Raj Nair

@aakashgupta You need the right talent to haul this across the fence. even someone as formidable as vellinuve was not able ti do it box office wise.

Blade Runner has lost money for 43 straight years. The 1982 original finished 27th at the box office in its own year. The 2017 sequel scored 88% on Rotten Tomatoes, had Gosling and Harrison Ford, and still lost its producers $80 million. Amazon just bet an entire series on the franchise anyway. The math explains why this time is different. Blade Runner 2049 needed $400 million worldwide to break even. It made $240 million. Quality was never the issue. Box office pays for breadth: tens of millions of casual viewers showing up in a single opening weekend. Blade Runner's 1982 audience was 71% male, and half of that was men over 25. A cult in the precise sense. Small, obsessive, permanent. Breadth was always the wrong metric for this property. Intensity was the right one, and for four decades nobody had a way to monetize intensity. A streaming service doesn't need 40 million ticket buyers in one weekend. It needs a few million devoted people paying $15 a month for years, plus prestige that makes the whole catalog feel premium. Cult devotion, worthless at the box office, is exactly the asset a subscription business compounds. The fans who rewatched 2049 into classic status are worth more per head to Amazon than any opening-weekend crowd ever was. Which is why the timeline barely matters. The series wrapped filming in 2024 and won't air until 2027. That delay would kill a theatrical release. On a subscription service, the asset just waits. For 43 years Blade Runner was a great product attached to the wrong business model. The franchise never changed. The revenue model finally caught up to it.

@suslankirsall some things.. you don't want to see behind the scenes.

@_sn_n He looks golden indeed.

I cant afford groceries

@DiscussingFilm So Hunter is the blade runner

First look at ‘BLADE RUNNER 2099’, starring Michelle Yeoh and Hunter Schafer. The series is set after a replicant uprising where the humans lost and replicants rule. Releasing later this year on Prime Video.

@Cockroachisback Someone pls raise a palastine flag as well.

Bollywood actor Huma Qureshi shows up at Jantar Mantar in solidarity with the peaceful protesters. This is a people’s movement, and we must all unite to fight for justice and accountability.

@DiscussingFilm Is Elliot Page in this… maybe as Dre

The Snoop Dogg biopic will release on August 6, 2027 in theaters.

@75Sukhoi He is not the only idiot

How did this idiot🤡 end up as President of 🇺🇦Ukraine?

@NanditaC99955 He got his views. Until next time

This isn't bravery... it's next-level madness. 🤣🤣🤣

@TrumpTruthOnX The main is keeping scores. 18 or 100 doesn’t mean anything as long as he gets his cut.

Afghanistan War: 20 years, 2,000 DEAD. Iraq War: 9 years, 4,600 DEAD. Vietnam War: 19 years and 5 months, 58,220 DEAD. Korean War: 3 years and 1 month, 36,574 DEAD. Venezuela War: 1 day, 0 DEAD. Iran Military Conflict: 4 months, 18 DEAD. ( TS: Jul 21 2026, 3:51 PM ET )​​​​​​​​‍‌​​​‌​​‌‍​‍‍‍‌‌‍‌‍‍‍‍​‍‍‍‍​‍‍‍‍​‍​‌

@EnjoyerMonster He running is kinda changed now

The girl in this is cute, what other movies is she in?

@thejuggernaut Thats Mamdani’s mom

Happy birthday to Naseeruddin Shah 🎞️  He was born on July 20, 1950 into an illustrious family that initially didn’t approve of his desire to act. He graduated from the National School of Drama anyway.  For Monsoon Wedding, he held intensive acting workshops to help bring realism to Mira Nair’s 2001 film. He plays Lalit Verma, the patriarch of a family hiding a secret. He told @pagliji his “landmark” movies “required the least effort.”

@essa_muse When David Chase went woke, this is what we got. Post Sopranos he hasn’t done anything worthwhile

"That's the guy, my uncle Tony. The guy I went to hell for" Somehow, baby Chrissy knew his loyalty to Tony will ultimately become a one ticket to damnation. Yet a again the many Saints of Newark makes us understand the sopranos better.

@CinemaTweets1 Legend. As much as this is Hoffman and Cruises movie, I honestly believe Zimmer’s iconic score elevates it to the next level. Especially this final scene.

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture

I always wondered about this shot in the Sopranos when Phil Leotardo is slowly clutching the sheets while Vito is being killed. Is this like an oblique reference to he himself being gay? I mean, he practically came out of the closet at the start of the scene. Thoughts, anyone #thesopranos #thesopranostheories

@itspixora You mean print sensation

Ewa Swoboda, the polish sprint sensation 🇵🇱

@endless_real Even after all these years, countless rewatch, i end up watching every one of these clips. What a show……. No politics, no preaching, no diversity crap. Just plain good characters & storytelling💥

HE GOT OUT OF PRISON... AND STRAIGHT BACK INTO MURDER. Tony Blundetto went full Animal on Joey Peeps in under 30 seconds. Cold. He tried to go straight. Then one decision changed everything. The Sopranos

@WarRoomArchives He thinks he is Rambo😎

🚨Deadly homemade rockets being used during Afghanistan Civil War (1992-1996).

@SolaceCinema The thing is probably the shortest avenger

What are you watching first on December 18? DUNE: PART THREE or AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY

@FuriousNovaAV I don’t get the hate for Troy. Its not that bad a movie. The hector Achilles duel is pretty well dine and ab emotional gut punch

Sometimes I feel like it was a good thing Nolan didn't choose the realistic path. #Odyssey

@SidKeVichaar Of course he has to be there. Hard earned money at work