The Wild Eric

Top Gun: Maverick Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-11 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 148 1641 30872 5.32% Total Seats Sold Today: 92 Comp 1.897x of F9 T-11 (13.47M) 2.471x of No Time to Die T-11 (15.57M) 2.182x of Dune T-11 (11.13M) 3.120x of Ghostbusters: Afterlife T-11 (14.04M) 2.744x of Fantastic Beasts 3 T-11 (16.46M)

@Blankments You're finally not alone

@Brainbug the Dinosaur Care to explain this?

I was merely suggesting you should ignore posts you don't like, especially when said "overreactions" aren't breaking any rules or harming anybody in any way. I'm not trying to give you a warning or ban, and that is never my intention with any posts I make to you or anybody here. A mod/admin here would never do something like that. This is a position that requires users to have extremely good standings on the forum and have immense respect for everybody. I'm sorry if I gave any misinterpretations, but I hope you understand I would never partake in this kind of behavior.

Yes. The staff and I take care of these trolls every week whenever they start trouble. We just suspended one yesterday in fact.

Well I'm a mod. I can't ignore people's posts, or otherwise it will lead to troublemakers and trolls wrecking havoc. You don't have that issue however.

Haven’t you figured out you can just ignore posts you don’t like seeing?

You didn’t get your post hidden because you said DS2 had a bad drop. You got it because you were trying to start something. You said that Marvel fans were “making excuses” and trying to spin the numbers, which I have not seen any evidence of. People here are giving their reasons why this week’s hold is poor, including Marvel stans and not trying to excuse this performance. Maybe there are one or two, but those seem very minor and it is my job to check what people are saying in these threads. Then afterwards you said “if it was a DC movie, then no one would make excuses lol”. That’s destined to ignite a petty, pointless fan war no matter what. I know from experience. I’m sure you didn’t intend to do it, but intentions don’t equal actions. Please feel free to diss on DS2, its reception, and its holds to your heart’s content

Moderation We're not doing this Fanboy Wars stuff here.

Now I figured out the real problem with WOM

Jurassic World: Dominion Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-26 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 130 1255 23332 5.38% Total Seats Sold Today: 28 Comp 1.325x of Black Widow T-25 (17.49M)

Top Gun: Maverick Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-12 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 148 1549 30872 5.02% Total Seats Sold Today: 108 Comp 1.831x of F9 T-12 (13M) 2.463x of No Time to Die T-12 (15.51M) 2.163x of Dune T-12 (11.03M) 3.200x of Ghostbusters: Afterlife T-12 (14.4M) 2.928x of Fantastic Beasts 3 T-12 (17.57M)

Moderation @charlie Jatinder @THUNDER BIRD You guys didn't get the message I assume. We're done with this Eternals stuff. When I tell you to stop, you stop. Don't do it again.

Moderation Not the Eternals thread.

Agreed. Which is why I’m saying it will do 250M

IMO, Disney+ is the biggest drawback for Lightyear above all else. Even if the pandemic never happened and every Pixar movie came out in theaters, I feel that a lot of families now treat Disney's animated movies as something to wait on. Why pay money for it now when it'll be on Disney+ for free in a month and a half? Maybe even less than that. It's not like the MCU where you have to see it before you're spoiled. Encanto barely made a dent in theaters, yet exploded on streaming a month later. That's a sign. Still, Lightyear should still do like 250M, which at least will put it ahead of most of the future Disney animated projects.

It's genuinely hilarious to me that Paramount+ (and also Peacock I guess) is the one streaming service where putting a movie on there doesn't do jack to its legs. Kind of embarrassing tbh

Man, people really need to educate themselves on Twitter etiquette when it comes to spoilers. Back in my day, you never saw a spoiler online unless you were actively looking for them. But nowadays, people have these big mouths and the algorithm forces you to look at every spoiler no matter how many words you mute. I've seen just about every moment from the Sonic 2 climax on Twitter, in 1080p quality somehow, despite not even being available on VOD yet. I already saw it opening day, but I can't imagine being a Sonic fan and having all this spoiled to you right then and there. I think I already have a basic understanding of the Strange 2 plot without having even seen it just on scattered tweets and images people plopped onto that site.

There's this dude on the Noovie pre-show that's been hyping up Doctor Strange 2 the past couple weeks and was hyping up that Deadpool might pop up in the film. it's the most bizarre thing ever to me, because those cheesy Noovie shows (which for the record I love, Maria Menounos is an icon) are designed for the normies, not the people who go on Reddit to read up on spoilers.

Let me clarify as somebody who started the supposed "Marvel is dead" talk that no, I don't think Marvel is dead. I just have concerns about the next two movies and how they'll stack up creatively and that things can go on a decline, while still being super popular and full of moneymakers. I feel like I emphasized that numerous times, so I really hate that things are construed that Marvel's dead forever and their movies are all bombs forever now. Does nuance not exist anymore?

Not gonna name names, but when the Love and Thunder trailer came out, a user who has a source in the industry said the film was having issues behind the scenes and that they were having some kinks in the editing process, mainly that the comedy wasn't landing at all. This is obviously fixable, since a good edit of a joke can go a long way, movies get cut again and again, and I don't subscribe to the "bad production = bad movie" mantra a lot of people, albeit trolls, follow. And you know, second-hand "I heard it from a guy" comments are flimsy. But I have thought about it quite a bit, so you never know. 🤷‍♂️

But hey, if I can inject some positivity, though it's not MCU related, I'm starting to feel like Dominion not only has a shot at winning the summer but could (emphasis on could) open above Jurassic World. Not saying it's a definite possibility, but they're using the right hooks to their advantage, both in the "dinos invading the world" hook and the nostalgia bait stuff. I absolutely hated both Jurassic World movies, and even I'll admit the trailers do a good job at selling the carnage and tickling the nostalgia feels that I'm honestly kind of tempted, even though I know I will walk out despising it. Could also be I just have a giant crush on Laura Dern though lmao

I know I can be pretty cynical and I already went into my "state of Marvel" rant last week. I'm sure that this "handwringing" will be completely null and void and that I'm the idiot here. And I really hate when people say a film's going to be a failure because of production issues or heavy reshoots or bad test screenings, because those mean nothing and bad productions happen all the time. But I really wanted to get this off my chest...I don't really have a lot of confidence in Love & Thunder or BP 2 at this point, even though I'm super excited for both. Both will obviously be in the top 5 for the year, but I think they'll also have creative missteps that could lead to waning interest for future movies. We already have early word that Thor 4 isn't shaping up so hot, though that obviously can change with future cuts and edits, Strange 2 already went through heavy reshoots to mixed results, and the set of Black Panther 2 seemed like it was a total nightmare. Can't emphasize enough that I will likely be wrong, but this all feels like a slew of bad events one after another that give me bad vibes. That the cracks are starting to form and Marvel's no longer going to be top dog like it used to be. Which hey, nothing lasts forever. And it's kind of ironic considering all those Avatar sequels are around the corner. Jimbo really does play 4D chess with these movies. And just letting Legion and XXR know, since I know you guys will "Haha" my post, say that everything will be hunky-dory and talk about how people are complaining over nothing, that I do know for a fact the MCU will still be successful for decades to come. There will still be plenty of movies and shows, they will still make millions in profits, the big boy event movies will be massive, the smaller movies will still be huge, they will still be loved by fans and the GA, etc. Just that the franchise won't be as gigantic or talked about as it was in Phase 3 and that they won't be the biggest game in town for a variety of reasons. That's not a bad thing, that doesn't mean the series is in shambles, things are still fine. Please don't start an argument with me on this.