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http://movies.yahoo.com/news/lowest-grossing-film-2012-made-less-300-wait-011044108.html  The Christian Slater horror film Playback gathered an astonishing $264.00 – yes, that's two hundred and sixty four – in theaters. Well, theater, to be exact; it only showed for one week in a single cinema. The figure gives Playback the honor as 2012's lowest grossing film of the year. It earned $252.00 on opening night and just 12 dollars more during the following week, after which it was pulled. It has since made its way to VOD via Netflix and Amazon Prime.
That has got to hurt, but when your career includes Gleaming the Cube and Hard Rain, at least you're probably prepared for the emotional toll. Still, it makes me wince, even 20 years later, every time I'm reminded that I once actually liked Christian Slater movies. At least Heathers and True Romance still hold up*!
As 2012 comes to a depressingly apocalypse-free conclusion, it's not surprising that we're seeing the last, painful lists of ignobility slipping out at the last minute. What better way to prepare ourselves for the new year than by embracing obstacles head on.
If yesterday's news of the most pirated movies proves that a bumper crop (cash-wise) for Hollywood doesn't mean there still isn't a problem with pilfered films, today's offers unexpected confirmation that F. Scott Fitzgerald might have been right about there not being any second acts in American lives. At least for formerly successful actors.
So at least we can all take comfort that our English teachers may have been onto something after all.
"My friends have always been the best of me." -Doctor Who
"Well,whenever I'm confused,I just check my underwear. It holds most answers to life's questions." Abe Simpson
I can tell by the position of the sun in the sky, that is time for us to go. Until next time, I am Lothar of the Hill People!
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I didn't mind Hard Rain. I did find it hard to believe Morgan Freeman as an all wise bad guy.
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$264? Good Lord, even Ishtar did better than that at the box office.
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Hello me! I came back to the past to warn you not to eat the custard from our girlfriends freezer. It is NOT really custard!
I'm Chris Oakley from 40 years in the future!
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Come to think about it, it tasted pretty good. Go ahead and eat it.
I'm Chris Oakley from 40 years in the future!
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It's sad that you didn't warn yourself about making a shitty Ishtar reference.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet." Our Friendly Neighborhood Ray-man said: "no, the doctor's right. besides, he has seniority."
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is there any other kind of ishtar reference?
 - even the most powerful force on the interweb plays squares 2 !
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Ishtar? I barely knew har!
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- even the most powerful force on the interweb plays squares 2 !
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