjoying his youth.

There is a limit and a time and place to everything but sometimes it seems that some people can't move on from the past.

Ok I have heard that part of rehabilitation is forgiving and forgetting the past.

Whatever happened in the past should stay there. If punishment was meted out, ok, that is done.

i don't think anyone should have to deal with the stuff they have done being thrown in their faces over and over again. Sometimes that seems to be Carp's lot.

I had heard Carp's sig was taken from him for two years and I know it is probably just to scare him but I guess I was not there when he committed his latest sin. What did you do Carp, upset the mods again. You have to learn when not to tick the powers that be off Carp.

They have the Powah.

I understand what the mods are trying to do but like Malus Carp gets a pass from me, cause I have seen a lot worse.

Now What Carp did in the SR thread hahahah, was carp being a kid and his Marvel Fanboyism coming to the fore.

You know what this has been a part of the tapestry of the debate as to which universe is better. It did not start with Carp and will not end with Carp.

However presentation of ideas is key to not burning bridges sometimes.

The differences in the two universes were driven by the creators who themselves critiqued what had gone before.

Stan wanted to get away from the perfect square jawed heroes of the day and has said as much countless times and instinctively we know who he is talking about.

I guess Carp does not get much leeway sometimes but his posts are much more measured than when he first came on board, when was the last time Carp dismissed inflation.

Carp is who he is, sometimes it takes a while to understand the sensibilities of a group and Carp has made a visible effort to tone down his Carping

Lets just act as if this is a new beginning for all of us and let bygones be bygones.

I know that we are all waiting around hoping that we get FF3. If we don't most of us will drift on or maybe we will catch interest in other properties down the road.

I am an FF fan through and through and I generally will go to all the comic book movies DC and Marvel but only FF and Thor really could pull me into the forums.

It has been hard watching people come to the FF boards and pronounce the Franchise as dead. And Carp who I know has been bristling to respond to the Doom and Gloom has been muzzled.

I don't know but it gets a little one sided sometimes, and I have not been happy with the BO performance myself (a pox upon the house of Fox if they don't give us FF3) but Carps Fanboyism is at times reminiscent of when we were kids.

Cut him some slack sometimes, give him a pass if you can cause it is obvious that Carp is a fan of the FF, maybe not of batman or Superman but I don't think that anyone can deny he loves the FF.

Carp just does not take prisoners sometimes, but he is getting there (right Carp).

He has almost been like a new man this year, lol and even though his love of FF above all else will never be too far beneath the surface of everything he says he is a welcome contributor, at least by some of us. He reminds us of the times when we would engage in hours of fascination with the Worlds Greatest Comic Magazine.

Now who was so brazen as to dare call a comic book that.

Stan and Jack themselves.

To many they were and always will be the greatest comic book ever created.

That is why the performance of the movie franchise burns somewhat, cause it is clear that Fox and perhaps, God forbid Avi Arad never really truly understood the greatness of this comic book that led to the success and vibrancy of the House that Stan and Jack built, The House of Ideas.

Carp seems like a true believer of the hype that was those early days of all things Marvel. Let him breathe a little if you can.

And Carp cut the others who refuse to understand the greatness of the FF some slack, they just don't believe yet lol.

Face Front Peoples.

 

[Hunter Rider]

i don't think anyone should have to deal with the stuff they have done being thrown in their faces over and over again. Sometimes that seems to be Carp's lot.

When they accuse others of the same thing then they have to be remninded

I understand what the mods are trying to do but like Malus Carp gets a pass from me, cause I have seen a lot worse.

As have we,hence why he only lost his sig and not his name

 

[highguard]

^^ And for that I am sure that Carp is grateful.

 

[Kelly]

Then what are you guys so up in arms and pissed about?

Upset? me?.....no not at all.......

 

[highguard]

Upset? me?.....no not at all.......

I don't think any of us are up in arms like Albafan said Vile, I think we are just commiserating with Carp who would no doubt love to politely point out that it is at 127 million but is walking on eggs right now cause he feels like he is shut up in a box.

 

[TheVileOne]

Carp Man seems to think Slim should've been banned for his post where he takes a dig at the movie and Tim Story.

Carp Man is not the only one know. People's obsession and fandom for some properties is so high they will go out of their way to bury and bash something else just because they in their mind feels it keeps their property on it's high pedestal.

