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Lucas predicts end of big budget movies
« on: March 06, 2006, 12:24:28 pm »
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"In the future, almost everything that gets shown in theaters will be indie movies," Lucas declared. "I predict that by 2025 the average movie will cost only $15 million."

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/397167p-336664c.html

I actually think that would be cool.  Some of my favorite movies are low-budget. 
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Re: Lucas predicts end of big budget movies
« Reply #1 on: March 06, 2006, 12:31:18 pm »
Hrmm, it would be interesting to see if he is right or not.
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Re: Lucas predicts end of big budget movies
« Reply #2 on: March 06, 2006, 04:04:46 pm »
That would suck. I much prefer big budget movies, since then they have a larger special effects budget.

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Re: Lucas predicts end of big budget movies
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2006, 07:14:46 pm »
Only $15 million?
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I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Lucas predicts end of big budget movies
« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2006, 07:30:12 pm »
Only $15 million?

Yes, only.  Considering modern movies tend to cost in the range of 9-digits, $15 million is low.  For a movie.  Btw, you're lazy for not closing tags.  It looks so unbalanced and ugly.  But anyway..

That would suck. I much prefer big budget movies, since then they have a larger special effects budget.
On one hand, that's true.  On another, the "best" special effects are the home-made ones.  It seems like any idiot with the right software can do spectacular special effects now (maybe that's untrue), but back in the day it took a special talent. 

Of course, the software and computers and stuff are getting cheaper, too, and using them to make it look like you exploded something is cheaper than actually exploding something, and it probably looks better.  So maybe that won't be so bad?

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Re: Lucas predicts end of big budget movies
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2006, 08:07:11 pm »
Actually one of the other things that may bring cost down is the use of rendering farms. Instead of having to build their own they can just buy time on one and still get killer special effects.
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Re: Lucas predicts end of big budget movies
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2006, 10:29:35 pm »
Modern special effects suck. I perfer the cheesy obviously fake stuff over the realistic computer generated crap any day.
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Re: Lucas predicts end of big budget movies
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2006, 11:16:21 pm »
Only $15 million?

Yes, only.  Considering modern movies tend to cost in the range of 9-digits, $15 million is low.  For a movie.  Btw, you're lazy for not closing tags.  It looks so unbalanced and ugly.  But anyway..

If you try and close all the tags, this[/i] happens. It's probably a bug, so eh? You have to do it in order. :(
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I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

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Re: Lucas predicts end of big budget movies
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2006, 11:24:07 pm »
Only $15 million?

Yes, only.  Considering modern movies tend to cost in the range of 9-digits, $15 million is low.  For a movie.  Btw, you're lazy for not closing tags.  It looks so unbalanced and ugly.  But anyway..

If you try and close all the tags, this[/i] happens. It's probably a bug, so eh? You have to do it in order. :(

You're supposed to close the last tag first.  It should be a mirror image, symmetrical! 

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Re: Lucas predicts end of big budget movies
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2006, 11:24:19 pm »
Only $15 million?

Yes, only.  Considering modern movies tend to cost in the range of 9-digits, $15 million is low.  For a movie.  Btw, you're lazy for not closing tags.  It looks so unbalanced and ugly.  But anyway..

If you try and close all the tags, this[/i] happens. It's probably a bug, so eh? You have to do it in order. :(

Try it like this. Batman.

You need things declared first, finished last.  Nested code!

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Re: Lucas predicts end of big budget movies
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2006, 09:03:33 am »
You're supposed to close the last tag first.  It should be a mirror image, symmetrical! 

But it's easy when you have like, 4 tags open. Close the last one, and bamn!
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I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT.