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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
I've talked a bit about this in other threads, but here's the thing: anger is addictive. Super addictive. Anger feels good. It feels validating. Empowering.
But it also runs dry. There comes a point when you just can't keep being angry about the same thing anymore. So when people are upset about a thing, they will rage and rage until there's nothing left to rage about, but they don't want to stop being angry. They don't want to move on. So they'll start inventing things to continue being angry. Taking quotes out of context, twisting elements into wild scenarios, etc. Anything to keep that rage high.
edited 23rd Jun '15 2:55:55 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Yeah I think AOU demonstrated why trying to give everyone a slice of the pie is not always a good idea.
Seriously. It could result in a film making $1.4 billion and nobody wants that.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.I've talked a bit about this in other threads, but here's the thing: anger is addictive. Super addictive. Anger feels good. It feels validating. Empowering.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uaPZdhxnek
Indeed.
Perhaps. I'm just saying that a film that hit the Top Ten charts domestically and globally is maybe not the example to go to when pointing out What Not To Do.
If anything, Civil War should hope that it's as successful and well-received as Age of Ultron.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.While Age of Ultron certainly made tons of money, it did significantly worse critically and worse at the box office (especially the domestic box office) than Avengers did, when most predictions were expecting it to pass Avengers' earnings easily. It was overstuffed with characters and plotlines, sometimes that Avengers was successful in avoiding. So despite its income, it does come across as a misstep by Marvel.
The large number of characters and plotlines they're working into Civil War makes me concerned that it will have the same issues.
edited 23rd Jun '15 3:46:30 PM by Galadriel
"It made a ton of money" and "it underperformed expectations" are not mutually exclusive when it comes to the MCU.
And to some extent viewers do seem to agree that it didn't match up to the first Avengers; it's had a significantly sharper drop-off in its box office since opening weekend than Avengers did. Making a large portion (e.g., >40%) of its box office in the opening weekend tends to be a good indicator that a movie didn't quite live up to audience expectations.
edited 23rd Jun '15 3:54:04 PM by Galadriel
In my opinion, Ultron, as he appeared in AOU, is up there with GLaDOS as one of the best AI villains.
"We're home, Chewie."I'm getting it from the predictions websites were making about this year's movie box offices, including Age of Ultron.
Cinemablend prediction: $1.7 billion global: http://www.cinemablend.com/new/CB-Predicts-10-Highest-Grossing-Movies-2015-69047-p10.html
Entertainment Weekly: $555 million domestic: http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/15/summer-box-office-predictions-2015/3
Hitfix: $550 million domestic: http://www.hitfix.com/galleries/summer-2015-box-office-predictions/more-galleries#15
Whatculture: $1.8 billion global: http://whatculture.com/film/predicting-10-highest-grossing-films-2015.php/10
International Business Times: $1.8-$2.0 billion global: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/box-office-predictions-2015s-biggest-films-avengers-star-wars-jurassic-world-1480655
Bloomberg: $567 million domestic: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-13/this-year-s-summer-box-office-could-be-the-largest-ever
To compare, Age of Ultron's actual grosses so far are $450 million domestic and $1.368 billion global. It's still a ton of money, but virtually everyone was expecting Age of Ultron to surpass Avengers, and it didn't even come close. I can't find any prediction prior to the movie's release that suggested it would make under $500 mil domestic.
edited 23rd Jun '15 4:04:35 PM by Galadriel
I don't see why predictions are worth anything. The movie made less money than the first but it's still the second highest grossing movie in the entire franchise and made over four times its budget. Calling it anything but a runaway success would require moving the goalposts. It's unrealistic to expect every single movie in a given series to do better than the previous one.
edited 23rd Jun '15 4:50:30 PM by Kostya
Grain of salt
but Spoiler TV is claiming Marvel is looking to have the Magus as one of the villains of Infinity War.

Rumormongers and people with selective perception who refused to listen to the concrete information revealed in the leaks that mentioned that even if he did show up in Civil War his appearance would be no more than a cameo.