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Edited by Mrph1 on Jul 29th 2024 at 3:09:00 PM
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
It's a short fanfic, but I thought it was sweet:https://archiveofourown.org/works/16604411
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....
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So...shall we commence the troubled fetal positions over what this means for MCU!Spidey?
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
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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
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.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

Man, haven't visited that site in ages. Is Villanueva still making those MCU clips? I really liked the "Road to Civil War".