Thats exactly my point, Its now a kind of “premium” activity. It cost one adult and one child who had fast food afterwards $100. If you’re out on a date (not the kind of romantic situation where you want to be smugging in snacks) dinner and a movie is $100 per head if you eat somewhere half nice, that goes for a couple who have a night without the kids too and thats your primary market for these original films aimed at adults.

Fast paced, bright, colorful and simple themes.

Actually a perfect movie for 5.

Oh I know, I had planned to take her to see the movie but one day when I picked her up from Daycare there was absolute traffic chaos, gps reckoned my 20 minute drive was going to take an hour and a half so I thought “Lets go to the movies, grab some dinner and wait for this all to blow over.”

Because I couldnt be fucked googling the exact price of items at McDonalds but the Double Quarter pounder meal was $15.30, the Happy Meal was $5.95 and her soft serve cone was $0.50

So we spent about $78 at the movies. On two tickets, a large popcorn, a bag of chocolates and two drinks.

The first one was good, they descend quite quickly though.

The problem isnt THE MOVIE. I took my 5yo to see Dogman and got McDonalds afterwards and spent $100.

True, I knew there would be other exceptions I just couldnt think of any off the top of my head.

Id even say that arguably that doesnt count.

She was a lead role, but Michael Beihn and Arnie got top billing in the Terminator and Terminator 2 movies. Edward Furlong and Linda Hamilton had “starring” roles but they werent the lead.

You can be wrong but still hold a valid point broadly.

If you say “franchises” instead of movies and limit it to movies where the woman is the STAR and not part of a duo (Terminator and Terminator 2) and goes for 3 or more movies the only other example I can think of off the top of my head is Alien.

Theres a lot of female starred standalone movies, and a decent number of duos, sometimes with sequels. But once you start looking beyond that it gets REALLY skinny really fast.

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Its surprisingly good for car parts and tools.

I always check AliExpress for anything thats relatively simple in construction but complicated to make, the kind of thing that chain stores will buy by the 100,000 at a time, put their own sticker on it and call it their store brand. The factory makes the 100,000 for the chain store, changes the paint color and cranks out 1000 for themselves to sell on AliExpress.

I know it happens for real but when I read about soldiers dead in a mysterious “training accident” I do wonder what black op went bad.

Wow I made an arse about of that comment. Posting while tired… sorry

Thats how I feel the movie presents Heinleins book, as a facist utopia, like yes it CAN look amazing on the surface but the cracks in the veneer arent hard to see and it still runs on the blood of people wanting to climb the ladder only instead of cash for capitalism its citizenship in their society.

I read the book because I read books, not because it was assigned reading. The creative writing assignment was something about creating a plot outline around an existing book or film. So I picked both and wrote a story about what could simultaneously unite the world under one banner and push us towards a militaristic society. It was about 25 years ago so honestly I cant remember much.

I always looked at it as a demonstration of a military facist utopia. I actually wrote an outline for a prequel to it as a writing exercise in highschool and it got really good marks.

Its been YEARS but my memory of the starship troopers sequels is similar to yours. The second being terrible, the third being fun and terrible.

I do remember one of the animated ones being pretty damn good story wise, but those animated ones always lack soul.

I just want him to do the first movie over again. Ive read the book and while it was a pioneer I dont love it.

I’m sorry to say it but I do want the movie of the Cadian 8th fighting the Tyranids over again just bigger, better and more hardcore. Sometimes I want dumb shooting and explosions war movies without the emotional weight of knowing that the people being shot probably didnt want to be at war either.

Thats why I love Battle for Los Angeles. Theres no “bad guys are people too”.

Watch the Gran Turismo movie, I’m a racing and car nut so I’m biased, but its very good.

I get why people like it, but I dont.

Its too good to just eat because she wants some chocolate, so it sits there… and sits there… and sits there… while we throw a family block in the trolley each week when we do groceries.