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- We had a power surge before we lost our elevators. Maybe there's an evil mastermind tunneling under DC. -- nm - Max Apr 7, 10:31 2
  - (or opposite of surge, I guess. flicker) -- nm - Max Apr 7, 10:31 1
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Avengers: There will be NO post credits scene. However there will be a mid credits scene -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 10:19 10
- "Avengers 2 will also include a 150 min pre-credits scene" -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 10:26 1
  - from Francis Ford Coppola! -- nm - David Apr 7, 10:29
- that seems odd, it is like a tradition! -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 10:22 1
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- That means it's over! No more in the series! Marvel has run out of ideas! short short short! -- nm - Max Apr 7, 10:21 1
  - Russo brothers announced as directors of Avengers 3 and 4. -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 10:21
- link -- (link) - Remlik Apr 7, 10:20 3
  - (spoilers) - Inigo Apr 7, 10:22 2
    - spoiler spec... - Remlik Apr 7, 10:24 1
      - Wouldn't it make more sense to be...(spoils) - Inigo Apr 7, 10:34
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- Fredi has a better chance at manager of the year. - David Apr 7, 10:30
- Sandberg has shit to work with, if he gets sacked, it is sad,. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 10:20 2
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    - it is hard to say, given what he has to work with. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 10:23
Number of Movie Screens in the US from NATO (theater owners) -- (link) - budice Apr 7, 10:13 3
- Location is everything: not everyone in USA lives within 25 miles of a screen. . . -- nm - OAE -- Explorer, Antarctica, Old Apr 7, 10:34
- (whoa, thanks) Not the significant increase I was expecting, I wonder if that's due to online media. -- nm - Max Apr 7, 10:16 1
  - They've hit critical mass in most places. - Will Hunting Apr 7, 10:18
Reminder - it's Starbond adjust day. -- nm - LMS Apr 7, 10:10
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- Right!!! - Epiphany Apr 7, 10:44
how much will m:i 5 make opening weekend? - amanda Apr 7, 10:07 16
- it's going to hit north of 60. -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 10:30
- How about a MI crossover with FnF? -- nm - budice Apr 7, 10:10 1
  - MIFvFnF -- nm - Max Apr 7, 10:11
- I think 50M is the ceiling. If 4 couldn't even hit 30M after re-establishing the series with how great 3 was... -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 10:09 3
  - #4 was a Christmas platformed opener....that ended up having legs of about - Will Hunting Apr 7, 10:11
  - Ghost Protocol opening during Christmas, and had already made $32 million before the weekend started. - Inigo Apr 7, 10:11 1
    - Ahhhh ok. 50M easily then! -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 10:12
- 70mil. - Will Hunting Apr 7, 10:09 1
  - I think this is possible -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 10:31
- Definitely. Ghost Protocol would have been a $75 million opening if it came out in the summer. I say $80 million. -- nm - Inigo Apr 7, 10:08
- I'm stunned that III opened under 50. There's no reason 5 shouldn't be a 100 million opener. -- nm - Max Apr 7, 10:08 5
  - I think there's some goodwill there that's not factored into the security price. like, I think 3 and 4 stand up really well to repeat viewing, and - amanda Apr 7, 10:11 4
    - JJ Abrams knows what he's doing! -- nm - Remlik Apr 7, 10:34
    - I challenge anyone here on ST who hasn't seen 3 to watch the opening scene and try not to keep watching. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 10:11 2
      - we watched it two weekends ago. it's really so great. (we also rewatched 4 recently.) -- nm - amanda Apr 7, 10:26
      - Agreed. -- nm - David Apr 7, 10:19
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- what kind of fish? -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 10:07 2
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    - fugu smoothie! -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 10:17
- crusted with popcorn? -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 10:06
How much will Avengers: Age of Ultron's opening weekend be? - Inigo Apr 7, 09:59 19
- I think $240 as well. -- nm - David Apr 7, 10:23
- 240M, with 0 of that coming from me. I am so done with opening weekend blockbuster viewings. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 10:10
- One meeeeeellion dollars. -- nm - Dr Evil si Apr 7, 10:03
- 275 is in the conversation. -- nm - Reagen Apr 7, 10:03 3
  - That's double what the opening weekend record was just 8 years ago. - Inigo Apr 7, 10:07 2
    - I don't play the game anymore so have almost no sense of HUGE!!! but these numbers seem mind boggling to me. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 7, 10:30 1
      - The first one did $207 million. -- nm - David Apr 7, 10:30
- 2 fitty -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 10:02 1
  - this -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 10:07
- This makes me want to see a chart of the total increase in theater screens in the last 10 years. -- nm - Max Apr 7, 10:01 3
  - mmm, infographic. -- nm - amanda Apr 7, 10:03 2
    - snap to, ty97! -- nm - Max Apr 7, 10:04 1
      - *deer in headlights* -- nm - ty97si Apr 7, 10:09
- For reference, the first Avengers opened to $207.44 million in 2012. -- nm - Inigo Apr 7, 10:01
- 232mil -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 10:01 3
  - yeah, right about this I think. inflation increase only. there's not a flood of new interest. -- nm - amanda Apr 7, 10:04 2
    - It's so uncharted, I have no idea what to expect. - Will Hunting Apr 7, 10:08
    - I'm actually less interested in this one than the last Avengers, except... Elizabeth Olsen. -- nm - Max Apr 7, 10:07
- 200Mil without batting an eyelash -- nm - budice Apr 7, 10:00
We're on the top (12th) floor of our building. A flood has meant that all elevators are offline until further notice. My boss is pitching a fit. - Max Apr 7, 09:53 10
- if he really is a boss, he would instinctly know to order food to be delivered today -- nm - Peglegpete Apr 7, 10:04 2
  - or make Max carry him down the 12 flights on his back -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 10:04 1
    - "Rolling chair races to the bottom, everybody." -- nm - Max Apr 7, 10:06
- A...flood? -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 09:54 6
  - they are taking 2 people from every department on a boat. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 09:55 3
    - *pushes everyone off and saves Julia* -- nm - Max Apr 7, 09:59
    - "were gonna need a bigger boat" -- nm - budice Apr 7, 09:59
    - ... down the stairs? heheh -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 09:58
  - Pipe burst under the sidewalk. -- nm - Max Apr 7, 09:54 1
    - Nice pipes. -- nm - budice Apr 7, 09:58
Jon Snow is a poor dinner party guest. (last season GOT Spoilers) -- (link) - LMS Apr 7, 09:39 [youtube] 1
- this is great -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 10:02
In digital news that is an even bigger deal, Hot Time Machine 2 is available on Vudu today. - David Apr 7, 09:32 4
- Unfinished business is already in discount theaters. Released March 6 -- nm - budice Apr 7, 09:41 3
  - Sub-5 million OWs will do that -- nm - Roger More Apr 7, 09:42 2
    - HTTM2 got 5 weeks in release. For a wide release, that's a bomb time frame. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 09:44 1
      - It's unprecedented for something not day-and-date to sell on digital after this little time. - David Apr 7, 09:58
Star Wars question: if you buy them individually rather than as a pack, which movies are worth the $20 to you? - David Apr 7, 09:20 35
- I haven't looked at the news - they won't be available for online rental? -- nm - Max Apr 7, 09:50 6
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    - I fully support a vendor's right to sell his product however he wants, and also my right to call him a greedy bastard. - Max Apr 7, 09:58 3
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        I would only entertain that method if there were no other official source for it. - Max Apr 7, 10:01 1
        
