Great. We're discussing. It's a discussion board. Mission accomplished.
You know, you don't have to be cynical.
But apart from our discussion, you did not respond to the topic itself because you did not provide your songs (I consider that you did so). But above all you said that the biopic will not be a success: "This film isn't going to be a global smash" as if it had already been released. You can assume that he won't be successful but again, you don't know. We can't predict the future, we can only guess. Same here with the songs.
It's not supposed to be a board where everybody thinks the same thing and we all just sit here congratulating each other.
Lmao, I never said that. I just said you were just giving your opinion when you claimed the movie will be a flop. That's all I said. Point. I never said that everyone must think the same thing and that hypocrisy (I guess that's what you implied) is appropriate.
You voluntarily clicked on a thread that invited you to "Predict 5 songs". If people are against predicting stuff then maybe we should shut down the site.
You stated it as if you already knew it. We can predict but these are just guesses. No, you don't know if the movie will be a flop but the way you said it was like it was going to be a flop for sure. Maybe you were giving your opinion, but the way you said it was matter of fact like you were stating a fact.
Possibly Billie Jean is one of the songs that won't see a gain, ie because it already has a lot of streams. The % increase will be tiny.
It's possible. But maybe Billie Jean will rise a lot as the majority of the masses love to hear her and associate her with Michael.
I still think people are overestimating the impact. Thriller had it's 40th anniversary - they re-released the album, and yet there were something like 0.1 million sales. It didn't even come on the radar.
At the same time there was no promotion. But I grant you, the promotion of Thriller was very minimal. :x
It will depend to some extent on how the film does, but I really think it's not realistic to expect anything. If you've got low expectations then you won't need to get angry and criticise the estate afterwards. And if there is a hit it will be a nice surprise.
I don't expect anything personally. If he is successful, I would be happy, but if he is not, it would sadden me. But honestly, I don't know what to expect.
We're going a little off topic but it's not a big deal!