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Guess I’m in the minority here. Never liked the game. Didn’t care about the movie. Then I watched the trailer today….and I am in!!! Could be trash, or it could be a fun and entertaining movie.

Captain Fabulousostupendouslywonderful ??

That’s the fix. Players: fix the AH always showing incorrect pricing. Please and thank you. Devs: okay. No problem (turns off pricing) Devs: Fixed!

Post us pics of your base after he’s done

I know one thing that doesn’t help newbies…. When they are told it’s best to get IOs at 25 (in help chat). Those things are expensive and unnecessary for people still learning to play.

Im curious, did you ask if any of the trollers could switch? What about you - what kind of AT were you on? I know if I found myself on a team with 5 trollers….. First I would cringe Next I would check to see how much time I had If the leader didn’t speak up, I would ask if any would be willing to switch. Finally, I would switch to DPS (regardless of what I was on)

Saw someone “molesting” Sovereign in Oro the other day. Guess it was bound to happen.

If you’re forming the team, and are down to just needing certain types of players (heals/tank/holds/DPS), you could always ask for people to tell you what type of toon they are on before you send an invite. Just a suggestion.

I have reported all of you to the mods for mixing and matching!

Snarky once formed his own Posi 1. When it came time to clear the mobs in front of the stairs, he charged up them and to the door like a madman. After quickly dying, he suddenly quit the TF and immediately came on here to post about the horrible experience he had and the idiot leading the TF. True story. I swear I’m not making it up. I wasn’t there. I read about it on a porta potty wall.

You should have told him that he can’t talk to the SG President that way, and then kicked him 😀

Hey, not tiny money to me. I still stop and pick up dimes when I see em 😀 I just think it’s nothing to the studios - it wouldn’t surprise me to find out their catering budget is bigger than that on most movies. The way they piss away money makes me think they have no clue whatsoever.

@PeregrineFalcon Don’t spend time on him. He’s just a troll. I do find it odd that the first Madame Web thread was locked because someone came in and started arguing semantics, and now it’s starting in this Madame Web thread.

Studios were in better shape back in 94 then now. For the record, a million in 94 would be 2.1 now. Still a tiny budget for a movie (imo) Hollywood definitely overspends. Just look what Tojo was able to do with 20mill (Godzilla Minus One) compared to what Hollywood does with 20mill. I look at studios releasing huge turds, the same way as new parents telling everyone their ugly newborn is beautiful. They are just too close to see the truth.

Ehh, guess we disagree on what is a lot of money to a studio. To me - a studio only dropping 1 million on a movie says it has no expectations and would be able to recoup that money regardless. Dropping 80 million to make a movie to me says they have expectations of it being successful. Which imo is why they continued pumping money into it even. For an example of a studio dropping money and realizing it was a mistake, just look at Batgirl. Once they realized the mess they had, they didn’t spend one more dime and shelved it. Hoping to recoup some of it in tax write offs.

The Corman film was only made to keep the rights, with no plans to release. It’s budget was 1mill. Huge difference between that and Madame Web. Unfortunately you may be right about Cap 4 - sounds like they are reshooting damn near the whole movie after seeing it. I was honestly interested in Madame Web when it was announced. Despite the first trailer, I was still planning on seeing it. Then I heard why it was bad…

Thought you might be a troll - now I know it. I said you had to add in advertising cost and that the total estimate to break even was 200mill Then I used the word “usually” to estimate the costs. If you want to believe this movie is a success - go right ahead. I don’t feed trolls, so you and I are done.

Any other tactic is soft, and weak 😀

The best technique is to send one player to knock on the front door while half your team simultaneously fights all the mobs around the stairs, and the other half of your team stands in a safe spot discussing strategy.

I would follow him around all day, buffing him into oblivion

You have to take everything into account when determining break even on a movie. Theaters get around 50% of ticket sales. Plus marketing usually falls around 1.5-2x budget. All estimates I’ve seen said they need 200-225mill in ticket sales to break even on this movie. MSN https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/madame-web-box-office-how-much-did-it-make-did-it-flop/ar-BB1iwXrk Screenrant https://screenrant.com/how-much-madame-web-cost-budget-box-office/ Variety https://variety.com/2024/film/box-office/box-office-bob-marley-wins-demon-slayer-surprises-1235922000/

Gotta add in promotions/advertising- estimated break even is 200mill theatrically and yes, Sony still does physical media - but that will just add to the break even total

Cost 236mill to make plus another 200mill in advertising. Worldwide gross of 402mill. 0 Oscars.

Because they believed they had a hit Happens all the time. Marvel thought The Eternals was going to win them all kinds of awards and set the new standard for superhero movies - how’d that work out?

Yes - a studio doesn’t spend almost 200mill on a throwaway movie. They do it on a movie they believe will make them money. They also don’t heavily promote a movie that think will bomb. They quietly release them without wasting tons on advertising, or sell them to streaming services in order to recoup some of the money.