The Wild Eric

Quorum Updates Piece by Piece T-18: 20.42% Awareness, 30.63% Interest Terrifier 3 T-18: 30.06% Awareness, 38.38% Interest Sonic the Hedgehog 3 T-88: 49.74% Awareness, 49.96% Interest Den of Thieves: Pantera T-109: 19.47% Awareness, 35.55% Interest Paddington in Peru T-116: 28.51% Awareness, 35.06% Interest Bagman T-2: 19.12% Awareness, 38.25% Interest Final Awareness: 0% chance of 10M Horror Awareness: 0% chance of 10M Final Interest: 22% chance of 10M Horror Interest: 20% chance of 10M Megalopolis T-4: 23% Awareness, 36.1% Interest Final Awareness: 17% chance of 10M Medium Awareness: 25% chance of 10M Final Interest: 22% chance of 10M Medium Interest: 50% chance of 10M The Wild Robot T-4: 40.9% Awareness, 44.55% Interest Final Awareness: 77% chance of 10M, 46% chance of 20M, 25% chance of 30M Animation/Family Awareness: 83% chance of 10M, 17% chance of 20M Final Interest: 45% chance of 10M, 18% chance of 20M, 9% chance of 30M Animation/Family Interest: 82% chance of 10M, 54% chance of 20M, 18% chance of 30M Joker: Folie a Deux T-11: 69.48% Awareness, 61.65% Interest Final Awareness: 90% chance of 30M, 86% chance of 40M, 76% chance of 50M, 59% chance of 60M, 48% chance of 70M, 38% chance of 80M, 28% chance of 100M Tentpole Awareness: 100% chance of 30M, 92% chance of 40M, 83% chance of 50M, 75% chance of 60M, 50% chance of 70M, 42% chance of 80M, 17% chance of 100M Final Interest: 100% chance of 30M, 90% chance of 70M, 80% chance of 100M Tentpole Interest: 100% chance of 30M, 67% chance of 100M White Bird T-11: 17.65% Awareness, 36.95% Interest Final Awareness: 0% chance of 10M Low Awareness: 0% chance of 10M Final Interest: 22% chance of 10M Low Interest: 9% chance of 20M

Oh the humanity.

Moderation No.

Such a weird marketing strategy. You're gonna remind us of the thing we like, making us think we're getting a sequel to the thing we know, only to show us something that looks literally nothing like it. Like imagine if the first trailer for Spider-Verse came out, they were showing off footage from the Maguire movies or even Homecoming, and then you cut to a cartoon thing that has nothing to do with it. You can't help but feel catfished.

Honestly I thought the Transformers animation looked pretty good. Both when the trailers dropped and within the movie itself. Nothing groundbreaking or anything, and maybe they should have copied the Spider-Verse style people love so much, but it was certainly theater-worthy IMO. Like have you seen Transformers CGI on a TV budget? This came out like a year ago.

…my ass?

Why is "ic" in lowercase?

Nah. Let it be another How to Train Your Dragon. We're in a position where there are now two Chris Sanders Dreamworks movies opening at the end of a month, and releasing just a couple weeks after a record-breaking Tim Burton movie. Wouldn't it be funny if it went like Mr. Lucas once said? Where it's like poetry? It rhymes?

That Australia opening is quite impressive. It's double Trolls 3 and Elemental, and only 200K less than Kung Fu Panda 4. Australia typically correlates well with the US, so maybe it really is going to turn out fine after all. Good on it.

More like Transformers Two, am I right fellas?

Moderation Not the Joker 2 thread. Please take this Letterboxd discussion elsewhere

Oh believe me, I'm #1 in blaming audiences for the cynical way I'm seeing things. They always claim they want originality and something new, but they always return to old favorites. People are just fake fr

I mean there are plenty of NTCs or legacy sequels or whatever I like and enjoy. I just wish they weren't the only movies making money. When 80% of every movie that's a hit consists of these kinds of franchise extensions and little for originality or movies that are designed to be one and dones? I mean...even though I like a good chunk of these movies, it's hard not to be a little miffed or cynical about it. idk idk idk 🤷‍♂️

Because I'm bored and have a couple hours to kill before I see The Christopher Reeve Story.

Guys, Baumer's right. Nostalgia slop is the only thing that sells. If people see a Transformers movie with all the old cast members, they'd eat it up like piggies. I know we like to deny this reality, but the masses are like robots. They see things from their childhood, they move, no questions asked. It's as cynical as that.

GXK is the only good movie to make money since Oppenheimer. Now there are two.

Was shocked when I saw his name in the credits. Don't know what him and Plan B was doing over there.

Beetlejuice 2. Not that long ago hon.

Nah. It would have opened to 11M, everybody would freak out, I would be all smug and be all “remember guys, it’s not an NTC. People are too scared to see anything that isn’t based off a thing they already know”, people would be all “Eric, that’s not true!”, and we all move on. It’s a very predictable cycle, Maggie. I think we all know that.

Silver lining: it’s possible the whole top 10 will be 200M+ for the first time since 2019. We already got 6, Moana’s a near lock, and we just need some combo of Joker, Venom, Gladiator, Wicked, Mufasa, and Sonic. (Some are likelier than others ofc)

dude whatever I was exaggerating