[Panther]

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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

Someone beat me to it with Justice League, but the point I was trying to make (and maybe was muddled about) was that nothing is guaranteed anymore when it comes to today's fickle movie audiences, who shock me at times with what they choose to be entertained by. And now, with the power of social media being stronger than ever before, word of mouth can absolutely slaughter second and third week box office receipts, turning what we perceive as long term successes into one night stands. TLJ may have been a success financially, but word of mouth also caused it to have the worst second week drop in movie history, and the movie is struggling overseas as well. Even worse though, while the box office is still really good, these sorts of things are not lost on movie producers and execs, who are now reportedly shaken about the strength of the franchise as a whole.

Even though I have come to grow tired of the superhero genre (or should I say Marvel's brand of superhero film.) I'm hoping BP succeeds long term. Yet, with the way the world is, someone will find SOMETHING to pick apart this movie...(it's more of the same/phoning it in...not black enough/too black for the average audience...encourages sterotypes...second string hero...or my new favorite..."film by algorithm"...whatever they can think of these days,) and if the film underperforms because of it, it will hurt the chance of us ever seeing another film with a superhero of color (or sex or creed) as the lead. The movie might be a success financially, but first week receipts may be not enough to save the franchise and warrant a sequel if BP can't prove it has some staying power.

And that's the things you have to worry about if the film is good. What if it's not? What if the script stinks? What if the trailers revealed everything? What if it's boring or insulting? Not everything Marvel has done has been a winner.

Trailers are so well cut and edited these days, you really never know what you're getting until you put down your cash. I never thought Sony could screw up Spider-Man 3 when they revealed Venom. The trailers were intense, the music epic. The tone serious and dark. Venom looked scary, Sandman terrific...even New Goblin was fresh. What we ended up getting though was crying, hip thrusting, more crying, dancing, and even more crying. Oh, and Mary Jane lip syncing badly. Guess what parts they left out of those original trailers?

With all due respect, all film is subjective. My niece thinks Soul Plane is a good and funny film, however, I think it’s one of the worst films ever made. Calling audiences “fickle” because they are entertained by something that we do or don’t enjoy is sour and unfair.

I want to stay on topic because I know mods will come through and make things “disappear”, so I will say that for me the Black Panther wave was strong. Eric Killmonger is my favorite figure, Okoye is right there with him. I bought the 12 in Black Panther figure, and I own two of the 6 inch Black Panthers...soon to be 3 for my Infinity War display. Black Panther is my favorite superhero and I cannot wait to see this film. Members of my family (part of the general public) have their tickets and that makes me even more excited. I love seeing people excited about something I’ve been waiting for my entire life.

To quote Bart Scott, “can’t wait!”