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mate why are you following the estimate when it was announced. There's literally a definitive reported budget already, "wouldn't be surprised if the real budget is $30 billion" mate the REAL budget is already there for u to search within 10 sec. Like seriously what is the logic behind that??? "Oh I see that the budget of the movie is confirmed to be X amount but fck that I will believe the early estimates BY MEDIA OUTLETS when nothing was confirmed by the production company and make my own estimates"...... Like huhhhhhh

w8 are u talking about the right film? Space sweepers had $24 billion won budget, the one starring song joong-ki & kim tae-ri. you do realize that the space ships, the space, guns, hell even some background characters and many more are all cgi.... its literally heavily reliant on cgi ,most estimates it 80% at the low end and 90% at the highest of the scenes had cgi. There's barely any location on the film that doesn't have cgi on it. You can see the behind the scenes of the film and realize that there's barely any practical effect used. Also that doesn't change the fact that orv cgi was disappointing and doesn't justify the budget it got

space sweepers definitely was more challenging for a vfx team as at least 80% of the film is shot with cgi background/effect. Are you talking about the final scene of orv? cuz that's the only part of it that definitely that's predominantly cgi but man that shit did not look good. I also found some fight specifically with monsters jarring as the actors' movement would suddenly speed up just to catch up with the monster movements/effects

I agree there are so many more movie worse than this but I disagree with the cgi. I watch it and all of the people i went with agreed that the cgi wasn't great and most of the cgi backgrounds weren't pleasing to the eyes. Reviews from critics backs this up. 30 billion won isn't much compared to other hollywood films but a lot of korean films have shown a much much better cgi than this (Space Sweepers; Along with Gods etc). If you compare it with those films which btw had lower budgets and was made years ago, it clear that they barely allocated a budget for the vfx team

He clearly read my long ass message but won't write a proper reply cuz he can't think of any counter-argument and just said he won't read it as a cope out. It's just confirmation bias atp and won't accept anything that doesn't conform with their view

ah yes, a minute of reading u can't do but you search for data everyday for this shit. Seems appropriate. cheers.

Edit: Oh, ur a Jisoo fan. That checks out

Edit 2: just to clarify I am not making fun of all Jisoo fan. Just for the type that u guys are. There are two type of Jisoo fans i am seeing. 1: Those who accepted this is shit and are boycotting it; and 2: Those who want everybody to like this film just cuz their fave is part of it and can't accept that their fave is part of a shitty project. Either way don't worry, ur fave has already been paid. This movie flopping won't affect her :). Also not like its entirely the cast fault when the script is shit

i know i am just making a generalization with another korean film, which again wasn't as anticipated and only blew up with word of mouth. Compare that to ORV which is the opposite, its anticipated but even korean netizen are already badmouthing it which MIGHT mean that in the following weeks this wouldn't see an increase in viewership. The main reason I compared the two is because they had a very similar opening admission number and the only difference is 12:12 blew up during the weekend showings unlike ORV. In regards to ur argument about international sales, that might have an effect but remember that the main target audience of the film is korea, not to mention that majority of international fans won't be seeing this film. There might be people who are fans of the actors and would see it just to "support" but that won't really matter when u think about it from the perspective of the production company. They are already receiving huge backlash both internationally and domestically. It would be hard to convince executive and sponsor to greenlit a sequel unless it gains at least a gross profit of 2x the budget as the production company would only receive 50%-60% of the revenue. Also in regards to merchandise, it really doesn't matter, this isn't an IP that would sell that much when it comes to merchandise. You don't see a Train to busan merchandise or a parasite merchandise even though those are successful. Majority of the film that can make a profit off of merchandise are children's movies, movie merchandise are popular in hollywood movies and not as much when it comes to korean movies. For streaming rights, when would it come out? like a year later after every reviews has been out and general public has a grasp on how good/bad the movie is?

I mean u guys are the one here commenting on every single stat/news of the movie as if it's anything to rave about without actually knowing what the numbers indicate which, btw is showing that if this continues, the movie won't make a profit, especially if the weekend profits can't even break 300k admissions per day. To compare another Korean film "12.12: The Day" with a slightly lower budget than ORV LA, and with half the hype and marketing, had over 600k during the weekend and consistent 200k-300k admissions on weekdays. Kinda sad that F1 movie which is a foreign film and has been out for a month, has only 40k (saturday) and 20k(sunday) admissions less than ORV when its such an anticipated film

congrats its at about 7-8% of the gross to break-even and probably at 5-6% if we include the marketing budget (since you know, marketing is not part of the of the $21 mil production budget and is on average at least $5 mil). For a high-profile film, it's not doing badly *being sarcastic here btw*

Being #1 doesnt really mean that much when ur competition had been in cinemas for weeks now (not to mention being a foreign film). 2nd day of screening has seen a significant drop in viewership. They need twice the amount of their first screening EVERYDAY to break-even

As a novel fan you'll be disappointed. As somebody who hasn't read the novel, you'll be lost since a lot of details are glossed over. Sponsor, What's that? ...Constellation, Stream, What's that? ....Oh cool Heewon seems to have some type of power... Where did she get that, is she special?... What skills does kdj have that he is able to survive? --- oh none? yep sounds valid.

all in all is not an adaptation, more like a generic sci-fi post-apocalyptic movie that borrows the names from the novel. Also imma just say this... the cgi and editing sucks and sometimes jarring as people seems to just move faster for some reason as to catch up with the cgi effects

uhmmmmmmm, at least there's one person excited

I mean, if it works, it works. Can't blame them for the hustle. From the start, this film reeks of classic corporate greed "Let's cast popular actors and bank on star quality to promote the movie" and is made with no passion at all. Heck, I believe that none of the production crew (at least those who have any say on what happens) even read and tried to understand the story and any of the characters. They have two separate target audience, fans of the original work, which already unanimously agreed that this film would be trash from the very first trailer (they already knew they weren't getting anything from base on the numerous backlash); and fans of the actors, who they hope won't care about the quality and would watch it anyway, so ig they went all-in on the latter.

She's not the main role. Everybody except AHS and LMH would fall more on being support roles. Keep in mind tat Mydramalist is an aggregate site, it's not official and tends to label actors/actresses as main role even though they aren't. Not to mention that its pretty much guaranteed her screen time would be 5 min or at best 10 min as she will most likely appear only at the later half of the film

pretty sure they read SSSSSS-grade Infinite Regressor

that's why i said in a VACUUM. I also implied that its not that high considering its LMH comeback drama after so many years.

In a Vacuum, 3.3% is indeed a strong start. the average rating for a show to be considered success is around 2%. The reason why the number seems low is cuz its a PAYED (cable) for view channel. Public channels tend to have higher rating, around 5%-10%. Also streaming sites such as netflix, which a lot of ppl use nowadays instead of paying for a cable channel aren't accounted for. However its important to also take note that its a star studded cast with it also being one of the most popular male actor's comeback which mkes it seems that the rating is mid. But first episodes rating aren't really that important since most kdramas if they have a good plot will increase in later episode when the plot actually advances.

stop complaining then. you knew that the drama was all about family. Why are you here complaining that there is too much family plot going on. xD

maybe it was just that the photo was too blurred that it looked white. might be some hue of light blue or something like that. Ig we can just wait for now

you sure it was their wedding with juwon wearing a wedding dress? cuz the only pic i ever saw was a blurred photo of them in suits and a simple white dress with the prod crew