Now that Venom (sorry, couldn't mention Venom in the title without it automatically being deleted) is looking to be a big hit, it basically means that Eddie Brock, and the supporting characters in this film, along with their planned spinoffs for Morbius, Black Cat, Silver Sable, Kraven the Hunter, Nightwatch, Silk, etc. will all likely never see the light of day in the MCU, because they are stuck in this separate Sony Universe of Marvel Characters.
As a big fan of Spidey and his amazing rogues gallery, this is beyond frustrating to see. Just as the Marvel universe was about to be fully united (save for Hulk, Namor, and She-Hulk distribution rights), with the X-Men and Fantastic 4 finally coming home, Sony turns around and creates yet another separate Spider-Man universe, so that the MCU isn't fully complete with its roster of characters. And there's every possibility that Sony can turn around and pull Spider-Man out of the MCU for good, and stick him in their universe instead.
Sony got to have their cake and eat it too, thanks to Marvel Studios' help in revitalizing the character. And now they have manipulated the audiences to think that Venom is part of the MCU, and thus it has ridden off the coat-tails of the MCU success train (especially after Infinity War), ensuring this film's success despite its negative critical reception. I can't help but feel very pessimistic about this whole situation.
What do you think of these developments? I know this is a Sony movie, but I feel it is important to discuss with regards to the MCU's future and Spider-Man (for now) being in it.
I can already imagine Paul Rudd saying he has the perfect plan
Stark saying “well it’s far grosser than anything I could imagine, but I don’t see how it can fail”
Recently, I’ve had this goofy mantra I repeat to myself while jogging (in silly voice) , “ I am the man with a plan!” over and over and over again. It’s dumb but it makes me laugh. I’ve even envisioned scenarios where the police would be looking for a man reported to be shouting “I AM THE MAN WITH A PLAN.”
Anyway, I’ve got 3 stores close to me I buy beer at and they all serve a certain purpose. One of them is purely for bender shopping, the man that runs this store has pretty much only seen me buying beer before 11 am. He used to give me condescending attitude but after a while where I kept coming back and obviously didn’t care he’s started to be pretty nice to me. Just a bit ago I went in for 6 pack of miller and a goose island IPA single (don’t worry I have more booze at the house) I pulled my id out for him to see (he doesn’t ask me anymore I do it to kind of fuck with him) . He looks at my ID and says “thank you bro you are the man….you are the man with the plan!” I replied “I am bro, thanks!”
pointless story but it really made my day. Chairs y’all !
I'm thinking of a scene in a movie where a few people (I think it's two guys) are waiting on a man to tell them something/make a decision/have a revelation/etc. The people are sitting down while the man is pacing back in forth in front of them. He isn't saying anything, but starts to a few times. Every time he does this, the people waiting lean forward, but he always stops himself/doesn't say anything and they get frustrated.
I have no idea what the release date is, mainly because it's admittedly so vague. I want to say the man making the decision is either British or playing British. Any help would be very appreciated!
My thesis film is due around August and while i have a great film and script, I don't have the budget to create it. I need to make a set (or rent a vacant house) and pay 3 actors. So instead I'm making one about a traveling invisible man with my own voice for a voice over.
I tried just placing each shoe a step forward with each frame, I tried placing an object under the heel or toe to make it look like a step, but in the end it looks really bad.
Please help.
Hello again, Reddit. We may have met before when I posted this mildly viral moment: https://www.reddit.com/r/Filmmakers/comments/c6gs14/when_i_was_12_i_wrote_george_lucas_a_letter/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x
So here's "George Lucas guy" back to answer any and all of your questions about how I made THE LAST WHISTLE, available on iTunes, Amazon, and DVD.
I didn't submit to any big film festivals, I didn't shoot with Red or Alexa, and I didn't give up when a more experienced producer told me I would fail. Moreover, I broke just about every rule in the book, and disobeyed most of the traditional advice nuggets in the process.
Feel free to ask me about working with Les Miles, Friday Night Lights' Brad Leland (Buddy Garrity), Parks and Rec's Jim O'Heir (Jerry Gergich), or any of the amazing actors involved. Moreover, feel free to ask about how I raised the money, how we found a distributor, and why I didn't submit to any big festivals.
Proof: https://twitter.com/MadSmatter/status/1151175333921656832
EDIT (5pm CST) Wow, I didn't think this would draw so much interest. Will be logging off for a bit, but will be back on to answer whatever pops up later. Thank you for all y'all's support. If you want to hear me seriously ramble about this stuff, my book is on Amazon ("Rebel With A Crew", not without). Just if you're really interested. Not self promo here. Some of the most popular questions have to do with financing and career advice, so browse the below if that's where yours fit. And thank you all, even the trolls, for a fun afternoon.
