re: ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ Suffers 68% Drop in Second Weekend

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At this point doing that seems like they are admitting they made a mistake. You can't bring in a multiverse t'challa and just pretend he's the same character. They missed the boat on that. We'll see what they do I guess.

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Secret Wars will be a whole reset for the MCU. It's how you bring in the Fantastic Four, X-Men, it's how you get rid of characters you no longer want, and in some cases like Black Panther, possibly Iron Man, Cap, etc it's how you bring back some others.

That's what I think happens. We meet a Black Panther from another universe, and that universe collides with the current MCU.

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If they "pay" ESPN $1 million for that same ad spot how much did Disney spend?

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uhhhh, a million dollars?

* Because ESPN employees dont work for free
* Because that ESPN ad revenue has already been accounted for in its contracts with sports leagues that they pay to broadcast rights etc
* ESPN streaming service is losing money, and advertising with them isnt saving the parent company a percentage, when the service is posting a loss that they will never recover

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ESPN+ posts $65m loss as subscribers continue to fall

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It was solely about putting a black face on Capt AMERICA

Then the actor with the black face says America aint about all that goodness. And they act surprised that he would do that, or that movie goers would say 'eff that' to his character

Again, seriously?

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“Captain America represents a lot of different things, and I don’t think the term ‘America’ should be one of those representations. It’s about a man who keeps his word, who has honor, dignity and integrity. Someone who is trustworthy and dependable. It's kind of like an aspect of a dream come true.

When you look out your window, and you see a five-year-old kid with a stick, and he's slaying dragons to save the princess in the tower, the kid really believes there are dragons out there, the kid really believes the stick is a sword, and he's really trying to save that princess. And then one day, someone told him, 'No, there are no dragons, that's not a sword, and that princess is not there.' And all of his little dreams were dashed

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But to kind of counter point your points, it's pretty well known Namor will be back.

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it was, when they thought it was going to be well received. But now they are supposedly recasting T'Challa, so I would bet on a less pathetic, better cast Namor, if at all.

The actor who played Namor was shite. The role was too big for him. Perhaps that is why they wrote Namor as pathetic, instead of the proud, volatile, arrogant, imposing, alpha playboy he is in the comics. They knew the actor couldn't pull it off.

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. I don't think they "shamelessly" exploited his death at all.

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it was in every promo and trailer.

I mean shite, man. They could acknowledge it, but they played the sentiment card full tilt. You got the feeling you were watching the movie because you owed it to Chadwick, which is exactly how the trailers played it.

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The multiverse saga has been a dud though.

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The multiverse idea just isnt that entertaining. It's an enteresting concept to explore as far as real life quantum physics possibilities. Much less fun as a tool to bring back dead characters and shite like that.

Spidey-verse used the multiverse as a primary plot point and nailed it, but aside from that it just seems as a way to make nothing have consequences (which spidey-verse also addressed as a primary part of the plot)

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If you're not going to even pretend to understand how it works, we're done.

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The people like you pretending to understand the Hollywood accounting, who are also using blanket ballpark numbers, are much worse.

Two films had combined budgets of $850 million? $400 million on marketing for those same films? You are making shite up.

Everyone in here is just as dumb and blind on the subject of Hollywood accounting as everyone else.

If breaking even is viewed as a win going forward, the MCU will be scrapped

Why would Disney keep making movies that make no money?

He said this while promoting the film in GREECE.

He was saying it’s not just for Americans IMO. Just some word play to get foreigners involved

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He said America isnt really a word to be associated with Cap, and the goodness that drives him.

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Why don't I help you out.

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“Captain America represents a lot of different things and I don't think the term 'America' should be one of those representations. It's about a man who keeps his word, who has honor, dignity and integrity.”

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Followed later by this:

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"Let me be clear about this, I'm a proud American" and that he has "the utmost respect for those who serve and have served our country". He also said that Captain America "has universal characteristics that people all over the world can relate to".

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He was promoting the film in another country. Obviously he's trying to make the movie more appealing to a broader audience than just Americans. You believe what you want though.