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Image 1 — In Season 4, Doomsday had the biggest boost in reputation while Shadow's was most damaged. For Season 5, who's reputation was the biggest winner and who was the biggest loser? (Please make two comments for each of your picks)
Image 2 — In Season 4, Doomsday had the biggest boost in reputation while Shadow's was most damaged. For Season 5, who's reputation was the biggest winner and who was the biggest loser? (Please make two comments for each of your picks)
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In Season 4, Doomsday had the biggest boost in reputation while Shadow's was most damaged. For Season 5, who's reputation was the biggest winner and who was the biggest loser? (Please make two comments for each of your picks)

The results are in and for Season 4 and while it was close between TJ Combo, no amount of being 'back' could override Shredder aura farming and crushing Silver Samurai's head in his hand). Meanwhile, Vergil being relegated to being wall-tier will forever haunt him unless Death Battle brings him back.

IMPORTANT RULE: NO TAKING INTO ACCOUNT HINDSIGHT! No media that came out afterwards. For Season 5 for example, this means no taking into Angel Jin, the Black Panther movie (the episode came out before the film did) or any later Mario or Sonic media.

Remember to make two comments - one for your winner and one for your loser. The winner and loser does not need to be from the same battle as this poll results show. And you can also choose not to have it be a winner you nominate.

u/dremolus — 1 day ago
▲ 29 r/boxoffice

MANHUNTER was released 40 years ago this week. The first adaptation of Thomas Harris' novels, the Michael Mann crime thriller underperformed at the box office, only grossing $8.6M. The film however received rave reviews and has become a cult classic, inspiring other crime procedurals in TV and film.

RIP to Tom Noonan as well who plays the Tooth Fairy serial killer in this film and sadly passed away earlier this year.

u/dremolus — 3 days ago
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I know people hype up Hoodydude but this girl something else

VTuber's name is kiseki, love how genuine into this she got

u/dremolus — 3 days ago
▲ 10 r/deathbattle

In Season 2, Kirby had the biggest boost in reputation while Yang's was most damaged. For Season 2, who's reputation was the biggest winner and who was the biggest loser? (Please make two comments for each of your picks)

The results are in and for Season 2, Kirby's reputation was boosted after people realized people weren't joking when they said Kirby was a monster who takes out gods and cosmic dieties for cake. Meanwhile, despite being one of the winners, Yang Xiao Long's has soured her in the minds of others whether it be the accusations of favoritism given RoosterTeeth's involvement or the fudging of stats that even Death Battle would later admit was wrong. I grew out of watching RWBY after Season 3 so if there are any Yang fans, I'm sure she does more badass stuff now but I think even they have to admit she didn't deserve that win.

IMPORTANT RULE: NO TAKING INTO ACCOUNT HINDSIGHT! No media that came out afterwards. For Season 3 for example, this means no taking into account Immortal Hulk or even Shadow vs Ryuko.

Remember to make two comments - one for your winner and one for your loser. The winner and loser does not need to be from the same battle as this poll results show. And you can also choose not to have it be a winner you nominate.

u/dremolus — 3 days ago
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Any female characters you hope get on the show/get a re-do just for the aura farms?

I can't be the only one who's realized almost all list or video edits of aura farmers are exclusively male, right?

It's also unfortunate how all the bad-ass women that would be easy aura farmers - Toph, Mikasa, Yang, Blake, Android 18, Sonya, Lara Croft, Spider-Gwen, even Wonder Woman (who at least finally got a decent episode against She-Ra) - are all in some of the most controversial/least liked episodes

Obviously not all women were done dirty by their fights or characterization - Ryuko, Galaxia, Makima, Bayonetta,Carolina, Mitsuru, and Tatsumaki - all did well, but I think a lot deserve more, especially in the modern era

u/dremolus — 6 days ago
▲ 11 r/boxoffice

POLL RESULTS: r/boxoffice's Predictions for Top 3 Releases Domestically in the Fall Season (and Biggest Bomb). Predicted grosses for the three films?

So here it is, just before the embargo drops for The End of Oak Street. We got 48 answers which is a lot better for a last-minute poll, so what does this sub think will succeed this season because theaters can't just rely on Spider-Man or The Odyssey for all of fall?

The release predicted to do the best is Zach Cregger's take on Resident Evil. In fact, hilariously Resident Evil was also the top predicted choice for the second highest grossing release this season...and also the third highest grossing release. It's also funny to me at least because when I first gave my very optimistic predictions (I'm still expecting this to do numbers similar to Halloween 2018 if not better), I had a lot of pushback from people who argued they previous movies may have turned people away, the loose connections to the games will be a negative, some even said a leaked script would lead to bad WOM. And yet now, it's the film people are most confident will succeed in between Summer and the Thanksgiving season. How bout that?

In second place, we have Verity which is unsurprising given the huge popularity of the book and Colleen Hoover, coupled with Anne Hathaway's popularity. Despite Hoover's reputation as a writer - and the reputation of her film adaptations - there is a lot of hype, especially with a steamy trailer that dropped yesterday.

