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Pretty sure the 6:30 Digger is not sold out, but they cancelled the showing due to 0 sales, so another film can play in that theater.

Last movie to use the Universal 60s/70s/80s logo.

It came out Friday, May 18, 1990.

Back to the Future Part 3 was the next Universal movie that came out the next week with Universal's new logo for the 1990s

From IMDb trivia

>This is the last movie to use the 1963 Universal Pictures logo regularly. Some later movies, such as Inglourious Basterds (2009), used it for a "retro" feel.

I'm sure there's a very common list of these, but for me, the first one that comes to mind is John Carpenter's The Thing from 1982.

Came in 8th on OW. $3.1M that weekend on 841 screens, when Blade Runner and E.T. were in the top 2.

PS: Sorry about the non-circle jerky post, but I tried posting it in the main sub but those low-effort moderators are having issues

Anyway, what are you favorite flops?

Had to finally do this. Looks like it was a few days starting Thursday night, but it doesn't have to be taken literally. It could be a few weeks. But now I think this all goes down before the next Wednesday Night Trivia. Could you imagine Wish Nikki doing that with them?

Montage Breakdown

50 seconds from 38:21-39:11
23 shots, 13 setups

Rocky Burwell’s “Love is in the Air Pt. 1”

1). Thursday Night, the night she comes over after work, the day after Wednesday’s trivia

1. Nikki kisses Bear, both have their shirts off

2. Jump cut (wider), about to have sex

2). Friday Morning

3. They have breakfast

4. Making out at work, to Ian's confusion/chagrin

5. Both looking down at her phone

6. Insert shot: Instagram post of a cartoon of Nikki and Bear, “I want to wear your skin as a sweater.”

7. Same setup as shot 5, Nikki and Bear looking at her phone

8. Carter walks into frame, sees them, seems confused

3). Friday Night?

 9. Outside her bedroom, both sit on the bed reading the same book (Bear is in a new sweater)

10. Nikki’s room (dimly lit, cozy). She lies back holding an electric guitar in front of an open laptop while Bear bites her leg.

(Note: I think this was shot in Bear’s house, but another room made to look like Nikki’s room)

4). Saturday Morning?

11.  They’re cooking together

12. Jump cut, still cooking, Bear tries to flip toast, misses pan, Nikki laughs

5). Movie Night

13. Nikki shows up at Bear's with a retro wide headband (the kind Waitress Ruthie wore). She has flowers. Bear wears a different shirt

2a). Back At Work

14. They play the piano together; Nikki sits to Bear's right. Bear’s work shirt is draped over his left shoulder. On break? After work?

15. Jump cut, same setup, Bear plays the piano

16. Jump cut, same setup, Nikki covers her eyes

17. Sarah sees this, visibly annoyed

5a). Back to Movie Night

18. They sit on Bear’s death sofa, watch a movie. Nikki stares at Bear

3a). Back to Friday Night

19. Same setup as Shot 10 (Nikki’s bed). The guitar is down; they watch something on Bear’s laptop, both smiling. Nikki tries to close the laptop; Bear opens it back up

20. Jump cut, Nikki lies back playing the guitar while Bear watches the laptop screen. She turns to look at him

5b). Back to Movie Night

21. Same setup as Shots 13 & 18. Nikki smiles while looking at Bear; he turns her face back, her smile fades

4a). Back to Saturday Morning?

22. Same setup as Shots 11 & 12 (cooking). Nikki licks her finger

23. Jump cut, they kiss

End montage, 39:11

Start of nice date scene

The nice date might be on a Thursday night bc the next night is Ian's party after work. He'd only have that on Friday or Saturday night, right?

Could you imagine if Bear successfully threw up those pills, went to find Ruthie to make a wish to undo Nikki's, but Ruthie was impulsive like Ian and wished Bear would love her too?

So then Bear now loves Ruthie and Freaky Nikki still loves Bear?

Nikki would stalk Ruthie to death, but Wish Bear knows that'll happen, so he has to save her from Freaky Nikki?

Who would kill who first? Wish Nikki kills Ruthie, or Wish Bear kills Nikki?

Only 8 going back to the 70s. I'll try get more data on pre-Exorcist titles like The Godfather, Cleopatra, Ben-Hur, GWTW, some Cecil B. DeMilles, and D.W. Griffiths.

I'll also try to work on an "Adjusted" column. I know, I know. I'll get more detailed in the Held Record column by including the number of days beyond years. Both E.T. and TFA have held the record for 11 years, but how many days into that 11th year?

Some notes:

4 original films!

Only 1 sequel!

3 Spielbergs

2 Camerons

2 Horror films (if you consider Jaws horror)

3 adaptations

2 Star Wars

No CBMs yet, with possibly 3 on the way

5 sci-fi films

5 films with directors who appeared on this list multiple times: Cameron and Spielberg
Cameron is back-to-back with Avatar and Titanic
Spielberg did it first with E.T. and Jurassic

3 films with directors appearing only once: Friedkin, Lucas & Abrams

4 films set in the present, but the last was over 30 years ago: Jurassic Park

4 films set in the non-present
Future: Avatar
Futuristic past: both Star Wars
Period piece: Titanic

1 Best Picture: Titanic

Only 2 films that never got a sequel: Titanic and E.T.

This list seems to reflect the past more than the present, with long-time record holders; for instance, there are 4 original films (of 8) despite how unpopular that is now. We might not get another original onto this list for a very long time, and after a major paradigm shift.

Only 1 sequel, and it's relatively recent. It's also a legacy sequel. 1st Star Wars film in 10 years, 1st sequel to the OT in 32 years.

No CBMs yet, but we might get 3 in the near future: BND, Doomsday, and Secret Wars.

Between E.T., Star Wars, Jurassic, and Avatar, 5 of 8 films are sci-fi, with a few more on the way: BND and both Avengers films. Though I wonder how much those films count as sci-fi.

Spielberg and Cameron being the only directors with multiple films on the list, the Russos might be the next to join them and the first directing team on the list.

title

The most cinematic 20 seconds of the film.

- one of the most violent bouts of Freaky Nikki

- imagine Ian's confusion over all this

- love Bear's nonplussed reaction to Ian getting shot. Too traumatized to react, knows it's all fucked.

- first time Nikki actually threatens Bear

- Inde is amazing. So is Michael. A lot of her performance works so well bc of how he reacts

- continuity issue: not a complaint, just noticed. In the shot of Ian getting shot around 0:05, notice the blood splatter behind him on the door and wall; cool squib effect, but the splatter is gone in the next shot around 0:07

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