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Will Hercules bomb?
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gutter_trash
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YES
But what happens if we access 100% while watching these movies?
RustyNails
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I think Hercules is just as compelling as Conan the Barbarian. It's just that Conan character was lucky to become immortalized and become an icon with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
hercules in new york doesn't count
mysocksarepink
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Yes.
The Main Event
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The Scorpion King > Hercules
There was only so much Arnold could do.
Blargonaut
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Rocks don't explode.
I invoke Betteridge's Law, this thread is henceforth rekt and all your opinions rendered invalid.
I invoke Betteridge's Law, this thread is henceforth rekt and all your opinions rendered invalid.
Kitsunebaby
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Probably, but I'll still see it. I'll watch the Rock do pretty much anything, though.
what does hercules do anyway? i was trying to think but i kept drawing blanks. at first i thought he destroyed that one temple with his strength, but no, thats Samson, and thats not even a greek myth. and then i thought he fought the medusa/gorgon/whatever. but no, thats perseus. was he an argonaut or am i imagining things?
Delta Assault
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Quadrophenic
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Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
Such self-referential.
megamerican
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Judging by how the Renny Harlin Hercules, and even Pompeii performed, I would say there is not much enthusiasm for this type of stuff.
It doesn't have a ton of competition, and last week's stuff was pretty soft, so it has a shot. I doubt it will be very impressive though.
It doesn't have a ton of competition, and last week's stuff was pretty soft, so it has a shot. I doubt it will be very impressive though.
Kitsunebaby
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...so you were responsible for this.
Of course. Sexy muscular man in a frilly dress?
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
I vote yes.
TrumanBurbank
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LUCY with ScarJo is going to annihilate this at the box office.
Both movies look like Michael Bay level diarrhea though.
Both movies look like Michael Bay level diarrhea though.
Killing_Joke
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Hmm this is a tough one only because of the budget. 110mil is pretty big for a movie with almost no marketing. There's no way in hell it makes 100mil in US. I'm expecting a bomb 30-40mil tops. Any more i'll be stunned. I guess WW can save it but it will probably break even at best.
But i wouldn't blame the Rock. It's been a slow summer and the mythology cgi fest already had it's run.
But i wouldn't blame the Rock. It's been a slow summer and the mythology cgi fest already had it's run.
TheVisualizer
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I feel the same way
People are not necessarily smarter these days, but are way more selective due to factors like higher ticket prices and ease of availability of movies that the masses no longer flock to see big names without something else that looks interesting to go along with them. Not even Tom Cruise could draw people out to see Edge of Tomorrow which had better marketing and ideas more interesting to sell.
The trailers for Hercules look awful, I have no plans on going to see it, and probably won't even bother wasting my time on it down the road when I see it on TV while flipping the channels when it hits cable. That's how much interest I have, and I'm probably close to the target demographic.
I like the Rock, but as big of a star that some people see him as, imo he does not have a standout movie to his name that was the leading role that gives him the enough star to draw big numbers off his name alone. Hopefully Dwayne Johnson finds the right project sooner or later or just keeps enjoying his solid pay days.
Uh huh
What is this? Different versions of Superman created by different writers all rolled into one comic?
LumpOfCole
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It looks really, really bad, and I like the Rock.
Wolf Dawgz
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Wasn't there JUST a Hercules film recently?
PHOENIXZERO
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Seizures... Maybe they have some strobe light scenes?
Older Superman is the Kingdom Come version which was the future version of that current Superman who had absorbed a more sunlight over the time while not really doing anything to uhh drain his battery making him A LOT stronger, faster, durable, ect.
Delta Assault
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That was Conan with Jason Momoa, IIRC.
Renny Harlin's Hercules movie came out this year:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1043726/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1
Lucy or Hercules... I'm going with Lucy.
With another WWE person, can't recall his name
With another WWE person, can't recall his name
Delta Assault
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Understood. Thanks dude.
This is the Hercules movie I want to see.
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