re: You knew this was coming: John Carter should have been Guardians of the Galaxy

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Disagree. Those movies were terrible, but they still turned a profit.

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Turning a profit literally, is different from being a successful film. They made a little money back, but there's a reason we either 1) Never saw a sequel 2) Or saw a reboot from those movies They were not successful, and the profit margin wasn't big enough to reinvest.

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and will be successful regardless of quality, thereby giving producers the sense that their moronic decisions and mandates were brilliant and spot on.

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None of those films were successful.

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Obviously, the better they are, the more they will make, but an average super hero movie will always do well, no matter what.

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An average movie for the most part will do well. There's a reason Adam Sandler can still make successful movies. This isn't isolated to super hero films.