I haven't been here all day, so I just finished reading this thread. And, um, whoever said that I didn't admit that I was wrong and Maverikk, Libs, and everyone else was right needs to re-read my first post in this thread.

Um, yeah, we'll see if Zorro makes the $35 million you're predicting before we discuss who's "most often wrong" when it comes to box-office predicting.

Yes, you handled yourself well.

You are right, I did misread it.

However you said we made a "good call", not that our arguments were justified. To me, two separate things.

Don't have your cake and eat it too.

I think it was jb007 who I was referring to (just checked), but okay. And, I didn't feel the need to praise your justifications when I admitted that you guys made good predictions.

But, for satisfaction? You were justified.

This post certainly qualifies as a lame defense after the fact. Exactly the point I was making.

Just because you made only a couple of defensive posts compared to tens by the other two does not mean that you did not make any.

I was defending my case, yeah. I certainly thought (and still think) that my theory was justified. The flaw in my theory is comparing Doom to the successful R-rated horror/action flick, Resident Evil, and not looking at it as a stand alone film that might not generate enough public interest.

What's wrong with stating my reasons for my high prediction? As long as I admitted that I was wrong and that andaroo, Maverikk, and Libs were right, I don't see what the big deal is with stating my reason for why I predicted so high.

Obviously you do not read your own posts. You specifically say that your "theory" is not wrong.

You posted this after admitting that Mav and libs were correct.

You admitted that they were right and later proclaimed that your "theory" was not wrong.

Which is it?

Look, I don't believe that my theory was wrong. I do believe that gamers went out to see this movie. What I overpredicted was the number of gamers who would go. My theory was not "every single Doom fan will see Doom opening weekend." My theory was that "Doom fans would support it."

Am I wrong? No. I'm still sure that a lot of the audience that went to Doom were gamers and/or fans of the actual Doom video game. What I wasn't right about was the number of gamers/fans that would go, hence my prediction being too high, which lead me to be off and Mav to be right.

Jeeze.

The flawed "theory" is what led to the actual bad prediction. Your theory cannot be right if one of its paramaters is wrong. The number of gamers watching IS the variable that needed to be correct for your theory to work and it was not.

Anyway, no need to get defensive about your theory. Just lose this gracefully without further defense of the failed Doom theory.

Some of your theories for other movies have worked. You win some and lose some.

Well at least I haven't started a thread and accused people of being pathetic.

BTW, get help.

Plus, Resident Evil and Resident Evil II had Paul "The Man" Anderson behind them to give them that extra added boost, both as Producer for the 2nd one and director or the 1st film.. Should've called "The Man" to Direct DOOM...

You were wrong and it shouldn't take 5 pages to fully admit this.. It happens.. Look how wrong I am when it comes to this sort of thing?? Rarely do I get any of these predictions right..

That's the best reason I've heard yet, BKB.

What went wrong?

They didn't hire Paul "The Man" Anderson to direct.

DID ONLY MAV READ MY FIRST POST IN THIS THREAD WHERE I SAID THAT I WAS WRONG AND THEY WERE RIGHT?

I did too!!

No no no no! They didn't hire Paul "The Man" and Uwe Boll to direct! If they did... wow... this would have been HUGE. Like... HUUUUUGE!

"The Man" directed Resident Evil and that barely broke $17 million.

Yeah, but it was a zombie movie, and the first one to get a major release in a while at that time. It did revive the zombie genre, afterall.

I thought that was interesting. Almost 60% of the audiences have played the game. My theory wasn't too far off, was it?

Just thought I'd mention that, heh. I know I'm still wrong, though.

Yeah but it still beat DOOM though and that's what counts.. I say call "The Man" up to Direct the sequel...

What went wrong!? Just wait till its legs kick in and it makes well over 100 million!

Do I hear a "The Ring" like run!?

I THINK I DO!

It doesn't say anything about your theory.

The question was about if the people have played the game, which should pretty much be half of all white males between 20 and 30 in the country.

The question wasn't (and should have been) "Did you come see the movie because you played the game".

I mean, I played the game, and I went to see Good Night, and Good Luck instead.