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lilORANG
07/03/23 1:22:28 PM
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Years of hyping himself as Hollywood's last action star (is actually Tom Cruise) and then Black Adam flops, recent F&F flops and now he's stuck coming back for the next flop, heavy investor in XFL (LOL), and now he's in live action Moana which is in even less need of a reboot than TLM and guaranteed to flop.

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Sandalorn
07/03/23 1:22:56 PM
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No

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PiOverlord
07/03/23 1:24:06 PM
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No, people are always going to want him. He is constantly in films that seem to make $400M in just its theatrical window, which for most studios, is something to be quite happy about.

The Rock's career is over when The Rock decides it's over.

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lilORANG
07/03/23 1:25:28 PM
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PiOverlord posted...
No, people are always going to want him. He is constantly in films that seem to make $400M in just its theatrical window, which for most studios, is something to be quite happy about.

The Rock's career is over when The Rock decides it's over.
He lost a lot of goodwill with fans over his Black Adam/Superman debacle

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voldothegr8
07/03/23 1:25:35 PM
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IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU THINK!!!

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Waxitron_Gazer
07/03/23 1:26:08 PM
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honestly im stoked for live action moana

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luigi33
07/03/23 1:27:40 PM
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Rock's charisma nullifies any perceived failure of a movie he's part of.

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Liu_Kano
07/03/23 1:29:15 PM
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Dudes rich as fuck. He could just retire from film and do commercials for the rest of his life.

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Aloc
07/03/23 1:29:35 PM
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Well he's made nearly a billion dollars.

Maybe the dude can find other money making ventures.

Dude has a massive ego, and I doubt all those roids, hgh etc are helping

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Turbam
07/03/23 1:29:54 PM
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He can always go back to WWE

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VeggetaX
07/03/23 1:31:09 PM
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lilORANG posted...
He lost a lot of goodwill with fans over his Black Adam/Superman debacle
The rock has been a heel before

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Prismsblade
07/03/23 1:31:58 PM
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Why did the recent F&F flop? Wasn't it always a terrible but profitable fanchise?

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HornyLevel
07/03/23 1:32:29 PM
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When you look at all the DCEU releases since Aquaman and after Black Adam, his movie did the best the DCEU has done since 2018 despite flopping.

I expect the next F&F to perform much better than the last because of his inclusion.

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Shishiwakamaru
07/03/23 1:32:34 PM
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Just his...

wait a minute

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SaikyoStyle
07/03/23 1:34:00 PM
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Yeah his contractually obligated I am not allowed to lose a fight or appear vulnerable in any way trip got old fast.

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BurmesePenguin
07/03/23 1:35:01 PM
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Or is he dead?

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Bad_Mojo
07/03/23 1:36:03 PM
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lilORANG posted...
He lost a lot of goodwill with fans over his Black Adam/Superman debacle

Every single person in entertainment has lost goodwill with some fans. This is a non-news. @ me when he loses all of them

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mercurydude
07/03/23 1:40:50 PM
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BurmesePenguin posted...
Or is he dead?

he dieded.

RIP Rock "The Dwayne" Johnson

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Payzmaykr
07/03/23 1:43:20 PM
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Aloc posted...
Well he's made nearly a billion dollars.

Maybe the dude can find other money making ventures.

Dude has a massive ego, and I doubt all those roids, hgh etc are helping
He still uses that stuff??
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Jiek_Fafn
07/03/23 1:43:38 PM
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Prismsblade posted...
Why did the recent F&F flop? Wasn't it always a terrible but profitable fanchise?
Mostly, it had a massive production budget even compared to the rest of the series. Then it performed in the bottom third of the series. Like it's already turned a profit, but with marketing tagged on, probably only around $20 million atm

They'd have probably done better doing a bunch of low budget films and hoping a few of them were a minor hit.

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PiOverlord
07/03/23 1:45:08 PM
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F&F probably makes a good amount of money off rentals and purchases.

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Donomark
07/03/23 1:46:12 PM
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F&F has become more cliche, more indulgent, and less affecting. The sweet spot was the middle entries. Now, they're simultaneously leaning in on the joke while also engaging in self-seriousness. I don't like it.

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thronedfire2
07/03/23 1:48:44 PM
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its probably about time for a new Doom movie

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voldothegr8
07/03/23 1:49:05 PM
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Donomark posted...
F&F has become more cliche, more indulgent, and less affecting. The sweet spot was the middle entries. Now, they're simultaneously leaning in on the joke while also engaging in self-seriousness. I don't like it.
Which is the one where they go to space? Instead of letting that become the peak, they should have taken it up a notch and started time traveling.

