Official Justice League Movie

~~Leo656~~ · 09-23-2020, 10:38 PM

Well, it apparently did make about 750 on a 175 budget, which I wasn't entirely aware of. So that's pretty good. It probably helped that they didn't spend much on it to start with, though. *I* thought it was alright but nothing special - it was Exactly The Movie I Thought It Would Be and nothing more or less - but I'm a bit surprised that it apparently did such good repeat business since so many people vocally hate it. By any reasonable estimate, a good number of those same people must have paid to see it more than once for it to draw such big money, so what's it say about them?

Either way, critics hated it and BoP bombed, so I'll stand by my point that risking their future on Harley Quinn movies is just as questionable as green-lighting JL2 would be, and probably more so.

The only variable is that Quinn movies obviously cost less to make, but they're also not a proven draw and may have already worn out their welcome. BUT, that's the only thing from WB that we have written in stone at this point. We know more about their future plans for Harley movies than we do about Aquaman 2, which made a billion dollars. Crazy!
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Off-topic but tangentially-related, but an interesting scenario is playing out on my FB. As a general rule, I post NOTHING about new movies, especially comic book movies, because for some reason that always brings people out and makes them all tribal and combative. My page is generally rather dormant; I don't post much, and in return people don't say much. There's almost never any kind of extended back-and-forth with anyone, and frankly I prefer it that way (especially since it's mostly Wrestling People and if I annoy the wrong person it could hurt my "career", such as it is).

So of COURSE I post the SR article about the reshoots, a friend and I speculate about what this might mean for JL2 if anything, and I immediately have people who haven't spoken to me in YEARS crawling out of the woodwork just to tell me how much Snyder sucks and what a mistake WB is making by spending any more time or money on Justice League. Like, we never converse about anything in public OR in private, we're probably only "friends" because we worked a show together once upon a time... but sure enough, say anything in a positive light about Zack Snyder's DC movies and you can set your watch to someone coming to bust your goddamn balls.

It's uncanny, and it's annoying, and I mostly only posted it at all as a "stooge test" to see if it would get this exact reaction. Sure enough, my faith in people to be sh*tty is always rewarded.

These people are nowhere to be found when I post about my Birthday, or my anniversary, or getting a booking, or anything. "You're excited about a Zack Snyder project? BRO, I know we haven't spoken in at least five years but PLEASE let me tell you why I think you're stupid!"

So endearing.

09-23-2020, 10:38 PM	#11
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Well, it apparently did make about 750 on a 175 budget, which I wasn't entirely aware of. So that's pretty good. It probably helped that they didn't spend much on it to start with, though. I thought it was alright but nothing special - it was Exactly The Movie I Thought It Would Be and nothing more or less - but I'm a bit surprised that it apparently did such good repeat business since so many people vocally hate it. By any reasonable estimate, a good number of those same people must have paid to see it more than once for it to draw such big money, so what's it say about them? Either way, critics hated it and BoP bombed, so I'll stand by my point that risking their future on Harley Quinn movies is just as questionable as green-lighting JL2 would be, and probably more so. The only variable is that Quinn movies obviously cost less to make, but they're also not a proven draw and may have already worn out their welcome. BUT, that's the only thing from WB that we have written in stone at this point. We know more about their future plans for Harley movies than we do about Aquaman 2, which made a billion dollars. Crazy! ------------------ Off-topic but tangentially-related, but an interesting scenario is playing out on my FB. As a general rule, I post NOTHING about new movies, especially comic book movies, because for some reason that always brings people out and makes them all tribal and combative. My page is generally rather dormant; I don't post much, and in return people don't say much. There's almost never any kind of extended back-and-forth with anyone, and frankly I prefer it that way (especially since it's mostly Wrestling People and if I annoy the wrong person it could hurt my "career", such as it is). So of COURSE I post the SR article about the reshoots, a friend and I speculate about what this might mean for JL2 if anything, and I immediately have people who haven't spoken to me in YEARS crawling out of the woodwork just to tell me how much Snyder sucks and what a mistake WB is making by spending any more time or money on Justice League. Like, we never converse about anything in public OR in private, we're probably only "friends" because we worked a show together once upon a time... but sure enough, say anything in a positive light about Zack Snyder's DC movies and you can set your watch to someone coming to bust your goddamn balls. It's uncanny, and it's annoying, and I mostly only posted it at all as a "stooge test" to see if it would get this exact reaction. Sure enough, my faith in people to be sh*tty is always rewarded. These people are nowhere to be found when I post about my Birthday, or my anniversary, or getting a booking, or anything. "You're excited about a Zack Snyder project? BRO, I know we haven't spoken in at least five years but PLEASE let me tell you why I think you're stupid!" So endearing.