I'm Not Messing Around, I'm Doing Important Stuff in The Superhero Cinematic Civil War Thread - Part 61

[Shinobi Shaw]

I really need to watch Spaceballs one day.

 

[Snow Queen]

I really need to watch Spaceballs one day.

 

[Fincher]

I like Spaceballs.

I don't want to assume anything, but is it possible the superhero decline has actually started, to where "unknowns" have a hard time succeeding in the presence of popular characters? If so, the issue isn't with total number of movies/shows made per se, but with stretching the MCU thin. Maybe they need to hurry up and get the X-Men going already.

 

[Ninjablade]

Galaxy Quest is funnier, but I like Spaceballs.

 

[Lily Adler]

 

[Babillygunn]

I grew up with the ONE and ONLY Jumpin Jeff Farmer.

Yep.
I learned a lot of life lessons from him. That’s why I don’t turn around and backstab anyone one way or another. Because I’m always worried that they might turn the tables on me in the wrong way.

When I forgot to cancel my gym membership and it charged me the yearly maintenance fee.

I distinctly remember having a nightmare about Sid Vicious when he was with the Horsemen. I was in high school and I had a dream that he came to my high school football team locker room after practice. He was looking for me because he was going to powerbomb me through the floor. I was terrified in the dream. I woke up in a cold sweat.

 

[Drizzle]

I like Spaceballs overall but not as much as I did when I was a kid. But some of the jokes in it are still hilarious no matter how many times I've seen it.

 

[Mysteryman]

“I’m your biggest fan,can you kill my arch enemy?”

 

[AndrewGilkison]

I actually like this version of Venom. He is a low life creep but he had a legit reason to hate Peter, and the thing that corrupted Peter (the black suit) and made him such a jerk that he got on Brock's bad side, is also the thing that gave Brock power and made him a threat. I still don't understand why Sam Raimi didn't see value in this story (even though it was the heart of the themes he wanted to play with for Peter's arc) but he was more interested in Sandman being a sad deadbeat dad who killed Uncle Ben (and yet I am supposed to feel sorry for him).

 

[Babillygunn]

I really need to watch Spaceballs one day.

Not even close to Mel Brooks’ best work.

 

[Drizzle]

Not even close to Mel Brooks’ best work.

True but it's arguably his last "good" movie. Robin Hood: Men in Tights had some good jokes but what made that movie so remarkable is how much better Brooks nailed casting Robin Hood compared to Prince of Thieves.

 

[Lily Adler]

I actually like this version of Venom. He is a low life creep but he had a legit reason to hate Peter, and the thing that corrupted Peter (the black suit) and made him such a jerk that he got on Brock's bad side, is also the thing that gave Brock power and made him a threat. I still don't understand why Sam Raimi didn't see value in this story (even though it was the heart of the themes he wanted to play with for Peter's arc) but he was more interested in Sandman being a sad deadbeat dad who killed Uncle Ben (and yet I am supposed to feel sorry for him).

 

[Lily Adler]

Galaxy Quest is funnier, but I like Spaceballs.

 

[Drizzle]

Galaxy Quest is funnier, but I like Spaceballs.

For me, Galaxy Quest is easily Tim Allen's best live action movie (an argument can be made for the first Santa Clause but GQ is way funnier) but what's interesting is that he gets the movie stolen from him by Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Sam Rockwell, and pretty much the rest of the supporting cast.

 

[Lily Adler]

For me, Galaxy Quest is easily Tim Allen's best live action movie (an argument can be made for the first Santa Clause but GQ is way funnier) but what's interesting is that he gets the movie stolen from him by Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Sam Rockwell, and pretty much the rest of the supporting cast.

 

[Black Narcissus]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

They could make standalone TV shows like DC did at first, rather than "everything is connected". Runaways and Cloak & Dagger were effectively standalone, anyway.

I don't know if more content has anything to do with their pitfalls lately, though. I don't know why Thunderbolts* underperformed. They weren't terribly pre-established, but the Guardians of the Galaxy was unknown and still sold.

I suggested before Marvel hand over Blade to 20th Century Studios to handle. It doesn’t need the MCU or whatever struggles they’re having integrating vampires and their history into the MCU. Being entirely divorced from ‘homework land’ could help it with some of the audience too.

 

[Sithborg]

They could make standalone TV shows like DC did at first, rather than "everything is connected". Runaways and Cloak & Dagger were effectively standalone, anyway.

I don't know if more content has anything to do with their pitfalls lately, though. I don't know why Thunderbolts* underperformed. They weren't terribly pre-established, but the Guardians of the Galaxy was unknown and still sold.

Simple, the demographics have shifted. The MCU is not bringing in the younger audiences like it once did. And there are other factors. I don't think Feige ever really considered the result of having an "ending", and didn't know how to build back interest.

 

[Lily Adler]

I suggested before Marvel hand over Blade to 20th Century Studios to handle. It doesn’t need the MCU or whatever struggles they’re having integrating vampires and their history into the MCU. Being entirely divorced from ‘homework land’ could help it with some of the audience too.

And Kevin suggested you sit back down.

 

[Lily Adler]

Simple, the demographics have shifted. The MCU is not bringing in the younger audiences like it once did. And there are other factors. I don't think Feige ever really considered the result of having an "ending", and didn't know how to build back interest.

Video game movies. Skibidi Toilet will make a billion.

 

[Sithborg]

I like Spaceballs.

I don't want to assume anything, but is it possible the superhero decline has actually started, to where "unknowns" have a hard time succeeding in the presence of popular characters? If so, the issue isn't with total number of movies/shows made per se, but with stretching the MCU thin. Maybe they need to hurry up and get the X-Men going already.

I think that 2023 shows that yes, you can have too many superhero movies.

But, I'm happy. A random cartoon I watched in the 90s is getting a sequel. My first real intro to evil Ranger teams.

 

[Lily Adler]

I think that 2023 shows that yes, you can have too many superhero movies.

But, I'm happy. A random cartoon I watched in the 90s is getting a sequel. My first real intro to evil Ranger teams.

I think I caught this show on the tail end of syndication on Cartoon Network.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

I watched the Ronin Warriors dub when it came out too.

 

[Lily Adler]

I watched the Ronin Warriors dub when it came out too.

It was on Toonami wasn't it? Sailor Moon and Dragonball Z as well?

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I think that 2023 shows that yes, you can have too many superhero movies.

But, I'm happy. A random cartoon I watched in the 90s is getting a sequel. My first real intro to evil Ranger teams.

I haven’t watched Ronin Warriors IN SO long. Glad they’re giving Samurai Troopers a sequel.

This reminds me that I really need to start Lazarus.