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Sandalorn
07/03/23 1:51:35 PM
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voldothegr8 posted...
Which is the one where they go to space? Instead of letting that become the peak, they should have taken it up a notch and started time traveling.


They have tried to make them Super Heroes instead of just a bunch of losers from LA.

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Donomark
07/03/23 1:52:47 PM
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voldothegr8 posted...
Which is the one where they go to space? Instead of letting that become the peak, they should have taken it up a notch and started time traveling.
I can see where you're going with that. They could've really leaned in on the sheer madcap absurdity and become quasi comedies, but they didn't. Instead, they're engaging in a form of corporatized self-awareness that's almost as unwelcome as fast-food brands ****posting on Twitter.

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xlr_big-coop
07/03/23 1:55:36 PM
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If only, I'm tired of him playing the same character in every movie he's in

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cjsdowg
07/03/23 1:56:22 PM
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lilORANG posted...
He lost a lot of goodwill with fans over his Black Adam/Superman debacle

Yeah they couldn't blame James Gunn and WB then. But bomb after bomb should clue ppl in.

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noisetank
07/03/23 2:38:59 PM
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jabroni take

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TheHorus
07/03/23 2:39:48 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFk4xyS6hFY

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NocturnalLight
07/03/23 3:04:57 PM
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It's crazy how he had the least ego out of all the mega stars in WWE to having the most in Hollywood.
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Carljank
07/03/23 3:08:05 PM
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PiOverlord posted...
F&F probably makes a good amount of money off rentals and purchases.
Blockbuster where?

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mercurydude
07/03/23 5:29:14 PM
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Not doomed. But hes losing his popularity. Even his fans are tired of him. Hes had his shows and projects he was going to be in cancelled.

Oversaturation is real. If people don't ever get a break from you, eventually they're gonna get tired of you. It's like having the same thing for dinner every day... even if it was your favorite meal, it won't be after that.

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Punished_Blinx
07/03/23 6:00:09 PM
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Even if it sucks I doubt Moana will flop. The movie is still popular with kids and the 9 year gap will mean teens and young adults will go for the nostalgia like we do.

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meralonne
07/03/23 6:23:50 PM
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voldothegr8 posted...
Which is the one where they go to space? Instead of letting that become the peak, they should have taken it up a notch and started time traveling.
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Thermador446
07/03/23 6:25:18 PM
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There's always politics.......

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Nasty_Nitro
07/03/23 7:49:49 PM
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Bruh DC wont listen to visionary director Zach Snyder. Rock needs to hurry up and recruit as many black actors as possible and start a new action franchise.

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Kalk
07/03/23 8:38:02 PM
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He should have never attached himself to Black Adam. Everyone knows DC is doomed. That was his biggest failure recently.

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voldothegr8
07/03/23 10:05:00 PM
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Kalk posted...
He should have never attached himself to Black Adam. Everyone knows DC is doomed. That was his biggest failure recently.
Right. Give the man credit, he tried his damnedest to get DC back on track and not even he could save that cursed franchise. So far Gunn is going in the right direction on paper, just like the Rock, but I feel even that will end with disaster.

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Zikten
07/03/23 10:09:06 PM
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The Rock refused to let Shazam and Black Adam meet. He was nowhere near working to put DC on the right track
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boxoto
07/03/23 10:09:19 PM
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is there even a reason to watch his movies?

like, doesn't he have it in his contact that his character can't lose, or something like that?

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StealThisSheen
07/03/23 10:12:30 PM
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Why would Fast and Furious 10's performance be attributed to him? He was never advertised as being in it. In fact, most people thought he wouldn't be. And he only appears in a credits scene.

We have no idea how a new F&F with him actually advertised will do, since we've had a few straight without him.

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StealThisSheen
07/03/23 10:13:05 PM
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boxoto posted...
like, doesn't he have it in his contact that his character can't lose, or something like that?

Only in Fast and Furious movies, and it's only because Vin Diesel and Jason Statham did the same. And it's not that they can't lose, it's that they need to give atleast almost as much as they take in any fight scene.

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TetsuoS2
07/03/23 10:13:14 PM
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dude actually has big potential if he just chose more varied roles, all his shit since 2010s have been the same garbage, no wonder people are getting bored of him.

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wanderingshade
07/03/23 10:17:21 PM
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How was he supposed to be the next action star when he's never had a hit film in his entire film career?

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boxoto
07/03/23 10:18:58 PM
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StealThisSheen posted...
Only in Fast and Furious movies, and it's only because Vin Diesel and Jason Statham did the same. And it's not that they can't lose, it's that they need to give atleast almost as much as they take in any fight scene.
oh, that sounds a little better then, but still lame

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