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dk Or a politician.
VivisectedEngineer Brett, I would not say that for myself, but a Xeno might be that way.
@dk
"Remember that feeling guilty is a self imposed feeling."
Would you go so far as to say that it would be better to be unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality?
@dk
You're right. Most actors wouldn't take the pay cut. It's the same in sports. Players switch teams just for the money. They may be barely famous, but it doesn't matter. The only thing that matters to them is the extra million dollars.
Players would even trade in the most fame a person could have and any type of positive impact they would have on their community which loves them so much to make that extra million. Albert Pujols is an example. What a loser. I don't like to call people names, but I will because I think most people could agree that Pujols should've never gone to the Angels.
I guess those numbers make sense with the obsession people have with the television.
Remember that feeling guilty is a self imposed feeling. I used to get choked up on those Sarah McLaughlin commercials before I realized that those dopey dogs were post op coming out of anesthesia and that someone paid a lot of money to ask for mine.
I Moon Girl The TV also has an off switch.
Truth be told, what Hollywood sell us is a fantasy. It has always been. It is rather ironic how in the movies the US is still conquering worlds when american astronauts have to hitch a ride from soviet rockets if they want to visit the space station.
Plus, why does the same television make me feel guilty about abused dogs when I can barely pay the rent? The rich people should be pestered with those commercials, not me...
I Moon Girl I agree that health care workers and scientists are more valuable than entertainers, but that is what the majority of the world deems more important and worthy of more money. Entertainers make as much as they do because people are willing to pay for it to be honest. And no one to my knowledge will willingly accept a pay cut.
The target booklet sounds the best to me. However I don't know what I am going to do with the Blu ray disc, just collect dust I guess. Wish it was only the DVD, I hate the little boxes the Blu rays come in, they are so annoying. I did not see any specific information saying only the BR has the bonus features this time around so hopefully they will be on the DVD or they will go to waste.
@dk
I guess those numbers make sense with the obsession people have with the television.
Why do actors get more money than NASA employees? I would much rather a NASA Aerospace Engineer get paid more than $100,000 a year. I mean, that's real space.
Why can't NASA get more funding to develop real space instead of spending it on the movies?
Why do we have people dying of hunger in Africa and we got people make poses and faces and saying a few lines which are making more than an average person makes in their whole life?
I guess the movies just make TONS of money, so they are just spreading the wealth to the people who had a part in making the successful movie. Why can't those movies go to charities instead of the actors making this money?
Someone who is worth $8 million and acted their whole life and doesn't come from a rich family made more money than a person could ever need even after paying the necessary expenses that come with the acting job.
"What have we gotten?! Yea! Yea! That's entertainment!"
- Spyder One
It doesn't make sense to me.
VivisectedEngineer Brett, every time someone says anything, you always say "Right".
They're not salaries, they're an estimated net worth.
I just googled "Billy Crudup Net Worth" (or anybody famous really).
I know, I know. A simple google search is not real research and Wikipedia is forbidden in all research, but still, my life ain't movies so I ain't going to do that much research for something like this.
If we just remember that those are rough estimates, I think we can still see that those numbers shouldn't be, but they are...
I Moon Girl I respectfully disagree that actors take a pay cut. Although there are many great actors out there, there is also the adage that "you get what you pay for". The script is another subject. If an actor makes $8 million for a movie, my understanding is that also pays for coaches, trainers, agents, publicists, lawyers, etc so the actor likely does not walk away with that contracted amount after everyone gets their cut.
I also respectfully ask if you would take a pay cut because others think you make too much. Personally, I will not accept a pay cut for what I do unless others do so.
naked lunch im not sure who the artist of mine is. It is a "Palatine" Queen's Mother Guard Xenomorph depicted in the Alien: Earth Hive novel.
I just love the picture though!
I Moon Girl Where did you get those numbers if I may ask? I mean Crudup and Seimetz salaries...
dk - The topic did not/does not contain any personal attacks. I think one has to give reference, otherwise readers do not know what I am writing about. Thank you.
I'm glad you shared those numbers with us!
Lower ticket prices means more movies being watched in the theater. More movies being watched in the theater equals marketing through the public. Marketing through the public means good movies will make the money and most likely will be watched again and again in the theater. I would say if I saw a movie for $4, I would watch it enough to easily spend $12 that it costs me today. I wouldn't doubt it if I spent a little more than $12 to watch that movie again and again, but I don't find myself spending $24 to watch a movie twice. After that fact takes control of me, I feel a little empty on the inside since I only watched the movie once in the theater. I wish I watched A:C again, but that $12 ticket price just got the best of me.
