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Gatsby77

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    Blast! Sorry I missed the Conan 17!
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    Yup - and they did it without Spider-Man, the X-Men, or Fantastic Four.
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    Scott Mendelson's Twitter review is the definition of "damning with faint praise." Sounds like he thought it was mediocre or just a bit better: So, #AvengersEndgame hits the required beats, with plenty of fan service (most of it earned) and plenty of wit. It doesn't make a ton of sense (and the action is a comedown) but it's unquestionably fun. — Scott Mendelson (@ScottMendelson) April 23, 2019
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    This is my feeling as well. While I think we'll see the Chameleon and at least a Scorpion cameo or set-up (given that Mac's confirmed in the film), the other elementals will all be Mysterio effects. And I'm okay with that -- part of what made the Ghost Rider film so ridiculously bad is that Blackheart's henchmen were elementals. It felt like a bad video game.
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    Is the sand elemental the same as Sandman? Forgive my ignorance - I legit don't know.
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    Oh right -- and Hydro-Man's right there in the trailer. Which is why we've seen a run-up in ASM # 212s.
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    I've not seen mention of Chameleon anywhere, but I'm always wary of IMDB cast lists that show an actor with just a first name fairly high up in the credits. Acar's listed immediately after Flash Thompson and Ned, and the most well-known Dmitri in the Spider-Verse is Dmitri Smerdyakov. Also listed in the credits is Mac Gargan (Scorpion - who later becomes Venom 3). So that's three -- they're well on the way to The Sinister Six. Also note actors Remy Hii and J.B. Smoove - who don't even have first names listed. Given that where Dmitri goes, Kraven soon follows, I wouldn't be surprised if one of them plays Kraven -- esp. since that character makes the most sense for an after-credits cameo.
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    Umm...yeah. Pretty sure the Chameleon's going to show up as well. Look for Amazing Spider-Man # 1s to skyrocket!! Proof point: Numan Acar is shown on the IMDB cast list as a character named "Dimitri." Also, point of order -- pretty sure Homecoming featured a few other villains as well. I remember Shocker and Scorpion.
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    Nah -- I think we need to see the Green Goblin. Definitely need more of that guy.
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    Meanwhile, Thor 2 turned out to be the worst MCU film out of 21 (so far). And instead we have a near-superhero masterpiece with Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman. I'm good with it.
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    When's the review embargo lift?
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    I was simply stating a fact, and my astonishment at that fact. But...since you went there, with your opinion that seems aimed at diminishing its runaway success: I'm not buying the "it's only a hit because it ties to Endgame" argument. That gets it a solid first two weeks -- it doesn't get it the repeat viewings necessary to get it to $400M domestic. Another movie that fits this mold: Aquaman. Its amazing box office success (and legs) through a very competitive holiday season and beyond means that _a lot_ of people liked it enough for repeat viewings. Nor do I buy the "it's a hit because its riding on Infinity War's coattails" -- if that were true, Ant-Man and the Wasp -- released while Infinity War was still in theaters, would have made $400M domestic. Instead, it couldn't even reach $200M.
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    I'd say most folks really like Captain Marvel. Amazing that it passed $400 million domestic more than three weeks faster than Wonder Woman did. Higher, further, faster indeed.
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    So...it's doing better than Venom?
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    No. Secret War was 2004-2005. There really was a 2015 version of Secret Wars too -- hence the confusion. But given the context, they do seem to be talking about the original '80s Secret Wars.
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    Nah - I just did some Googling -- multiple sources say they're indeed talking about the '80s one. Which, if you've tried to read it recently, _really_ does not hold up. Course - given how far they veered from the source material with Civil War, they could pretty much just use the Secret Wars name and fill in a blank canvas.
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    Ugh...Secret Wars? Please no. Granted, I didn't start collecting comics in earnest until 1989, but having gone back and read Secret Wars...it's weak sauce. My generation's version of it -- appropriately -- was Infinity Gauntlet, later followed by Civl War. Umm...there's a reason they adapted those two stories first -- they're better written. Full stop. I'd much prefer the next inter-company cross-overs be either Secret Invasion (for which I think they still could use the Skrulls despite how they were positioned in Captain Marvel) or House of M. You want to see an over-powered female superhero? Yeah -- meet Wanda Maximoff.
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    I was shocked by how mediocre I found both Ant-Man and Ant-Man and the Wasp. I like Paul Rudd, it was a pleasure just seeing Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfeiffer working again -- and Michael Pena was funny, but... I thought Innerspace (Dennis Quaid / Martin Short) was better than either of them -- and it was done fully 30 years ago.
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    Thanks. I couldn't figure out how to view the list without IMDBPro.
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    At least he's moved off of the "macguffin" thing... And I see Brie is still holding at the # 3 most-viewed actor in the world on IMDB.
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    Yeah. Box Office Mojo's now saying it might hit $400M this weekend. Crazy that its worldwide total has now surpassed that of Rogue One and The Dark Knight.
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    That's what I've read. So the Sony-Marvel deal essentially expires after Far From Home. It's up to Sony to decide whether they want to continue (or forge) a new ageement with Disney after that. As you state, there's far less incentive to do so now that Sony's had success with both Venom and Far From Home. If I'm Kevin Feige, there's (again) _zero_ chance I bank the future of the Avengers on a character that's owned by another studio. (To say nothing of Spidey's leading the Avengers going against 55 years of comic book history.)
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    I'm not against it. I actually liked the last Australian Bond we had.
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    Counterpoint: Comic book popularity =/= movie popularity. Judging by the domestic response to the last three Spider-Man movies, he's not as popular with today's movie-going public as either Black Panther or Captain Marvel. Make sense - they both bring in expanded audience demographics. Also: 1) In six attempts so far, no Spider-Man film's yet broken $1 billion worldwide. Captain America, Iron Man, Black Panther and Captain Marvel all have. Sure, much of that is due to recency and inflation, but The Amazing Spider-Man and Homecoming both had the easy opportunity to break that barrier and didn't come close. 2) Both Black Panther and Captain Marvel made more money domestically than any Spider-Man film of the last decade, even after adjusting for inflation 3) It's increasingly looking like Captain Marvel will gross more domestically by the end of its run than _any_ of the Spider-Man films. Disney will put their resources where the money -- and audience demand -- is. Right now, it's not on Spider-Man -- and arguably *hasn't* been since Raimi's trilogy.
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    That's a brilliant commercial.