Six Days in August D.O.A.?

[Moksha]

What about the international premiers in London, Tokyo, Singapore, Rio, Moscow, and Paris?

[Everybody Wang Chung]

It looks like the Executive Producer is throwing in the towel--opting to go on a vacation rather than stick around and watch the film go down in flames. You have to wonder if this will hasten its exit from theaters: if he is not around to keep promoting it on social media, what will happen?

The Afore didn’t even mention Six Days at all in his latest post. He is no longer begging and pleading with his small claque of crazies to watch the film. It's probably the closest he will get to acknowledging the film is a massive box office bomb.

There have been recent rumors of grumblings at the Interpreter for the Afore to step down. I wonder if the Afore will get an email from the board of directors letting him know the Interpreter is going to move in another direction? Just like the Maxwell Institute did when he was out of the country.

Maybe this will prompt the Afore to finally obey the Prophet and serve a senior mission.

[Doctor Scratch]

I’m really struck by the generosity of the responses on this thread. The Afore has been demonstrably *horrible* to literally hundreds of people, and yet there are still folks here who are willing to cut him a break. And they do this in spite of the fact that that same degree of generosity will never, ever be reciprocated. I don’t think I will ever live to see the day that the Afore apologizes for anything.

[Gadianton]

confused by this:

Tom Sharp’s former home and the directly adjoining tavern in which the conspirators met have now been purchased and restored (probably much more beautifully than they ever were before) by a Latter-day Saint woman. I hope that Mister Sharp is aware of this and, if so, I wonder what his reaction is.

The guy that's dead, right? How would he be aware of it? Unless I'm missing something. I guess he could mean in the spirit world? How would he become aware of it there?

If that's what is meant, it's a childish fantasy if you ask me. From Henry Eyring, I learned that missionary work in the spirit world isn't any easier than it is here, and barely anyone listens. The only shock value would be learning his actions were against the Lord's only prophet on earth. Anything after that like who bought his house wouldn't matter much. But we since we know that there is no such revelation in the spirit world, Sharp would have every reason to believe the Church is more false than ever, especially with its extreme wealth based on financial dishonesty. Okay, how would he feel about losing to that?

Well, imagine if you tried to kill Hitler before he rose to power, failed, and then were shown in the afterlife how Hitler became the most infamous person in history and that many years later a neo-Nazi bought his house and fixed it up. Would you feel defeated? Probably, but it wouldn't be in the way that you lost a tennis match to an underdog, but in thinking about how you could have done more to stop the problem. Kicking yourself for bad planning.

[Doctor Scratch]

confused by this:

Tom Sharp’s former home and the directly adjoining tavern in which the conspirators met have now been purchased and restored (probably much more beautifully than they ever were before) by a Latter-day Saint woman. I hope that Mister Sharp is aware of this and, if so, I wonder what his reaction is.

The guy that's dead, right? How would he be aware of it? Unless I'm missing something. I guess he could mean in the spirit world? How would he become aware of it there?

If that's what is meant, it's a childish fantasy if you ask me. From Henry Eyring, I learned that missionary work in the spirit world isn't any easier than it is here, and barely anyone listens. The only shock value would be learning his actions were against the Lord's only prophet on earth. Anything after that like who bought his house wouldn't matter much. But we since we know that there is no such revelation in the spirit world, Sharp would have every reason to believe the Church is more false than ever, especially with its extreme wealth based on financial dishonesty. Okay, how would he feel about losing to that?

Well, imagine if you tried to kill Hitler before he rose to power, failed, and then were shown in the afterlife how Hitler became the most infamous person in history and that many years later a neo-Nazi bought his house and fixed it up. Would you feel defeated? Probably, but it wouldn't be in the way that you lost a tennis match to an underdog, but in thinking about how you could have done more to stop the problem. Kicking yourself for bad planning.

You are right to adduce Hitler and the Nazis, Dean Robbers, because despite what he says, the Afore admires them and all other totalitarian leaders. When he used to respond to Gemli’s criticisms of theism by saying that “avowedly atheistic regimes” were more murderous, it was actually an admission of jealousy. The truth is that he wants a full-blown Latter-day Saint society that will “purge” critics from the earth, and that will rewrite history according to Mopologetic dictates.

[Gadianton]

Well, in this instance, it seems he wants the antagonist to Smith to experience the totalizing of Smith's epic success. Notice that the house restored by the faithful member is likely "more beautiful" than it ever was in its own time, which is a revealing position in aesthetics to take. Is it not consistent with the set of the film, which seems dolled up and fake? If you're going to visit a historic site, is the site more beautiful if it has silkiest paint job, or is it more beautiful if it best approximates what a house might have looked like at the time?

[I Have Questions]

Why would a films executive producer arrange a holiday during his new films first few weeks of release? I wonder what the donors think about that? And was it a pre-planned trip, or a hastily arranged thing once he saw the film bombing? Are there angry phone calls from Interpreter treasurers and donors that the Producer wants to avoid?

[I Have Questions]

It’s a good thing Dan is in the holy land (of Central America ) and away from the Internet, so he doesn’t have to see yesterday’s dismal numbers:

Wednesday $9,346 -57.2% vs yesterday -44.5% vs last Wednesday

Maybe Dan will have more luck down there and discover the lost metropolis of Zarahemla!

6DIA is $80,000 behind Witnesses after 13 days. And Witnesses was a box office bomb released during a pandemic impacted year and it cost less to make.

[I Have Questions]

I wonder if the people who saw Witnesses will be more inclined, or less so, to see Six Days in August.

You now have your answer…

[Marcus]

Why would a films executive producer arrange a holiday during his new films first few weeks of release? I wonder what the donors think about that? And was it a pre-planned trip, or a hastily arranged thing once he saw the film bombing? Are there angry phone calls from Interpreter treasurers and donors that the Producer wants to avoid?

Sounds like another paid vacation.

Interpreter Foundation Mesoamerica Tour
14-Day Deluxe Tour

Hosted by: Brant A. Gardner
Escorted by Blake Joseph Allen
With Dan Peterson, Steve Densley, and Larry Ainsworth
of The Interpreter Foundation

October 22 – November 4, 2024
https://www.bookofmormontours.com/page_149.html

Another tour where they tell gullible Mormons this is where the best (wink wink) evidence tells us the Book of Mormon events took place. Even though there is no official word from our leaders about where Book of Mormon events took place (wink wink), we are pretty sure our leaders would not disagree with our (wink wink) "evidence."