Another problem with movies is that actors are just paid way to much. If the actors made less, than movies make more profits. I don't see why actors and actresses should be worth $8 million dollars for barely being famous. Example is Eric Roberts. He played an amazing gangster in The Dark Knight. He was perfect for the part, but that was his biggest acting gig (at least that I know of). I am sure other people on here can think of better examples since I don't love movies in general (or T.V. for that matter), but I will stop and take the time to enjoy an Alien franchise movie or novel (if it is an important novel).
These are just my problems with the movie industry and I think it relates to A:C's problems with making money is because all these actors that I have never even heard of in A:C have to make big bucks because everybody in Hollywood has to make big bucks. Obviously they don't get as big as the big stars, like Danny McBride. Yet, this ain't his typical role, so I guess he could get casted cheap.
Why is Amy Seimetz worth $5 million?
Why is Billy Crudup worth $6 million?
The point is, there are people who do more for the world and the environment than these people and would never earn that amount of money in their lives if they worked from age 15 1/2 to 65.
This may not relate to Alien: Covenant very well, but it does bother me.
@dk
The point I'm taking from it is that we all must buy as much Covenant merchandise as possible.
What point is intended for members to take from the OP?
VivisectedEngineer - You're agreed. :)
@Ati
VSN, virtual synthetic. That makes sense. The voice did generate questions based on the participants' responses. I guess I assumed the tech was a typing using a text to speech program or something.
So, I guess the tech didn't actually do much besides supervise.
:D Yes!
And next to Phobos there's a Scandinavian name, the name of the voice actor, and after that you can see: VSN: WY19.37.
That's why I think that Phobos is the name of the Virtual Synthetic WY19.37.
@Ati
Ooohaha... That makes sense!
VivisectedEngineer - 'That's awesome that the tech was a synthetic! But, how could you all tell?'
:)
It is written in the image:
That's awesome that the tech was a synthetic! But, how could you all tell? I guess I'd be really bad at identifying synthetics.
Also, I thought the test was called "phobos" because it's the Greek root for "phobia" meaning "fear" and the test was intended to determine each participants fears.
Is there a connection between the two numbers in the names?
Walter: 37 and VS: 19.37?
"haha, no I'm not."
<_<; Yes, good, good... I thought not! ;>_>
"But I must confess I feel very angry when I read that the "franchise viability" is in question"
Deep down, we're ultimately on the same side. Same objective different methods. :)
...I really really love Covenant, though.
joylitt Point taken. However there are way more Alien franchise fans than members on this site who don't dig into the finer points discussed on the forum because they just don't join fan sites. Can I give a number? No. I can only account for real world fans I know of who never heard of this site and extrapolate there surely must be more around the world like my location.
dk But we do follow those things that closely here at alien-covenant.com lol. Let's take a walk on the memory lane:
http://www.alien-covenant.com/news/breaking-alien-covenant-release-date-changed-to-august-4-2017
haha now seriously, I see your point: the regular movie goer does not pay attention to those things.
VivisectedEngineer haha, no I'm not. I just think it is good to report what is in the news and to interpret it so we are not caught off guard by the turn of events. Of course I also highly appreciate the positive thoughts you spread. But I must confess I feel very angry when I read that the "franchise viability" is in question and I cannot help but blaming Alien Covenant for it.
Alright here are. In Australia:
Prime time movie price = AU $17.50 or US$22.50
Weekday midday price =AU $13.50 or US $17.10
medium combo (drink & popcorn) AU $13 or US $16.50
Go to a cinema on a Friday night, get a medium combo =
US $39 PER PERSON
And you wonder why us Australians don't go to the cinema much! Absolute rip-off. Alien: Covenant was the only film I saw at the cinema in about 2 years.
Admittedly I live in "rural" Australia, in a large inland town/city. prices are cheaper in the major coastal cities, but its still too expensive to go to the cinema here.
That is why digital streaming and DVD sales are a very important factors
joylitt It seems unlikely fans follow things that closely. In fact, they become enraged when a release date gets bumped. They don't care about market manipulation- they want to see the movie. The fans would probably like or hate the movie regardless of the release date since it's the same movie.
@Ati
"Is he paid for that? Probably yes. By another company? Who knows? Everything is possible. This is the world we live in..."
You know what would be an ironic twist, but sort of totally plausible?? Maybe joylitt is paid by FOX to make the fans think Covenant is struggling so we'll do more to support it!
joylitt is the evil marketing genius!!!
Jk, joylitt , jk. ...But are you though...?
