Beastfeast

Thanks to this thread, every time I'm at the grocery store or Target, I'll find myself looking at the Hot Wheels for about 2 minutes.  Then I'll snap out of it and realize I don't know what the  I'm even looking at and keep going.  

I'm still entertained by what you guys find, though!

Can’t help ya with that but I just had a submission of 20 modern slow graded and shipped in 3 business days so might be a good idea to skip the fast track in the future. 

That’s annoying. 

On 4/14/2023 at 12:56 PM, Beastfeast said:

Modern slow:

Received: 4/12/23

GEI: 4/14/23

Shipped 4/18

Ridiculously fast. Going to not look at grades until they arrive so hopefully that speed didn’t come at a cost. 

On 4/14/2023 at 5:38 AM, F For Fake said:

Hmm, I won 12 books, and shipping options for 11-22 books are $55 ground insured, $150 express insured, and $180 overnight insured. Is it relative to the value of the books? My order is only for about $800 before the juice and shipping.

Yeah - I was just over the threshold on ground.  Reached out and they dropped it to $50, which is amazing.  

You ding dongs are such rad encyclopedias.  Really appreciate you all.  

Modern slow:

Received: 4/12/23

GEI: 4/14/23

On 4/14/2023 at 5:38 AM, F For Fake said:

Hmm, I won 12 books, and shipping options for 11-22 books are $55 ground insured, $150 express insured, and $180 overnight insured. Is it relative to the value of the books? My order is only for about $800 before the juice and shipping.

Maybe. At about $1500. 

On 4/13/2023 at 11:25 PM, Microchip said:

Huh, what it coincidence.  

A friend just the other day was asking, what could be the worst that could happen when running into a Bud light drinker?  

Now I know .... now I know 

All kidding aside, get off the YouTube algorithm train you’re on and touch some grass. Seriously. The direction you’re headed is not going to end well for you or the people that love you.
 

I’m seriously rooting for you. Sorry you’re going through it. 

On 4/13/2023 at 10:42 PM, Microchip said:

Changing demographics... you need to explain how the population has changed State side, and internationally in the space of a few years.

 

There's no 'hunches' offered here at all.  It's diversity agenda offered up as the cause of the flops.   What part of the last 24 pages have you missed?

There's a number of video's included in this thread, where the host makes an entire income out of not providing 'hunches', he's say's for hours at length, it's the diversity agenda.   There's zero confusion about whats being said here, apart form you it seems.

 

you say “females” when taking about women, don’t you? 

On 4/13/2023 at 10:03 PM, Hulksdaddy1 said:

I think more are NOT going because of the agenda Vintage pointed out than you realize. Most, probably, because they know the stories suffer for it. To be blind to it, as sfcityduck seems to be, willfully or otherwise, is foolish. Box office decline is box office decline. Heads are already rolling because of it.  

That's a big maybe and maybe not.  There's definitely a LOUD group that is thoroughly against it - for whatever reason.  I'd wager just by changing demographics that the loud group is in the minority but again - It's completely unquantifiable and we're all operating on our own hunches.  

As a goof, here's some numbers for total gross box office over the last 20 years.  I'd say making any kind of proclamation from the last 4 years is a total fools errand.  

On 4/13/2023 at 9:39 PM, VintageComics said:

But that still doesn't change the fact that they ARE pushing diversity as an ideology. It's an open agenda of Disney's. 

It just so happens that the majority, as Microchip pointed out, don't care for it. 

They JUST. WANT. GOOD. STORIES.

The question is will it change. 

Obviously neither of us can truly quantify our positions but I'd say the majority are not watching Marvel movies because they're bad - not because of any rejection of diversity.  

Microchip is ranting against an ideology while wearing his on his sleeve.  It's peak Spider-Man pointing at Spider-Man.  

On 4/13/2023 at 9:28 PM, VintageComics said:

I think what he is trying to say is obvious.

