Vondy Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 I have zero interest in another superhero movie. There have been so many I'm bored to death with them. This despite the fact that it has long been one of my favorite genres. I need a rest from it. Its not novel, or a breath of fresh air, or much anticipated anymore. Superhero movies have become the Hollywood equivalent of a bologna sandwich with french's mustard on wonder bread. I do want to see the next Cap and Guardians of the Galaxy movies, but I'm having a hard time mustering more than a half-hearted enthusiasm even for those. Sometimes less is more, and absence makes the heart grow fonder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Who puts mustard on a bologna sandwich? Freak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Who puts mustard on a bologna sandwich? Freak. It's traditional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 I put mustard on everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankL Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 I sometimes put the mustard on both slices of bread. Note: I prefer the bologna pan fried, cut like in the iron cross formation to prevent curling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 He's a good writer for a certain kind of film, not so much for others. Batman, fine. Superman? Not so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Who, Snyder? I put mustard on most sandwiches, but a pure bologna sandwich calls for mayonnaise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 A toasted turkey club requires both mayonnaise (NOT MIRACLE WHIP! MW IS NOT MAYONNAISE!) and mustard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Bleech. I hate mayo. Which is why I'll never fully fit in Caucasian society.... According to Undercover Brother anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 A toasted turkey club requires both mayonnaise (NOT MIRACLE WHIP! MW IS NOT MAYONNAISE!) and mustard. Miracle Whip alone is just fine for me. Much better than mayonnaise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Miracle Whip is really not a good alternative to mayonnaise. I prefer the real thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iuz the Evil Posted February 12, 2016 Report Share Posted February 12, 2016 Bleech. I hate mayo. Which is why I'll never fully fit in Caucasian society.... According to Undercover Brother anyway That's why you need a watch hot sauce dispenser. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinanju Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 I have zero interest in another superhero movie. There have been so many I'm bored to death with them. This despite the fact that it has long been one of my favorite genres. I need a rest from it. Its not novel, or a breath of fresh air, or much anticipated anymore. Superhero movies have become the Hollywood equivalent of a bologna sandwich with french's mustard on wonder bread. I do want to see the next Cap and Guardians of the Galaxy movies, but I'm having a hard time mustering more than a half-hearted enthusiasm even for those. Sometimes less is more, and absence makes the heart grow fonder. I'm looking forward to a great many superhero movies. The movies I'm not looking forward to--like Ant Man--I just won't see. I'm not in the least burned out on superhero movies, anymore than I ever get burned out on mysteries, action films, comedies, and the like. Sometimes there won't be any films of Genre X currently out that I want to see, but that doesn't mean I'm bored of the genre, it only means not every mystery/action/comedy/superhero film is for me. Hollywood has spent over a century producing endless films in many genres, genres which rose and fell in popularity, but which haven't died out completely. Even westerns still get made occasionally. Yes, we have a glut of superhero movies right now and I'm thrilled--I've wanted to see a lot of this on the big screen for a long, long time. Eventually the glut will end, and superhero movies will become just another genre. My fear that that model--the model of reliably profitable but not box office record-shattering blockbusters--is a thing of the past. It certainly is in most of the economy. it's not enough anymore for a company to be solid, successful, and reliably profitable year after year, decade after decade; if it isn't growing like kudzu and making bigger profits every quarter, it's a failure. Superhero movies can't do that. NO genre can. I'm afraid that when it becomes obvious that superhero movies aren't going to make ever more money forever, with each release bigger than the last, they'll be stamped FAILURES! and disappear while the idiots wander off in search of the next big thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Hollywood has been operating under a flawed business model for most of its history. There aren't very many industries where the cost to the consumer bears no relation to the cost of production. You pay the same $12-15 to watch a $10M romcom as you do to watch a $300M blockbuster. This puts extraordinary pressure on the tentpole films to pay off big since they aren't going to have higher ticket prices (or DVD prices) to help offset the astronomical up-front production costs. As a result, Hollywood has become an industry that is pathologically risk-averse. Any sign of potential failure (of a genre, for instance) and you get years of knee-jerk over-reaction. You also get pedulum-swing cycles of financial success and failure as studios continue the practice of putting most of their eggs in the basket labelled "the next big thing", riding the wave of success until it crashes, and then scrambling to find ways to survive the downturn until some miracle project/franchise hits big and breathes new life into them. The fickle interests of mainstream audiences are only half to blame for the unpredictably shifting trends in entertainment; Hollywood and its boneheaded approach to production is equally to blame IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Okay, but few people are going to pay 50 bucks a ticket to offset the half billion in production costs of Avatar 2(or whatever). It can already cost 20 bucks for IMAX 3D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Seems to me that bd/dvd costs are pretty stable across the board. New release tends to be around $29/$25, been out a while is around $20/$18, please get it out of our store is $9/$5 or cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Little something to help whet the appetite: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 If they don't dim that blue, this could work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 He's ribbed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 "Wow, he really thinks he's going to hurt me with a car." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 "More powerful than a locomotive... he's got a car. Someone is not doing the math here..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 http://www.superherohype.com/news/365537-batman-v-superman-interviews-with-ben-affleck-and-henry-cavill#/slide/1 New interviews with Cavill and Affleck from GMA and TNT. One is interesting because Affleck addresses how Batman actually stands a chance in this fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 http://www.superherohype.com/news/366199-batman-v-superman-rated-r#/slide/1 The extended cut Blu-ray will be rated R. Apparently, there's some '300' level violence going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Lord, I hope this isn't the studios already taking the wrong message from Deadpool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 Probably as you fear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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