        I had them awhile ago via those...other sites. Deleted them because I knew I wouldn't watch them. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 10:04
  - Won't know for sure until Friday. -- nm - David Apr 7, 09:51
- None, since I paid for them on VHS and again on DVD, I'm not buying them anymore. - JaxSean Apr 7, 09:46
- The original trilogy, done correctly --- not the Lucas special garbage. -- nm - Will Hunting Apr 7, 09:44
- Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back and ummmmm Attack of The Clones -- nm - JD Apr 7, 09:29 11
  - It's the only one of the prequels with anything memorable in it. -- nm - David Apr 7, 09:32 10
    - *cries at realizing how wasted Darth Maul was* The only scene from the trilogy that makes me think Lucas had a prayer (spoils) - Will Hunting Apr 7, 09:47 5
      - I'm sure in some other galaxy far far away, there's a version of that trilogy where Anakin eventually has to kill Darth Maul to take his place at the - ???? Apr 7, 09:51 1
        
        *mouth agog* That would have been so great. Can I change what I did to work that in? -- nm - George Lucas Apr 7, 09:58
      - spoils I guess - Shaun Apr 7, 09:49 2
        
        Yeah, until Lucas Lucas'ed it up. - Will Hunting Apr 7, 09:57 1
        
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    - Which was? -- nm - Roger More Apr 7, 09:37 3
      - the whipass frog fight scene -- nm - David Apr 7, 09:38 2
        
