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  1. 18 minutes ago, Eric is a furry said:

    Because it's only for the fans. Sonic 2 is loaded with fan service and is largely designed to appeal almost entirely towards people who either grew up with the games when they were kids or are currently active fans of the games. And I guess kids today who are currently playing the new games. Nothing inherently wrong with that, as shown by the objectively good box office numbers for it, and I'm sure non-fans might still enjoy it. But it does mean it's harder for it to gain new audiences or retain legs when the fanbase already went out to see it. I'm a huge Sonic fan, and I'll fully admit that a lot of the appeal to me comes from how they adapted the characters and set pieces from the games. If I wasn't already into the franchise, I probably would have just found it an amusing enough kids movie.

    That's true, but it seems like this one is dropping off even faster than the first movie. I think that's more what's boggling here. Sonic 1's box office was 320M WW despite being cut off by COVID and lockdown in most of the world. This movie should pass that quite easily, but seemingly not by much.

  2. 3 hours ago, SchumacherFTW said:

    Sonic's popularity is mainly nostalgic, Mario is ever present and waaaaay bigger. 

    It isn't just nostalgia at all. A large portion of Sonic's fanbase some people ignore (but is a MAJOR factor) is the mobile fanbase. Tens of millions of people playing Sonic games on mobile for free. Mario doesn't have many mobile offerings, and the ones that it does have aren't as big as some of the Sonic mobile games. Sonic Dash, for example, was downloaded half a billion times. Think about how massive that is.

     

    Sonic Dash Hits 500 million downloads

     

    Mario has him beat when it comes to console-based video games, but in terms of pervasiveness and reach, free mobile apps will do a lot for you. Kids might not be playing Sonic at home on a console, but they sure as hell are seeing him in the app store.

  3. 3 hours ago, shayhiri said:

     

    I've seen it 10+ times already, lost count long ago. Still keep watching it, because they will keep it in cinemas like forever.

     

    Best feel good movie to tap your toes to, ever! :)

     

    Finally the dumb Hollywood decided to make a Bollywood influenced movie (this), an Arabian fantasy movie (this, after Prince of Persia), and a Chinese period movie (Mulan 2020).

     

    The Shay has been yelling to them to do so for DECADES!! Practically slapped them in their face with the billions they could make this way! Nada. The dumb amateurs kept making their USA-centric filler - and would have kept on doing so till their bankruptcy! Fortune sometimes favours the dumb though, so a couple of their preexisting big properties (the 90ies classic animations) happened to be in diverse period settings. That was the only reason and the only way for these idiots to make something bold and good.

     

    Hopefully, now that not only the Shay prophet, but also they themselves have seen the said billions - they will keep on making Bollywood, Arabian, Chinese and Japanese* based big blockbusters.

     

    * But NO Godzilla! Never!! MANGA - big yes!! Godzilla - big NO!! That is some fucked up brony shit no serious person would watch.

    10+ Jesus. And I thought my four viewings was on the upper end.

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  4. 2 hours ago, Mekanos said:

    It's been said a lot but if TS4 hits a billion it really puts it in perspective how insane this year is for Disney, literally all of their big guns going in a single year, Avengers, Star Wars, Lion King, Toy Story, Frozen, etc. not to mention Captain Marvel and Aladdin breaking out.

     

    Dumbo will probably bankrupt them though, RIP.

    Seriously. The potential for 7 billion sellers from a single distributor in a single year is insane. This has to be a new record, right?

  5. 8 hours ago, shayhiri said:

    Here:

     

    Aladdin >>> Episode 9 >>>> The Lion King >>>>>>> Frozen 2 >>>>>>>>>>> Maleficent 2 >>>>>>>>> Ad Astra >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Spiderman 7 >>>>>>>> Avengers 4 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dark Phoenix >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dumbo >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Captain Marvel >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Toy Story 18

     

    They start getting bad from Spiderman downwards...

    This man really put Dark Phoenix ahead of TS lol

     

    10 hours ago, The GOAT said:

    Is Toy Story 4 going to be the best Disney movie this year?

    But no, I really do agree with the notion that Aladdin beats out TS4, even if just by a tad. Endgame was a fantastic movie, but having seen it three times now, it's much less appealing upon additional viewings. The three hours fly by in the first viewing, but drag on in subsequent screenings. Aladdin and TS4 are both movies I can (and have) watch several times over and not feel remotely grating.

     

    Aladdin>TS4>Endgame>CM for me

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