Eric Prime

Disregarding the quality control issue I talked about earlier and my own anecdotal experiences for myself and others, when there's too much of a thing, even if it's the best thing ever, it's no longer special or exciting anymore. Still can be fun of course, but not the exciting thing it once was. That's a fact with everything. Going out to a fancy restaurant is fun, because you only go there on special occasions. Heading to the McDonald's drive-thru isn't fun, because you go there every time you don't feel like cooking. Disneyland is an incredible experience when you go every couple of years, but a passholder basically complains about everything related to the park because they go there all the time. Video game series like Call of Duty were the biggest thing ever a decade ago, but now that they put out a new game every year, while still selling tons, you never hear people talking about it like they were in the Black Ops/Modern Warfare days. It's not the hip new thing anymore, because we're all used to it everywhere we go. When you have 5 shows and 4 movies a year in just one franchise, that's about...what, a third of the year with MCU media? That's a huge chunk of a year just on Marvel. A huge chunk where people will you see Marvel stuff, watch promos, see people argue about it on Twitter, etc. Even when it was only three movies, you had a couple months of breathing room where Marvel wasn't in the conversation. But now, you can't even discourse about a Marvel thing, because everybody's moved on to talking about the next Marvel thing. And I know every time I say this I get the whole "WELL YOU DON'T HAVE TO WATCH THESE SHOWS. NOT EVERYBODY WATCHES ALL THE MOVIES", but that doesn't fix anything. You're still getting forcefed all this content down your throat through promos and tweets and billboards. So if you want to avoid or ignore the stuff you don't care about...you can't do that. And sure, you can argue that if maybe the movies or shows were better, then it wouldn't be a problem, and that there are numerous. But outside of the fact that there is almost never one defining factor, the overexposure is still a huge problem. I love Seinfeld, but if there were spin-offs about George and Newman and J. Peterman, and they were just as hilarious, I wouldn't be happy. I would just be tired of seeing nothing but Seinfeld. And I feel confident in saying I would not be alone on this. And if you want me to use actual media examples of overexposure hurting somebody, though I know these are far from perfect and not 1:1, here's just two big ones. Back in the day, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was the biggest thing ever. It was this massive gameshow phenomenon with over 30 million viewers tuning in. Then it started airing five nights a week, the ratings plummeted because everybody was sick of it, and the primetime version was canceled not long after. People were sick of it being on every single day. And it's not like there was an issue with quality control. It's a game show, and everybody loves Regis Philbin. Dreamworks Animation were rivaling Disney back in the day, but when they started venturing into TV and having cartoons on Nickelodeon, stuff like Kung Fu Panda 2 drastically underperformed, because you can just watch Kung Fu Panda on TV, and the studio dealt with diminishing returns until Katzenberg had to sell it to Universal, and they are still far below the totem pole when it comes to animation studios at the box office. Sony Animation is arguably on better footing than Dreamworks. I'm sure you can make arguments about other issues these properties had, but saying overexposure was totes not a factor for their downfalls has to be a reach. So yeah, if these Disney+ shows never happened, I think there would be a lot more excitement and better grosses for Widow or Shang-Chi or Strange 2 or even Eternals.

It's weird people blame Chapek for all this, when Iger was the guy who started the domino effect. He was the guy who wanted to make a Disney streaming service. He was the guy who wanted a bajillion Marvel shows. He was the guy who forced Papa Feige to put out 5 shows and 4 movies a year. He's the guy who basically stretched Feige thin when it comes to quality control, since 5 shows and 4 movies in one year, all coming out week after week, meant there was going to be issues with overseeing everything. He was the guy who made a service that makes people wait until it's home to save money. Obvs Chapek is not helping things, but Iger was the guy who made Disney movies no longer special in theaters and diluted their golden goose. Just sayin'.

I swear I've seen some of the same tweets on like three separate posts lmao

Nope Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-22 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 65 228 13040 1.75% Total Seats Sold Today: 9 Comp 0.530x of F9 T-22 (3.76M)

Thor: Love and Thunder Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-8 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 185 6464 34527 18.26% Total Seats Sold Today: 159 Comp 0.362x of Spider-Man: No Way Home T-8 (18.11M) 1.121x of The Batman T-8 (24.21M) 0.578x of Doctor Strange 2 T-8 (20.82M)

Minions: The Rise of Gru Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-1 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 173 1518 33844 4.49% Total Seats Sold Today: 551 Comp 4.850x of Jungle Cruise T-1 (13.09M) 0.626x of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 T-1 (3.91M) 1.381x of Lightyear T-1 (7.18M)

Is Timothee Lead in Bones and All? Asking for a friend 👀

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Truth! I took my mom to see Elvis, and the Regal I was at showed a video of the Minions on that stupid roller coaster pre-show thing. My mom turned to me while it was playing and asked “what was the first movie the Minions were in called?” She doesn’t even remember the name Despicable Me. It’s so weird.

Nope Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-23 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 65 219 13040 1.68% Total Seats Sold Today: 10 Comp 0.782x of F9 T-23 (5.55M) Look! A comp!

Thor: Love and Thunder Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-9 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 185 6305 34527 18.26% Total Seats Sold Today: 169 Comp 0.361x of Spider-Man: No Way Home T-9 (18.07M) 1.137x of The Batman T-9 (24.55M) 0.584x of Doctor Strange 2 T-9 (21.04M)

Minions: The Rise of Gru Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-2 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 166 967 33151 2.92% Total Seats Sold Today: 302 Comp 4.063x of Jungle Cruise T-2 (10.97M) 0.545x of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 T-2 (3.41M) 1.210x of Lightyear T-2 (6.29M)

Nope Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-24 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 62 209 12632 1.65% Total Seats Sold Today: 8

Thor: Love and Thunder Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-10 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 185 6136 34527 17.77% Total Seats Sold Today: 187 Comp 0.360x of Spider-Man: No Way Home T-10 (18.01M) 1.141x of The Batman T-10 (24.66M) 0.597x of Doctor Strange 2 T-10 (21.5M)

Minions: The Rise of Gru Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-3 and Counting Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 134 665 28706 2.32% Total Seats Sold Today: 179 Comp 3.715x of Jungle Cruise T-3 (10.03M) 0.477x of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 T-3 (2.98M) 1.023x of Lightyear T-3 (5.32M)