9ES348: Close To The Vest

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9to5 Entertainment System (9ES)

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9ES (aka The 9to5 Entertainment System) has been providing a bi-weekly dose of pop culture and current events since 2011. Montreal geeks Keith, Scott and Jon get together every two weeks to talk about movies, comics, video games and the occasional smattering of conspiracy theories. From Hollywood blockbusters to indie gems, the 9to5 crew seem to digest way too much media for their own good. 9ES is also home of "The List" an ever growing list of movies across all eras and genres meticulously ranked by the crew. Is it a perfect ranking? Yes. We think so.

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9ES348: Close To The Vest

9to5 Entertainment System (9ES)

1 hour 1 minute 39 seconds

2 weeks ago

9ES348: Close To The Vest

Tron is a weird franchise and Tron: Ares just continues the weirdness. From what I’ve read, none of the three movies were considered hits for Disney. But somehow three of them have been made and they made a really expensive roller coaster to celebrate the franchise in Disneyworld. Hard to figure out the actual numbers but allegedly it was in the same price range as the Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind ride and that cost $500 million USD.

That’s a lot of money for Tron.
So, Tron: Ares.

OG Tron:
Budget $17 million
Box office $50 million[1]

Tron: Legacy:
Budget $170 million[5][6]
Box office $409.9 million[6]

Tron: Ares
Deadline Hollywood reported a total cost of $347.5 million, including production and advertising, for the film and estimated that it ultimately should lose over $132 million.

Whoopsie!

Meanwhile, you know what else involved a lot of money? The Riyadh Comedy Festival.

We didn’t have the Marc Maron quote on the show, but here it is in all its glory:
“I mean, how do you even promote that? “From the folks that brought you 9/11. Two weeks of laughter in the desert, don’t miss it!” I mean, the same guy that’s gonna pay them is the same guy that paid that guy to bone-saw Jamal Khashoggi and put him in a fucking suitcase. But don’t let that stop the yuks, it’s gonna be a good time!”

You’re a legend Mr. Maron.

Meanwhile on a brand new episode of Garbage Time you won’t believe it but Jon and Keith talk more about Silksong! For the last time! Both of them are sitting at 100% game completion so they finally get it all out of their system… until the inevitable DLC is released. Keith also went to the Pounding the Pavement exhibit on now at the McCord Museum in Montreal (until October 26 so you’re probably already too late) and Scott wrestled a coyote.
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