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Okay I misinterpreted your comment thought that you were saying that if they can't do it the big event way that they should delay. I apologize. I am at the point where I feel that the film needs to be released before it gets stale to the general audience. Obviously the bond fans will see the movie even if it takes 10 years but casual audiences may write off a movie that has been on the shelf for 2 or more years
But will Eon?
In the UK cases are falling every day.
Yeah things have dramatically escalated in the last few days, with the White House signaling they’re open to more lockdowns. Nothing would surprise me at this point. The next month is gonna be pretty bad and I’m concerned it will spook Eon, even if it passes fairly quickly like happened elsewhere with the Delta wave.
But who knows maybe they are counting on this being more under control by October so they’re staying the course.
One to keep an eye on is Marvel’s Shang Chi which has a Los Angeles premiere on August 16 and then theatrical release 9/3.
Yeah .Bracing myself for an announcement in the next 1-2 weeks.
If the UK (most importantly - and it is really worth noting just how different the reaction to Delta is in the States vs. over here) and Europe are still open then we'll be OK I think.
Zero chance of a simultaneous nation-wide lockdown in the states. That just isn’t how it works here. It’s up to the states. I could see California and maybe New York implementing more closures but people would just flock to cinemas in other nearby states.
Maybe I’m being too alarmist.
It’s getting pretty bad here in the states due to the high numbers of unvaccinated. Luckily my area is highly vaxxed so I don’t feel too uncomfortable in my daily life. Ironically, for strictly tribal/political reasons, the states most likely to lockdown here are the ones with he highest % vaccinated .
Not only the unvaccinated but vaccinated as well. I know many who's vaccinated and are still testing positive. Personally, I think it had swept through my house before it was even a thing.
This is the metric they use when considering lockdowns though so it is relevant. Increased vaccinations means likely less hospitalization.
Those who choose not to vaccinate are gambling with hospitalization or death.
But ... do we close society because people get flu, do we close roads because people can end up in road accidents ... the vaccine prevents serious illness and that is all that really counts. If people aren't getting seriously ill there is no need to shut down society.
People who have been vaccinated generally get past it in short order. Those who chose against (and not by reason of health issues making them inappropriate candidates for it) are getting worse cases, and some are dying. People may well be tired of it all, but the virus doesn't care whether its host feels that way. It certainly was different, but simply in terms of a bug making its way around, one may note the pandemic of 1918 lasted two years. We're a year and four months in on this one.
So...do I reeeeaaaally feel, after getting this far successfully avoiding it, like getting into a large, closed room with a bunch of strangers, of whose conditions and practices I know nothing ? One gets this far, why screw it up now ?
On the other hand -- no, I don't want NTTD to open on home video at the same time as theaters. I want it to do very well, popularly, critically and financially ! I do think, though, that Sales tracking should be changed so as to include home video as well as theatrical results, at least for the initial ## days/weeks/months. Until the recent surge here, I'd have felt much better about getting into an IMAX theater, were the folks spread out and with its wonderfully high ceiling. Now ? Not so much. Perhaps by the time of release we'll be past it. Reportedly, more folks who had not been vaccinated seem to be aware of the numbers and are seeking out vaccinations. For the sake of people already patients, and with a hope to avoid more deaths from it, regardless of the film, I sure hope we get past the "hump" soon.
Apples and oranges comparison. The flu and car accidents are not current pandemics. If it gets bad enough (i.e. people continue to resist taking vaccines so that new, more virulent strains spread), then there will have to be lockdowns, again.
And remember folks, it’s still a few months away,things could go pear shaped and they will have to delay NTTD again.