In third place, well it was a back and forth for a while between Practical Magic 2 and Digger but sneaking through by one point...is Clayface. Warner Bros. has not had a good year and DC especially is in need of a win after the disaster that was Supergirl this summer. We'll see what happens this week if End of Oak Street can overperform and if Lanterns is a satisfying show but for the next theatrical DC film, with this being a lower budget at $40M, can it get a win and even an audience with the horror crowd? Or will it just be another addition to the now growing list of DC embarrassments just this decade?

A couple films that got votes but no unified consensus were Forgotten Island, Digger, PAW Patrol: The Dino Movie, Street Fighter, and Practical Magic 2. I'm a bit surprised we didn't get more votes for The End of Oak Street, Insidious: Out of the Further, or Other Mommy.

And as for the biggest bomb, it seems like people did go with the safe choice for The Dog Stars - a film that...I actually forgot is out in only a few weeks so great job on the marketing there, Disney. I'm really glad you're so supportive of 20th Century Studios! Although there were also people predicting Coyote v. Acme, Street Fighter, and The Social Reckoning to bomb badly.

u/dremolus — 8 days ago
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FINAL CALL FOR VOTES: What will be the highest grossing releases (domestically) for August-October 2026

Final call for votes and I wanna close the poll off by tomorrow before the review embargo lifts for The End of Oak Street just on the off chance that the reviews for the film to make an impact. I will say for now that the top 2 are solid while the #3 slot, very interesting to see what films people think will be successes in the Fall

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u/dremolus — 9 days ago
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PREDICTIONS UPDATE - Post-Odyssey & Pre-Festival

Now that The Odyssey is out, I've watched it, and festivals are revealing their line-up, I've updated my predictions and I've made a bunch of big changes starting with-

Lead Actor

  1. Pedro Pascal (Behemoth!)
  2. Tom Cruise (Digger)
  3. Ryan Gosling (Project Hail Mary)
  4. John Malkovich (Wild Horse Nine)
  5. Robert Pattinson (Primetime)

Extras:

  1. Matt Damon (The Odyssey)

  2. Adam Driver (Paper Tiger)

  3. Andrew Scott (Elsinore)

  4. John Turturro (The Only Living Pickpocket in New York)

  5. Sebastian Stan (Fjord)

So I'm probably gonna get the most shit for this one - I'm both not choosing Cruise to win and I'm also not putting Damon in for The Odyssey in my Top 5. So let me explain before you get mad.

I fully admit that after seeing the trailer for Digger, I'm lot less confident in him winning from the snippet they showed. It looks fun but I'm not as sold as him being a lock even with him having a narrative of having never won it. But the bigger thing is that in the last 50 years, only 5 comedic performances have actually won Lead Actor (and depending on how you feel about Forrest Gump, that number drops to 4). Even with how The Academy has evolved, that's a bias that's hard to ignore. Even for legacy actors, we saw what happened with Michael Keaton in Birdman and Birdman wound up playing huge with the Academy. If Digger doesn't deliver in the same way Birdman did, I see Cruise with less of a chance. I could be wrong and maybe Digger is as great as Birdman but honestly, I think the career narrative isn't going to be able to overcome the comedy stigma.

So yeah I'm actually doing with Pascal. Sure he's the IT actor at the moment with his hype but he's also not young up-and-comer who has to prove himself. Like Michael B. Jordan, he's been in the industry for over two decades now, and the industry likes him given he won a SAG award for The Last of Us. And spoilers for this list, but I'm betting big on Behemoth! this season so I feel like I have to give it some award.

And as for why I'm leaving Damon off, well part of it personally I wasn't as enamored with him compared to the rest of the supporting of Odyssey. But also I just have a gut feeling with all the major projects he has this year, Pattinson has to get one nomination and spoilers, he's not my pick for a Supporting Acting nom for Odyssey. So perhaps wishcasting but I say that he does get in for Primetime which will make the festival run before its wide premiere.

Lead Actress

  1. Inde Navarrette (Obsession)
  2. Julianne Moore (The Debut)
  3. Renate Reinsve (Fjord)
  4. Sandra Huller (Rose or Fatherland)
  5. Ruth Madeley (Being Heumann)

Extras:

  1. Cynthia Erivo (Prima Facie)

  2. Olivia Wilde (The Invite)

  3. Lily Rose-Depp (Werwulf)

  4. Frances McDormand (Jack of Spades)

  5. Mikey Madison (The Social Reckoning)

Yeah, I'm going there.

I know Moore is the favorite to win and The Debut is being positioned well but the attention Obsession has gotten can't be ignored. Inde Navarrette is undoubtedly a big part in that, and having her win much like with Mikey Madison for Anora or Brie Larson for Room would be a statement for a future star. And spoilers: I don't have Obsession winning anything else but given not just the acclaim it's gotten, but the huge support it's had from the industry, it would feel wrong if Obsession gets nothing.

