I loved Spiderverse and I think the “woke” complaints are stupid, but Spiderverse is definitely not beating every live action superhero movie of 2023. It’s “only” made 425 million and is on track to make around 650 million (maybe more now that Flash is failing). Guardians 3 has made more than 800 million. Not to…

It seems like original animated movies might no longer be viable at the box office, which would be very sad (especially since I thought Elemental was very good). Recent stuff like Mario, Spiderverse, Puss in Boots, etc are all sequels or based on existing IP. It seems like audiences aren’t too keen on watching…

But the one thing all those movies have in common is that they’re based on  previous IP or part of a franchise. I don’t think there’s been a single original animated film that’s done well at the box office in the past few years.

Doesn’t the phrase “Say what you will…” typically imply something negative, but then follow it up with something positive? Like “Say what you will about Trump, but he knows how to get people to worship him!” or “ Say what you will about climate change, but I love an early spring season!” You wouldn’t say “Say what you…

The Flash seemed sort of mediocre from the start, but after watching Across the Spiderverse it really looks very poor in every possible way.

It wasn’t huge but it didn’t barely break even. It made about 380 million on a production budget of 90 million. Even taking into account marketing budgets and cuts from the theaters it still made a good profit.

That’s quite a lot of recent “worst moments.” I’m surprised the AV Club didn’t even mention he said it would be emasculating to date her way back when.

Both franchises would have to be on life support for something like this to happen. Or maybe it’ll just be a video game or animated movie.

Many shows have tried to replicate the success of those super popular shows, this one is just one of the very few that’s managed to do it successfully.

The more realistic scenario is that people will go “Oh but we already knew that people like Guardians/Loki/Samuel L Jackson so they don’t count, Marvel is still bad.” And with Gunn moving to DC we’ll get some “Marvel vs DC” think pieces for good measure.

No one cares about some “Team Snyder vs Team Gunn feud” except got some sad people online who think that way. People should be able to say or report on some not-100%-positive things about Gunn without being labeled as “Snyder fans.” He’s not a god, he’s just a guy who makes comic book movies.

The behind-the-scenes drama at Warner Bros/DC is honestly more interesting than some of their recent movies.

Yes, I saw the figure in the link. That doesn’t change what I said. Those movies are still some of the top movies. I avoid Star Wars, Fast and the Furious, Transformers, Jurassic World, even some DC movies, because they don’t seem interesting to me. And that’s fine. Their millions of dollars of marketing failed to “mak…

It actually was revealed before the release, about a week before. Even the director didn’t know until someone told him. Still looks desperate though.

Please. You can shove it in their faces for sure, but you can’t shove it down their throats. It’s very easy to just ignore these movies (or any big blockbuster franchise or genre in general) if you’re not interested.

I think the term you’re looking for is “statutory rape.”

Call me crazy, but I think believing that America’s prison system is fucked up and wanting to explore other forms of justice (especially if you spent more than a year in jail for crimes you were eventually acquitted of) is a lot more sane than believing there’s nothing wrong with adults having sex with middle…

Not wanting to give someone a platform or hear what they have to say isn’t censorship. For many years people who were actually oppressed still managed to find ways to get their voices heard. If these idiots can’t find a way to do that in the 21st century then that’s on them. Terrible people don’t need to be coddled.

Angela Davis also never condoned having sex with 13 year olds. Thanks for the fun fact though.

Comparing someone like Angela Davis to Milo is insane. People like him are attention whores. He doesn’t go to college campuses and other venues to participate in “ a marketplace of ideas.” He goes there to build a brand. Every speaking event is an opportunity to post “blue-haired she/her liberal cries gets demolished!!…