Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

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Disneys are masters of marketing. It will be everywhere close to launch much like Winter Soldier is right now...

And yes it is being marketed as part of the Marvel Universe, of course.
 
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Ugh I get so bothered when I try to make Scott Pilgrim references and no one gets them because no one saw the fucking movie.
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Pirates are in this year!
 
Blackyce

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Movie will be a risk in anycase. Even non-comic fans had heard of Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor. GOTG is hipster level obscure for the public at large. The special last night even admitted it is a risk.

Now granted, if they market it right AND the movie is extremely solid AND gets good word of mouth, it may do well. But they are banking on the Marvel brand selling it, whereas the previous tentpole films had recognition of characters even if your average filmgoer had no clue what company published the comics.
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Although Iron Man isn't as obscure as Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man pre-movie was a B Marvel hero at best and I highly doubt most non-comic fans were aware of all of those characters in the Marvel Universe. Unlike Justice League, being made up of DC?s A list characters, The Avengers is made up of B and C list Marvel heroes. Making Iron Man was a huge risk that paid off and with it they made Iron Man 2, Captain America and Thor, all leading up to The Avengers.

I?d say that GotG is just as much of a risk now as Iron Man was back when it came out. The Marvel Universe has done very well and they are banking on that carrying them somewhat for GotG. I?m really hoping it turns out well because I like GotG and would love to see sequels especially if they include Adam Warlock.
 
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Everything is a risk, but people go to anything that has Marvel on it right now.

The MARVEL IP is the big draw on these films, and is exactly what is selling to the audience.
When the quality starts dipping, which I believe it will not because Disney is involved, then it will become a greater risk for marvel studios to make these films.

If anyone should be worried it is FOX. Marvel movies have raised the bar so high that everyone has to match them now. Just look how much money Sony is putting into Amazing Spiderman 2.
Any of those properties tank for FOX, and they lose the farm.

This is a cinematic universe unlike anything that has been done in film before looking to branch decades of films and TV shows in the future. This should have never happened yet is happening in our timeline.
 
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Yeah Hulk has always been A list. Cap is A list, but not a fan favorite till now. Thor has been pretty big.
Iron Man was never really that popular till the movie.

I still consider Hawkeye, and Black Widow B listers.
 
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Yeah Hulk has always been A list. Cap is A list, but not a fan favorite till now. Thor has been pretty big.
Iron Man was never really that popular till the movie.

I still consider Hawkeye, and Black Widow B listers.
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Right whereas JL has Superman, Batman.....

and a bunch of shit no one cared about enough to make a decent cartoon show for in the 1990's (Green lantern, wonder woman, Hawkman or whoever the fuck he is, and Aquaman)
 
Blackyce

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Xevy_sl said:
Wut.
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Original Avengers; Iron Man, Thor, Wasp, Ant-Man, Captain America, Hulk (who left after 2 issues). 1960's added: Hawkeye, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Swordsman, Hercules, Black Panther, Vision, Black Knight. Same thing applies to the characters they added from the 70's to now.

With the exception of Captain America and Hulk (who really isn't part of the Marvel 616 Universe's Avengers) who are A-List, everyone else is B, C or D list heroes.
 
Qhue

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The movies have made Iron Man into A-list. Your average consumer now considers Iron Man to be equal in popularity to Spiderman or Superman and just a step behind Batman
 
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Column_sl said:
Yeah Hulk has always been A list. Cap is A list, but not a fan favorite till now. Thor has been pretty big.
Iron Man was never really that popular till the movie.

I still consider Hawkeye, and Black Widow B listers.
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Hawkeye was a C list hero at best before The Avengers movie and now has his own comic. His comic sells fairly well these days, was #40 last month so I'd rank in between a C and B list hero, but Black Widow is definitely a D list hero in my opinion. I don't think she's ever had her own regular comic series so that puts her on the D list.
 
Blackyce

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The movies have made Iron Man into A-list. Your average consumer now considers Iron Man to be equal in popularity to Spiderman or Superman and just a step behind Batman
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He's still B list at best. His comic currently isn't even breaking the top 50 monthly sellers. The public may know him now but that doesn't make him that popular still, just the movies. The main thing that's keeping him B list is The Avengers comics sell well.
 
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How are you guys measuring comic book character popularity? I have a hard time believing Captain America has ever been more popular than Iron Man in the modern era.

And I said before, this movie isn't going to suffer at the theatre. The trailer premiere had millions of views in less than 24 hours
 
Blackyce

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supertouch_sl said:
How are you guys measuring comic book character popularity? I have a hard time believing Captain America has ever been more popular than Iron Man in the modern era.

And I said before, this movie isn't going to suffer at the theatre. The trailer premiere had millions of views in less than 24 hours
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I've been collecting comic books since 1976. I'm going by both comic book sales and popularity over the years as well as current sales and popularity. Right now Captain America's comic book outsells Iron Man's by about 10k.

Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. - Top 100 Comics: February 2014

Also even though GotG is a more popular comic today, I'm still looking at them as an overall comic from years past. Before the movie and hype, they were at best a D list book but they've definitely jumped up in popularity. GotG is one of my favorite current comics at the moment and is a T20 book these days. They've moved up from D to C and are still on the move.
 
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Pretty shocked at numbers, growing up all of us were into iron man and war machine. Cant remember anyone buys captain america stuff
 
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Homsar_sl said:
Pretty shocked at numbers, growing up all of us were into iron man and war machine. Cant remember anyone buys captain america stuff
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Also, Iron Man is really only popular these days due to the movies. In the comics he turned into a huge ass during the Civil War story line. As I said, the only reason most people like his character today is due to the movies.
 
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