Menor the Destroyer

March 21

56 minutes ago, Porthos said:

Not the only person to say that, but there's also a fair amount of debate if it was said character's motif or the person who was already in the episode.

FWIW, prior storytelling beats/ways they tell their stories in TBB does suggest you are right.

It sounded to me like the motif for the character shown rather than the character theorized.

March 21

I have a soft spot for these types of episodes so this is one of my favorites of the season. Nice character work, fun action, advances the larger plot as well, good vibes all around.

March 19

Looks pretty neat.

March 16

13 minutes ago, Porthos said:

Obviously counting on the T-mobile deal to rescue GBFE. 😉

Look, while it might be more concentrated than some, thinking GBFE is gonna act like a late-arriving GA film isn't without reason.

On the other hand, with four large(-ish) films release in a short amount of time "middle child syndrome" had to be kept in mind as a possibility. It is true that technically movie going isn't a zero-sum game. At the same time family movie-going budget isn't infinite, so increased competition in such a short amount of time within relatively similar demos really should be kept in mind.

So could that Deadline range hit? Sure. Personally I'd take the under, but we won't really know how likely that is until we see review/social bump + T-mobile bump.

I mean technically anything can get good walkups, but Afterlife wasn't anything impressive and demographically Ghostbusters doesn't really fit with the type of film to get good walkups, I don't see any particular reason for this to be an exception.

March 15

Another solid couple of episodes, Crosshair being back with the squad is so refreshing. This season is definitely much more cohesive but I do miss the more episodic/varied nature of the previous seasons a bit. Do enjoy that this first half of the season has set up a ton of stuff that's gonna make the back half a hell of a payoff.

March 9

12 minutes ago, Legion Again said:

Look if you wanna sell “Turning White” to the boys in marketing, be my guest

Turning Giant

March 7

Yeah I liked this episode quite a bit. Like the final season of Rebels, this definitely feels like the most cohesive season so far thematically and emotionally.

March 3

On 2/28/2024 at 2:31 AM, Porthos said:

Another very solid entry. Character arcs are proceeding nicely (and logically). For one thing, Omega really is turning out to be a born leader (no coincidence at all, I think, that she took to/emulated Hunter the most). Crosshair's also showing some real depth when it comes to characterization.

Though I am a little curious about the

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cold reception seemingly given to Crosshair at the reunion at the end of the episode, considering Hunter and Wrecker planning on busting Crosshair out of jail as well. If memory serves that is.

Could be a bunch of repressed emotions suddenly coming to the fore though, especially with Tech being dead.

Gonna be... interesting to see the immediate (and not so) fallout next episode.

Might not have reached the highs of 1 and 3, but seasons need solid/logical episodes that move things along and entertain while doing so. And this fit that description in spades.

Missed commenting in the thread but loved this episode as well, it's been a great start to the season so far.

To your comments in the spoiler box

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I think it makes a lot of sense that while they were willing to break Crosshair out of the cell, they're not just going to immediately forgive him for everything he did, and especially for (in their view) abandoning them at the end of season 1 when he was given the chance to be back with them. Certainly Tech's death will play into this as well -- one of my few criticisms of this season so far is that I would like to have seen Crosshair's reaction to learning about Tech's death, as from the way Omega has been talking to him (mentioning "Hunter and Wrecker" all the time) it seems impossible that he doesn't know at this point.

February 29

8 hours ago, leoh said:

what is you excuse for its 2019 box office????? Monster-verse 2019 movie final run at American box office was 110M.

Obviously the fact that those are two different movies. That was a solo Godzilla movie with the other monsters being ones that audiences don't care about and this is a crossover with both Godzilla and Kong.

February 29

Using GvK's box office as evidence for anything is absurd, it's performance was great considering the conditions and would have been way higher in a normal release. I believe in Australia which was open at the time it opened higher than KOTM full run.

February 27

It's meh. Although the choreography could have been better, visuals and action are pretty good when the show isn't hamstringing itself with slowmo, which made episode 8 my favorite by default due to the Koizilla (glorious). The show does a pretty good job of capturing the feel of the original and at least is making a good faith attempt to stick to the original story and respect the world. ire Nation characters were mostly good as well, but Iroh and Azula do feel off.

But the biggest crime here is the rushed character development for the Gaang, who barely even feel like friends. This is just compounded by heaps of bad expository dialogue and the baffling decision to split them up for much of the show. Katara in particular doesn't even feel like the same character, and Aang is pretty far off as well (in this version he doesn't even run from being the Avatar, getting caught in the storm was purely a freak accident). Sokka is elevated by his actor, but doesn't really bond with the others as he should, and Appa and Momo feel like props.

Some side characters (Kyoshi and Bumi especially) were handled oddly and the Spirit World in general was done really poorly, surprisingly so since the show was fairly respectful of the original's lore and world in other ways. The score was also very unmemorable and didn't use the original themes as much as it should have.