EDIT 2 (2am CST) Lots of thoughts here. Number one: thank you Reddit users for upvoting the educational aspects of this AMA. I logged off right when some more vitriolic questions started to flow in, and my lack of reply didn't help. Luckily, the positive threads will be up top for those who are here for a learning experience, rather than to troll. That's thanks to the good people out there. Number two: lots of talk about IMDb rating and how it affects box office, and whether box office is overall profit or just theatrical profit. For those who don't know the different between the three, there's plenty. For those who do, feel free to fill in the blanks where I couldn't. Number three: Thank you to all of you who pitched in to help me answer questions and explain tougher concepts. Education is a community effort. Finally, I wish all of you the best in your endeavors. While there's no certain path in this industry, or
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April 8th if you're going to a midnight show
After Nick Cage, I’m very excited to see what other actors Stanley’s brings in to help put this madness on screen. I didn’t love Color out of Space, it defintely could have used a more subtle touch in some parts, but I really enjoyed Stanley’s vision and just seeing Lovecraft in general. And though he wasn’t as good as in Mandy, pure Cage is always an experience.
I think two obvious answers are Willem Dafoe or Michael Shannon. But I’m sure there are many other great options than I’m not thinking of
Glad he ate her
Pretty sure this was a short film on youtube made in the 2000s-2010s to raise awareness for LGBTQ+ people in nursing homes. The main character remembers his life with his love back in the 50s/60s(?). The film flashbacks to them young.
http://vimeo.com/95469458
If you are planning to watch the MCU films in chronological order leading up to the opening weekend of Infinity war and you schedule yourself watching one a week then you would need to start by watching Iron Man (the first film) in 2 weeks time; if you are living in the UK, Australia and most of Europe.
And if you live in the U.S.A and Canada then you would need to start in 3 weeks time.
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u/neuromorph - if you are UK/europe based start watching the first one on the week ending Dec 17 If you are US or Canada based start watching week ending Dec 24.
This wasn't really a viewing guide, more of a -WOW! there are so many MCU films this is how early you would have to start watching kind of moment. Apparently there is a good guide/schedule on the Marvel cinematic sub
As u/dswartze pointed out if you wanted to do this chronologically then just watching Captain America first simply isn't enough
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watch 97% of Captain America first avenger
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take out dvd, insert Guardians of that Galaxy vol 2 dvd.
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watch opening scene of GOTG2 with digitally enhanced Kurt Russel.
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Take out dvd, insert Guardians of the Galaxy dvd
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watch GOTG opening scene - Peter getting kidnapped
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take out dvd insert Ant Man dvd
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watch opening scene of ant man- with digitally enhanced Michael Douglas
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Take out dvd insert Iron Man dvd.........
Theatrical order starting to look pretty good right about now eh?
| Rank | Title | Domestic Gross (Weekend) | Worldwide Gross (Cume) | Week # |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spider-Man: Homecoming | $117,015,000 | $257,015,000 | 1 |
| 2 | Despicable Me 3 | $33,998,875 | $447,589,535 | 2 |
| 3 | Baby Driver | $12,750,000 | $70,883,072 | 2 |
| 4 | Wonder Woman | $10,135,000 | $745,786,191 | 6 |
| 5 | Transformers: The Last Knight | $6,300,000 | $494,616,760 | 3 |
Notable Box Office Stories:
- Let's face it the existence of Spider-Man: Homecoming is bizarre in a myriad of ways so a lot of comparisons I'm about to say for the film are going to be a little hard to categorize on a one to one basis. The film opened at #1 to $117M, making it the third best opening of the year under Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Beauty and the Beast. Interestingly the film seemed more front-loaded than expected, as it scored a massive $50M Friday but failed to reach the $120M+ predictors thought that would imply. It'll be interesting to watch the film's domestic legs from here on because of that but the drop wasn't too extreme that I would be worried, more the core audience inflated early numbers while seeing the hesitancy from general audiences that probably still exists after the poor performance of Amazing Spider-man 2. Speaking of, this opening is now the second highest opening for a Spider-man film, behind Spider-man 3 ($151M). This where the comparison issue starts because on the one hand that sounds great, but it's just barely above Spider-Man '02 which opened 15 years ago (FEEL OLD) and Homecoming has the benefit of having Iron Man in it. That's the second weird comparison, as Homecoming is now technically the biggest debut film in MCU history, topping both Iron Man ($98M) and Guardians of the Galaxy ($94M). However technically this iteration of Spider-man debuted in Captain America: Civil War and while this film isn't a full team up movie like that film it does feel like you could call it Spider-man: Homecoming (ft. Iron Man). So if these comparisons fail all I can really go to is what Marvel/Sony must be thinking and on that front I think they think it's a huge success. Sony, while still clearly trying to figure out this weird split custody thing, is very happy to have at least something Spider-Man related performing like the Rami era, and while it may not reach those heights at the very least I don't think we'll be seeing a disasterous performance like the 2.1x multiplier Amazing Spider-man 2 had. As for Marvel
To expand. He would run into a room and quickly look around before moving on and then later on that version of himself would be hiding behind a chair in the same room as his "past" self entered and looked quickly through the room in exactly the same way. He seems to be in the middle of this scenario as there are versions ahead of him and "spawning" behind him exactly as he himself woke up He would see these other versions of himself in a variety of situations and eventually witnessed one murder? another, prompting a chase scene maybe? I remember he was frightened of the other versions of himself. I know for sure the film ended when he made it outside to the roof revealing identical buildings around him and another version of himself on the opposite building jumping off and committing suicide, followed by himself committing suicide because he knew he had to follow the predestination.
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