The Superhero Cinematic Civil War: Quoth the Kraven, "Nevermore." - Part 61

[Snow Queen]

@Snow Queen be like:

Madame Web's cultural moment is coming. Time will vindicate me and all shall appreciate it as I do. The boldness of ADRing the villain's dialogue as a metacommentary on how so many villain plans can be swapped out without changing anything. The avant garde zooms. The choice to have the Pepsi logo save the day as an examination of the power of branding in the American consciousness. It's truly a film.

 

[kguillou]

So…

After this and that Gucci movie, is it safe to say Lady Gaga has become box office poison or is live action Harley Quinn box office poison?

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ETA: wait, the Gucci movie didn’t bomb, so I guess Harley is toxic and I answered my own question.

Gaga was really good in Gucci also. Her role in that is why i thought she'd be perfect for Harley.

 

[Kane52630]

Yeah she was great in Gucci despite all the other craziness that happens in it and she was good in Joker 2, it just so happens the movie didn't really care about her.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

I really want a SUCC team up film with Hardy, Dakota Johnson and Morb himself

Pretty boy ATJ can come along too, just as long as his movie bombs financially or critically, which as we know is the criteria

 

[Chip Chipperson]

and under no circumstance can any spider-man show up, just really ham fisted references, because thems the rules

 

[Chip Chipperson]

And Avi Arad cameos as himself, because in his warped view of reality, he thinks he’s Stan Lee

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

We live in a world where some want vindication for Madame Web, but not for Eternals.

This is why I have trust issues.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I think it is fair to ask if the perception of live action Harley Quinn is low considering Harley Quinn as a character has headlined 3 straight flops.

 

[blueharvest]

I think it is fair to ask if the perception of live action Harley Quinn is low considering Harley Quinn as a character has headlined 3 straight flops.

Also, she was a main character in that Suicide Squad game, which also flopped.

 

[MbJ]

Things really did go full circle.

 

[Chip Chipperson]

With each passing day, I understand more and more why Alan Moore chose to turn his back on this world to become an old crusty birthday party wizard

 

[SwordOfMorning]

With each passing day, I understand more and more why Alan Moore chose to turn his back on this world to become an old crusty birthday party wizard

Leah Moore's twitter thread about her Dad's deep love of superhero stories and how it was ground into dust by the ugly greed of the industry and how it treated the people responsible for these characters is something I think of often. Particularly as the joys of any kind of nerd culture diminish by the day and the landscape just gets more unpleasant.

 

[Sithborg]

Remember when people were talking about $70 million opening weekend. Good times, good times. Lets see how low it can go.

 

[Filmfreak]

Remember when people were talking about $70 million opening weekend. Good times, good times. Lets see how low it can go.

Oh, you severely downplay it. That's the original Box Office Pro projection a month ago :

 

[Iceman]

Things really did go full circle.

Sounds like that’s not all it has that’s similar to Morbius.

 

[emielaen]

Lol some of us are relishing in this one.

 

[Spider-Fan]

I aint gonna lie....I love that this is flopping

 

[Detective Conan]

 

[Venom 1988]

Usually someone says this if their movie is actually good lol. He's basically painting the bullseye on himself.

 

[Iceman]

Usually someone says this if their movie is actually good lol. He's basically painting the bullseye on himself.

Gunn saw the reception and paid him off - tell them I had nothing to do with it.

 

[Kane52630]

Lol some of us are relishing in this one.

Even from people who didn't even see the movie.

 

[Filmfreak]

Even from people who didn't even see the movie.

In principle though it's a movie that was made by people who never wanted to make a sequel just because the studio pressured them due to the first one being immensely successful. That alone is not a logic to root for. Just saying.

 

[Lily Adler]

I guess everyone was in agreement that Joker didn't need a sequel. I'm supposed to be seeing this with a friend of mine on Monday but now I'm really thinking of suggesting seeing something else.

Megalopolis it is.

 

[Lily Adler]

Even from people who didn't even see the movie.

Spoiler: Joker 2

I think Arthur getting raped is probably the straw that broke the camel's back.

 

[Kane52630]

Spoiler: Joker 2

I think Arthur getting raped is probably the straw that broke the camel's back.

Spoiler

And that's why The Shawshank Redemption is the worst movie ever made.