I said “franchise” in reference to Indiana Jones. You’re the one that incorrectly extrapolated that into Marvel films. So, no, you’re the one that’s being disingenuous. You can’t make an assumption and then act indignant when your assumption was wrong.
If franchises were what you claim they are, then none of the Marvel films would ever be unsuccessful in the middle of their runs yet there were several films of the Marvel “franchise” that performed poorly, even before Infinity War, while the major movies - Captain America, Thor, etc. - did very well. You’re pretending like Shang-Chi was so successful and yet it performed worse than Iron Man 3. Captain Marvel, a debut for a new character, also performed worse than Iron Man 3. The 3 lowest grossing Marvel movies are the ones sandwiched in between COVID and Spider-Man: No Way Home.
And you’re also being disingenuous because the whole point isn’t that theatres suck so much that people would just avoid them full stop, it’s that they would avoid them when compared to streaming services where they can watch these movies in their own homes. That didn’t start until COVID, so you’re being dishonest again.
And the feigned “good will and good vibes” garbage is so dishonest when you’re not even approaching this in good faith and actually arguing the point at hand. You’ve moved the goalposts here several times, redefined the argument into a straw man about the successes of Marvel films rather than a comparison of movie-going experiences, and then condescended. If you need further proof that movie theatres are dying, look at every single movie company stock. AMC, Cinemark, and IMAX are all down more than half of where they were 5 years ago. Are you trying to say that all movies, in general, are so bad that people aren’t going to theatres so much that their stocks are tanking? Or is it just Marvel movies causing these companies to lose money hand over fist? Cuz, let me tell you, it’s pretty universally known that movie theatres are losing to streaming services because the experience is worse, the food and drinks are overpriced, and there’s nothing about it that you can’t get at home except the rude strangers talking while the movie is playing. More than likely, it’ll only be people you know talking over the movie.
I said “franchise” in reference to Indiana Jones. You’re the one that incorrectly extrapolated that into Marvel films. So, no, you’re the one that’s being disingenuous. You can’t make an assumption and then act indignant when your assumption was wrong.
If franchises were what you claim they are, then none of the Marvel films would ever be unsuccessful in the middle of their runs yet there were several films of the Marvel “franchise” that performed poorly, even before Infinity War, while the major movies - Captain America, Thor, etc. - did very well. You’re pretending like Shang-Chi was so successful and yet it performed worse than Iron Man 3. Captain Marvel, a debut for a new character, also performed worse than Iron Man 3. The 3 lowest grossing Marvel movies are the ones sandwiched in between COVID and Spider-Man: No Way Home.
And you’re also being disingenuous because the whole point isn’t that theatres suck so much that people would just avoid them full stop, it’s that they would avoid them when compared to streaming services where they can watch these movies in their own homes. That didn’t start until COVID, so you’re being dishonest again.
And the feigned “good will and good vibes” garbage is so dishonest when you’re not even approaching this in good faith and actually arguing the point at hand. You’ve moved the goalposts here several times, redefined the argument into a straw man about the successes of Marvel films rather than a comparison of movie-going experiences, and then condescended. If you need further proof that movie theatres are dying, look at every single movie company stock. AMC, Cinemark, and IMAX are all down more than half of where they were 5 years ago. Are you trying to say that all movies, in general, are so bad that people aren’t going to theatres so much that their stocks are tanking? Or is it just Marvel movies causing these companies to lose money hand over fist? Cuz, let me tell you, it’s pretty universally known that movie theatres are losing to streaming services because the experience is worse, the food and drinks are overpriced, and there’s nothing about it that you can’t get at home except the rude strangers talking while the movie is playing. More than likely, it’ll only be people you know talking over the movie.