Weekend Thread (8/11-13) | Demeter 750K Previews

[JustLurking]

FWIW, I think Shazam was a mix of the first film being very much "liked" but not so much beloved, and just a kind of shitty sequel that botched it right from the marketing

 

so little scenes with the kids and the family and so much generic cgi-filled fights with some even more generic-looking villains that other films will deliver on way better

 

it also doesn't help that avatar2 delivered way the fuck better on the "family friendly blockbuster" anyway

[baumer]

12 hours ago, ListenHunnyUrOver said:

Not sure why Shazam even needed a sequel. 

 

Really?

 

How many reasons would you like me to list? Seeing as this is a box office forum, I thought it would be fairly common knowledge that movies are a business. Shazam is part of the DC universe and you make one superhero movie so you can make more superhero movies and make more money and your shareholders are happy because they're making more money. Movies are an art form but that might be maybe third or fourth on the totem pole of why they're made. Number one is so that people can make money. It's like asking why is there a grocery store built in my area? Second on that list is to serve people and their needs. First on that list is so the owner of that store can make an exorbitant amount of money. Business is business.

[MightyDargon]

Black Adam basically ensured Shazam 2 was dead before release no matter how well Shazam 1 was received.

[Deep Wang]

13 hours ago, ListenHunnyUrOver said:

Not sure why Shazam even needed a sequel. 

 

26 minutes ago, baumer said:

 

Really?

 

How many reasons would you like me to list? Seeing as this is a box office forum, I thought it would be fairly common knowledge that movies are a business. Shazam is part of the DC universe and you make one superhero movie so you can make more superhero movies and make more money and your shareholders are happy because they're making more money. Movies are an art form but that might be maybe third or fourth on the totem pole of why they're made. Number one is so that people can make money. It's like asking why is there a grocery store built in my area? Second on that list is to serve people and their needs. First on that list is so the owner of that store can make an exorbitant amount of money. Business is business.

 

[ListenHunnyUrOver]

1 hour ago, baumer said:

 

Really?

 

How many reasons would you like me to list? Seeing as this is a box office forum, I thought it would be fairly common knowledge that movies are a business. Shazam is part of the DC universe and you make one superhero movie so you can make more superhero movies and make more money and your shareholders are happy because they're making more money. Movies are an art form but that might be maybe third or fourth on the totem pole of why they're made. Number one is so that people can make money. It's like asking why is there a grocery store built in my area? Second on that list is to serve people and their needs. First on that list is so the owner of that store can make an exorbitant amount of money. Business is business.

It’s not like the first Shazam was Avengers 

[Valonqar]

anecdotal evidence only but kids I know found the first Shazam too scary and didn't like it. So parents weren't fans either. Even if the second movie was good I think it would flop anyway. 

[Claire of Themyscira]

12 hours ago, ListenHunnyUrOver said:

I don’t like Levi, but really?

Yes. ❤️

 

Mean-Spirited & Nasty people don't deserve any of my respect.

[ChipDerby]

33 minutes ago, Claire of Themyscira said:

Yes. ❤️

 

Mean-Spirited & Nasty people don't deserve any of my respect.

 

Would that include yourself?

[baumer]

Weekday numbers thread is now up.

[Claire of Themyscira]

17 minutes ago, ChipDerby said:

Would that include yourself?

Because I hold people accountable?

 

Okay. ❤️

[ringedmortality]

13 minutes ago, ChipDerby said:

 

Would that include yourself?

She’s just your average terminally online millennial

[ChipDerby]

1 minute ago, Claire of Themyscira said:

Because I hold people accountable?

 

Okay. ❤️

 

I mean, you're just a poster online, lol. You're not really holding anyone accountable. I don't really like Levi, but I wouldn't really call anything he's said "mean spirited and nasty". But this isn't really the thread for this convo.

[Claire of Themyscira]

12 minutes ago, ringedmortality said:

She’s just your average terminally online millennial.

LMAO, terminally online?

 

I'm not you, sweetie. I've been off this forum for years.

[Claire of Themyscira]

11 minutes ago, ChipDerby said:

I mean, you're just a poster online, lol. You're not really holding anyone accountable. I don't really like Levi, but I wouldn't really call anything he's said "mean spirited and nasty". But this isn't really the thread for this convo.

Hmm, then, I don't think you know what I'm referencing or speaking to.

 

So, don't speak on me again. ❤️