Superman (2025)

[50strat54]

Originally Posted by DThompson

Obviously being facetious. But yeah I don't subscribe to much. Becomes too expensive and not really worth the money IMO since it takes years between seasons of shows now. I usually just wait a for a physical release if I can't catch stuff on what I have or in the theater. Why I ain't too sad about the short window between airing and physical release for stuff.

You were joking?

You all should talk to young people who know their computers and phones inside and out and ask how they view movies, restricted sporting events.

Nothing is impossible for these kids.

They are not buying anything.

I am buying but they are not.

I still buy a lot too:
Funny Girl 4K
Natural Born Killers 4K steelbook
Lady Sings The Blues Bluray
Go-Go's Documentary Bluray

Grant Green Visions Vinyl
Joe Henderson Multiple Vinyl
Pete Townshend Psychoderilict music only half speed master vinyl

Talking Heads More Songs About Food and Buildings Super Deluxe Box Set

[Mecha42]

Not really on board with the "If I watch 8000 movies on it, the price per movie is cheaper" narrative at play here. If I spent every waking hour watching Netflix I would certainly be maximizing it's "value" but I would certainly be losing out on other aspects of life. It seems like there's an effort to try to normalize BB's very weird habits, from them and also others. I don't wish ill on them for it, but I will certainly acknowledge how odd it is.

[DThompson]

Originally Posted by 50strat54

You were joking?

Not completely. If there is something I'm just not sure about, I'll seek it out. I'm not that stubborn with my money. And if I like it, I'll buy.

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by John1701D

I liked Rebirth. It was a return to the original trilogy and was much better than any of the Pratt stuff.

I have it tied with the first JW film (which I enjoyed)

[MuffinMcFluffin]

Originally Posted by Mecha42

Not really on board with the "If I watch 8000 movies on it, the price per movie is cheaper" narrative at play here. If I spent every waking hour watching Netflix I would certainly be maximizing it's "value" but I would certainly be losing out on other aspects of life. It seems like there's an effort to try to normalize BB's very weird habits, from them and also others. I don't wish ill on them for it, but I will certainly acknowledge how odd it is.

Depends on what we're talking about.

Movie theaters have a limited supply of new releases, and their runtimes are also restrained to just a couple of hours. I am seeing as many releases as I can for what I want (now at 47 films for the year, only nine "rotten"), have re-watched six of them at least once, and I have found my time and money to be of incredible value.

Netflix has a pantheon of movies and shows, many of them mediocre at best, and shows are a massive investment of time. I finally gave myself the opportunity to binge the final season of The Blacklist this past week, which consumed several hours of each day. I only gave it the time because of the other nine seasons I watched as the show aired, otherwise I ain't doing that for everything.

I've re-watched every Nolan film 3-5 times in theater that has 15/70mm IMAX prints, but outside of that (and Top Gun: Maverick eight times) it's rare that I will give a film several theatrical rewatches. Repeat viewings are much more justified when you don't spend a dime to see them, though.

I won't tell somebody how to spend their time or money, but if they are watching a new film in theater a double-digit number of times with a theater subscription and are enjoying themselves, at least I can say they are getting to see that film sooner than you, with more immersive picture/sound and a more interactive audience than any of y'all are waiting for it at home, and my one theater subscription is cheaper than any two of your streaming services.

[50strat54]

Hard to predict what Joe and Jane Public will spend their money on and their word of mouth.

Seems like Jurassic World Rebirth is a big winner
Budget $180–225 million
Box office $800 million

Both Superman 2025 and First Steps just did not have the same appeal for whatever reason. Superhero fatigue or a 100 other reasons.

There is just so much entertainment and sports content out there the dollars are all competing and Rebirth just won the Summer Brass Ring.

I thought it was ok and will probably buy it on BF as I have all the other films but it wasn't great or as emotionally satisfying as Dominion which apparently has a lot of hate on this forum despite this:
Budget $185–465 million
Box office $1.004 billion

If you read the footnotes on Wiki it looks like Universal made a decent profit off of both Dominion and Fallen Kingdom which was the green light for Rebirth.

[Mecha42]

Originally Posted by MuffinMcFluffin

Depends on what we're talking about.

Movie theaters have a limited supply of new releases, and their runtimes are also restrained to just a couple of hours. I am seeing as many releases as I can for what I want (now at 47 films for the year, only nine "rotten"), have re-watched six of them at least once, and I have found my time and money to be of incredible value.

Netflix has a pantheon of movies and shows, many of them mediocre at best, and shows are a massive investment of time. I finally gave myself the opportunity to binge the final season of The Blacklist this past week, which consumed several hours of each day. I only gave it the time because of the other nine seasons I watched as the show aired, otherwise I ain't doing that for everything.

I've re-watched every Nolan film 3-5 times in theater that has 15/70mm IMAX prints, but outside of that (and Top Gun: Maverick eight times) it's rare that I will give a film several theatrical rewatches. Repeat viewings are much more justified when you don't spend a dime to see them, though.

I won't tell somebody how to spend their time or money, but if they are watching a new film in theater a double-digit number of times with a theater subscription and are enjoying themselves, at least I can say they are getting to see that film sooner than you, with more immersive picture/sound and a more interactive audience than any of y'all are waiting for it at home, and my one theater subscription is cheaper than any two of your streaming services.

