Yep, the Bat-loonies have almost usurped the LOTR loonies as the looniest loonies out there.

i'm guessing that if you were one of the Wall-E fans, you wouldn't complain about having too many threads. It's only because you weren't anticipating it as much as everyone else and were pissed that people were going so crazy about it that now you wanna lash out at them. I guess it's sorta fair, but I dunno. I personally couldn't get too much Wall-E.

Moved the requested posts to an archive. I'll send out a full detail later on when I get with the mods

roid after 4 pages of discussion, this guy just comes in and just ruins it. it was un-called for.

anyway moving on...

yes we are looking into but its best to have all the mods come to a decision.

This is obviously a spam thread just to get people riled up. It doesn't matter if it has 5 pages of replies.

There are always 5 or so movies a year that garner a ridiculous amount of threads. Wall-E isn't even the first of the year. So far it is meeting and even surpassing expectations.

A joke of a thread from a joke of a poster.

A WWW is warranted regardless of how anyone feels about the movie. Hell a few of us mods had our lumps with the Indy WWW thread but we are sticking with the rules about allowing it.

Chip just state why you think that it doesnt warrant a WWW thread but keep some of the fights outside the thread that has nothing to do with Wall-E. Also Ive noticed that some of the arguments have gotten very heated and that mark66 needs to be owed an apology. Its ok to make WWW threads but it however shouldnt be used to disrespect people in here. Im not saying its breaking any rules but I dont want people leaving in droves because of this

The only reason you are allowing this is because of your bias against Wall-E.

I took my lumps on Indy and that thread is allowed just like TDK will get a WWW thread if it fails to beat POTC2 OW . I actually liked Wall-E after seeing it. But anyhow lets stay on topic

This is my point. There is no topic. This thread was created to get people riled up. Just as discussed by you and many others over the past weeks. It was calculated.

thats where me and you differ. less is more sometimes. i'm all for people going crazy, but show some self-respect and courtesy towards other members who don't follow ur wisdom.

and i honestly think some people need to take what is being offered in this thread. All other films had to face it, Wall-E fans need just as much as a reality check than anybody else.

just next time, be more rational.

I don't see how anybody can call Wall-E's opening anything but underwhelming. I, at least, will admit that the Hulk isn't doing that well. It's still dropping almost 60%. It's a shame, too, because it's good and a crowd pleaser, but Ang Lee screwed it all up for the Hulk.

It'll be alright, Wall-E-ites. The world will go on, but you've got to accept that this wasn't as big as expected.

Yes, because the $100 mil OW club was VERY serious...

Nasty in what way? I've always been like this. I'm brutally honest. While I luv u loyal, unfortunately I'm under no obligation to treat u like a queen. I don't do pleasentries. This is an internet site, not real life.

There is some real justification for this thread, and u know it. Next time control urself.

Your disappointment was just something else to play with. And plus my Wanted club is like so going to win. Yay.

thats because a lot of shit has been pissing me off lately. UFOs, WallE, quick reply.

i honestly do luv KJ and u. i really don't think people should take what i say personally, and i don't think they do anyway. just be thankful i'm not pulling your leg to get ahead.

and its queen. only a bitch would act like this.

lolz. personally, KJ has never been better and i live for drama. but i've been stressed lately cuz of exams and the daily stresses of life.

personally i'm only psycho in very few threads. im mostly ok in others, especially in the Water Cooler, TV, Music forums. i just wish Box left Michael alone. now that shit is sick. and im really sorry for the grief ive caused Roid and bABA over the past week. i don't understand the concept of please and thank u.

but i got wat i wanted in the end. Guybrush, Argos and Snakebite have all been drowned. but it was a virtual suicide in the end.

but back on topic, i was this crazy at BOM when fanboys use to lose their shit. ask magnus. i wouldn't of made such an issue out of Wall-E if it wasn't for the OTTness many of u freaks displayed that is very similar to how BOMers behave.

People are entitled to be excited and enthusiastic getluv.
Sometimes it goes too far but it's all fun in it, I mean, without the crazy predictions there would be no discussion.
Some of the predictions were backed up fairly well too, so yeah, it's all in the spirit of things, don't have to get all riled up.
it's not good for you.

What's most interesting to me about Wall-E's performance is the "failure" of the brand name of Pixar to so dominate the market this weekend the way its fictional product BnL did in the movie, which contributed to the collapse of humanity. It even barely managed to beat KFP out of gate. I hope Pixar takes this as a good sign that competition is still our economy's driving force and that brand loyalty isn't inevitable. I hope that is actually the case with all other products too.

And honestly, despite the reviews, and as much as I liked it, I think it will struggle to top The Incredibles, though I had hoped against all possible hope that it would beat Nemo.

Still, I can't say it's too bad of a thing if people take to aquatic life better than post-apocalyptic machine dominance, even though a major theme in Wall-E is "life finds a way." In that regard, Wall-E almost plays like an art film to the average Joe's sensibilities. And I suppose that makes up much of the divide between KJ's optimistic expectation of reality and actual reality.

First of all, I haven't seen WALL-E, it's being released over here in September.

If people followed some of the discussions they know that I was a true believer that WALL-E might develop excellent legs.
But I can't help it, it seems to me, that it is going in the wrong direction. First the weekend was lower than what I hoped for, than the Monday gross was a little bit lower than expected and now the Tuesday gross appears to be a bit on the low side.

So my question is: Is it possible that WALL-E offends obese (or simply overweight) people thus killing any favorite WOM among the many overweight Jabbas in the U.S.?

This is a serious question of mine because I haven't seen the movie, I hope for a serious answer as well...

I don't really think so. I think it's America's stupid new obsession with any sort of moral or message being "political and evil," that could be responsible. Or that mainstream filmgoers can't handle the lack of the menial, pop-culture reference ridden over dialogue that they so desire.
Still, it's early.

I know that Harry Knowles loved WALL-E and he's Jabba-ish, but he's a film geek.

So you think that there's nothing in the movie which regular Joe-Jabbas might not like?

Wall-E never really criticized obese people per say. It seemed more like a jab on capitalism by saying that it was the big companies in the name of profit that were making society fat and sedentary. If anything Wall-E gave the obese people another excuse for being so out of shape.

I don't know, it could be possible, although they would simply dismiss it for it's broader environmental message rather than it's commentary on obesity (which stems from the same thing, but w/e).

I really don't know how to explain it's performance at this point. The WOM is clearly incredible (and that's not really arguable) and the buzz was certainly there. I do think Wanted ripped into it more than most realize though...WALL-E certainly could have pulled in at least some of the late-teen demographics just based off of the fact that most people that age grew up with Pixar, but they all behaved like the foolish teenagers that they are and opted for Wanted instead.

The audience that would be offended by such a silly thing wouldn't understand that.