Obama Has My Vote #2
Yesterday, I posted a video in my post saying I would vote for Obama if I was American, just because the Chris Rock video was so damn funny!
Then I saw this video of interviews conducted with voters at a Romney rally in Defiance, Ohio.
In the video description is a scary bit of info:
Election observers believe that Ohio is the state most likely to decide who becomes our next President. These interviews were conducted with Ohio voters at a recent Romney rally in Defiance, OH.
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November 6, 2012 | Categories: CharlieV the Newsboy, Current Events, Information, Random | Tags: Barack Obama, chicago sun times, Chris Rock, defiance ohio, election observers, last pitch, Mitt Romney, Obama, ohio, ohio voters, President of the United States, Romney, United States, Voting | Leave a comment
Obama Has My Vote
I have never been the biggest Chris Rock fan, not that I don’t like him. But in the last couple of days, a video was released via the Jimmy Kimmel Show where Chris Rock pleads to the undecided white voters to vote for Obama.
I’m not American, so I can’t really vote for Obama, but damn it’s funny!
November 5, 2012 | Categories: CharlieV the Newsboy, Current Events, Information, Random | Tags: Barack Obama, Chris Rock, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Mitt Romney, Obama, United States | 1 Comment
Pixar, Marvel & Now Lucasfilm. The Force Is Strong With Disney
Yesterday it was announced that Disney are to acquire Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion. This is all “subject to clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, certain non-United States merger control regulations, and other customary closing conditions.”
But everything has been approved by both Disney and Lucasfilm’s sole shareholder, George Lucas. So what does this mean for the fans?
Well, besides three new movies, with “Episode 7” being released in 2015 and all sorts of merchandising/theme parks spin-offs, only time will tell.
Did anyone really notice the changes in Pixar and Marvel. I didn’t. Let’s look at this from the fan viewpoint and the easiest way is to look at the responses to films before and after. Comparing Pixar before and after is relatively easy, but Marvel is a bit more complex as they licensed their comics to various companies for production & distribution, some good and some not so much.
Have a look at the two tables below, which are split into 2 sections (post- and pre-Disney) which are split again into public opinion and critic’s opinion. The abbreviations are as follows:
- RT (AR) is the Rotten Tomatoes Audience Rating from http://www.rottentomatoes.com
- IMDB is the public rating of the movie from http://www.imdb.com
- RT (T) is the Tomatometer rating based on critic ratings from http://www.rottentomatoes.com
- MC is the Metascore (based on critic reviews) from http://www.metacritic.com/
Lets start with Pixar:
PRE-DISNEY | |||||
Title | Year | RT (AR) | IMDB | RT (F) | MC |
Toy Story | 1995 | 81 | 8.3 | 100 | 92 |
A Bug’s Life | 1998 | 61 | 7.2 | 92 | 77 |
Toy Story 2 | 1999 | 72 | 8 | 100 | 88 |
Monsters, Inc. | 2001 | 84 | 8 | 95 | 78 |
Finding Nemo | 2003 | 82 | 8.1 | 99 | 89 |
The Incredibles | 2004 | 67 | 8 | 97 | 90 |
Cars | 2006 | 80 | 7.3 | 74 | 73 |
AVERAGE | 75.3 | 7.8 | 93.9 | 83.9 | |
POST-DISNEY | |||||
Title | Year | RT (AR) | IMDB | RT (F) | MC |
Ratatouille | 2007 | 84 | 8 | 96 | 96 |
WALL-E | 2008 | 89 | 8.5 | 96 | 94 |
Up | 2009 | 86 | 8.3 | 98 | 88 |
Toy Story 3 | 2010 | 91 | 8.5 | 99 | 92 |
Cars 2 | 2011 | 54 | 6.4 | 38 | 57 |
Brave | 2012 | 80 | 7.5 | 78 | 69 |
AVERAGE | 80.7 | 7.9 | 84.2 | 82.7 |
A quick look the average public ratings (RT(AR) and IMDB) show us that the public prefer the post-Disney Pixar, if only slightly. If you take a closer look, Cars 2 was a major let-down for post-Disney Pixar. If we take that one out, things are very different the averages go up to 86, 8.2, 93.4 & 87.8 respectively. If you look atthe critic’s opinions however, Rotten Tomatoes says that Disney is not doing a great job, while Metacritics says it’s pretty much the same, unless again, you take out Cars 2.
