r/baseball • u/_HGCenty Seattle Mariners • 11h ago

Players Only Dodgers' Alex Call blasts controversial Sydney Sweeney ad

https://www.thebiglead.com/dodgers-alex-call-sydney-sweeney-novig-commercial-soft-porn/

Since the last post about this got deleted because it contained a X screenshot, hopefully this one actually stays for comment.

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u/PeachMonster_666 11h ago

These James Wan produced movies rarely bomb. They’re made for dirt cheap and audiences show up for them. A lot of them are awful movies but they have the formulaic jumpscare fest down to a science

Remember the 2021 hit Insidious: The Red Door?

I don’t. But it made nearly 200 mil on a 16 mil budget. I’m positive Other Mommy will have similar success and will rake in cash for the rest of the month

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u/the_descendent San Diego Padres 11h ago

I wish James Wan would leave Insidious-world behind. His movie Malignant from a few years ago was so good

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u/PeachMonster_666 10h ago

And ironically Malignant has been his biggest box office flop too. The guy made Saw and then started the money printing franchises Insidious and The Conjuring

Then for whatever reason Malignant didn’t get the same success. Despite being arguably the best movie he’s directed

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u/venustrapsflies Los Angeles Dodgers 9h ago

I haven't seen Saw (the original) since I was a teenager but I remember thinking it was a good, simple psychological horror movie. Pretty sure the franchise quickly devolved into to torture porn after that but it doesn't look like he was involved.

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u/Verianas Brewers Bandwagon • NPB 7h ago

James only did the first one, and yeah people who misnomer it as torture porn are thinking entirely of the sequels. You don't really see anything in the first movie. They cut away from the sawing.

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u/FriendoftheNight818 Los Angeles Dodgers 10h ago

Probably had to do with the release timing at the tail end of the pandemic. I recall it was released direct to streaming and in theaters simultaneously.

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u/AhSalamiBacon666 10h ago

That movie was absolutely hilarious!

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u/illseeyouinthefog New York Mets 8h ago

I loved Insidious: The Red Door. It also made a great Halloween Horror Nights house.