Wow! The NEW (Hype!) TiVo Can Do So Much! - Part 2

[Duran Man]

I see this Rocketman is insane.

 

[Sawyer]

And, unfortunately, has yet to be committed.

 

[PacificBoy]

It's an impressive post considering he probably typed it out with one hand.

 

[Kane52630]

oh and I forgot about this

I've said this before and I'll say it again... I can feel it in my bones that this movie will be the biggest ever. I don't particularly care one way or another (I thought The Avengers was a delight), but just ignoring my own fanboyism, ignoring picking favorites, and just looking at the Box Office objectively... I think TDKR will win. It's a monster that nobody is fully appreciating yet, and this goes back months ago when I had discussions with Raganork8, way before The Avengers was released. TDKR is something quite different than what we're led to believe.

If you ignore The Avengers for a moment, look at TDKR not as a comparison to The Avengers but as a comparison to James Cameron instead.

You might not want to believe it, but consider this: Avatar was riding on the coattails of Titanic. Before you argue with me, just let that statement sizzle for a minute. Really think about that statement before you assume that it's all BS.

- Everybody thought Titanic was going to be a flop.
- Nobody, including the studio, had a lot of confidence in its potential success.
- James Cameron wasn't a household name.
- Titanic became the biggest movie of all time in 1997.
- James Cameron became a household name.

Now, imagine for a moment, just to play pretend, that Avatar is a sequel to Titanic. We all know that's not true, but just pretend it is for this argument.

- James Cameron hadn't made a movie in 13 years.
- James Cameron was still a household name because of Titanic.
- When Avatar was being promoted, it reminded everyone that it was "From the Director of Titanic."
- Avatar's ticket prices were raised significantly for 3D showings.
- Avatar became the biggest movie ever.

The fact that James Cameron's name alone sold Avatar to the mass public, proves to me that TDKR is much bigger than anyone is assuming.

- 13 years passed between Titanic and Avatar, and people still remembered.
- Only 4 years passed between TDK and TDKR, so people definitely remember.
- Avatar wasn't actually a sequel to Titanic.
- TDKR is a sequel to TDK, and it's completing a story that was already established.
- Avatar beat Titanic's B.O., which was the biggest movie ever.
- TDK was the second highest grossing movie EVER, right under Titanic.
- James Cameron was a household name when Avatar was being released.
- Christopher Nolan's name is being promoted in the TDKR trailers, and Nolan is a household name from TDK and Inception.

So, just imagining that Nolan and Cameron follow the same track record here, TDKR has a better chance at beating Avatar than Avatar had a chance at beating Titanic. That's just my opinion, but the evidence is there. And if that's true, then that also assumes (obviously) that TDKR has a better chance at beating TDK than Avatar had a chance at beating Titanic.

So, where The Avengers comes into all of this, I don't really know... but I have a feeling that it doesn't even have a dog in this fight. And that's not because I'm a DC fanboy (I'm not); I loved The Avengers. But TDKR as a box office animal is going to be something monstrous.

Granted, I'm bored, so I'm just typing away for my own amusement... but I think the Nolan/Cameron parallel is definitely relevant.

 

[Sawyer]

It's FAR too late at night to read all that. I'll just assume it's asinine and read it in the morning.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

I remember the part of Titanic where Kate Winslet and Leo had lots and lots of ponytail sex on top of the Iceberg while Kathy Bates watched.

 

[Marvolo]

How did I miss this gem?

For me, the Nolan Series is like this: You wake up one morning and realize you're dating Gisele Bundchen. You roll over in bed and she's just lying there, looking all cute and perfect and smiling at you. Her hair's all sexed up and she's giggling. She's biting her lower lip. And then she burps in your face.

You say to yourself, "Okay, that's okay. It was just a burp. She's a human being. Human beings do this." So then you take her out to dinner that night, and everything's perfect. It's an expensive restaurant, you're both dressed classy. She's wearing an impossibly awesome sun dress that has flowers on it. Your napkins are made out of one-hundred dollar bills. And then when her meal comes, she chews with her mouth wide open and makes loud chomping sounds.

So then you're saying, "Alright, this is definitely noticeable, but I'm going to choose to look past it, because it's Gisele Bundchen, and she's gorgeous and hot and perfect."

But then you wake up the next morning and look at Gisele picking her nose and eating it, and she doesn't realize you're watching her, and then a flood of memories of your ex-girlfriend come back to you. Your ex looked NOTHING like Gisele Bundchen, she was a homely, plain girl who looked like a librarian, and she didn't sexually excite you as much as Gisele, but she would NEVER burp in your face, chomp on her food, or pick her nose and eat it.

And then you realize, you don't want Gisele or your ex. You want Gisele's body with your ex's manners.

That's what I want the Reboot to be.

The stupid...

 

[Kane52630]

...

I reported it and I will let the mods deal with it. Not going to scoop to their level.

El Maybe scoops to everyones level. Stooping, however, is a completely different verb

 

[Lily Adler]

That place is going to **** faster than before.

 

[Erzengel]

I'd like two stoops of chocolate and coffee in a cup please.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

How did I miss this gem?

 

[Sawyer]

If I see it, I am buying a ticket for something else. I am quite curious about what they did here, but I don't want to give them my money.

If you want to see it, give them your money.

I'll never understand buying a ticket for something else. That makes no sense.

We're nerds, it's the principle.

I'm pretty sure DarthSkywalker is why nerds don't deserve good things.

 

[Sawyer]

Nonsense person in the X-threads...

Alex doesn't know how to carry herself.

That's not how a lady poses. please compare Alex to Lana.

Compare the two below please

and if you wear a lanyard, make sure it's place properly but it's not and gets tangled on her scarf.

 

[Marvolo]

Nonsense person in the X-threads...

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Nonsense person should be the new put down here on The Hype. It encapsulates so much in such a simple phrase.

 

[The Endless]

Why not nobhead?

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

^Sounds too much like UK slang, and we are already using "Alley" like it's going out of style.

 

[The Endless]

lol "alley". Still trying to figure out where he go that from. Never heard it used before. Maybe he meant "gully" haha.

 

[Fallen Angel]

I heard of "Alley" but it's hardly ever used and it's cockney-ish as well.

 

[C. Lee]

lol "alley". Still trying to figure out where he go that from. Never heard it used before. Maybe he meant "gully" haha.

From what I have heard...it is a British military term....it refers to something being as tough and rough as an "alley fight" (a fight that takes place in an alley with no rules).

 

[The Endless]

I'm from East London and i've never ever head it used in that way.

 

[The Endless]

From what I have heard...it is a British military term....it refers to something being as tough and rough as an "alley fight" (a fight that takes place in an alley with no rules).

Interesting. That makes sense actually.

 

[Fallen Angel]

I'm from East London and i've never ever head it used in that way.

That's what was told told mate. It's cockney but I guess you would know if it was or wasn't. But I've heard "Alley" used before.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

Yeah, that's what I've gleaned, that it means "gritty/tough/rough" but here on The Hype we just mean "super cool". I guess we're all nobheads.

 

[Sawyer]

Nonsense person should be the new put down here on The Hype. It encapsulates so much in such a simple phrase.