But the jump from Disney to Pixar is not that huge, not as much as it is for Marvel… So what is the verdict with regards to Marvel. Up until 1998, Marvel never really made the jump to the big screen, with only a four movies coming out, including two versions of Captain America. From 1998, they started licensing out more movies to various companies until Disney bought them out in 2009 for $4.24 billion.
PRE-DISNEY | |||||
Title | Year | RT (AR) | RT (F) | IMDB | MC |
Year | Title | ||||
1944 | Captain America | – | – | 6.6 | – |
1986 | Howard the Duck | – | – | 4.3 | – |
1989 | The Punisher | 42 | 24 | 5.4 | – |
1990 | Captain America | 20 | 11 | 3 | – |
1998 | Blade | 78 | 55 | 7 | 45 |
2000 | X-Men | 83 | 82 | 7.4 | 64 |
2002 | Blade II | 72 | 59 | 6.6 | 52 |
Spider-Man | 65 | 89 | 7.3 | 73 | |
2003 | Daredevil | 46 | 45 | 5.4 | 42 |
X2 | 84 | 88 | 7.6 | 68 | |
Hulk | 34 | 62 | 5.7 | 54 | |
2004 | The Punisher | 68 | 29 | 6.4 | 33 |
Spider-Man 2 | 81 | 93 | 7.5 | 83 | |
Blade: Trinity | 70 | 26 | 5.8 | 38 | |
2005 | Elektra | 47 | 10 | 4.8 | 34 |
Man-Thing | 18 | 20 | 4 | – | |
Fantastic Four | 57 | 27 | 5.7 | 40 | |
2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | 73 | 57 | 6.8 | 58 |
2007 | Ghost Rider | 56 | 26 | 5.2 | 35 |
Spider-Man 3 | 54 | 63 | 6.3 | 59 | |
FF: Rise of the Silver Surfer | 55 | 37 | 5.7 | 45 | |
2008 | Iron Man | 91 | 94 | 7.9 | 79 |
The Incredible Hulk. | 75 | 67 | 6.9 | 61 | |
Punisher: War Zone | 45 | 27 | 6 | 30 | |
AVERAGE | 59.7 | 49.6 | 6.1 | 52.3 | |
POST-DISNEY | |||||
Title | Year | RT (AR) | RT (F) | IMDB | MC |
2009 | X-Men Origins: Wolverine | 72 | 37 | 6.7 | – |
2010 | Iron Man 2 | 80 | 75 | 7.1 | 57 |
2011 | Thor | 80 | 77 | 7 | 57 |
X-Men: First Class | 88 | 87 | 7.8 | 65 | |
CPT America: The First Avenger | 75 | 79 | 6.8 | 66 | |
2012 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | 32 | 18 | 4.4 | 32 |
Marvel’s The Avengers | 96 | 92 | 8.4 | 69 | |
The Amazing Spider-Man | 81 | 73 | 7.4 | 66 | |
AVERAGE | 75.5 | 67.3 | 7.0 | 58.9 |
No matter which way you look at it, Disney is doing a pretty damn good job, except when it comes to Ghost Rider 2, which was neither produced or distributed by them or Marvel, since talk of it’s production began in 2007 already.
Ultimately, as I said, time will tell, but I’m pretty sure they’ll do a good job
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October 31, 2012 | Categories: CharlieV the Movie Fanatic, CharlieV the Newsboy, Current Events, Information, Movies | Tags: Disney, George Lucas, Hart–Scott–Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, Lucasfilm, metacritic, pixar, rotten tomatoes, United States, Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts | 5 Comments