The DUMBEST thing marvel did was reveal the meaning of the asterisk at the end of opening weekend. Like sure it would have leaked out but that was litterally the only true draw for non-die hard marvel fans. Had they waited another week it probably wouldn't have had as bad of a 2nd week drop-off. I didnt get a chance to see it til like the Wednesday or Thursday after it came out and I am a pretty die-hard fan, as I am with most franchises I'm into. Also studios need to realize that for most people, second and third viewings will be on streaming now just out of convenience and cost effectiveness. Few are going BACK to theaters to spend anywhere from $10-20+ to see a film AGAIN. Maybe after 3 weeks they can start putting it on streaming for a $5-10 price so people who want to see it again ASAP can spend less money and not have to go out to do it.

The issue with thunderbolts definitely wasn't the story or acting, the film itself is actually one of the best marvel has done. Honestly easily top 10 or 15 (in a 36 film franchise) for me. Issue to me was marketing. Marvel keeps trying to go after non-marvel fans which I guess makes sense, but a film like the thunderbolts is only going to appeal to die-hards. It's not a big name team like the x-men, f4 or the avengers, and it doesnt have any a-list characters like Hulk or Spider-man. This was never going to be a billion dollar film.

Not to mention in a post covid era, where the hype of the world being back open has died down, most people dont go to see films more than once in theaters which is one thing a lot of studios rely on. Now, even if we like a film a lot, we're going to see it once and then save our money and second viewing for when it hits streaming. Really, I think the model the studios were doing during covid, of having more recent, films streamable for a cost is a good idea. I think a lot of people who saw thunderbolts would be happy to pay like $5-10 to watch it again on disney+ 3 or 4 weeks after it premiered. Then like 4 months after the premiere they can put it up as a normal, included streaming title.

A hero with no weakness is dull. With the villains he's fighting it's clear the moments of "weakness" come from having kryptonite used against him. When he's at full strength, which we also see clips of, he's taking on Kaiju and explosions. It doesn't make sense to just show him being a god, then what's the point of seeing the film?

I always said that Cavil was a great superman but a terrible Clark. Clark needs to be unassuming and instead he was this insanely beefy swole dude who was so clearly superman and acted like it. What made reeves so amazing was the characterization between Clark and superman was so different.

I just watched a video that brought this up. The theories they posed were either reapers only clean up smaller set events or it was because by saving her dad the doctor saw and crossed his own timeline. Either way, main idea was the doctor knows how things work and we don't and that's ok, which is honestly the best thing for a show like this.