February 21

Oh man I still haven't finished my rewatch (on "Truth and Consequences" rn. Gonna be painful avoiding spoilers until I can.

February 15

The fact that Godzilla can star in something like Minus One and something like this is a testament to the enduring greatness of the character, a true cinematic icon.

February 14

Looks really fun, glad to see them continuing the vibe of GvK

February 14

HummingLemon is Legion's strongest soldier lmao, nearly every post gassing him up.

(In this case correctly so though as GOTG3 did open quite poorly)

February 13

I think these are a bit better than what I remember of the reactions from this same niche to S2, and I loved S2.

February 12

6 hours ago, lorddemaxus said:

595k likes so far. Wonder if this crosses the million mark. Feels pretty probable. 800k within 24 hrs?

Probably will get just about a million on the Marvel channel in the end with maybe 700-800k from Reynolds channel, maybe the equivalent of 1.3mish if it was one main channel?

February 1

1 hour ago, leoh said:

Oh yeah I get it now, so now I agree you’re right, The Marvels was highly front loaded, I remember by the first days of pre sales people were projecting it to make 85M OW, but The Marvels ended up with 46M. So it makes sense you avoid using it as a comp.

So I agree with you about Hunger Games, it was way less front loaded. Then yeah I think you’re right, Aquaman and Hunger Games seem to be the best comps.

Who thought the Marvels would make 85M after day 1 of PS??? It was obviously not going close to that.

January 30

5 hours ago, fede75 said:

yeah, that's similar to the " if the marvels underperform a lot then madame web is obviously going to underperform a lot" that a lot had two months ago and were clearly wrong

"Clearly" wrong? Aquaman 2 had an awful first day, having slightly more D1 presales with the benefit of a Valentine's Day opening isn't much of an accomplishment.

January 27

46 minutes ago, TheFlatLannister said:

FLORIDA

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SHOWINGS

SEATS SOLD

TOTAL SEATS

PERCENT SOLD

474

2024

93725

2.2%

^{*numbers taken as of 7:00PM EST}

SEATS SOLD SINCE YESTERDAY

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SHOWINGS ADDED SINCE YESTERDAY

N/A

SELLOUTS

0

Orlando

SEATS SOLD

858

COMPS

First few hours

(1.061x) of RoTB $9.33M

(0.591x) of Indy 5 $4.26M

(1.726x) of Wonka $6.04M

Comps AVG: $6.54M

I really don't want to be a downer, but sales just seem okay so far? really no signs of a breakout yet

Is the ROTB comp previews+EA?

November 23, 2023

On 11/21/2023 at 5:03 PM, Brainbug said:

No Way Home was/is the epitome of the movies Marvel wants to make: A giant crowd-pleaser that every demographic can watch and enjoy and which makes them excited for whats to come.

Unfortunately for Marvel, No Way Home was also the last movie where they got that formula right. Since then, its been nothing but stumbles, embarrasments and self-harm.

Guardians 3 was loved by audiences everywhere...

November 1, 2023

26 minutes ago, Bob Train said:

You, and all other MCU fans on here can always just ignore people who you hate/disagree with instead of arguing 24/7.

Who's asking for a safe space now? The irony of this comment is insane.

November 1, 2023

39 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

I've noticed a lot of the forum's biggest Marvel fanboys aren't really around right now. the few that are here and sticking to this thread like those Japanese soldiers that were never told the war was over.

What would be the point in staying?

27 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

i don't care i'm just making fun of the ones still around.

Making fun of them for...posting in a public thread. Incredible.

October 20, 2023

Yeah honestly I think Anakin was pretty much essential for the series and honestly I could have used a little more of him (perhaps in visions) to tease out Ahsoka's motivations more. My main issue with the series was how the characters remained kinda opaque and action was prioritized over more material digging into them, which was odd considering how Rebels was far more willing to let its crew shine.

October 14, 2023

On 10/11/2023 at 5:44 PM, Darth Lehnsherr said:

My thoughts as someone who adores Clone Wars and Rebels continues to grow in stature for me is that I enjoyed it but for me whenever the show has something interesting potentially happening in terms of character conflict it eschews it in favor of mystery or hitting plot points like moving a chess piece. This made the final episode really rushed in terms of having to resolve the main story but also trying to give service to the character moments (I wouldn't even call them arcs unfortunately).

More and more I'm becoming less a fan of this limited series type format and more and more I really wish these characters had their stories continue in animation.

Yeah, rewatched Rebels S1 recently and while it gets a lot of flak from certain corners of the fanbase for being too kid-friendly and whatnot I think it's just a much better season than Ahsoka structurally. Maybe Filoni just isn't comfortable writing for 8 longer live-action episodes compared to 15-20 shorter animated ones.

SHOWINGS	SEATS SOLD	TOTAL SEATS	PERCENT SOLD
474	2024	93725	2.2%

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