Captain Craig

I look at as two fold: 1- use a BW series to still use characters from the first loved trilogy of Phases(then somehow bring her back). 2-continue to be able to intro and use characters that haven't had as much exposure Whatever the reason(s), I trust Kevin.

The trailer did not wow me liked I'd hoped. If you had told me I was watching a trailer for RDJs Holmes 3 I might've even believed it for a bit. I know another trailer that gives more is forthcoming but this initial first teaser trailer was weak.

^^^^ A series could pave the way for her....*ahem* return a few films down the road.

^^^^^ Well Professionals disagree with you. After the 2008 Crash/BUST we had no where to go but up. The rise was depressed for a few years but finally took off the last several. Indicators are GDP for one.

Not true. These things are cyclical. Some use the rule of 9 but other factors can prolong a crash or depression a few years. They roughly are or have been 10-12 years apart regardless of politics. The 80s was a boom that saw an early 90s crash. With a respite we then had the "Dot.com" or "Tech" Boom which was shorter and ended after Clinton left office/Bush W started. Bad policy had a Housing Boom but prognosticators warned how the Fannie/Freddie lending policies were headed for trouble but that was ignored---BOOM, 2008 out Bush/in Obama. (I lost my job in that one). We've been without a serious Boom for some time due to the depressed nature for most of the Obama years but here we are 11 years since the 2008 and its very likely a Depression or full on Crash is coming. It's just a matter of trends and history.

I think we all had thoughts along that line at first as well.

So Renner must be part of that super minority of Liberals in Hollywood who don't oppose owning guns. If this report is true though...red flag right here for you.

Rambo is at $42.9m US domestic. Concluding a month at first run cinema. I expect some theater drop so if it's not too large will hit $45m by next weekend. Discount theaters will be in play by end of October I'd imagine.

Online petition....HaHaHaHa Those aren't with the URL link they are taking up space with.

I don't see how that's an accurate statement. It's hardly unusual for an American centric franchise to skew higher Domestically. A 60/40 split is not at all unusual. My take is this movie is doing as expected, especially based on the projections the studio gave and how it just missed the low end of tracking($20m). Currently at $40m Dom and barring some wide theater loss should hit $50m in 3-4 weeks with International still opening in more markets and existing adding to the totals.

If this focused on Julia Carpenter, the second Madame Web and second Spider-woman for that matter, I see greater possibilities. You could have flashbacks to the OG Cassandra Webb and flashbacks of Julia in action as Spider-woman. If they use Cassandra Webb in all her paraplegic glory then I feel the film will need acolytes to act as proxy. Not sure what comic characters that might be/could be though.

You just had to kind of be around for it at the time.

The cast will not be complete until General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross is added. Awaiting confirmation any week now!! 😉

Narratively he fits into the timeline. I want Red Hulk!!

I can accept that at face value. I can also understand wanting to massage the undercarriage of the man in order to win him over. He admits he was quick to sign on that idea. My interest is low on this because unlike Tim, or even Jim, the character arc for these characters was satisfactory for me thru Salvation. My let down is in not completing the arc thru Future War with a final film sending Kyle back. I'm just not keen on yet another attempt to stop Skynet. That story is more one note than 3 or 4 Batman origin films.

Cameron's insistence that this film, Dark Fate, HIS film, is the actual TRUE 3rd Terminator film. No Jim, it is not. Rise of the Machines is that film. Now it is the THIRD James Cameron Terminator film, but it is not the TRUE 3rd film as he has stated. His ego is dismissive that while he was off doing Titanic, Dark Angel(TV) and Avatar the franchise moved on. I applaud his success, his ego I dislike.

I'm looking forward to this. So far it is the best interconnected film universe spanning different characters attempted outside the MCU. Now, one might say that isn't saying much but it actually isn't. Warners was very uneven with their DCU attempt to the point it imploded and they are largely starting over. Universal tried with their Monsters. Mummy tanked out of the gate and the next would've been entry isn't going to allegedly try the Dark Universe.

^^^ Or Sam Elliott for that matter. Heck Tom Cruise as well.

I'm totally fine to explore other eras of Kingsman's history but seems like there should've been at least a trilogy with the main OG cast. This feels a bit like Halloween Season of the Witch, Underworld Rise of the Lycans or FF:Tokyo Drift, the awkward out of place third film in a franchise.

Despite not being able to get to this theatrically myself it appears to have really done well, globally for sure. Domestically it's numbers are off from the posted production which a lot of times can hurt. However, as we've seen the last few years, times are a changing. We get sequels to Pacific Rim that few wanted. A sequel to Tomb Raider('18) is in pre-production with a release date for 2021. Probably other examples, so a sequel to Hobbs & Shaw seems a no-brainer.

A-it looks like bad re-tread of films in the saga already B-Joker is sucking all the attention out of the room Even when Joker passes I'm not confident enough people really care about Jim's ego and Granny Connor fighting versions of Terminators we've already seen in T3 & Salvation.

Things are thus far looking decent for John. It'll be over $40m Dom this time next weekend off it's $50m budget.

It did about what I expected, slightly less but within margins of my 2nd weekend. Financially it's going to be fine. Question will be: Is this the last Rambo? Sly is on record saying he has an idea for another, likely a more fitting conclusion?!

^^^ It would have to have a 70% + drop for me to be worried. I fully expect 60% +/- 2% for second weekend drop.

All you really need to know if you're someone who cares about RT is the audience score for this movie. 83% Fun time at the theater with an old franchise favorite!! The film financially will be fine. It'll be about $25m going into weekend two. It'll do $8-9m so it'll be at/about $34m. The M-Th dailies get another 4m or so putting it at $38m. It's third weekend is $3-4m placing it at/about $41/42m. The budget was $50m, so it's not going to flop. Not some big rejuvenated come back I grant but this character has become super niche. If nothing else it allows Sly leverage for an Expendables 4 I bet.