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        I had forgotten that. - Roger More Apr 7, 09:42
- We just got both trilogies on BR at Christmas. I'm not rebuying them unless they release the original theatrical release in HD -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 09:28
- $20 each? None. If I could get Episodes 4-6 for $20, sure. -- nm - Shaun Apr 7, 09:27
- 3-6 -- nm - budice Apr 7, 09:26 3
  - Already have the DVD sets with the original theatrical (non-specialized) -- (link) - budice Apr 7, 09:32 2
    - I have VCR copies of the original releases -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 10:06
    - Ugh. My ex let a friend borrow these, and I never got them back. Figures, they're worth $100 each now. -- nm - Inigo Apr 7, 09:35
- none. -- nm - Andie Apr 7, 09:25
- Start with the first 3 -- nm - eag Apr 7, 09:25
- None. I bought the original trilogy in a pack for $25 or so a while back, but have only done one viewing. -- nm - Roger More Apr 7, 09:25
- The original trilogy. -- nm - Ultron Apr 7, 09:25
- originals. -- nm - Beaker Apr 7, 09:24
- the old ones -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 09:24
- um, none -- nm - CQ Apr 7, 09:22
- Episodes 3 through 6. 3 is marginal, though. -- nm - Inigo Apr 7, 09:21
so, lyc, but SkyGreece just, finally, today issued my actual tickets. and charged my card. Our tickets were initially priced in US dollars, they - Andie Apr 7, 09:19 1
- Hee!! consider it a hassle reduction -- nm - Epiphany Apr 7, 10:46
I voted today in the mayoral race. There were exactly 0 voters there when I walked in. - pmb Apr 7, 09:16 1
- Rahmentum! -- nm - ty97 Apr 7, 09:19
Finally, some News You Can Use! "Burger King picking up tab for Burger-King wedding" -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 7, 09:16
Will tru, spawn and/or wes be playing Destiny tonight? -- nm - David Apr 7, 09:15 3
- Hell yeah. -- nm - Ultron Apr 7, 09:16 1
  - 9-11 PM EST -- nm - Ultron Apr 7, 09:17
- for sure I will be. nm -- nm - groiny Apr 7, 09:15
From the backboards, Jim is such a name-ist. -- nm - Der Frühlingshafterbaron Apr 7, 09:11 1
- ???? -- nm - Ultron Apr 7, 09:12
I don't think I can stress enough to ST the importance of the Villa game today. I plead for your good vibrations. -- nm - CQ Apr 7, 09:10 6
- Catching QPR at a bad time. -- nm - volnelk Apr 7, 09:34
- Let's go Villa! -- nm - JD Apr 7, 09:19
- ~rel-e-ga-tion...let's relegate..it's alright~ -- nm - budice Apr 7, 09:14 3
  - Villa need to win this because they're not gonna win any other match in April -- nm - CQ Apr 7, 09:19 2
    - After Spurs performance against Burnley, I'm not so sure you can -- nm - volnelk Apr 7, 09:42 1
      - t grab points of them too. -- nm - volnelk Apr 7, 09:44
We actually have rain right now. Need 3 more weeks of this - amoxy Apr 7, 09:08 3
- ugh. True, but ugh. -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Apr 7, 09:48
- We just got 3 inches in an hour. Wish we could send you some! -- nm - spamlet Apr 7, 09:09
- You misspelled years. -- nm - Krusty Apr 7, 09:08
"These 15 Women And Children Look Exactly Like Michael Cera" -- (link) - prayformojo Apr 7, 09:03 1
- I was hoping this was from the Click Hole -- nm - Beryllium Apr 7, 09:23
This was just southwest of me about an hour ago. -- (link) - spamlet Apr 7, 08:54 10
- I refuse to watch that video on account of it's portrait orientation -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 09:01 2
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    - I'm a portraitophobe -- nm - oblique Apr 7, 09:13
- They need to keep that shit south! We have enough destruction up north. -- nm - ???? Apr 7, 08:58 2
  - From the pictures, I'm fairly certain Wildwood and Ballwin have returned to the river. -- nm - spamlet Apr 7, 09:01 1
    - Not Nellyville!!! -- nm - ???? Apr 7, 09:01
- Another hail picture -- (link) - spamlet Apr 7, 08:56 1
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- ye ghads -- nm - Epiphany Apr 7, 08:56
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