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swordz9 posted...

People jump all over a failed MCU movie for obvious reasons. The bulk of them have been pretty damn good where the bulk of the DCEU has been bad so another bad movie is to be expected. Aquaman 2 I wouldnt be surprised to see be the biggest drop from an original movie to a sequel or at least one of them. No way in fucking hell the second one makes a billion dollars

Yeah, I think the DCEU brand is just tarnished. What a difference from the time when Batman v. Superman and Suicide Squad were held up as examples of movies audiences liked more than critics. Apparently the original Suicide Squad sold better on DVD than Doctor Strange did too, despite much worse critical reception. Can only think that was due to hype.

Alternately, I think maybe for movies like The Flash and Quantumania that audiences feel incredibly let down based on pre-release advertising and hype. Can't imagine audiences would have been keen on Morbius after finding out they got duped in terms of The Vulture, since Keaton reprising his role was already in the trailers, for instance (also boy, Keaton should sue Sony and WB for false advertising at this rate). The Flash kind of seems to be like the perfect storm in this regard, taking the fall for past comic book movie letdowns and its own franchise alike. The only thing that astonishes me more is why this isn't getting more attention, although again we probably all saw it coming a mile away. Also I'm admittedly mostly jarred because a lot of the YouTube movie channels I follow praised it quite a bit, even if some of them admitted it was overhyped. I have never seen this kind of dissonance before and can only conclude that those channels are just really into the history of DC Comics on film, which The Flash seems to celebrate. Turns out there really aren't a lot of people into nostalgia for superhero movies that came out decades ago though. At least No Way Home only included continuities that started no earlier than 2002, as opposed to Michael Keaton's Batman not having been seen in more than 30 years! And that's to say nothing of certain cameos.

I've also seen some suggest that Marvel fast-tracked No Way Home specifically to steal the thunder of Keaton's return as Batman, but doing some research the dates in question don't seem to add up. Either way though, ick. Apparently a movie that came out LAST MONTH topped the domestic box office last weekend.