Cary, the joke was not that Deadpool was a hard boiled character. The joke is that you say "Deadpool" to most people on the street, and if that name means anything to them, it's as the 5th Dirty Harry Movie, The Dead Pool. That's where his name came from in fact. No Joe Bloggs on the street is going to know who Marvel's Deadpool is. And Serv is right when it comes to the money, so no, I don't blme Fox for rolling the dice with the X-Men. Of the three properties which Millar was bragging about, that is the only proven one. The ONLY one.
On Thursday, February 7, 2013 10:57:59 AM UTC-5, Serv wrote: > with regard to the X-Men movies, i hear what you are saying about film > quality Luke, but that doesn't stop the X-Men films from always being > juggernauts. > > Each film in the series (Including Wolverine) have grossed over $140 > Million, with the least grossing film being....X-Men First Class > surprisingly. Now, i will concede that the gross for the X films has been > decreasing since Last Stand, but the franchise has still grossed just under > a BILLION dollars. If film grosses over 140Mil each time out is a dice > roll, Fox will roll the dice every day. > > On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 10:27 AM, Cary Preston <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Dunno if I agree on Deadpool. Im not a current fan, but the character >> always struck me as more over the top comedic than a gritty Dirty Harry >> archetype. If publicized properly it could easily be successful, but I >> think that Marvel has Ant Man flagged for that role already. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Feb 7, 2013, at 9:44 AM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]<javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >> Furthermore, considering that their stable of properties is not exactly >> flush with top draws -- The FF have had two films and yet to have a true >> blockbuster, the X-Men series has been hit or miss with regards to quality, >> and who, exactly, besides comics nerds gives a rat's ass about Deadpool? -- >> it's kind of laughable to hear him deride DC characters. >> >> The FF will never be a huge hit on the screen because Joe and Jane >> Filmgoer see that trailer and say "Oh, it's like The Incredibles. I >> already have that one on DVD." >> >> The X-Men, it's a roll of the dice every time a film is released. Will it >> be X2, or will it be Wolverine? >> >> And Deadpool. Ahh, Deadpool. Deadpool fans like to boast about how >> important and popular their guy is. You release a solo Deadpool movie, and >> 2 things happen: >> >> 1. A tiny fraction of a percentage point of filmgoers goes crazy on the >> Internet about a Deadpool movie. >> >> 2. A substantially larger percentage of filmgoers will cock their heads >> to the side and say "They're remaking that Dirty Harry movie? Huh. I >> already have the original one on DVD." >> >> >> On Thursday, February 7, 2013 9:36:13 AM UTC-5, Luke Jaconetti wrote: >> >>> I know I am shocked that a guy who works for Fox overseeing Marvel moies >>> is pessimistic about Warner Bros.' DC movies. >>> >>> Shocked. >>> >>> Whether his assesment is valid or not is irrelevant because he has no >>> interest in being objective. He personally benefits greatly if a Justice >>> League movie is never released. If a JL movie does come out, that is that >>> many more tickets which will not be bought for the films he is the guru >>> over. >>> >>> On Thursday, February 7, 2013 8:18:01 AM UTC-5, cwpreston wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> http://www.scifinow.co.uk/**news/33956/justice-league-** >>>> film-is-an-excellent-way-of-**losing-200-million/<http://www.scifinow.co.uk/news/33956/justice-league-film-is-an-excellent-way-of-losing-200-million/> >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