I don't think you really understood my point. I wasn't making any stance on theaters vs streaming. I was saying that no matter how you justify seeing a movie 16 times in two weeks, on top of other movies in that timeframe, that is an incredibly excessive amount of time to spend in the movie theatre. Not to mention the amount of time going to and from the screen (maybe BB lives across the street from one of these theatres though, who knows). You said it yourself here that you've only done this a handful of times in your entire movie going adult life:

Originally Posted by MuffinMcFluffin

I've re-watched every Nolan film 3-5 times in theater that has 15/70mm IMAX prints, but outside of that (and Top Gun: Maverick eight times) it's rare that I will give a film several theatrical rewatches.

BB seems to do this for every MCU movie and then some more. I don't think there's any amount of justification anyone can make that makes this less abnormal. There's also other clear signs to me that they are obsessive about movies and fandom to a point where I simply cannot fathom a healthy life around it. It's just been interesting to see some people try to defend this behavior as anything other than absurd. Kind of reminds me of the folks who scream "body positivity" at anyone who calls an obese person obese.

[jess1581]

Superman is killing it in the U.S.. Why is that notion never considered these days? It's making more money in the states than Jurassic World Rebirth.

[John1701D]

And to make it even more absurd even movies they rate one star get the multiple viewing treatment. It's

[50strat54]

Originally Posted by jess1581

Superman is killing it in the U.S.. Why is that notion never considered these days? It's making more money in the states than Jurassic World Rebirth.

Because the economy is World Wide.

You think Apple only cares about iphone sales in America?

It's aggregate World Wide Dollars.

Internationally, apparently they are not as enamored of Supes as are in America...Truth, Justice and the American Way!

[MuffinMcFluffin]

By the way, to bring the MoS vs. S25 box office debate into the limelight again, those who "adjust for inflation" are only doing it for their box offices and not their budgets.

Each film spent $225 million on production, but when you adjust for inflation then MoS's budget today would've been about $310 million.

MoS also had a marketing budget of $150 million, which would be about $205 - $210 million today. It has been reported that S25 spent anywhere between $125 - $200 million on marketing. So at best that's as a wash, but we could be potentially comparing an overall budget for MoS of $520 million in today's dollars versus S25 maybe spending only $350 million.

Again, "adjusting for inflation" with box office dollars cannot be the only consideration.

[Cremildo]

It seems that the bulk of the discussions in the Movies subforum revolves around one member instead of, you know, the movies.

[Mecha42]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

It seems that the bulk of the discussions in the Movies subforum revolves around one member instead of, you know, the movies.

Congrats, you just contributed to that. Anything in particular you'd like to discuss with the movie?




When my 4K UHD arrives of this, I intend to watch it first with Gunn's commentary. When I watch it again without it, I'm most looking forward to seeing the Justice Gang again. Truly a highlight of the film. I'm curious to see if the Kent's scene hits a bit harder this time, as that was one of the scenes the first go around that kind of left me wanting more.

[SethRex]

I think Lex lied about the transmission. I think he used people he had under his command to portray the lie that this is what Jor-El was saying.

[starmike]

Originally Posted by SethRex

I think Lex lied about the transmission. I think he used people he had under his command to portray the lie that this is what Jor-El was saying.

Gunn said it's legit.

[MuffinMcFluffin]

Originally Posted by SethRex

I think Lex lied about the transmission. I think he used people he had under his command to portray the lie that this is what Jor-El was saying.

I just think that there is still a chance that Bradley Cooper is actually Zod. I'll put the O/U at 10% for that, but still possible.

I have zero qualms if it is actually Jor and a legit transmission, though. No problems with them changing his lore.

[Cremildo]

Originally Posted by Mecha42

Congrats, you just contributed to that.

Oh, you felt called out. It wasn't about you. Save your snark for a better occasion.

And yes, it's evident that to make an observation about all this off-topic bullshit I had to "contribute" to the off-topic bullshit. I don't have the gift of telepathic communication.

Originally Posted by Mecha42

Anything in particular you'd like to discuss with the movie?

I'll discuss it after I watch it, thank you very much.

That's beside the point, though, as one checks the thread in the hopes of seeing the movie being talked about, not one member's usual shenanigans.

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by Mecha42

[Show spoiler]I don't think you really understood my point. I wasn't making any stance on theaters vs streaming. I was saying that no matter how you justify seeing a movie 16 times in two weeks, on top of other movies in that timeframe, that is an incredibly excessive amount of time to spend in the movie theatre. Not to mention the amount of time going to and from the screen (maybe BB lives across the street from one of these theatres though, who knows). You said it yourself here that you've only done this a handful of times in your entire movie going adult life:

BB seems to do this for every MCU movie and then some more. I don't think there's any amount of justification anyone can make that makes this less abnormal. There's also other clear signs to me that they are obsessive about movies and fandom to a point where I simply cannot fathom a healthy life around it. It's just been interesting to see some people try to defend this behavior as anything other than absurd. Kind of reminds me of the folks who scream "body positivity" at anyone who calls an obese person obese.

Sweetie, if you're really that curious about it, I am happy to discuss it with you all you want, but this is not the thread for it. Please let's keep this thread on topic, yes? Thank you!

[John1701D]

[Mecha42]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Oh, you felt called out. It wasn't about you. Save your snark for a better occasion.

And yes, it's evident that to make an observation about all this off-topic bullshit I had to "contribute" to the off-topic bullshit. I don't have the gift of telepathic communication.

I have an endless amount of snark so no need for me to bottle it in.

Originally Posted by Cremildo

I'll discuss it after I watch it, thank you very much.

That's beside the point, though, as one checks the thread in the hopes of seeing the movie being talked about, not one member's usual shenanigans.

I hope you like it when you get a chance to see it. Are you going to check it out when it hits the Digital markets or are you waiting for the disc release?