do I misunderstand the meaning of "tanked"? I thought it meant, "did not do well financially".
I'm so sorry, but if it makes you feel any better, my fun-time-Buffy party night involved watching a robot throw Spike through a window, so if you want to trade... no wait, I wouldn't give up that memory for anything.
Buffy ,'Get It Done'
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Laga - Jun 17, 2008 2:01:15 pm PDT #6488 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
§ ita § - Jun 17, 2008 2:18:50 pm PDT #6489 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
do I misunderstand the meaning of "tanked"? I thought it meant, "did not do well financially".
I don't think MM's been shy about his opinion that the movie deserves to not do well financially, do you?
Polter-Cow - Jun 17, 2008 2:20:14 pm PDT #6490 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I think Laga's point is that it is doing well financially. $277 million is nothing to sneeze at.
§ ita § - Jun 17, 2008 2:22:55 pm PDT #6491 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think Laga's point is that it is doing well financially. $277 million is nothing to sneeze at.
That doesn't mean MM can't want it not to, does it?
Polter-Cow - Jun 17, 2008 2:26:14 pm PDT #6492 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
No, it does not, but I don't think that's what Laga is confused about. Since it would be hard to have missed MM's opinion of the movie. Unless I'm wrong.
Pete, Husband of Jilli - Jun 17, 2008 2:29:03 pm PDT #6493 of 10000
"I've got a gun! I've got a mother-flippin' gun!" - Moss, The IT Crowd
MM may not have perfected the teleporter but obviously his reality-distortion field is doing just fine; no one here is sure if Indy IV is a hit anymore.
§ ita § - Jun 17, 2008 2:32:44 pm PDT #6494 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Yeah, I'm distorted because I feel I should be confused, and I'm not. MM thinks the movie should be a failure. Laga says it wasn't.
Cool.
Now, if MM says the movie was a failure, or Laga says it shouldn't be, then things are weird.
Okay, kidding on the latter.
Mostly.
Polter-Cow - Jun 17, 2008 2:38:41 pm PDT #6495 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Connie Neil - Jun 17, 2008 2:58:04 pm PDT #6496 of 10000
brillig
I was curious as to how it was doing a couple of weeks out and was too lazy to look up the numbers myself.
§ ita § - Jun 17, 2008 3:06:20 pm PDT #6497 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, I see! I didn't think anyone still thought it tanked, though. Did you?