The film only opened with $130 million worldwide, which is less than the $139 million that the box office bomb The Flash managed to earn. Furthermore, the Indiana Jones sequel is said to have cost more than $300 million to make with marketing costs, while The Flash was estimated at $250 million. Either way, both films appear to be box office bombs, with the fifth Indiana Jones film making even less at the box office so far.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    I've only heard it talked about in a "it's weird that they made an old man pretend to be a younger man using computers" way. chomsky-yes-honey

    • LGOrcStreetSamurai [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Hollywood necromancy and chronomancy need to be stopped. I didn't think it'd get this bad when I first heard of the tech. All this de-aging and resurrecting actors is wild. We have all the tech in the world and they still can make something watchable these days.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        I used to think all the neo-retro plot contrivances in Shadowrun were ridiculous. Why would anyone care about pop culture from decades ago, I asked myself.

        Then I realized that Ready Player Oneism is a persistent ideology because the ruling class doesn't want to take risks and mining nostalgia so deeply that even generations that came after the nostalgia's source will eventually be nostalgic for older remakes became a thing. debord-tired

        • LGOrcStreetSamurai [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          Same thing here man. I was just re-reading the Cyberpunk RPG codex and came across the posergangs. That sort of end of history meets pop culture clashing in the most dire and grim way. Our existing future sucks so much dude. jokerfied

        • Bunkerbuddy [none/use name]
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          1 year ago

          Became? Almost all 90s Disney movies are remakes, including the live action ones. Flubber, Parent Trap etc are remakes while Zenon is pure retrofuturism.

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            1 year ago

            There is still a difference between "dug up a no-copyright ancient story like Aladdin" and "digging up one's own dug up Aladdin cartoon and making it live action and worse."

        • JuryNullification [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          You will live in the pod van. You will watch the thirteenth unnecessary remake of a mid film. You will soyface to prestige tv.

      • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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        1 year ago

        Just goes to show that smaller budgets and and a damn good script goes a long way. Seems like bigger budgets only make the filmmakers lazier.