SPIDERMAN: INTO THE SPIDERVERSE (NON-SPOILER REVIEW)

[Infinit01]

Not wanting to contradict my spiritual online forum brother but Homecoming came out last year.

Ooooos. My bad, lol. But you get my point, let’s take away that and add his emotional scene from Infinity War then

[Darth Knox]

Ooooos. My bad, lol. But you get my point, let’s take away that and add his emotional scene from Infinity War then

Deal

[scifidude79]

A great year and a half, then.

Homecoming is good, but I actually like this one better. Marvel really needs to expand their animated universe. I know this is Sony, but the point remains. There's untapped potential there, plus you're owned by the biggest animation studio in history. They spent $90 million making this movie, a fraction of a live action superhero film. It made over 1/3 that on its opening weekend and is looking like it's going to do extremely well at the box office overall. Also, if Sony doesn't do a sequel to this, I'll be shocked.

[Darth Knox]

I think the success, critical reception and audience love of this movie will cause all the big studios, not just Marvel, to consider doing some of their comic book properties animated instead of live action. However, can they make those movies as compelling, fun and heartfelt as this? We shall see. It all boils down to a simple formula, if you want to make money make a good movie.

[scifidude79]

Well, DC already has a really well established presence in the animated scene. While they don't get theatrical releases, their animated films do well on DTV sales.

Another thing Into the Spider-Verse established is that you can do PG rated animated films without being childish. I like that a lot.

[Infinit01]

Well, DC already has a really well established presence in the animated scene. While they don't get theatrical releases, their animated films do well on DTV sales.

Another thing Into the Spider-Verse established is that you can do PG rated animated films without being childish. I like that a lot.

Agreed. I love the fair share of animated movies and like that quite a bit doesn’t cater to children or adults alone and makes for good stories and action sequences all within a movie or series

[Darth Knox]

Well, DC already has a really well established presence in the animated scene. While they don't get theatrical releases, their animated films do well on DTV sales.

That's the point I was making. Spiderverse shows that good feature length animated movies based on comic book properties can be successful. I know DC kills it in animation, but I think the last theatrical release they did was Mask of the Phantasm, which will excellent, did poorly box office wise.

[scifidude79]

Mask of the Phantasm was badly botched, release wise. It was originally planned for DTV, so it was filmed in 4:3. Somewhere along the way, they decided to put it in theaters but not reshoot it in a theatrical aspect ratio. That's probably one reason it did poorly. Not surprisingly, it did well on home video, where it should have been released in the first place. They learned their lesson by the time they did Batman and Mr. Freeze: Sub Zero. It was released on VHS, which was perfect. I have both of those in a DVD combo pack.

[Darth Knox]

Mask of the Phantasm was badly botched, release wise. It was originally planned for DTV, so it was filmed in 4:3. Somewhere along the way, they decided to put it in theaters but not reshoot it in a theatrical aspect ratio. That's probably one reason it did poorly. Not surprisingly, it did well on home video, where it should have been released in the first place. They learned their lesson by the time they did Batman and Mr. Freeze: Sub Zero. It was released on VHS, which was perfect. I have both of those in a DVD combo pack.

It was a different time. A simpler time.

[Infinit01]

Deal

A great year and a half, then.

Homecoming is good, but I actually like this one better. Marvel really needs to expand their animated universe. I know this is Sony, but the point remains. There's untapped potential there, plus you're owned by the biggest animation studio in history. They spent $90 million making this movie, a fraction of a live action superhero film. It made over 1/3 that on its opening weekend and is looking like it's going to do extremely well at the box office overall. Also, if Sony doesn't do a sequel to this, I'll be shocked.

Agreed with both of you!

[scifidude79]

It was a different time. A simpler time.

It's true, now you have to release everything on Blu-Ray, DVD and digital.  Back then, there was just good ol' VHS. (be kind, please rewind)

Yes, I realize that's probably not what you were referring to by "a simpler time."

[Darth Knox]

It's true, now you have to release everything on Blu-Ray, DVD and digital.  Back then, there was just good ol' VHS. (be kind, please rewind)

Yes, I realize that's probably not what you were referring to by "a simpler time."

It was actually