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Old 03-08-15, 05:00 PM
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

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Looks like SNL just gave away the ending to the movie....SPOILER ALERT

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Watch...kit-70187.html

That's great. Too bad Thor lost his beard (well, scruff) in the battle. And too bad they couldn't get the rest of the cast to participate.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

I thought the point of SNL was to be funny. Hems worth was, the skit wasn't.
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Originally Posted by Abob Teff
I thought the point of SNL was to be funny. Hems worth was, the skit wasn't.
Apparently you haven't seen SNL in a while...
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It's still supposed be funny. How successful it is now is another question.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

SNL has been unfunny even longer than Adam Sandler.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Hemsworth did a great job as host. Just the right amount of self-effacing humor and he was totally game for anything. Surprised me.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

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SNL has been unfunny even longer than Adam Sandler.
This video is probably the best thing Sandler has done since he did Happy Gilmore/Billy Madison.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b54pmFhzfDg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

What's the big deal with Ultron when Daredevil can so easily beat him with a stick...

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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

But it's a big stick.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Here Comes Disney's Marketing arm:

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/ma...er-1201449832/
Disney is giving Marvel’s “Avengers: Age of Ultron” the tentpole treatment in the retail aisle, launching one of the company’s biggest licensing programs around a film.

After the first “Avengers” went on to earn more than $1.5 billion at the box office in 2012, Disney started developing strategies for the sequel. The resulting plan: “Make the big bigger,” Paul Gitter, Disney Consumer Products’ senior VP of Marvel Licensing, told Variety.

What that means is Marvel will look to reach out to a broader demographic of consumers with products tied to “Age of Ultron:” more women, and fans of individual superheroes that make up the superhero team — Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye — not just the assembled group.

“For the first film, we primarily focused on the ‘Avengers’ property and the group shots,” Gitter said. “Now we’re broadening the line and scope to create skews that focus on the team and the individuals characters, as well.” Products tied to Iron Man and Captain American typically sell the best, but each category will now be able to offer six to eight different products around each character, rather than one based around the team.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Originally Posted by slop101
What's the big deal with Ultron when Daredevil can so easily beat him with a stick...

It was non adamantium, man.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

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What's the big deal with Ultron when Daredevil can so easily beat him with a stick...

Why is Daredevil wearing that weird outfit? Daredevil wears a black sweater and a bandana.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

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Why is Daredevil wearing that weird outfit? Daredevil wears a black sweater and a bandana.
Don't be silly. Daredevil wears yellow. Bright yellow so he can blend into the night.
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Don't be silly. Daredevil wears yellow. Bright yellow so he can blend into the night.
It's not like red blends into the night either.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

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It was non adamantium, man.
Is there adamantium in the Marvel cinematic universe?
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

No. Fox owns that. We have Vibranium, it's a Wakandan metal... Cap's shield is made from it.

Talking about Wakanda and Vibranium... we also have Ulysses Klaw in the Age of Ultron. Much associated with his attachment to the metal and being a baddie for Black Panther. Klaw is played by Andy Serkis in AoU. So that's cool. Probably not a lot for him to do but he looks awesome as Klaw.

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He's probably from whom Ultron gets the Vibranium for his final form.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Initial reports are this may open to a $217 million weekend, beating the last record holder....the first Avengers movie.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Considering how well Cap 2 and GotG went... that may be very possible. How did Thor 2 do for it's weekend?
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I have never in my life actually been unable to acquire a game at release because I didn't pre order it. I have only been hassled by Gamestop employees with the threat that I would be unable to do so.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

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Initial reports are this may open to a $217 million weekend, beating the last record holder....the first Avengers movie.
The metrics for gauging this number seem flimsy. Based on social media posts? Because that always translates to box office dollars... Until Fandango releases sales figures any guesses are wholly arbitrary.

But because I like to play along, I'm guessing this'll do $212mm OW.
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Is anyone going to attempt that 11 movie marathon?
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

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The metrics for gauging this number seem flimsy. Based on social media posts? Because that always translates to box office dollars... Until Fandango releases sales figures any guesses are wholly arbitrary.

But because I like to play along, I'm guessing this'll do $212mm OW.
The first film did $19M during its midnight showings; AOU has the benefit of having showtimes five hours earlier at 7pm. AOU is also riding off Marvel's Phase 2 which has had more financial successes like Iron Man 3, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and Guardians of the Galaxy. Word of mouth for AOU and Marvel is higher than where it was at for the first film in 2012. Here's what I'm calling now:

Late night showings: $35-40M.
Friday: $95-100M (including $35-40M late-night showings).
Saturday: $70-75M.
Sunday: $60-65M.

Opening weekend: $225-230M.

I think it'll have no problem hitting $200M in its opening weekend, but I think it could also end up being a few million short of hitting $100M in a single day which no film has been able to accomplish yet. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows - Part II so far has been the closest with $91M on its opening day and that did over $44M in midnight box office.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Whatever it does, there's no way this movie won't be huge fucking monster hit.

And good for them, since this is what you get when you think in the long term payoff, rather than how most studios (like Sony/Fox) are obsessed about the short term payoff.
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Re: The Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015, Whedon)

Originally Posted by slop101
Whatever it does, there's no way this movie won't be huge fucking monster hit.

And good for them, since this is what you get when you think in the long term payoff, rather than how most studios (like Sony/Fox) are obsessed about the short term payoff.
The first ten MCU films have made $3B domestically and another $4M internationally. That doesn't include the Blu-ray/DVD sales, television rights, merchandising, any any other piece of cash Disney and Marvel collect. Hell, TNT already signed a nine-figure deal just to get the broadcast rights to the next five Marvel films starting with AOU (the other four are: Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, and Guardians 2).

AOU will most likely begin to pull in a profit before the film even opens in North America.


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