TV/Movie General Discussion

[Animeniax]

No thanks, you`re right ironically.

Oh, i missed this lovely part.

I don`t know if they do but let me ask you this... Do you? Do you see Iron man an suddenly feel all patriotic and shit?

Not exactly but then I'm not the best American and I don't buy into most of our policies or pop culture. It's mostly an inherent pride instead of an overt one when I see how the US is faring in the world, and how our products/policies are received in the international sphere.

I imagine you watching one of our movies is like when I watch one of your country's movies: with a detached feeling of being an outsider looking in on a social science experiment. Considering how much Asian media we consume, I'm sure you know that looking glass feeling that I'm talking about. I think it'd be like the Japanese watching Ultraman compared to when I watch Ultraman. There's going to be a different feeling there.

As I stated earlier, there's a reason domestic totals match or exceed international box office numbers for most Hollywood movies. American movies are made for an American audience's American dollars.

Your comparison is not valid here Ani, because you're doubting the way his countrymen live their life - and he's one of their countrymen.

It could easily be argued he's not representative of his countrymen or that he does not have an understanding of social policies and realities in his own country. He's in medical school, which could mean he's privileged and not fully aware of the world outside his university campus.

Ani are you having an ego trip because you are American? Besides, I am not from a foreign market, I live here and you still don't make any sense to me. So is success a raw figure. Does every movie have to make 1.5 billion to be successful or is it a certain profit margin or percentage?

Social and economic problems, lazy. Wow

How is it an ego trip to state the obvious? American movies are made for American audiences. How much money a movie makes is the principle determination of whether it is a success or not. No there is no exact number, but it is a general rule. And just because you're American doesn't mean you know what's going on here. I'm finding more and more that people are politically and socially disengaged and just concerned about their own little problems in their own little world. Understanding Hollywood and entertainment media isn't that important, which makes it all the more frustrating having to explain to you how it works.