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  1. mechaninac
    As long as nostalgia-brained individuals with money to burn keep buying, apparently so...
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    Indeed. Disney is, by no means, the only guilty party in the wholesale destruction of legacy IPs; however, they are, by far, the worst offenders.
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    That has been the case for me regarding Star Wars: I have zero desire to rewatch the originals and prequals because, thanks to Disney, all roads lead to Jake Skywalker and "wonder" Rey Palpatine; similarly, Marvell has also been severely tainted to the point phases 1-4 have no rewatch value anymore. Some, a small part, of the sentiment is due to me outgrowing these IPs to be sure, but the bulk of it is due to what those in charge have done to them. It is actually quite sad just how much they've screwed the pooch -- chasing, and pandering to, the "Modern Audience" and laughably bad writing and execution-- with once guaranteed crowd pleasers and money makers and merchandizing juggernauts... now moribund, easily ignored, husks of their former selves.
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    Not my cup of tea to be honest but I don't consider these public domain derived slasher flicks any more of a butchery of the original IPs than what Disney has been doing for at least the last half a decade or so; in a way, given their tongue-in-cheek nature, they're FAR less damaging to the classics than abominations like the "live" action Snow White.
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    Prequels, sequels, reboots, retellings, (usually soulless and often butchered) live-action(ish) remakes... every Disney division is completely bereft of originality, inspiration and sorely lacking in what an entertainment company should excel at producing: compelling storytelling.
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    None of those numbers, and Cap 4's budget is grossly underreported given the substantial reshoots and delays that some peg the total north of 300M, take into account the marketing budgets and differences in studio financial recoup between domestic (~50 cents on the dollar) and international (~35 cents on the dollar, in aggregate) markets... cinemas need to make money and governments take their cuts. Rule of thumb for taking everything into account is to multiply the ACTUAL budget, not what the studios initially allocate in their production pitch, by 2.5... and this does not even take inflation* into account. Assuming the numbers quoted are within the actual final cost, minus advertising, the numbers required for break even (zero profit during their theatrical runs) are: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania - $388m budget = $970M to break even (tbe), $476m BO = $494M loss before recouping some back through tax breaks depending on where the majority of the filming is done. The Marvels - $374m budget = $935M tbe , $206m BO = $729M loss, again before any claw-backs. Deadpool and Wolverine - $200m budget = $500M tbe, $1.3b BO = $800M profit plus whatever tax incentives there may be... an unqualified success! Captain America: Brave New World - $180m budget = $450 tbe, $373m BO = still $77M underwater and entirely dependent on the true budget numbers. Of the 4 movies cited, only Deadpool made money and likely not enough to offset the total loss of the other 3 combined. *Inflation also means there are far fewer butts in seats paying higher per-seat prices to achieve the BO numbers being reported as compared to the past.
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    ^^^
  8. mechaninac
    Fan-frick'n-tastic!
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    Lucky you.... you'll be able to witness the full "glory" of the failure that is Disney's hubris, vis a vis their cheap plastic monument(s) to pre-landfill garbage, first hand.
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    Agreed. In light of how niche of a niche Star Trek has become over the Bad Robot/Alex Kurtzman stewardship of the franchise, and the fact that contemporary figures of the same size tend to msrp at twice, or more, the price point of this upcoming line, Star Wars' non selling inventory of unwanted Disney era garbage characters -- littering discount outlets like Ollies -- notwithstanding, the articulation is more than adequate.
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    NGL, they all look fantastic, some more desirable (Jellico, especially) than others, but all a huge improvement over the limitedly articulated Playmates stuff released around the time First Contact came out, to say nothing of the older smaller scaled fare that could not sit without being awkwardly spread-legged.
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    Now, THIS is one of those face-palm moments when one says to oneself: Why didn't I ever think of that before? It is so brilliantly simple and deceptively obvious!
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    1/28 is such an oddball scale but I suppose it would be at home around 1/32 or 1/24 subjects, depending on the pilot's size. I do consider myself officially... intrigued.
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    Hi-Metal R

    mechaninac replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    They could partially milk the Fire Valk's molds for the other VF-19s, more or less depending on the variant, but not for a YF-19 or VF-19A as those two, although sharing the overall look, are entirely different birds requiring all new tooling with nearly zero parts in common... maybe the hands could be repurposed but not much else.
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    Hi-Metal R

    mechaninac replied to joppewo's topic in Toys

    Yeah, the disappointment is real and it just keeps going on and on... and on... and on... and on... and on... and on....
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    You, along with others, are myopically falling for a prejudgment fallacy. He actually mostly praises the series, calling it competent and entertaining, just as he calls Andor a smartly written and overall worthy entry. His point is that what came before it, the many failures pumped out by Disney-Lucasfilm is what doomed it, with special emphasis on The Acolyte; so yes, Star Wars, the way it's been mishandled and abused, killed it.
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    Like a fungus... STLD and Prodigy are the only two things I personally consider both good AND canon, more so the latter than the former, imo, but heads and shoulders above any of the live action stuff, especially the laughably bad/intelligence insulting/horribly conceived and written/acted/directed/edited garbage that is the overwhelming majority of NuTrek. Much like STP S3, the people behind Lower Decks and Prodigy mostly got what Star Trek is about and had respect, even when engaging in outlandish parody, for the IP's legacy and did not aim to denigrate, undermine or corrupt it into some grotesque 25%-different mutant MESSAGE-cudgel version aimed at (attempting at) pleasing a miniscule portion of a niche fandom nearly impossible to please... only managing to drive away the legacy fans whose support the property depends upon for its relevance and financial health, as the cratering in merchandize revenues can attest. Hopefully, Skydance will do a much better job at curating Star Trek than what's been done over the past decade; then again, the hangovers known as Section 31 and Starfleet Academy are still looming, even if relegated to alternate reality dreck if the scuttlebutt regarding Lower Deck's final episode is to be believed.
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    It's a fantasy flying brick booster/bomber that transforms into a bruiser robot... making sense has never been a going concern, with any of this genre that MW is dedicated to.
  21. mechaninac
    Nope, it is that good... @Radioguy whishes to be in the running for re-giftee.
  22. mechaninac
    Totally get where you're coming from; however, the super/strike parts don't transform into a badass brawler of a mech all its own...
  23. mechaninac
    If we're quoting Star Trek, I'll paraphrase the 109th Rule of Acquisition: "Inane Klingon insults and an empty sack are worth the sack."
  24. mechaninac
    Thing is, if the pudding smells rancid, tasting it to make sure, let alone swallowing it, is not a smart move...
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    Once marketing is factored in, this thing is unlikely to even come anywhere close to breaking even, let alone turn a profit; it may very well turn into the biggest financial bomb in Marvel history, which after Quantumania and The Marvels is saying something.
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