Well, OS reviewers did enjoy TDW a lot more than American critics as well.
Watched this a few hours back and have to say it was really, REALLY fun! Hoping for an insane Saturday bump so that 95-100M is still possible. It deserves it.
1. Batman: The Animated Series
2. The Simpsons
3. X-Men: The Animated Series
4. The Spectacular Spider-Man
5. The Tick
6. Gargoyles
7. Batman Beyond
8. Spider-Man (90's)
9. Justice League/Unlimited
10. Avatar: TLA
11. The Powerpuff Girls
12. Rugrats
13. Swat Kats
14. South Park
15. Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
16. Dexter's Laboratory
17. Johnny Quest (90's)
18. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
19. Jem and the Holograms
20. TMNT (Original 80's)
From what I have seen, though I seriously need to watch more like The Secret of the Kells and A Scanner Darkly. Will edit this post once Frozen is released and I watch it.
1. The Incredibles
2. Toy Story 3
3. Finding Nemo
4. ParaNorman (heck yeah!)
5. Mary and Max
6. Spirited Away
7. Coraline
8. Batman: Under the Red Hood
9. Waking Life
10. Shrek
11. Shrek 2
12. Wreck It-Ralph
13. The Emperor's New Groove
14. Tangled
15. Lilo and Stitch
16. Treasure Planet/Atlantis tie
18. Stallion: Spirit of the Cimarron
19. Ratatouille
20. Monsters Inc.
21. Howl's Moving Castle
22. Rise of the Guardians
23. Meet the Robinsons
24. Monster House
25. The Croods
R-rated cross between Spider-Man and Hit-Girl who constantly breaks the fourth wall and lampoons everything from his superhero universe to real life pop culture and situations. Could be very appealing especially if played by someone as impassioned about the character as Ryan Reynolds. Of course, general audiences actually wanting to watch a RR Deadpool movie is a whole other issue.
Oh I see. Longshot has never been a mutant actually. But isn't he a product of the Mojoverse? That's strongly tied to the X-Men mainly thanks to the X-Babies. This Marvel rights Venn diagram is as convoluted as the X-Men movie continuity.
I saw it for the first time yesterday too and am glad I finally managed to catch it in theaters! Even though it is no Children of Men, the action and cinematography is still to die for!
My Top 22 (post Frozen update):
1. Aladdin
2. Frozen
3. The Little Mermaid
4. Mulan
5. The Lion King
6. Beauty and the Beast
7. Wreck It-Ralph
8. The Emperor's New Groove
9. Tangled
10. The Hunchback of Notre Dame
11. The Jungle Book
12. Pinocchio
13. Lilo and Stitch
14. Bambi
15. 101 Dalmatians
16. Treasure Planet/Atlantis tie
18. Cinderella
19. Snow White
20. Dumbo
21. Meet the Robinsons
22. The Princess and the Frog
Not really. The fictional city BH6 is set in, San Fransokyo, is a mix of San Fran and Tokyo, so I guess it is only cyberpunk if you consider Tokyo to be cyberpunk.
it's pretty simple actually- if the Avatar sequels have groundbreaking technical aspects like the first Avatar and Titanic, they will create magic for Cameron again. Otherwise if they just try to piggyback on Avatar success like Hobbit trilogy piggybacking on LotR, their BO will underwhelm spectacularly.
I'd say it has more appeal than Conan because the characters are stronger and the world of Eternia is more fascinating, with it's science vs. fantasy elements. Also, <3 Thor's "By the power of Greyskull" moment in TA-
Lol, Courtney Cox should play the Sorceress in the new film. Interestingly, did you know that Christina Pickles, the actress who played Sorceress in the Lundgren film, later played Courtney Cox's mother on Friends? Mrs. Geller, that was her!
It could if they go the Thor route and make it science meets fantasy in outer space. Which, to be fair, that was what MotU was all about right from the beginning!
Ironically, all of those franchises you have listed have had their animated avatars too, Spidey and Transformers having multiple animation shows before live action movies. It all lent to the brand recognition.
Though I agree that home video sales is not to be underestimated when it comes to animation.
Well, if the movie is completely hopeless, why would anyone be interested in buying the merchandise? But I do think merchandise plays a huge, HUGE role when in comes to greenlighting animation films. Merchandise is the reason almost every animated film has annoying to cute animal sidekicks, to sell those damn Happy Meals. The "Disney Princess" brand is a giant irrespective of the level of success of the actual princess films. Buzz Lightyear and Woody toys and accessories were probably in the list of most popular items for little boys in the last two decades or so. Merchandising drives animation like no other genre.