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Edited by Fighteer on Dec 15th 2022 at 9:55:58 AM
Jaded Techie Fox
Goddamn. RIP Stan Lee. 
I really do hope he did film his cameo for Avengers 4...
it's a living
Excelsior.
I'm Sad Frogerson.
We truly lost a legend here. Everyone's been talking about their favorite Stan Lee cameos, but this one is my personal favorite. In a scene that brought finality to one of Lee's most enduring characters... well, I guess it's just fitting to post now.
Edited by chasemaddigan on Nov 12th 2018 at 6:49:09 AM
I read an article a while back that mentioned Stan Lee already recorded his cameos for several movies in advance including Infinity War, Thor Ragnarok, and Avengers 4. I don't remember if they mentioned where it stopped or if Avengers 4 was the last one.
Disasturbator
If one of the characters dies and ends up in the afterlife I expect we'll hear or rather see Stan lee in the background
or he'll be at the pearly white gates and be like "Come on through we've been expecting you"...cue dissolve to credits
New theme music also a box
It's a short fanfic, but I thought it was sweet:https://archiveofourown.org/works/16604411
Ordinary Corrupt Android Love
...Fuck.
I don't even know what to say. 95 years is a lot of time to get shit done. Rest in peace.
Self-serious autistic metalhead who goes by any pronouns. (avvie template source)
The King Without a Kingdom
I'd love the credits of Avengers 4 to just be a compilation of Stan Lee appearances, interlaced with scenes of the people who are permanently killed off, as a memoriam.
It's been 3000 years…
Farewell to the one of the last of the oldest, greatest comic book creators.
Excelsior.
Edited by VeryMelon on Nov 12th 2018 at 9:44:49 AM
Not a cat
One thing I'll miss about Stan Lee's cameos is, if you were watching in a theater, you could use them to pinpoint who in the theater wasn't really a Marvel fan, or was just a casual moviegoer, as his cameos often struck those people with confusion. You can see them looking around, puzzled, and often hear them ask "Why's everyone laughing?" or "Why are people applauding this guy?"
I remember when I saw Black Panther in the theater, and when Lee's cameo happened, someone sitting behind me said something along the lines of, "Okay, who IS this old guy that keeps showing up in these movies? Is he the producer's father or something?"
Speaking of Black Panther, that's the only instance where I was ever able to predict when he was going to show up in a film. I work in a casino, and knowing it's a frequent hangout for senior citizens, I remember thinking to myself, "Oh, they're in a casino now? Yeah, Stan Lee's gonna show up here." Sure enough....
If I had a nickel for every film where Emma Stone falls off a balcony... I'd only have two nickels, but weird that there's two of them.
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Squidward at the 0:23 mark is me right now:
How close is Homecoming to Venom's numbers?
I wanna know if it's appropriate to say "Crud! We were so close to Venom!" or not.
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
Globally speaking, Homecoming got a total of $880,166,924 throughout its run.
EDIT: Domestic-wise, it was $334,201,140 and foreign numbers were $545,965,784.
Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Nov 14th 2018 at 2:29:09 PM
$673M vs. $546M... Eh, close enough.
Crud! We were so close to Venom!
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
So...shall we commence the troubled fetal positions over what this means for MCU!Spidey?
Queen of Good Things, Honest
I'm not clear on what that tweet means by "Because of its budget, it's the most successful."
Venom has thus far made $677m. If you deduct the $100m budget, you have $577m.
Homecoming made $880m with a $175m budget, bringing it to $705m.
The highest-grossing Spider-Man film of all time, Spider-Man 3, made $891m on a $258m budget, which would bring it to $633m.
If you want to weep for anything Spider-Man related, weep for the fact that Spider-Man 3 is the box-office king of all Spider-Man movies.
Edited by TobiasDrake on Nov 14th 2018 at 12:46:10 PM
My Tumblr. Currently liveblogging Haruhi Suzumiya and revisiting Danganronpa V3.
Aw geez, I'm gonna need to crunch the numbers some more.
Homecoming: $705 million - $175 million = $530 million through its whole run.
Venom: $677 million - $100 million = $577 million currently.
Maybe it's a matter of how cheap and fast they can crank out a movie for maximum profit? It's starting to look bad again...
(I hate math...and Sony.)
Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Nov 14th 2018 at 2:56:19 PM
Takat Empress
Sony: Fuck Spider Man. *Robin glare at Feige*
Mileena Madness
Do you think the opposite might happen and Marvel might agree to canonise Venom into the MCU like Sony originally wanted?
Not really a lord of anything
I'm still trying to figure out if Sony genuinely believes that Kraven and Morbius movies will do as well as Venom.
This song needs more love.
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
Venom is a bigger success than Homecoming because movie success isn't measured in subtraction, it's measured in multiplication. This is because all of the profits from the film for investors are measured out in percentages of the film's total gross, which increases as the film makes more and more money.
Venom made back 6.8 times its budget.
Homecoming made back 5 times its budget.
Edited by PushoverMediaCritic on Nov 14th 2018 at 2:07:44 AM
Edited by TargetmasterJoe on Nov 14th 2018 at 4:32:36 AM
Man, haven't visited that site in ages. Is Villanueva still making those MCU clips? I really liked the "Road to Civil War".