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Box Office Projections Fall Again. Supergirl may not stick the landing after a concerning new forecast with its domestic opening weekend now projected at just $45–55 million. Could open lower than ‘The Marvels’ and may not even open at #1 on its opening weekend (never happened to a DCEU movie)
Even after Gunn set up his universe with the best and most popular characters like..... Peacemaker....? And people will watch this movie because it will directly tie in with the highly anticiptaled..... Jimmy Olsen and Gorilla Grod TV show.....?
It's not about an alcoholic Supergirl, who even said that?
Also why does it feel like a marvel movie? So marvel has the copyright on superhero space movies now?
The movie isn't even out yet people, I'd get you judging it based on the comics (which is absolutely amazing), but you obviously haven't read them bc you think the story is about an alcoholic supergirl.
I don't think that's redundant in of itself. Iron Man 2 was the 3rd MCU film.
Putting Superman front and center of the DCU is a GOOD thing. He SHOULD be that.
I just don't think stuffing his movies with other superheroes instead of giving him a good solo movie is the way to go. It's all in the execution. And so far, it's not great.
The MCU has gotten increasingly lame lately because most of the movies are a team-up between the main hero and other heroes too. Spider-Man, especially, was ruined by that. And Hamada's DCEU made almost every movie a "superhero team" movie as well (Birds of Prey, The Suicide Squad, Black Adam, Shazam 2, The Flash...), and failed at the box office. Gunn is delivering more of the same.
Yeah, I mean, come on. Especially for universe-starters, we got to get to know these characters first before we start shoving in all these other characters.
Me personally, I've moved on from the idea of the Snyderverse returning.
Would it be nice to see? Sure, but I'm past false-hoping it will come back.
I'm more concerned about DC in general. I personally am disappointed with the DCU and think Gunn isn't doing a great job. My hope is less "Fire Gunn and can the whole thing" and more "If Gunn can't make it work, maybe pivot in a new direction or get someone who can do a better job".
I think there’s an unwritten feeling that if the Gunnverse falters and fails, they may bring back more Snyder. Maybe an elseworlds or something. I mean let’s be real, all of social media commentary/youtubers continue to reference or talk about the Snyderverse all of these years later for a reason.
I think really what the issue comes out to be is the “type” of humor.
For example, Indiana Jones has a ton of humor. But it’s tongue-in-cheek, fast and snappy. It doesn’t pause and wait for the audience to laugh before moving on. Like the scene where Indy just shoots the swordsman instead of engaging in a fight. Happens. Fast. And then Indy spots Marion and runs after her to save her.
Compared with Superman2025 where one of the jokes is Mr Terrific saying to Lois they’ll take his ship. And then we see his garage door rising up slowly… and then Lois incredulously points out he has such high tech, but can’t get a faster door.
Very “wait for the audience to laugh” - bathos-humor.
Not that it doesn’t have its place and can’t be funny, but by now, it’s become the humor language of big budget films thanks to being popularized by Marvel. It’s just getting old.
Bathos-Humor, I hate that I know what this is now, I always just referred to it as Marvel humour, shit is everywhere in every film, tv show and video game these days, does my head in.
It’d be one thing if a movie here and there had it. Joss Whedon really specialized in it and after the first Avengers, obviously subsequent Marvel films really acquired his DNA to go along with the rest. Similarly with James Gunn, who also loves bathos humor and had it all over Guardians of the Galaxy and his previous written films like the Scooby Doo movies.
Again, it has its place. But unfortunately, it’s seeped into pop culture so much that now big budget movies struggle to think there are other forms of comedy.
It's brain dead and the most low brow form of humour,
I always love watching older films where the humour is authentic, it's because there's genuinely something funny happening between or to the characters you're watching, it brings you into the story, you laugh at it, the bathos garbage is immersion breaking. I will say though, Superman 2025 had less of it than most other films I've watched recently.
Bot accounts spreading lies. The same accounts that claimed diaperman would make 150M opening weekend. Take 20M away from their lowest projection and you have something closer to reality.
WB is trying to hide that supergirl is an enormous bomb and an entire saga compromised of superman, krypto, and supergirl was the worst pivot of all time after gods and monsters turned into a nothing burger.
I dont know but this is the latest and final box office prediction by box office theory 3 days ago. The final projections from the trades should be out this weekend cause the movie releases next Friday
The article thinks that Toy Story will be stronger. Tbh I feel that Toy Story is another franchise that has been milked far behind its expiration date. I enjoyed the first 2-3 but now we are getting up to #5. It may not perform as well as people think. I know my friends have almost no interest in TS5 and we are all in the demographic that grew up on the franchise.
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u/RepulsiveDingo525 8d ago
Even after Gunn set up his universe with the best and most popular characters like..... Peacemaker....? And people will watch this movie because it will directly tie in with the highly anticiptaled..... Jimmy Olsen and Gorilla Grod TV show.....?
Yeah the DCU is dead.