TBF, Mags, you have been doing a lot of the heavylifting for the quest, so this will be in good hands.
To be clear to everyone, this is just me burning out on imagination of the quest, since my muse has been hitting me over the head a lot with so many different ideas that I just can't find myself too interested in this.
I'll still hang out here, though, since this still does have a sepcial place in my heart.
I'd like to thank you all for making this a wonderful experience while it lasted.
I'd also like to thank @Magoose, @Fluffy_serpent, and @Martin Noctis for doing so much to help prepare and write this quest. I couldn't have done it without you all.
You looked at the reviews, and felt a very terrible feeling in your gut, most assuredly because it was really weird. But that was not the thing that you feared the most.
It was a quote from one of the British reviewers, the name of which you did not really care to see, but it read.
"The entire first ten minutes of the film could have been cut out and the threat of the Big Boss that is the title character could have been explained. Despite the fine acting from a boy that clearly has potential, he is nothing more than wasted celluloid that drags the story down to a halt before the action begins."
However, another review also criticized Bruce.
"The Entire film can be called a vehicle for a poor actor who has a far too loud sense of entitlement and not enough skill to back up his claims. The Fights, perhaps the only thing that this movie has going for it, were nothing short of cartoonish and Loony toon-like, ripping away all the tension. The Sounds that Lee makes are like a child crying for his parents and the very idea that he needs to make such sounds are ridiculous. He failed in Hollywood, and he will fail in this silly film as well, which is not even worthy of being called a film."
That was not what you saw in the editing room. Then again, you didn't work in the editing room.
But you were upset that they called your entire scene good but entirely unnessecery.
Well screw them.
Audience Reaction: 88+15=103
However, there was one thing you know that is better than anyone is that people who pay to watch movies are entirely more trustworthy than the so-called critics, and besides, you were not after accolades after all.
And judging from the massive crowds that you saw at the Hong Kong Premiere when you were with Bruce, it was something amazing.
After the first two rounds of moviegoers came out, you saw them practicing sparing and playfighting, trying out some of the moves they saw, including the bicycle kick that you saw Bruce succeed in doing.
Everyone in Hong Kong, by the end of the Night, Knew who Bruce Lee was.
And a fraction of them, you hope, also know your name as well.
Hollywood Bigwigs: 64+15=79
But if there was anything that you knew about Hollywood, they were trend hoppers, and they knew for a fact that, when they saw you, a White kid doing martial arts, not only competently, but with, at least the on screen mastery that Bruce Lee taught, and in a way that looked authentic...
And real. Real was Cheap...
And real made money.
Lots of money...
The same could not be said however in Asia...
Asian Markets: 29+15=44
Well you expected it, but a lot of people did not respect the name Goose.
They just considered you an after thought, an expressive one that had talent, but not one that could really... carry a role.
Now... onto more positive things! Like money!
Budget: 100,000
Hong Kong Box office: 4,479,209 (Profit at end of the Year)
International Box Office: 53,115,934 (Profit at the End of Year)
Total Production Profit: 57,495,143
Bruce 5% Take: 2,874,757.15
Goose 1% Take: 576,957.57
Holy cow that made a lot of money.
Bruce is now a millionare...
And you made half a million. How the hell did this thing make so much money?
A/N:
Procrastination really hit me here. Magoose qrote this up about two weeks ago, and I've been sitting on it for too long. Sorry.
Also, typing on a phone right now, so the quality of typing might suck due to my big, fat fingers.
No, at those values we did more than made bank, we bought the bank, and now use it as a our personal piggy bank. Do remember though, this is mid to neigh late 1970's and our 1% apparently just rolled in just north of $500,000 dollars. In 1970's currency. That's nearly quadruple (the stated) value in today's inflation amount. Maybe even quintupled.
But both Magoose, and Duke admit to not maintaining realism where money is involved... so... I suspect we'd need Suspend Disbelief and internally adjust those values a minimal of a decimal to the left. Meaning;
{Was corrected}
Would be more reflective of our earnings circa 1970's... give or take.
Uh no, the Big Boss made over 50 mil US Dollars, during its theatrical run. And due to the film being made even quicker with less issues in this timeline, it got released in may, instead of june. So that meant it gets one extra month in theatrical. Plus because of the marketing that our company did, and how cheap we made the film.
This was one of the highest grossing films in the 70's prior to star wars, and one of the highest grossing films of 1971
*Blinks* Not a movie buff, didn't know that (presumed) factoid. And is that 50 million US amount as adjusted for inflation... or "literal for its time"?
*Blinks* Not a movie buff, didn't know that (presumed) factoid. And is that 50 million US amount as adjusted for inflation... or "literal for its time"?
We can get young Keanu Reeves to be an apprentice assassin in the background too, just to make John Wick that much more special when it finally comes out.
... I had a sudden thought about Blazing Saddles, but that movie hasn't been made yet. I just remember a quote from Mel Brooks, something along the lines of "We couldn't make it back then, but we did it anyway."
Try something like Matt Damon's The Bourne Identity (which Ludlum hasn't even written yet ) first, get an R rating for that (it was...mostly bloodless despite all the violence, I think? ), and see how much further you can push the boundaries from there.
Do keep in mind the US federal income tax back in 71 went all the way up to 70% at the highest level.
Now, that just means we need to hire a damn good accountant to save us as much money as possible, but we're only gonna keep a fraction of that money after taxes.
), and see how much further you can push the boundaries from there.