Case in point people in this thread bashing Harry Potter and Transformers because they are ticked off those movies are more successful than Rise of The Silver Surfer which DID disappoint at the BO.

 

[Kelly]

Carp Man seems to think Slim should've been banned for his post where he takes a dig at the movie and Tim Story.

No he didn't...no one did.....now move on.

 

[TheVileOne]

Well AD and Carp Man feel the mods were not "enforcing the rules" over said post.

 

[Kelly]

Well AD and Carp Man feel the mods were not "enforcing the rules" over said post.

Who cares Vile, move on...........what needed to be done.....was done. NOW move on.

 

[highguard]

^^ Carp would be crazy if he thought that, I doubt he thinks that. Carp has gotten away with way more than that himself, lol.

Carp is hurting right now from the loss of his Sig.

No doubt once (if) he becomes a model citizen (come on Carp) he will be made whole again.

 

[highguard]

And I am moving on and out.

See you guys tomorrow.

Hopefully there will be news on the sequel.

 

[Arkady Rossovich]

How much has the film made now?Are the total numbers in?

 

[Mr. Socko]

Who cares Vile, move on...........what needed to be done.....was done. NOW move on.

These aren't the droids you're looking for.

You can go about your business.

move along move along

 

[Kelly]

How much has the film made now?Are the total numbers in?

I believe the last on domestic is 127+ mil..... as far as international, those numbers are about a week behind...98+ mil so far in the international column, with several more regions to open.....

 

[Carp Man]

No updates today for some strange reason. However the totals as of Monday were $ 127.2 dom. $ 225.2 WW. FF 2.

 

[Carp Man]

Carp, you can be a bit over the top at times, but you're like the mega-FF fan and this is the FF forum, so you get a pass from me. What you do elsewhere on the Hype, I have no knowledge of.
Basically I believe in respecting other people's likes and dislikes - period. And I'll leave it at that.

I'm all over. I have a ball in the "rassling forum". I've been to the Spider-Man forum, the Superman forum, the Batman forum. I'm a Fantastic Four fanboy, and supporter in the most extreme sense of the term. I don't appoligize for it. I can get extreme when I percieve someone is tearing the franchise, or movies down. I wear my Marvel heart on my sleve. I don't give a darn who likes it, and who doesn't. Plain and simple. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I love Superman and Batman. I detest in the strongest sense of that term DC fanboys because of their arrogent, cocky attitude. It's ok to rah, rah for your team, but when you come off as a jerk, and want to tear down the FF, because of your persionnel bias, I'm going to fire back.

 

[Pickle-El]

I like it when Carpy gets tough....makes me wish I was in WWI with him by my side.

 

[Advanced Dark]

No updates today for some strange reason. However the totals as of Monday were $ 127.2 dom. $ 225.2 WW. FF 2.

Hollywood Reporter and Variety have the #'s.

 

[GreenKToo]

I'm all over. I have a ball in the "rassling forum". I've been to the Spider-Man forum, the Superman forum, the Batman forum. I'm a Fantastic Four fanboy, and supporter in the most extreme sense of the term. I don't appoligize for it. I can get extreme when I percieve someone is tearing the franchise, or movies down. I wear my Marvel heart on my sleve. I don't give a darn who likes it, and who doesn't. Plain and simple. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, I love Superman and Batman. I detest in the strongest sense of that term DC fanboys because of their arrogent, cocky attitude. It's ok to rah, rah for your team, but when you come off as a jerk, and want to tear down the FF, because of your persionnel bias, I'm going to fire back.

No offense carpy, but you do the exact same thing. There are people who like S.R., T.F., Batman etc etc just as much as you like F4. From what I have seen D.C. fans are no more cocky than alot of the marvel fans.
Do you think they like it when you take a shot at their favorite films/heroes?? Personally I like both D.C. *AND* marvel, and I will never understand the rivalry between the fans.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

No offense carpy, but you do the exact same thing. There are people who like S.R., T.F., Batman etc etc just as much as you like F4. From what I have seen D.C. fans are no more cocky than alot of the marvel fans.
Do you think they like it when you take a shot at their favorite films/heroes?? Personally I like both D.C. *AND* marvel, and I will never understand the rivalary between the fans.

I am exactly the same, i dont prefer one over the other, but if a movie is bad from both camps (as i feel both FF are poor-average) i will have a go at them, whether i am a fan of the character or not.

 

[GreenKToo]

I actually liked the second one alot more than the first.