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Disney Irish

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Action scenes might have required $100 Million of its budget. And then there's likely another $75 Million for TV actress payroll and basic operations and the snack table and Keurig pods. Which leaves about $100 Million left over for the cat special effects.

I'm just spitballing those numbers. Or hairballing, as the case may be.

I'd love to see the breakdown of how they spent $275 Million on The Marvels, wouldn't you?
I don't know the cost breakdown, and honestly I don't really care all the much. I'm not here to audit or do cost analysis of movie budgets. Maybe someone here can be hired by Disney as an auditor or cost accountant and break it all down for us.

All I know is that VFX plays a huge part in these huge budgets. So your guesstimates of $100M might actually be really low.
 

MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
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mysto

Well-Known Member
South Park is good and surprisingly consistent, but it hasn’t really been culturally relevant for well over a decade.
I recently "bought" the Mahalo Rewards Card episode as prep work for a Kauai trip. There's an abandoned hotel the cartoon references as home of Elvis that made it onto my highlight map. I guess I see that one as timeless! Was rolling on the floor when they sunk the ship. The history of the Coco Palms is fascinating.

S16.E11 i think
 

BuddyThomas

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Everyone knows about Flerkens from the first movie, and they were indeed in this movie. But aren't we talking about all the kittens being used as transport cats, which is not in the trailer?
I am someone, and I do not know about the "Flerkens". I have no idea what that is. If it refers to the previous movie or the tv series, I did not see either. All I know is that a house cat swallowed a human alive in the trailer. I saw that trailer about 1,600 million times - it aired before about 1,600 million movies I have seen this year. That is the main reason I bought a ticket...... because it was so hysterical.......and the resulting situation made for the best part of the movie. Again - not a spoiler.
 
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TP2000

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By the way, if anyone wants to see what “forced” actually looks like, the trailer for Sony’s Madame Web is online. I’m so sorry for pointing that out.

I just watched it. I wish I hadn't. Yeah, that's bad. Forced. Cringey. Dumb looking.

My famously accurate TP2000 Pop Culture Radar didn't go off on this one. It will bomb.
 

Sirwalterraleigh

Premium Member

Tha Realest

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By the way, if anyone wants to see what “forced” actually looks like, the trailer for Sony’s Madame Web is online. I’m so sorry for pointing that out.
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Chi84

Premium Member
A superhero who looks a bit silly? What a shocking contrast to the business suit wearing Captain America or Wolverine and his serious hair.

Everything you post is this thread is a vague insinuation, a reference to something you don’t seem willing to articulate. It’s trolling.
I suppose you can continually ask for clarification, but if someone is thinking something that would violate forum rules to say out loud, you're probably never going to get it. I would count that as a good thing and move on. Why people post with no intent to actually discuss is a mystery to me but there are some things you just can't fix.
 

Andrew C

You know what's funny?
I suppose you can continually ask for clarification, but if someone is thinking something that would violate forum rules to say out loud, you're probably never going to get it. I would count that as a good thing and move on. Why people post with no intent to actually discuss is a mystery to me but there are some things you just can't fix.
Looks like a sitcom super hero....expect more from MCU.
 

Disgruntled Walt

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In the Parks
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New to this thread, so I'll just add my two cents:

Outside of the latest Indiana Jones (which was rather meh), I haven't really enjoyed a Disney/Marvel/Lucasfilm film in theaters since Rise of Skywalker (which was not as good as it could have been if Last Jedi didn't stink everything up). Before that, I guess Avengers: Endgame (not counting Spider-Man: No Way Home since that's Sony). In terms of Studios/Animation/Pixar, I enjoyed Soul, but prior to that I have to go back to Tomorrowland, Inside Out, and Big Hero 6 as the last films I actually enjoyed at the theater and would re-watch.

I had to check the list of releases, and I was honestly shocked that there was so little I liked. So to the question "what happens now?" I guess I'm going to say more of the same. I'm excited for the Fantastic Four and X-Men reboots, but who knows when that will actually happen. Inside Out 2 has potential to be good. Snow White will be a trainwreck. Wake me up when National Treasure 3 is released.
 

Casper Gutman

Well-Known Member
I suppose you can continually ask for clarification, but if someone is thinking something that would violate forum rules to say out loud, you're probably never going to get it. I would count that as a good thing and move on. Why people post with no intent to actually discuss is a mystery to me but there are some things you just can't fix.
I ask primarily to highlight the bad faith and hidden agendas. If certain topics are banned, I’m not sure why absolutely constant, taunting allusions to them are permitted. It promotes a toxic environment.
 

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