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DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
08/07/09

In reply to Remembering Bruce, the Mechanical Shark from Jaws
I don't think the scale used to measure how much the film has made is accurate. If it made $470 million its opening weekend, you could do the conversion, but since inflation is a variable rate, and not a set amount, the $5 somebody paid to rent Jaws three days ago is still worth five dollars today. Its budget is a discrete value, and its gross-over-time is a continuous value.
My point is, no fucking way has Jaws made almost 2 billion dollars. I can see 1B-1.2B, but not 1.9B.
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Edited by DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star. at 08/07/09 5:31 PM

spannu
08/07/09

@DeusExMach will still be strong after the boys...: You may find it hard to believe, but Jaws made $100 million during the initial run, and the other $370 over the next two years all at the box office. At worst, that's $1.6 billion today. This is why most people say that Spielburg and Lucas invented the summer blockbuster.
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DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
08/08/09

@spannu: ok, that's better.
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BloggyMcBlogBlog
08/07/09

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I think we're going to need a bigger model.
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Jakooboo is going to Chicago Tardis!
08/07/09

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What the hell? The controls were 100' UNDERWATER?!? Who the fuck came up with that idea? Was $200 worth of cable too expensive to waste on your $450,000 sharks? God.
/frustration
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DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
08/07/09

@Jakooboo© 3-Time World Jenga Champion: That would be Steven Spielberg, and I'll be sure to go ahead and let him know that you have issues with his film-making technique.
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Jakooboo is going to Chicago Tardis!
08/07/09

@DeusExMach will still be strong after the boys...: Do it. I'll take the bastard any day, and Larry Charles will back me up. Michael Bay is with me in spirit, but a verbal confrontation was lacking in excitement to his taste. Also, my nipples are not perky enough for his taste. lol.
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DustyButt™
08/07/09

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As a kid I remember the first time I heard Quint's shark speech. I was frozen watching him deliver it...

Sometimes that shark he looks right into ya. Right into your eyes. And, you know, the thing about a shark... he's got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes. When he comes at ya, doesn't seem to be living... until he bites ya, and those black eyes roll over white and then... ah then you hear that terrible high-pitched screamin'. The ocean turns red, and despite all the poundin' and the hollerin', they all come in and they... they rip you to pieces...
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gadam07
08/07/09

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Apparently they tried to use pieces of the original sharks in the first JAWS ride, but it was broken more often than it worked. As a result, they went to Oceaneering, a company known for their underwater robots, and they produced the sharks you see now in the Jaws rides around the world.
Also, that got Oceaneering into the entertainment industry, and they now make all sorts of interesting stuff for parks.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
08/07/09

@gadam07:
T.S. Quint: I was going to propose to her.
Brodie: Where?
T.S. Quint: The Universal Tour.
Brodie: You're kidding. What part?
T.S. Quint: When Jaws popped out of the water.
Brodie: That's the most romantic thing I've ever heard.
T.S. Quint: Too bad I'm not trying to marry you.
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Nick
08/07/09

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cue GitEm and his story about Jersey and rivers and kids getting eaten.
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GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid
08/07/09

@Nick: The summer of the shark is what they named the summer of 1916 after 5 people were attacked by sharks along the Jersey Coast, including one incident where a shark swam up a river to a "swimming hole" and killed Lester Stilwell, before also attacking two men, one of whom died from exsanguination due to his wounds.

These events WERE the basis for JAWS. And yes, I started to really get over my fear this weekend when I swam in the actual Atlantic Saturday Afternoon.
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Edited by GitEmSteveDave_DefinesTurgid at 08/07/09 5:28 PM

DeusExMach wonders what the hell happened to his star.
08/08/09

@GitEmSteveDave_HasAList: It didn't help that every time I went to Misquamicut, there was this weird guy who sat on the beach playing the same two notes on a cello over and over again. I asked my mom if we could go to another beach, but she always said that parking anywhere else was too expensive.
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