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Matthew 3:7-10

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

And do not think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.


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There was only one civilian casualty during the three-day Battle of Gettysburg

29 October, 2007
Whatcha Gonna Do?
Bad Boys 3 managed to put together a few votes at the end there to avoid a shutout. But now it is my unfortunate pleasure to inform you that I just updated the "big board" in one of the execs offices here at Rockelcom Worldwide, during which I added, under the heading of "July 15, 2008," the title:

Starship Troopers: Marauder

Now here's the disturbing thing (for those of you not already disturbed)... The visual fx-heavy original "Starship Troopers" ran up a Production budget of $100 million. With an extra $25 million for Prints and Ads budgeting, this thing barely recouped, thanks only to a decent showing overseas and on DVD, as it pulled in less than $55 million in domestic Box Office receipts.

So, all in all, they eventually made back the entire budget and then maybe a mil. or two, but it was close. Definitely not the thing you'd bank on pressing a sequel to. Yet they did. What was the budget for Starship Troopers 2, you ask? 50 mil? 30 mil? 10?

No. No. No.

7

$7 million. Direct to video, where it completely flopped, obtaining an average of a one-star rating from the five people who actually watched it. Yet it warranted a sequel?

Anyone care to guess the budget on 3?

Well, following the same pattern... 100 - 7 - X.... the budget should either be $-86 million, or $500 grand. Right?

$20 Million! And although I have yet to see the letters DTV (direct to video) attached to this project, I also haven't seen a Theatrical Release date (July 15, 2008 - the date on the "big board" is the [tentative] DVD street date), so unless they decided not to market this one at all and it just appears in theatres in the next couple weeks, get ready for a $20 Million direct to video release of a second sequel. I just don't get it.

Alright. Game over. There you have it. Bad Boys wins. Although pretty much everyone involved with Bad Boys 1 & 2 has expressed an interest in rolling on a third, any type of actual production is still "Rumored" at best.

So if you were one of the two people to vote for Bad Boys 3, give yourself a pat on the back. Or, if you were the person who voted for it twice, give yourself two pats on the back.

Until next time.
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ON THE NICKEL
by Tom Waits

("I'd like to do a new song here. This is eh, it's about downtown Los Angeles on 5th Street. And eh all the winos affectionately refer to it as The Nickel. So this is kind of a hobo's lullaby.")

sticks and stones will break my bones,
but i always will be true, and when
your mama is dead and gone,
i'll sing this lullabye just for you,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never comb their hair,
well they're lined up all around the block,
on the nickel over there.

so you better bring a bucket,
there is a hole in the pail,
and if you don't get my letter,
then you'll know that i'm in jail,
and what becomes of all the little boys,
who never say their prayers,
well they're sleepin' like a baby,
on the nickel over there.

and if you chew tobacco, and wish upon a star,
well you'll find out where the scarecrows sit,
just like punchlines between the cars,
and i know a place where a royal flush,
can never beat a pair, and even thomas jefferson,
is on the nickel over there.

so ring around the rosie, you're sleepin' in the rain,
and you're always late for supper,
and man you let me down again,
i thought i heard a mockingbird, roosevelt knows where,
you can skip the light, with grady tuck,
on the nickel over there.

so what becomes of all the little boys,
who run away from home,
well the world just keeps gettin' bigger,
once you get out on your own,
so here's to all the little boys,
the sandman takes you where,
you'll be sleepin' with a pillowman,
on the nickel over there.

so let's climb up through that button hole,
and we'll fall right up the stairs,
and i'll show you where the short dogs grow,
on the nickel over there.

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