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Four fanboy flicks bomb out in Deadline’s 2024 most valuable blockbuster tournament

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  1. [4]
    Sodliddesu
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    'Fanboy Flicks'? I feel like 'Fanboys' were not feeling most of these movies from jump. Everyone, and I mean everyone, trashed Borderlands from the get go, Kraven was mostly met with 'do we have...

    'Fanboy Flicks'? I feel like 'Fanboys' were not feeling most of these movies from jump. Everyone, and I mean everyone, trashed Borderlands from the get go, Kraven was mostly met with 'do we have to?' from audiences. Furiosa got a more lukewarm reception because... Well, the fanboys didn't like Max not having top billing... Joker is the only one I saw some cautious optimism about but also many "Joker: Pretentious Subtitle" memes.

    Did I miss some sarcasm somewhere?

    5 votes
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      cloud_loud
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      The only critique I have with your comment is that Furiosa was acclaimed by both critics and the mad max fans

      The only critique I have with your comment is that Furiosa was acclaimed by both critics and the mad max fans

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      1. Sodliddesu
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        For maximum pedantry, I feel that "fanboys" (and fangirls) are separate from "fans." Calling something for Fanboys is derisive and negative but I can agree that maybe I just read too much into it.

        For maximum pedantry, I feel that "fanboys" (and fangirls) are separate from "fans." Calling something for Fanboys is derisive and negative but I can agree that maybe I just read too much into it.

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    2. CannibalisticApple
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      I think it's referring to how they were made explicitly to appeal to fanboys of franchises. And they all failed because multiple people high up in the production chain failed to understand what...

      I think it's referring to how they were made explicitly to appeal to fanboys of franchises. And they all failed because multiple people high up in the production chain failed to understand what exactly the fanboys liked and wanted.

      2 votes
  2. cloud_loud
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    Biggest Bombs: Joker: Folie À Deux - $144.25M Loss Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga - $119.6M Loss Borderlands - $80M Loss Megalopolis - $75.5M Loss Kraven The Hunter - $71M Loss

    Biggest Bombs:

    1. ⁠Joker: Folie À Deux - $144.25M Loss
    2. ⁠Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga - $119.6M Loss
    3. ⁠Borderlands - $80M Loss
    4. ⁠Megalopolis - $75.5M Loss
    5. ⁠Kraven The Hunter - $71M Loss
    2 votes