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Simkin wrote:

Marmaduke wrote:Currently, "Everest" is 52nd for highest grossing films of 2015 and Meru is 138th. I'm surprised Everest isn't higher, a good amount of advertising dollars were spent on that movie but it didn't open in many theaters (545). Meru did not have much advertising and opened in very few theaters (7). By contrast the top 5 grossing films each opened in about 4,100 theaters.

Do you think that if those mountaineering films were not censored by the owners of cinemas and distribution chains they would be as successful as the top grossing movies?

CClaude wrote: the vast majority of Americans (sorry for being US-centric) could care less about Alex Honnold or Tommy Caldwell, outside of the 15 min of fame on 60 Minutes or such,. The vast majority of Americans care about Kim Kardasian or some ego-centric pro sport athlete/brat;

Simkin wrote:

CClaude wrote: the vast majority of Americans (sorry for being US-centric) could care less about Alex Honnold or Tommy Caldwell, outside of the 15 min of fame on 60 Minutes or such,. The vast majority of Americans care about Kim Kardasian or some ego-centric pro sport athlete/brat;

So these are the American Values that the USA wishes to establish all-over the world in the epic struggle with the Axis of Evil?

RaymondShevsky wrote:Honnold and Caldwell are representative of the more traditional American values of pioneering individualism and individual grit in the face of a savage wilderness. This is not encouraged in today's America, where the public is steered towards a Disneyfied herd mentality: the Roman mob cheering at senseless amusements while Nero's spies peer over their shoulder...

tim w3 weeks ago
please fall to your death. please don't pass your stupid genes unto the next generation.

jakzine5401 week ago
We can only hope they don't reproduce. Let the true savior of life Charles Darwin take the wheel here, and prevent the reoccurrence of massively unsafe risks to the lives and property of others.

TJP773 weeks ago
This kid is a fucking asshole. If he fell from that height he could very easily kill other people, or at the very least severely traumatize them when they see his body splatter in front of them. Not to mention the lawsuits that his family would file against the city and construction company. The sad thing is this is a fad on YouTube, but it's mostly in Russia. The only way to prevent copycats here is to throw the book at this kid. Real jail time.

TJP772 weeks ago
He should get ten years in prison, period.

jesu, joy of man's desiring wrote:They could all be bizarre, Illuminati perverts!

jesu, joy of man's desiring wrote:So bend your knee and kiss the ring of President Trump!!

mtngoatreally wrote:I read somewhere that he donates a third of his income to his foundation, which is around $50,000 a year. Meaning, he should be earning $150k or more

A daredevil skydiver and former television host who tried to parachute off the Empire State Building has escaped a prison term despite requests from a high ranking police official and the owners of the Manhattan landmark that he be jailed.