INDIANA JONES & THE DIAL OF DESTINY To Rival "John Carter" As Disney's Biggest Bomb

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[AndyDursin]

So stupid I still laughed

[Eric Paddon]

"Indy, you were supposed to keep your eyes CLOSED!"

[Monterey Jack]

"Indy, you were supposed to keep your eyes CLOSED!"

"Having my face melted off is better than doing another one of these, doll."

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I will never tire of people kicking this around.

[Monterey Jack]

Apparently this made its "network television debut" on ABC tonight. Less than a year-and-a-half after bombing out in theaters.

Raiders Of The Lost Ark took five years.

[Eric W.]

Sidebar: https://indianajones.bethesda.net/en-US

This video game looks like the best Indiana Jones content any of us have seen for years.

[AndyDursin]

Apparently this made its "network television debut" on ABC tonight. Less than a year-and-a-half after bombing out in theaters.

Raiders Of The Lost Ark took five years.

They aired THE LITTLE MERMAID, last year's remake, a couple of weeks ago too.

[Monterey Jack]

Apparently this made its "network television debut" on ABC tonight. Less than a year-and-a-half after bombing out in theaters.

Raiders Of The Lost Ark took five years.

They aired THE LITTLE MERMAID, last year's remake, a couple of weeks ago too.

[Monterey Jack]

Obviously it's a different world than it was in the mid-80s, movies run through the theaters-to-home schedule on a rocket sled, whatever, but two major "IP" blockbuster-wannabes being available to watch on network television less than 18 months after opening in cinemas is just hard to process. As little as a decade ago, it still took three years or so for that to happen.

[AndyDursin]

It certainly is, and indeed, things are different. Windows are smaller b/c the theatrical marketplace was obviously far different back then with a lot more screens and theaters -- 2nd run movie houses, the occasional re-release which a big movie like Raiders might have -- around. Plus the whole home video element, from "priced to sell" titles meant to be rented from video stores, then priced for sale, etc. THEN you might get the movie playing on TV (though Raiders was a longer window than most movies for that very reason; so too was Star Wars which I think didn't show up on CBS until 1984 or so). I mean I remember people speculated E.T. might never play on TV at all!

Now it's all compressed and sped-up since a lot of those elements no longer exist. The window exists but it's short and it can be adjusted on the fly. If something bombs they can get it out on streaming within days like JOKER 2. Whole different eco-system as they say, but it's also one that shows consumers they don't have to go to theaters anymore since whatever plays there, isn't going to be exclusive for very long.