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    https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2023/05/25/its-your-last-chance-to-see-how-bad-the-new-disney-willow-show-is-before-its-gone-for-good/?sh=5625eb8c21b7
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    A traditional Figma/S.H. Figuarts treatment would be far better, like all but the most recently released Rick Hunter figure - the texture gives it a completely inauthentic look to the character's depiction in the anime, and covering the joints in no way makes up for that visual deficiency; however, since I've had a preorder paid for for years...
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    I don't give any credence to critics' opinions either; however, what I find funny and interesting is that these same publications invariably gush over everything coming out of Disney, more often than not standing in stark contrast to audience reviews, so to have these usually sycophantic shills throwing shade at this latest offering from Lucasfilm means something is up. We'll find out if these early reviews were on the money or not by the second week of release... if BO receipts drop off a cliff like they did with Antman: Quantumania, or hold well like GotG Vol 3.
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    Reviews from the movie's premier at Cannes have started showing up in a lot of publications... let's just say that most are not kind, to downright brutal, even when couching their criticisms as much as possible. General audiences might embrace the film once it hits theaters... anything is possible (maybe, international markets will ultimately save it), but all indications point to a trainwreck in the offing, especially given its estimated 300M production, with its multiple reshoots and overruns, budget.
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    There is a definite, and unimaginative IMO, infatuation with multiverse shenanigans in far too many franchises over the last few years, and rarely done well... most are so mediocre that the whole concept has become little more that a lazy gimmick and tired trope. We'll see if JMS can pull it off...
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    Revenge of the 5th!..
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    Love the color... a bit lighter and it would've been the ideal tone for Roquet, instead of what we ended getting. However, I'm so glad this is a 100% skippable release, with zero future regrets for not buying it.
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    I heard it described as it being delivered with all the passion and significance of ordering toppings for his ice-cream...
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    DOA
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    Looks beautifully desaturated in those pictures, as it aught to be. Will the final product retain that authentic -- to my eyes -- look?...
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    Bixos escrotos, saiam dos esgotos...
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    More than likely, Paramount is engaging in face-saving PR BS in a bid for some damage control; or, as you posit, they're counting on other streams of revenue to recover most of the costs, eventually. To be sure, there must be a lot of creative accounting going on this and the industry as a whole, but none of it negates the box office results. Claims, announcements, and copes are cheap; the real tell on whether or not Paramount (their project bankrollers and shareholders) are truly happy when it is all said and done will be if they green light a sequel and/or a high-profile spinoff of some kind, and if it/they actually get made. As always, time will tell, but I won't believe anything until it is irrefutably real. This isn't to cast aspersions at the movie's writing, acting, directing, or production values as, by all accounts, it is decent and effective enough at what it's trying to accomplish, but nothing that will make any lasting impact on anyone but the most ardent fan of the source material, if that. It is just the fickle nature of entertainment, and plenty of brilliant, ground breaking movies -- D&D:HAT definitely isn't one of them -- have failed to find an audience in their theatrical runs, only to find redemption and a modicum of success as well-loved cult classics. Will this film find such a sunset?...
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    I think they should match in tone, hue and saturation; of course, they should not in refractivity and reflectivity... so, same but different?...
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    When you want them, they're nowhere to be found; when you don't...whatcha'doin'?...I'm gonna make myself comfy right here, can I help?...
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    Over 2 weeks since release and, at 130.46M worldwide proceeds and down to 6th place - 7th domestic (Box Office Mojo, IMDBPro, 4/15/23), this thing is still over 200M away from breaking even. I think it's safe to say that it's done and will lose a considerable amount of moolah for Paramount... likely, they knew it was going flop, which is why they chose to release it when they did.
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    You win for the best post...
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    Macross figures

    mechaninac replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    Never got any direct response from KC but did get a shipping/tracking email from PayPal, and it's already through ISC New York. Now to wait for the Dana Sterling to release... it's been an even longer wait (09/2020... sheesh! ). I understand that the coof threw a monkey wrench into the works; however, I don't think I'll ever place another preorder with them and sit things out until stuff is in stock; their lead times have become atrocious.
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    The break-even industry standard is 2.5 x budget; therefore, at 150M, the movie needs to make 350-375M, profit would require something close or above 400M. Could it reach those thresholds theatrically?... anything is possible, but it will require staying power.
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    Realistically speaking, John Wick 4 will have far more staying power, and Super Mario Bros premieres this Friday -- likely to dominate for weeks; so, despite an above expectation opening weekend and positive reviews in general, the likelihood that D&D:HAT will break even during its theatrical run is dubious and profitability is highly unlikely. Time will tell, but it does not look good.
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    Macross figures

    mechaninac replied to CF18's topic in Toys

    I have not received any communication from them, so I took it upon myself to reply to the original preorder confirmation email and send a message through their website. Now, after 1.5 years, to wait some more...
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    Phew! Thank heavens for another easy, regret free, pass; never cared for the WacDonalds clown of Valkyries... great news for those who do like it though. Saving my pennies for the VF-5000G.
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