If the writers are distracted with forcing in ideologies due to pressure from the corporation heads in order to shore up more viewers, those writers are going to be distracted from the art form and the story writing suffers by consequence. 

You might be a great singer, but if you're dancing around trying not to step on toes, your voice is going to suffer. You can't do two things at the same time as well as you can when you're focusing on one. That's just common sense. 

And that IS what has been happening. That's why Marvel won't portray any bad Chinese villains and why Mandarin was changed in the old Iron Man movie. 

They didn't want to alienate a large audience like China by offending them and having their movies shut out of a 1.3 Billion potential audience. 

And I also think @Microchip is correct in that people are speaking with their wallets.

I haven't seen the last 4 or 5 Marvel Movies. 

Why? Not because of the ideological pressure, but because the movies are genuinely terrible. And everyone I speak to feels the same way. They don't gush like we all did for the first 25 Marvel movies. 

 

BINGO!  They're making BAD movies.  That has nothing to do with diversity.  If you removed whatever it is that these others are finding so frustrating and just judged these things on their merits, they're not good.  

On 4/13/2023 at 9:29 PM, Microchip said:

Unless you ensure the next flight you take, has a 'diversity' inclusive pilot, I just can't take you seriously.

 

 

Comparing a position who has 75+ lives in their hands at any moment to someone who makes a movie is PEAK person who says M-She-U.  Got any more scorching takes or did that last one singe your goatee off?  

I'm not reading this tome of terrible takes but I'll go ahead and add mine:

You know what the agenda is with inclusivity and diversity?  MONEY.  It's not some hand wringing cabal - It's shrewd people who know that when viewers see people that look like themselves in media, they're more likely to participate in said media.  It's really that simple.  If you think it's more conspiratorial than that, you're near sighted.   

And I should add:  It's a good thing!  You know what people need WAYYYYY more of?  Exposure to things that are unfamiliar to them - even if those exposures can be corny.  

On 4/13/2023 at 7:35 PM, Microchip said:

What fact, M-she-U is a complete disaster, thanks to the diversity agenda imposed on it.

 

MEGA yikes. 

If you are disturbed by "shoehorning diversity", you almost certainly have a goatee.  

So what am I missing about shipping on CL?  Is express and overnight the only two options?  $115 to ship 7 books is beyond stupid.  

Finally watched it 2 weeks ago.  It felt like there were 3 movies going on at once and it was edited in a way that none of them worked.  Every time Gorr was onscreen, I was in.  Most of the other times?  Eh.  

The whole movie boils down to loss, grief, and how to mourn and move on but with screaming goats.  I love Taika but he was all over the place here.  

On 3/2/2023 at 12:05 AM, littledoom said:

These are highlights of the dollar books I got at a show over the weekend. I also saw someone pluck the 1st Killmonger as BP and Sam Alexander Nova Marvel All New Point One. The dealer was picking his own boxes before I started digging and pulled Batman 1989 Movie Adaptation and Iron Man 282, 283

Damn.  Didn't even know there was a show and I actually had the time to go last weekend.

Great pulls!

On 3/5/2023 at 11:05 AM, manetteska said:

This 0.5 copy of Chamber of Chills 19 is at $2000 with several hours to go. 
 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/394479523520?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=AFBRk4cmTUG&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=Whss8CvsQQu&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I was all in when I thought it'd be under 2k.  Then it went for dumbbb money. 

On 3/1/2023 at 4:50 PM, VintageComics said:

I agree but there is actually a divergence happening across culture in real time. 

In the West, if you talk about negative aspects of society or history, you are considered a sympathizer. It's offensive, it triggers and it needs to be quieted. 

In the East, if you talk about negative aspects of society or history, you are considered to be raising awareness. It's considered necessary, it's taught openly and needs to be kept alive to forever avoid it again.

This seems to be one of the deepest rooted problems in society currently. 

Could you provide some examples of what you mean?  

I will say that C Kayfabe is probably THE best comic channel on YT - if not in the top 3. 
 

if y’all are mining for content here, sup nerds?