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Green Jello

11-11-04 01:00 PM

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Originally posted by scott1598
J6P?

Joe Six Pack - A term used by elitist movie snobs to describe the general public who widely loved a movie like Shrek 2.

OldBoy

11-11-04 01:10 PM

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Originally posted by Green Jello
Joe Six Pack - A term used by elitist movie snobs to describe the general public who widely loved a movie like Shrek 2.

ahhhh...EMS's!!

matome

11-11-04 01:12 PM

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Originally posted by ianholm
Yeah, I know. Who the hell has ever heard of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen or Billy Crystal? :rolleyes:

:lol:

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Totally agree. Shrek is J6P material all the way. I guess that is why I can't stand it.

Yet, he's so impressed by Spiderman's huge weekend opening. No J6P's showed up for that one. :rolleyes:

BeckysBoy

11-11-04 02:24 PM

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Originally posted by ianholm
Yeah, I know. Who the hell has ever heard of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen or Billy Crystal? :rolleyes:

My point wasn't that casting big names is an inherently bad thing. I recognize that it's almost a necessity for animated films nowadays. Rather, I was pointing out that Pixar made a very daring and unusual casting choice where they could have easily gone with Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan or some other flavor of the week, or just thrown a bunch of money at another perennial big name star.

Joe Molotov

11-11-04 02:36 PM

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Originally posted by BeckysBoy
My point wasn't that casting big names is an inherently bad thing. I recognize that it's almost a necessity for animated films nowadays. Rather, I was pointing out that Pixar made a very daring and unusual casting choice where they could have easily gone with Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan or some other flavor of the week, or just thrown a bunch of money at another perennial big name star.

You mean like when Dreamworks casts Jennifer Saunders and Rubert Everett?

Rivero

11-11-04 04:37 PM

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Originally posted by fumanstan
Easiest example that springs to mind is the woman's underwear/thong.

Gimme a break. It's a sad state of affairs if this is what passes for 'more adult humor' in animation. Count me as another who thinks Shrek 2 is egregiously overrated and isn't worthy enough to hold this film's jockstrap:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0...1.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

fumanstan

11-11-04 05:48 PM

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Originally posted by Rivero
Gimme a break. It's a sad state of affairs if this is what passes for 'more adult humor' in animation. Count me as another who thinks Shrek 2 is egregiously overrated and isn't worthy enough to hold this film's jockstrap:

I don't see why that constitutes a sad state of affairs. And comparing it to the Iron Giant is rather silly, considering they are two completely different genres.

speedyray

11-11-04 09:13 PM

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Originally posted by Space_Monkey
Agreed. This really soured my opinion of Dreamworks. If they keep up this trend they will annoy me more than Miramax's continued attempts to buy the Best Picture Oscar.

I will always like Pixar's films better because they are more timeless. As long as Dreamworks continues to mire their films with excessive pop culture references they will fail to win me over the way Pixar has.

That said, I still enjoy Dreamworks animated films for what they are and don't understand why they feel they can't coexist with Pixar...

Well said. A position supported with good reasoning. I agree by the way. I think the Disney films really are timeless especially compared to Dreamworks movies like Shrek. I still enjoy Shrek for what it is and does though.

hogfat

11-11-04 10:17 PM

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Originally posted by TheKing
It's simple, Having the release day on Tuesday helps to drum up traffic in stores on days when their traffic would normally be very low. Put new releases in there on Friday, and Best Buy would be a ghost town on weekdays.

erm . . . as I'm aware, the main issue has to do with delivery services.

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