I don't think comics are ever going to see sales like that again. In addition to what you guys said said about pricing and audience, I'd argue that in particular, X-Men also had a huge amount of pre-teen and kid buyers because of the popularity of the cartoon. X-Men benefited from being on the tail-end of Saturdays morning having a captive audience before cable really sunk in and split the numbers. And in addition to pricing, comics were easier to find. You didn't need to find your local comic shop; I remember stacks of X-Men, as well as other titles, could be gotten at Toys'r'Us, local video stores, drug stores, and bulk stores like Price Club. It's hard to be a casual buyer of any age because most places don't carry comics anymore. You have to know where to hunt, which means kids aren't getting the exposure they used to and can't take a chance at buying a new book. (Also, cost, as we've discussed.)
Movie News & Miscellany
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All right, folks, I'm making something a new thing this year: from here on out, the Alien movies are considered Easter holiday movies. You got egg hunts. You got surprises in those eggs. And a miraculous recovery of John Hurt!
Though the Jesus metaphor doesn't quite work since I don't think a chest-burster popped out of Jesus. Still, we got eggs imagery! I'm counting it!
Though the Jesus metaphor doesn't quite work since I don't think a chest-burster popped out of Jesus. Still, we got eggs imagery! I'm counting it!
http://www.thewrap.com/new-oscars-rules-knock-multi-part-documentaries-like-oj-made-america/
2001: Shrek
2002: Spirited Away (THE ONLY 2D ANIMATED MOVIE SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE CATEGORY)
2003: Finding Nemo
2004: The Incredibles
2005: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2006: Happy Feet
2007: Ratatouille
2008: WALL-E
2009: Up
2010: Toy Story 3
2011: Rango
2012: Brave
2013: Frozen
2014: Big Hero 6
2015: Inside Out
2016: Zootopia
Apparently the Oscars have changed their rules. One of the rules changes intends to fight against the traditional 2D animation bias in the best animated film category. You know, the one dominated by 2D animation.
2001: Shrek
2002: Spirited Away (THE ONLY 2D ANIMATED MOVIE SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE CATEGORY)
2003: Finding Nemo
2004: The Incredibles
2005: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
2006: Happy Feet
2007: Ratatouille
2008: WALL-E
2009: Up
2010: Toy Story 3
2011: Rango
2012: Brave
2013: Frozen
2014: Big Hero 6
2015: Inside Out
2016: Zootopia
I would argue there IS a 2d bias, but in nomination: 2d animated films will almost always get nominated as a point because they are usually foreign films and the academy likes to pretend it's open minded about non-US films. That said, Your Name didn't get a nomination this year and THAT is a travesty.
Maybe none of them knew about it? I sure didn't. I'm seeing ads that say "SEE YOUR NAME IN THEATERS" and I thought it was for a film school so you could someday see your name in movie credits or something.
A warning to anyone (else) hoping to catch Colossal in theaters. It's in a much more limited release than I had expected. The theater list can be found here.
I am even more intrigued by the movie after MovieBob started his most recent review by saying that this movie was wonderful and likely to be on his top ten list for 2017 and if you haven't seen the movie, you shouldn't listen to the rest of his review until you did. He gave it a full 4 stars out of 4.
I am even more intrigued by the movie after MovieBob started his most recent review by saying that this movie was wonderful and likely to be on his top ten list for 2017 and if you haven't seen the movie, you shouldn't listen to the rest of his review until you did. He gave it a full 4 stars out of 4.
I'd just assumed it would be a wide release.
Thanks for posting the list. Looks like it'll be at the theater five minutes from my apartment on the 28th, so I'll make sure to check it out that weekend. I'm lucky; really didn't feel like going down to the Alamo Drafthouse and probably would've skipped it in theaters then.
It's initial opening was really favorable (Deadline), so I wonder if it's possible it can expand more than the current list. It would certainly help me -- right now the nearest showing is 35 miles away.
This is a brilliantly hilarious send-off to Hugh Jackman's Logan. Spoilers for Logan, of course. It's a bit long, but trust me, it's worth it. Though I had to turn on the closed captioning to understand the lyrics.
Holy shit a HISHE made me cry.
How the hell is The Dark Tower coming out in three months and there still isn't a trailer?
Turns out Seth Rogen and friends were already planning a movie about a music festival that goes horribly wrong...
Now if thy can just get Karl to reprise the role for the series it would be perfect.
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On the plus side, I don't think I need to actually watch the long-format version of the movie. They got it all in there.
Is that Erlich Bachman?
T.J.Miller, yeah. Playing the famous role as "T.J.Miller type" that he's so well known for.
http://ca.ign.com/articles/2017/05/17/netflix-to-produce-the-witcher-tv-series
So, Netflix is making a Witcher TV series under the supervision of the author, Andrej Saptowhateverthefuckski.
I'm pretty stoked. As much as I like the games (and it's a lot), they really did a disservice to quite a few characters (Triss mainly). They could not have gotten her character more wrong.
So, Netflix is making a Witcher TV series under the supervision of the author, Andrej Saptowhateverthefuckski.
I'm pretty stoked. As much as I like the games (and it's a lot), they really did a disservice to quite a few characters (Triss mainly). They could not have gotten her character more wrong.
In other Netflix news, their app will no longer function on rooted Android devices. 
That might not be happening now. Apparently, there's some legal troubles between MGM and the original creators of Buckaroo Banzai, which have placed a halt on Smith's plans for a Buckaroo Banzai series.
While this sucks and I hate to see more companies leaning this way (especially when you don't have to be doing anything shady to want to root your device) the good news is that most people who know how to root their phones will know how to get around this.In other Netflix news, their app will no longer function on rooted Android devices.
I mean, if they really want to avoid piracy, they'd disable use of netflix on PCs. That's where the real trouble happens.
GasBandit
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People who employ DRM rarely understand the reality of how piracy works.
Movie studios blame Rotten Tomatoes for killing movies no one wanted to see.
How dare they tell people that our crap project no one asked for is actually crap!
How dare they tell people that our crap project no one asked for is actually crap!
Pirates made 77 million, which is only a bit less than their low end projection for the movie. I don't know what they are complaining about; it's still going to make it's money back.
This is really easy, Brent Ratner: if a movie is Certified Fresh, then it means more critics liked the movie than didn't like it. That's ALL it means. This isn't some great mystery or anything.