Axelrod

On 12/16/2023 at 10:18 PM, KCOComics said:

Fifteen counts of contempt of court! 

What exactly does that mean? Blowing off court dates? Or insulting a judge ? 

Generally speaking and most commonly, it's someone who won't shut up.  But 15 counts is extreme by any measure.  

On 12/6/2023 at 5:36 PM, Bosco685 said:

I will not do the industry in general, as that contract would be in the higher range than would be afforded here.

But if we stick to the DC and Marvel movies as an analysis, you may be surprised at the results who is killing it right now. Even with only two movies released.

You would think Disney?MCU. But such is not the case, as even with some stronger delivery with 3 movies it had some lower results leading to a 2.9X revenue ratio based on the recorded production budgets. Profit is guesswork, as we have no visibility into all profit-sharing agreements with creators and crew.

WB Studios' DC Universe is no surprise how poorly it delivered. Especially that foot-in-mouth early announcement from the new co-DCU CEOs that these films had no go-forward importance, the moviegoers heard this loud and clear. Add to this changes to The Flash that would have led to a massive follow-up series of films (Crisis Of Infinite Earths) and you get 2.0X revenue ratio and massive losses.

It is little Sony's Spider-Verse that actually came out on top revenue-wise due to the massive success of Across the Spider-Verse, countering the losses of Morbius at 4.9X revenue ratio. So if it can cautiously ensure Spider-Man if sufficiently included in Kraven, Madame Web and naturally Beyond the Spider-Verse, the road ahead may look more promising than the bigger studios.

I was looking at this, but I guess this isn't strictly Phase 5?  That started with Ant Man?

If you take out the Deadpool numbers, which are only kind of tangentially X-Men, the R.Ratio drops to something like 2.9.  Which is...the same as Phase 5 Marvel?

Well, I have occasionally been wrong before.  I did think the Flash could get to $600-700m.  

I'm not wrong about this tho'

On 12/15/2023 at 7:36 PM, ChillMan said:

In fact, common-sense says that A2's box-office will surpass A1's.

They're not changing the formula.  In fact, it's even more jacked.  The media under-reported how much audiences liked A1.  And there's less competition.  Remember how the media said Mary Poppins would bury Aquaman?  And Transformers and Alita Battle Angel also premiered on the same day.

Um, are you predicting A2 will do more box office than A1?  If it's common sense?

Because there is no way that is happening.  

I would be happy if it was good and did well, but I can see this writing on the wall from very, very far off.  

On 12/15/2023 at 10:37 PM, onlyweaknesskryptonite said:

Too bad I already won one. 

Maybe someone new will catch on.

i no rit

On 12/15/2023 at 7:00 PM, csaag said:

Would CGC settle a claim for what he put as FMV or FMV based on what they ultimately charged him?   Is that specified anywhere how this type of case would be handled?

I'm sure it's specified that if he puts in a value and they lose/f-up his book, that's the max value he gets, even if the book was worth more.  That's kind of how insurance works.  But, on the flip side, if he over-values his book and they lose/f-up his book, they will only give him "fair market" for the book, and not whatever it was he valued it/paid for.  

But if you're asking if they upcharge him because (they say) he undervalued his book and he pays the upcharge, then I would assume they are back on the hook for the value they said it was when they upcharged him.  Don't think they can upcharge him, lose/f-up his book, and then say "well, we're only compensating you based on the value you originally claimed....

Ima pat myself on the back for even being third.

A very, very, random $1244.21 will be my guess.

This looks amazing.  Something upcoming to actually be excited about.  

I mean, I have no dog in this fight, but "threatening suicide" as Majors appears to have done on more than one occasion here, is a classic abuser tactic.  Because it results in the person who you have abused suddenly being placed into the position of having to comfort you, to tell you that it's going to be okay, and to reassure you that you are not, in fact, a terrible person.  That ******* who abused Melissa Benoist did the same kind of ****.  

I bought some books!  

They were packed very well!

This was a very easy and pleasant transaction!

On 12/4/2023 at 3:43 PM, grendel013 said:

As a child (and even now as a man-child) this made me so mad. Even then I realized they swapped out Torch for Herbie because of the fear of kids dousing themselves in gasoline and flaming on but COME ON. All this did was make me wanna douse the TV executives in gasoline and light them on fire. FLAME ON!

I read somewhere that the reason was that the "rights" to use the Human Torch specifically were tied up at the time, like they were sold separately somewhere.  I assume to some entity that was interested in making a Human Torch solo film?

I am trying the Black Friday Paramount+ deal (3 months at $1.99 each) to binge some Star Trek shows.

But I gotta say, it's the worst app/streaming service I've ever tried.  Has anyone else experienced this?

(1) the ads.  I know the "deal" comes with the ads, and I was fine with that.  What I am not fine with is the ads playing at a volume roughy 2x that of the actual show.  They are deafening.  To the point where you simply have to mute them, and I'm just watching the entire show with the remote in my hand to reflexively hit the button as soon as they are about to start.  

(2) and then, after the ads have played - at random times - the show jumps back and starts playing from an earlier point in the program.  You have to then fast-forward to get back to where you left off (thankfully, the ads do not play again when you do this).  I have never experienced this before.  It is not consistent.  Sometimes it does it.  Sometimes it doesn't.  It's just...wild.  

(3) random freezing.  Again, usually while the ads are going, sometimes the whole thing just...freezes.  And you literally have to exit and restart to watch some more.  

(4) one time the "auto narration" feature started playing randomly.  I had never experienced this before, and I had to look up online how to turn it off again.  

The cynic in me says they do this to make the experience of watching with ads so miserable that you will pony up and pay for for the subscription without the ads.  But that just seems so crazy to tank your own service like that.  This is not making me want to subscribe to Paramount+ without ads.  It's making me want to never watch any of their stuff ever again.    I had the Hulu with ads deal before and didn't experience any of these issues.  

/rant

On 12/4/2023 at 9:46 AM, CGC Mike said:

Are you saying you would like a cornfield thread in the movie section, where you could discuss all non comic related movies in that thread?

I mean, just keep it like it was?  

Yes, there were non-comic book films talked about.  It was fine. 

Restricting to "comic only" seems like one of those "letter of the law" vs. "spirit of the law" kind of things.  

On 11/20/2023 at 11:24 PM, CHASEnBLUE said:

12 Slabs of Christmas!

*I will be updating the list as the final raffle deadline nears to add to the excitement! (Last update 12/1/2023)

U.S. shipping. Slabs are CGC 9.8 unless noted otherwise.

1 - Void Rivals #1 Cover A

2 - Spider-Man #7 (2023) First appearance of Spider-Boy, Ramos Variant Cover

3 - Superman #1 (2023) Big Time Collectibles, Blue Foil Edition

4 - w0rldtr33 #1 Cover A, Recalled Edition

5 - Action Comics #1051 KRS Comics Variant, Warren Louw Cover

 

 

You should make a new post every time you add something to this!  I was missing what you were adding each day!  Awesome!