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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 16:54:55 GMT -5
I honestly think it's time for Sony to work out a deal to get Spidey in the hands of Marvel Disney Yes please.
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Post by Jonathan Karate on Jul 14, 2014 22:03:11 GMT -5
These Guardians of the Galaxy commercials are getting me so pumped. I cannot ing wait for that movie.
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Post by el torro on Jul 14, 2014 22:44:55 GMT -5
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Post by Word™ on Jul 14, 2014 23:03:03 GMT -5
I can't believe Sony has let the Spider-Man franchise start to implode.
I enjoyed the reboot from 2012. But I have little to no interest in seeing the new one in theaters, and honestly won't rush to watch it after the Blu-Ray comes out... in August.... AUGUST!
Think of it this way.. I've never seen a GIANT Summer blockbuster get released in May, only to come out on DVD/Blu-Ray in mid-August... Ever.
That to me is unheard of. It should tell a great deal about Sony's handling of the Spider-Man franchise.
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Post by Angel Beast on Jul 14, 2014 23:06:02 GMT -5
Then don't call it a Fantastic 4 movie and change the names. This movie is just gonna be a cluster and I hope it bombs and Fox decides to let the rights revert back to Marvel.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 23:08:11 GMT -5
For sakes.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 23:27:20 GMT -5
Oh good. While they are at it they should get rid of the rock monster guy too. Replace him with a wise cracking alien.
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Post by Word™ on Jul 14, 2014 23:33:36 GMT -5
No interest in seeing the new Fantastic Four. I don't care about it.
There are so many comic book movies to chose from nowadays and going forward, that if they wanna put out a sh*tty version/reboot or whatever of one.. I can easily pass on it and go appreciate the other comic movies that are being done RIGHT and that have passionate writers/directors and production staff.
They're only hurting themselves.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2014 4:37:02 GMT -5
LMFAO when I heard this. It just speaks to Tranks seemingly never ending arrogance again. "yeah you don't need to read any comic books for this role" Boy Oh Boy....this is gonna be something really special. Jordans casting annoyed me....but Trank & Jordans attitude towards fans over the casting was infuriating. it was like "well we dont care because your all sheep and will go see it anyway". So Trank can f*ck off now.....
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2014 4:39:12 GMT -5
I can't believe Sony has let the Spider-Man franchise start to implode. I enjoyed the reboot from 2012. But I have little to no interest in seeing the new one in theaters, and honestly won't rush to watch it after the Blu-Ray comes out... in August.... AUGUST! Think of it this way.. I've never seen a GIANT Summer blockbuster get released in May, only to come out on DVD/Blu-Ray in mid-August... Ever. That to me is unheard of. It should tell a great deal about Sony's handling of the Spider-Man franchise. I remember Avengers being out in early September....ditto for IM3. Cap II is landing in August as well. I think its just the standard 5 month or so gap between Cinema & stores nowadays? Except when they shorten it to get movies out for Christmas.
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Post by Word™ on Jul 15, 2014 4:59:53 GMT -5
I can't believe Sony has let the Spider-Man franchise start to implode. I enjoyed the reboot from 2012. But I have little to no interest in seeing the new one in theaters, and honestly won't rush to watch it after the Blu-Ray comes out... in August.... AUGUST! Think of it this way.. I've never seen a GIANT Summer blockbuster get released in May, only to come out on DVD/Blu-Ray in mid-August... Ever. That to me is unheard of. It should tell a great deal about Sony's handling of the Spider-Man franchise. I remember Avengers being out in early September....ditto for IM3. Cap II is landing in August as well. I think its just the standard 5 month or so gap between Cinema & stores nowadays? Except when they shorten it to get movies out for Christmas. Releases are usually different for the US as well. Iron Man 3 was late September and The Avengers was also late September. For me, August 19th for a Summer blockbuster home video release is something new. Especially with a franchise and name as big as Spider-Man. Hell, The Winter Soldier doesn't come out until September 9th... That should give some indication about where the Spider-Man franchise currently stands.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2014 5:22:41 GMT -5
Yeah it is strange.
