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Subject: Re: New 'Star Wars' Movie Writer, Big 3 May Be Back
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In article <sJ0qs.5107$M14....@newsfe28.iad>, Michael Bowker
<mi...@rawbw.com> wrote:
> On 11/17/2012 2:32 PM, David Johnston wrote:
> > On 11/17/2012 3:29 PM, Your Name wrote:
> >> In article <k13ga89180gjsld7rsnp3c3tgrmr3bc...@4ax.com>, Howard Brazee
> >> <how...@brazee.net> wrote:
> >>> On Sun, 18 Nov 2012 09:52:56 +1300, YourN...@YourISP.com (Your Name)
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>>> Stephen King was once asked in an interview if it bothered him that
> >>>>>> Hollywood seems to ruin all of his books, and he pointed up at the
> >>>>>> bookshelf and said, "No, they haven't. They're right up there,
> >>>>>> same as
> >>>>>> they always were."
> >>>>>
> >>>>> That's mind-numbingly stupid.
> >>>>
> >>>> It simply proves that he doesn't give a damn about what he creates
> >>>> nor the
> >>>> fans who bought and supported his products. He's simply out to grab as
> >>>> much money as he can and has no moral scruples, or common sense or
> >>>> common
> >>>> decency, which pretty much sums up 99% of Hollyweird these days
> >>>> too.  :-(
> >>>
> >>> I take it you never worked for a living.
> >>>
> >>> Who was hurt by his action?
> >>
> >> That just about sums up the selfish stupidty of most of the human race:
> >> "screw everyone else,
> >
> > Nope.  Just you.  Actually more people liked the BG and Star Trek
> > reboots than disliked them.
> 
> I've never seen any numbers that support that statement (Star Trek reboots).

Because there aren't any realisticly useful numbers, nor any way to
properly measure them. 

Yes, you may be able to get Box Office numbers for the movies that show
more people going to Abrams' movie than a previous one, but that's simply
because there are more people than there used to be, more cinemas, etc.
Even if you converted that to a percentage of the population, it's still
not an accurate number because some poeple go multiple times.