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Post by Webber3000 on Jul 5, 2019 21:12:37 GMT -5
Yeah, I agree with everything you said, though I question whether the pun was truly unintended. 🤔
Jokes aside though, I'm also extremely curious about the direction the MCU will take from here on out. We have so little information, it's crazy!
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Post by mr. excellent on Jul 7, 2019 14:50:42 GMT -5
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Post by Webber3000 on Jul 7, 2019 18:23:37 GMT -5
Yeah, looks like they misjudged how well the re-release would do. I'm still surprised they went for it. After all, Disney now owns Avatar, and I don't think there's too much hype around the sequel, so holding on to the "most successful movie of all time" mantle can be good for marketing. That's something that Marvel movies don't really need and that Avatar 2 could use.
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Post by mr. excellent on Jul 9, 2019 14:44:13 GMT -5
Just came back from my 4th viewing, maybe my last for the time being. Took my wife this time, who was working on an immaculate cosplay costume for my brother in law. He went to anime expo in LA as Sora from Kingdom Hearts 3. By the time she finished his costume, she was done, didn't want to do anything for a week. The more I watch this movie, the more I appreciate how this Peter Parker/Spider-Man is being handled. He's really resourceful and he's good at networking. The other Spider-men never had a chance to properly showcase that side of them (though Garfield Spidey did more than Maguire's), so I'm glad to see them do that now.
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Post by mr. excellent on Jul 11, 2019 16:20:57 GMT -5
Scott Mendelson's Box Office Updates are the truth: www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/07/11/box-office-spider-man-far-from-home-tops-justice-league-and-ant-man-and-the-wasp/#1d54155e463dIt's impossible to judge the audience's reaction to a movie until after it has been out. Even then, the legs a movie will have is never a certainty. However, I think Hobbs and Shaw may end up offering more competition to Spider-Man than Lion King since H & S will offer a more comparable experience than LK. LK isn't exactly getting the same praise as say Jungle Book, and Aladdin turned out to be a huge crowd pleaser with amazing legs (something analysts had not predicted**) While I'd like LK to be a strong outing for Favreau, just about every critic is talking about the limitations of photo realistic lions and emoting. How exactly is that going to translate to the audience? This isn't the same thing as Andy Serkis's POTA series, even Rafiki looks to be much more naturally emotive character than the lions based on the trailers, clips, and tv spots. I saw the Hakuna Matata scene released, very high quality, and I definitely agree that Simba singing just doesn't look right. The CGI looks spectacular, but it's just not the same as watching Bill Murray's Baloo sing "Bear Necessities" in Favreau's Jungle Book. We shall see though. **I actually did predict this, once I heard how strong Smith's performance as the genie was, and also heard the classic and new original songs, not to mention the casting of the 3 main leads. I'm not so humbly proud of myself over this because no one I talked to believed the movie would be this big.
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Post by mr. excellent on Jul 25, 2019 22:23:38 GMT -5
So the Lion King is a huge hit, seems like audiences are responding well. I'm just here to report that Spidey finally has a movie in the billion dollar club! **Woot woot!**
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Post by BackinBlack on Jul 25, 2019 22:56:22 GMT -5
Good news on Spidey. On another note, I did see Lion King tonight and really enjoyed it. A worthy companion to the original.
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Post by mr. excellent on Jul 28, 2019 19:34:34 GMT -5
Oh my goodness, that's serious business! I'm only used to driving smaller vehicles, so you put me in anything bigger than a Toyota Camry or a Ford Focus and all bets are off, haha.
On another note, I realize that I was wrong about Endgame. Happy that it came through and topped Avatar, even if it was on the re-release. Technically, Avatar also had a re-release, and Endgame's initial intake was actually higher by a few million not adjusting for inflation. On top of that, Endgame never fully exited theaters before it was "re-released", so it's all kind of hairy. It's Disney vs. Disney, so it doesn't really matter I guess, still fun.
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Post by Webber3000 on Aug 14, 2019 8:37:58 GMT -5
Yeah, I was kinda surprised they pushed for it. They're kinda killing what little buzz remains around the Avatar franchise.
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Post by BackinBlack on Aug 20, 2019 18:18:41 GMT -5
Buckle up guys. We're going to be in for a bumpy ride the next few days or more. Sony is reportingly ending their partnership at Marvel, but apparently "negotiations are ongoing". www.cbr.com/sony-kills-spider-man-deal-with-marvel/I'm hoping Sony is paying attention to all the backlash happening online right now. I mean, they crawl to Marvel for help and once they make a billion dollar hit, they think they can do it on their own? Are they really that stupid? If Spidey's done with the MCU, then I'm done with Sony. I'm not just talking about not seeing Spider-Man Reboot #4 or Venom or Spider-Verse sequels; I'm talking the whole studio.
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Post by Webber3000 on Aug 20, 2019 18:23:46 GMT -5
Nothing surprises me anymore.
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Post by mr. excellent on Aug 20, 2019 20:12:59 GMT -5
Wow, just wow.
I wouldn't be surprised if they ignored the back lash. I remember giving them the benefit of the doubt over the Aunt May movie, then finding out it was true. Their Amazing Spider-Man 3 plans were beyond embarrassing. We've been through this shit how many times with them now? What little I've heard of their Spider-Man shared universe plans, I'm really not interested at this point.
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Post by BackinBlack on Aug 20, 2019 20:45:11 GMT -5
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Post by BackinBlack on Aug 20, 2019 23:27:46 GMT -5
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Post by mr. excellent on Aug 21, 2019 0:17:53 GMT -5
Oh shit. For a second, I thought there would still be light at the end of the tunnel. The people over at Collider had a really level headed approach that actually helped me to understand where Sony was coming from. If you buy distribution rights, you don't want to then come into some deal where 50% of the profits go to another studio even if they are helping to finance the picture. At the same time, the success of Spider-Man under Marvel Studios has made it so that their original 5% that was supposed to go to Disney just doesn't cut it, merchandising or not. Tom Holland's Spider-Man is made from the MCU's DNA through and through. So while they, like us, want Spider-Man to stay in the MCU, they helped me make more sense of what was going on. These kinds of negotiations are nothing new, but in the age of transparency we hear about everything, and it sounded like this was just business as usual negotiation in the public eye (as is normal these days, ever since the Sony leak of 2014 or whenever it happened).
But alas, now that Sony is putting Disney on blast publicly, it would seem the deed is done. Alan Horn doesn't seem like the kind of guy to take any shit. He freakin fired James Gunn within, what, 24 hours? And he didn't back down, in spite of literally the entire cast and the whole fandom standing behind Gunn. Damn.
Edit: Horn is also the guy who told toy tycoon, billionaire, Ike Perlmutter to take a hike on behalf of Kevin Feige when Feige's Civil War ambitions were being thwarted by Perlmutter's penny pinching. That's why Agents of Shield and the tv side of Marvel lost the connectivity of the shared universe that it started out with back in 2013. It's also why Marvel's 3rd acts go so much bigger and better. Horn is a lion with an ego who you don't want to get on the wrong side of. Double damn.
Edit #2: The words are blurry for your comic BIB. I can't see it on my phone (an android) or laptop (mac). Is it just me guys?
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