Originally Posted by MajorViolence
I'm going to be completely honest here. You guys can choose not to believe me, and if so, whatever, **** you. But anyway, my only interest in this box office race was to see if GotG could really do that well. As someone who just looked into GotG to research this weird new movie Marvel was making, and then suddenly found himself becoming a massive fan as I started reading the comics, I've been terrified that GotG would fail at the box office. Does anyone remember League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, aka LXG? Yeah, I was picturing that, except this time with a property I actually cared about. I've even been buying up GotG merch like mad, spending $120 just to assemble that Groot figure. Why? Because part of my brain was telling me this property was going to bomb, either from being terrible or for being so weird audiences would reject it. And if that happens? There goes the last time you'll ever seen Rocket Raccoon on a lunch box. Anyway, I've been incredibly pleased to see that GotG was not only a fantastic movie, but was well received by both critics and audiences. The idea that this weird little property could not only be a success, but even beat TMNT's opening weekend was something I never even thought possible until the tracking numbers started leaning that way. It's just been incredibly relieving to see my worries that GotG will fade into obscurity melt away. But let's be honest, TMNT beating GotG's second week is as amazing as one race track runner's first lap in a foot race being faster than another runner's third lap. Heck, I'd even say it's not fully fair to compare totals from each film's opening weekend, because TMNT has GotG stealing ticket sales while GotG had no such competition. (Though it's a hell of a lot more fair than comparing GotG's second week to TMNT's opening.) To me, this was never about seeing how poorly TMNT would do, but whether GotG could actually do that well. Yeah sure, I'm not a fan of this new movie and I would have loved to see it bomb and the sequels get cancelled, but I never expected that to happen so I can't say I'm all that upset that it's doing well. I'm just incredibly pleased to see that GotG outdoing TMNT is even up for discussion, even if it's not actually going to happen.
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08-10-2014, 09:09 AM
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