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Post by The Spelunker! on Jan 29, 2024 17:17:00 GMT -5
The general audience will flock to see Spider-Man, not movies about Spider-Man’s supporting cast and villains that seem too ashamed to even directly mention Spider-Man. I generally agree. Although, I do think movies like Kick-Ass and Kingsmen do show that niche comic movies can be made into good movies, if people actually put effort into writing a decent scrip and having a capable director. With a few exceptions, this is something Marvel/Disney and DC have not really done. It's just a mindless movie factory, propped up with fan service The biggest problem with this, and most of the glut of superhero movies is they don’t look like good movies. Worry about that first, and superhero fatigue is likely a myth
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Jan 30, 2024 18:06:31 GMT -5
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Post by chrom on Jan 30, 2024 18:11:02 GMT -5
I generally agree. Although, I do think movies like Kick-Ass and Kingsmen do show that niche comic movies can be made into good movies, if people actually put effort into writing a decent scrip and having a capable director. With a few exceptions, this is something Marvel/Disney and DC have not really done. It's just a mindless movie factory, propped up with fan service The biggest problem with this, and most of the glut of superhero movies is they don’t look like good movies. Worry about that first, and superhero fatigue is likely a myth Yeah this looks like a bad fan film, there's nothing appealing about it whatsoever based off of the trailers and photos
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Post by Moppy on Feb 8, 2024 5:27:05 GMT -5
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Post by chrom on Feb 8, 2024 9:08:19 GMT -5
So what's the damage going to be?
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Post by burdette25159 on Feb 8, 2024 9:43:59 GMT -5
So what's the damage going to be? To the point that the Bob Marley biopic will beat it at the box office?
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Feb 8, 2024 10:21:28 GMT -5
I have the urge to go to the cinema, but absolutely nothing is coming out recently except Madame Web... urgh. I could see this doing ok because of the lack of competition. I had a look at February releases--by and large, it's just drudge.
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Post by Citizen Snips on Feb 8, 2024 18:41:45 GMT -5
So what's the damage going to be? Budget’s $80 million so it’ll likely be a big flop but not a loss of hundreds of millions like sone of last year’s turkeys.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Feb 8, 2024 19:29:32 GMT -5
So what's the damage going to be? It's tracking for a $25 million opening weekend, $14 less than Morbius and on an almost identical budget.
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Feb 8, 2024 21:34:11 GMT -5
There's a general theory that Sony are tricking these actors into thinking they're part of the MCU and then they sign on and nope its Spiderman extras.
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Post by burdette25159 on Feb 8, 2024 22:35:36 GMT -5
Have a feeling that the combo of coming out on a big sports weekend (All Star game and its festivities and the Daytona 500) and the Bob Marley biopic coming out on the same day will doom Madame Web
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Post by Hit Girl on Feb 9, 2024 13:02:20 GMT -5
So what's the damage going to be? It'll be forgotten after a few weeks.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Feb 9, 2024 14:18:25 GMT -5
I'm honestly amazed nobody's tried to dust off Judas Traveler and turn him into something decent. Not that I think it's worth the effort, but there've been lamer things people've tried to make work years after the fact in comics. I’ll keep insisting that the Marvel character that needs dusting off is Ace, a character that for all I know was only used for two Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man annual specials. Sure, you’d have to change his 80’s-tastic look, but the notion of a reforming gang leader with subtle powers trying to be a better man and trying to avoid his former gang, now led by his brother, while raising his little sister has promise.
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Post by Savage Gambino on Feb 9, 2024 14:35:07 GMT -5
There's a general theory that Sony are tricking these actors into thinking they're part of the MCU and then they sign on and nope its Spiderman extras. I believe it. It would certainly explain the absolutely unhinged press tour, with Dakota Johnson only barely containing her disdain for the project, as well as her straight up leaving WME right after the trailer released. It might also explain why Bad Bunny got away from Sony as soon as possible. Well, that and El Muerto had an incredibly flimsy premise, even by transparent star vehicle standards.
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Post by Banjo Is Broken on Feb 10, 2024 2:48:11 GMT -5
Wait, why did my post get deleted?
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Post by The Spelunker! on Feb 10, 2024 19:24:22 GMT -5
I have the urge to go to the cinema, but absolutely nothing is coming out recently except Madame Web... urgh. I could see this doing ok because of the lack of competition. I had a look at February releases--by and large, it's just drudge. I enjoyed American Fiction and Argylle.
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Post by schma on Feb 11, 2024 0:14:05 GMT -5
I actually saw an interview with Dakota Johnson on Seth Meyers. She quickly corrected that it was not part of the Spiderverse. She said it's not connected to anything "you don't have to know anything, it's great for Americans". She didn't seem particularly disdainful of the movie but was quick to latch onto the fact that it's its own thing unconnected to anything else.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Feb 11, 2024 5:23:36 GMT -5
I'm honestly amazed nobody's tried to dust off Judas Traveler and turn him into something decent. Not that I think it's worth the effort, but there've been lamer things people've tried to make work years after the fact in comics. Fun fact: 5 years later... he is back in the comics.
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Post by Fade on Feb 12, 2024 20:27:28 GMT -5
There's a general theory that Sony are tricking these actors into thinking they're part of the MCU and then they sign on and nope its Spiderman extras. If they’re that detached, a part of me feels they deserve it. So what's the damage going to be? It's tracking for a $25 million opening weekend, $14 less than Morbius and on an almost identical budget. Yeah, but it’s opening Wednesday. Morbius made 17.3 million its first day, including 5.7 from Thursday preview screenings. Depending on reception, I could see it doing worse. I dunno though, maybe ppl are itching to go to the movies.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Feb 12, 2024 21:55:59 GMT -5
There's a general theory that Sony are tricking these actors into thinking they're part of the MCU and then they sign on and nope its Spiderman extras. I mean, it's kinda their fault for not doing a one minute google search "is Sony part of the MCU". I'm not in the movie industry and I know it isn't. Everybody in the world knows it isn't. Yet these idiots are somehow thinking they're part of the MCU for appearing in Madame Webb... I don't buy Sony is telling them it's MCU. They are likely saying something along the lines of "she's a character from Marvel's Spider-Man comics" and the actors are putting two and two together and making five without even bothering to look into it.
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