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If this one flops too, will Max Landis go away?


Maybe start a quiet life as a shoe cobbler in a small Italian village, away from the Internet and Hollywood and comic books?

I'm sure "Good Cop, Orc Cop" will be amazing but I can't help but think Netflix could have blown that $90m on something more interesting.

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No...

That probably won't happen...

ever.


And you know why it won't?

Because this film will be directed by David Ayer and will star Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, and Noomi Rapace. Plus, Landis is a damn good writer.

Also, how can a movie *beep* bomb if it's available to stream on netflix? It's not like there's a box office.

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... because:

Netflix has its own metrics that it uses to measure a successful or unsuccessful release.

David Ayer sucks.

Those actors are all going from flop to flop, aside from Joel Edgerton, who is doing critically well-received low-budget stuff.

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I brutally doubt the movie flops. It is free for netflix subscribers and has too much star power. Even if its bad people will see it.

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We'll never know ... as I wrote, nobody knows what metrics Netflix uses to gauge a success or a flop.

However, I'm hoping it underperforms.

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it's not that complicated and probably looks something like this:
are people watching? good/more
are people not watching? bad/less
netflix doesnt depend on box office money, that is not how they operate

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And Netflix shares its metrics with NO ONE, so how will Hollywood know if it bombs








"Liberal Media" is the last resort of people who don't have facts on their side.

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Also, how can a movie *beep* bomb if it's available to stream on netflix? It's not like there's a box office.


The way that Netflix judges success or failure is based on whether or not they can directly correlate a spike in new members due to a new release and how much that release gets viewed. I would imagine that they had a huge bump from Stranger Things and might have gotten a good sized bump on Luke Cage. That's their version of box office.

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Got a better one if this flops.WILL WILL SMITH GO AWAY..

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I wish he would go away. He's a mediocre writer at best. But more than that he is the most egocentric loudmouth alive. He can dish out criticism but he can't take it. I also think I am one of the few that thinks Dirk Gently is incredibly overrated.

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Sequel has already been greenlit. So, it seems like he won't be joining you at your village after all.

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Or could just not follow his movies or related media. It's not hard.

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yeah, a Will Smith movie on netflix didn't seem destined to fail. There was a lot of promotion surrounding this one too.

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