Eric Prime

We saw Manchester by the Sea at Christmas. Nothing could be worse than that lol

Hoping to convince my parents to have that be our Christmas movie. Don’t know if it will work tho

Well if men feel alienated because the star of a kids movie has an XX chromosome, then that's their stupid fault and shows how gross and sexist and pathetic they are. And because you didn't listen to my warnings, you have been threadbanned from the weekend thread. And as an aside to everybody else, we're done with this whole "women hate superheroes, women shouldn't be in comic book movies, won't somebody think of the poor men". These comments are gross, sexist, and unwelcome here. If you have a problem with me doing this, talk to me privately. And if you don't like that the staff is holding posts like these accountable, note, as I always say, we're not the only place on the Internet where you can talk about Marvel movies. No sense hanging out in a place you hate.

Moderation No. And now let us all move on from such sexist nonsense. Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuu

I'm very confused at the "kids don't care about theaters" stuff when the evidence shows that the olds don't care. Plus the MPAA showed in their 2021 moviegoing survey that kids are still paying tickets, overindexing the usual population. https://www.motionpictures.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/MPA-2021-THEME-Report-FINAL.pdf 2-11: 13% population, 16% moviegoers, 14% tickets sold 12-17: 8% population, 12% moviegoers, 14% tickets sold 18-24: 9% population, 14% moviegoers, 14% tickets sold No 2022 survey for some reason, but there's no reason to think things skewed that much. Like it seems to me the kids still care about theaters.

Well, good to know the staff are doing their jobs well and making sure things aren't toxic or annoying. 👍

Update The GOAT - Suspended for one month for reaching 10 warning points.

We've given out 10 seperate warnings. 12 if you include some 0-point verbal warnings. Might even be forgetting one or two. This isn't a normal weekend thread mate. EDIT: Oh, and two people got suspended this weekend. Yeah, it ain't normal.

Yeah, uh...we don't need this energy here. It really helps nobody. So please don't do this whole "lolololol look at people twisting the obvious flops lolololol".

I feel like we're all flops, if you really think about it. 🤔

You're cuteness incarnate.

Well here's the thing. If Phase 4/5 wasn't trying to build up to any big epic Avengers movie and everything was stand-alone, it would be fine. It would definitely be weird, considering that Marvel was giving us Thanos teases and every movie built up to the next one for the last few phases. But I would be fine with that...but that's not what we're getting. We're in a weird inbetween where they are trying to build on top of each other, but it's not leading to anything satisfying. Shang-Chi and Captain Marvel were hyped up to meet up and do stuff together, but we're probably never getting that. Eternals promised Harry Styles as Thanos' brother, but we don't know when he's coming back. So we have no clue what the overarching story is. But at the same time, the current batch of movies don't feel standalone or like they are an artists' vision. At best you have Sam Raimi or Ryan Coogler doing their usual flair and schtick, but then are swamped with following story arcs from TV shows or randomly introducing characters that will get their own spin-off years down the line, which I feel damages these movies and still makes them insular. I think the only couple movies that felt like it was made by a person and was allowed to be creative and fun was Shang-Chi (most successful new hero, wow look at that) and....Love and Thunder. Which at least that felt like it was made by a person...a person a shell of his former self, but that's besides the point. So really, nobody is happy here. Marvel fans who like the overarching story aren't getting a satisfying narrative from film to film, and the overabundance of content makes you feel exhausted. Casual fans of the franchise who only see a couple movies get a half-baked movie that feels like endless exposition and a director's vision suppressed from corporate mandates. And the kids who weren't even born when the first Avengers came out? They have no clue what's going on, because they have to watch a million movies to understand who this cool new character is Disney. So everybody is miserable and...well, this is why we're seeing the opening that we are.

Really hate how anti-art users here are getting more and more. Baffling people are actually accepting of such scummy, terrible practices.

Update Valonqar - Suspended for one month for reaching 10 warning points.

Anatomy of a Fall. Got back from that. Great movie. Liked it!

Why does she have glasses on?

Well we're never getting a Star Wars movie ever again, so don't worry about that.

Suspended. He'll be back next Thursday.

lol come on dude. You know they don't read this shit.

Was very confused when I woke up and saw I got reactions from a post I made in the "Deadline Source Code" thread. Was like...did I post something in here?

I'll be honest, as somebody who loves Hugh Jackman and his interpretation of Wolverine especially, having him back in Deadpool 3 just ringed like cheap fanservice to me. Logan was about as perfect an ending as you can get, and its themes of dealing with old age and protecting the new generation and also letting them go resonated with me big time. Having him back for a stupid Ryan Reynolds comedy so nerds can go "OMG my childhood" is a slap to the face. And I don't think I'm alone on this. Should still be one of the better-performing superhero movies over the next few years (Joker 2 might be the only one that beats it), but I have doubts on it doing insanely well like others are predicting.

Yeah? And that's a bad thing? Maybe franchises should just end? Our lives do not depend on these silly movies?

I mean I guess they deserved it. But it's not like our lives depended on a third movie. And Endgame still ended things good and story arcs wrapped for Quill and the gang. Just get rid of that stupid-ass "Gamora from another dimension is back" schtick (hate that!), and things would still be satisfying. And if finishing things on a good note with Endgame means we don't get a random movie...so be it.

The ducks say "fuck".

Re: Deadpool See, I have doubts on that movie too. People insisted that Guardians 3 wouldn't get hurt by the last Marvel movies sucking, and it almost could have. It had awful presales up until the last minute, and I blame that entirely on Ant-Man 3 (and also Majors being an abusive asshole) destroying all fan morale right there. And the only reason it got to a respectable total (though still below Guardians 2, which nobody predicted until presales hit) was because it had some of the best WOM for a Marvel movie in ages. Deadpool's in the same boat where the last movie came out an eternity ago, like Guardians 2 was, except those guys still made other appearances. The promise of Fox multiverse shenanigans might also get hurt by Doctor Strange 2 and the "fool me once" mentality, as well as being pretty underwhelming. When the press is hyping up the return of Jennifer Garner as Elektra as one of your big selling points, that's a little concerning. And even with Wolverine, the big difference between him and the Spider-Men was that Maguire and Garfield were coming off incomplete franchises and still had their stories to tell to get people hyped. Hugh Jackman was in movies that grossed way less than those films and he had probably the greatest send-off for any superhero character ever with Logan. Getting him back for cheap fanservice won't fly with Marvel fans. I guess O/U 300M could still happen, but I think that will disappoint big time and won't help the MCU's state at all.