I enjoyed ASM2 I really did.....I thought it was great and really look forward to seeing it again. Im disappointed that Sony & Spidey are on shaky ground again.
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Post by punksnotdead on Jul 15, 2014 9:22:46 GMT -5
I honestly don't think the quick DVD release is that big of a deal. They are likely just trying to jump stuff like Captain America, Arrow Season 2 and X-DOFP in order to give themselves plenty of time to make as much money as possible. The digital releases have also been coming out faster and faster. Maybe they are just releasing the physical copy on pace with when they were going to do the digital release.
The film made over $705 million, and I thought it was extremely entertaining. It may have under performed based on Sony's projections but it still made mounds of money. It came out in a time where several blockbusters came out right on top of each other and they were all fighting for the same demographic. This is why I honestly don't buy into the summer blockbuster theory. There are times when films would be better off positioning themselves in a down period during the fall than try and fight off Captain America and Godzilla. Spider-man isn't necessarily one of those films, because it's Spider-man, but studios let their ego get wrapped up in the release dates and they end up splitting dollars.
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Post by Angel Beast on Jul 15, 2014 18:03:53 GMT -5
I have a feeling the Fantastic 4 reboot is going to be another Catwoman.
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Post by RAC on Jul 15, 2014 20:44:06 GMT -5
I wouldn't be surprised if it's even worst than that.
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Post by Self-Savior on Jul 15, 2014 21:33:22 GMT -5
Fantastic Four will probably be hot garbage and I definitely hope it fails and the ing braintrusts at Fox that greenlit this POS eventually let the rights revert back to Marvel.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jul 16, 2014 4:20:33 GMT -5
I love how that article says that the latest Fox offerings X-Men DOFP and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes were huge successes at box office, so we should expect similar for FF. So just because Fox finances 2 films that were deemed a success we should assume that Fox is going to do the same for this pile of crap? It's up to the directors, not Fox. Unless they decide to intervene, Fox is just pouring them money. All of these pieces of news are adding up to this film being total s***. How arrogant to say you won't read the source material AND that the directors aren't even keeping with the comic books. I really hope there is some way Marvel can veto the whole thing. Their first family is getting s*** on big time and it seems they either can't or won't do anything about it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2014 4:52:57 GMT -5
I love how that article says that the latest Fox offerings X-Men DOFP and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes were huge successes at box office, so we should expect similar for FF. So just because Fox finances 2 films that were deemed a success we should assume that Fox is going to do the same for this pile of crap? It's up to the directors, not Fox. Unless they decide to intervene, Fox is just pouring them money. All of these pieces of news are adding up to this film being total s***. How arrogant to say you won't read the source material AND that the directors aren't even keeping with the comic books. I really hope there is some way Marvel can veto the whole thing. Their first family is getting s*** on big time and it seems they either can't or won't do anything about it. Marvel cant do a thing about it unfortunately. When you add to the fact that relations between Marvel/Disney & Fox seem to be downright frosty it makes things even more complicated. And I agree about that article. to even suggest that the success of DOFP and POTA is comparable to FF is just asinine. DOFP is a sequel to a very successfully rendered franchise. Dawn POTA is a sequel(seemingly a very good one)to a very highly regarded original entry. FF? Well IMO its strongly shaping up to be Fox's Catwoman or Batman & Robin. I objected to Jordans casting because it was done just for the sake of it. but what really smoked me up about this movie was the attitude of both Jordan & Trank. Because of that I will NOT give my $$ over the counter on this one. If my Friend Liam who works at my local movieplex asks me to go see it some night with him(for free) then I MIGHT. But no way no how will I pay to see it.
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Post by TheXtremisT on Jul 16, 2014 7:53:34 GMT -5
Yeah I'm in the same boat. I really don't want to support this movie in any way other than if it spawns Marvel Legends figures, which it won't because Marvel will veto that decision and tell Hasbro not to bother. I would in no way buy anything movie-related, only comic book-related, and it must be classic at that.
A mass boycott will probably not cause Fox to lose enough money to revert the rights back to Marvel, but we can sure try.
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Post by RAC on Jul 16, 2014 12:04:38 GMT -5
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