Now this was actually trickier to fill out and this is the one I'm least confident in as I only feel my Top 3 is a shoe-in. I do sense that Huller will get in and as for my fifth slot; I'll just say I have very little confidence in The Social Reckoning which is why I'm not opting for Madison. I see many have Olivia Wilde in but I was deciding between Ruth Madeley and Cynthia Erivo since they're both in more dramatic, dare I say, "baity" films. And I ultimately went with Madeley just because I feel Being Heumann will play better and be bigger but I wouldn't be too surprised if Erivo does get her third nomination.

Supporting Actor

  1. John Goodman (Digger)
  2. Paul Giamatti (The Debut)
  3. Steve Buscemi (Wild Horse Nine)
  4. John Leguizamo (The Odyssey)
  5. Sam Rockwell (Wild Horse Nine)

Extras:

  1. Edward Norton (The Invite)

  2. Riz Ahmed (Digger)

  3. Robert Pattinson (The Odyssey)

  4. Jesse Plemons (Digger)

  5. Guy Pearce (Ink)

Of all the categories, this was by far the hardest for me to figure out especially because Digger, Wild Horse Nine, and The Odyssey have at least two possible nominees each. BSA this year is basically battle between long time overdues and honestly you have four potential winners. I have Goodman winning but I absolutely get people WANTING Giamatti to win after not winning for performances like Sideways or The Holdovers. At this point, it could be a coin toss and I'm just going for Goodman because I feel Digger will play better.

Picking the other nominees was harder though, as I said several movies have more than one option but I don't see the field only being 2 films so only Wild Horse Nine will have the two slots. Odyssey has to get one supporting actor in and between Pattinson, Holland, and Leguizamo, I hear the most praise for the latter (and rightfully so).

Edward Norton I almost put but I feel like since it was just recently they nominated him for A Complete Unknown, they won't nominate him again - just a hunch, I know they've done so numerous times. I also had Riz Ahmed in but I'm not sure they haven't nominated two comedy performances from the same film in a while.

Supporting Actress

  1. Anne Hathaway (The Odyssey)
  2. Penelope Cruz (The Invite)
  3. Mariana di Girolamo (Wild Horse Nine)
  4. Samantha Morton (The Odyssey)
  5. Lola Duenas (La Bola Negra)

Extras:

  1. Sandra Huller (Digger)

  2. Olivia Colman (Elsinore)

  3. Scarlett Johansson (Paper Tiger)

  4. Wunmi Mosaku (The Social Reckoning)

  5. Gemma Chan (Josephine)

This was the easiest of the acting categories to nail down although going against the grain because instead of Sandra Huller as my fifth slot, I have Lola Duenas. I figure if Netflix is going to go full force with La Bola Negra, they'll try to angle for one nomination in acting. The male leads are too young to get into acting while I've heard a lot of praise for Duenas. She's also apparently a veteran in the Spanish film scene and when it comes to films about domestic issues, the Academy likes often nominates the mother character.

Also: stop picking Cruz for La Bola Negra, she's not in it enough by those who've actually seen the film.

Original Screenplay

  1. Behemoth!
  2. Wild Horse Nine
  3. Digger
  4. Obsession
  5. The Debut

Extras:

  1. Fjord

  2. Club Kid

  3. Coward

  4. Fatherland

  5. Possible Love

I told y'all I was going full force with Behemoth!

Yeah, after the trailer and it premiering during the festival season, I decided to have Behemoth! over Wild Horse Nine. I know a lot want McDonagh to win an Oscar beyond Short Film but Gilroy has put in work for several decades and if this is as good as it's being made out to be (Searchlight wouldn't market it this early if they didn't have a lot of faith in it), I think it's Gilroy's time.

And the rest was easy to fill out though I had to choose between Fjord or The Debut as the 5th slot. Either could go either way but I feel The Debut is a flashier and quippier screenplay and Eisenberg already has a nom for A Real Pain. Not to mention, more lowkey films tend to go under the radar and since Fjord isn't getting acclaim on the level of even It Was Just An Accident, The Debut has a better chance.

I almost had Bunker in here but after The Father, I'm a bit cooler on Zeller so this one is going to need good WOM before I consider it. I do have Possible Love in a (pun not intended) just off of Lee's previous acclaim and as a bonus, it is being distributed by Netflix.

Adapted Screenplay

  1. La Bola Negra
  2. The Invite
  3. Project Hail Mary
  4. Being Heumann
  5. The Odyssey

Extras:

  1. The Adventures of Cliff Booth

  2. Ink

  3. Look Back

  4. Prima Facie

  5. All of a Sudden

Another pretty season one to predict as far as nominees go. Although I have to say I think it's a lot closer between The Invite and La Bola Negra winning Adapted, in fact I almost had The Invite as my pick.

I know a lot want All of a Sudden to get nominated again but I think we just have to accept this is not gonna get the push or attention that Drive My Car got, and I think it's more likely Cliff Booth gets in over AOAS. If there is a Japanese film that gets a push this year, I would start taking Look Back seriously.

Casting

  1. The Odyssey
  2. Digger
  3. La Bola Negra
  4. Wild Horse Nine
  5. Being Heumann

Extras:

  1. Dune: Part Three

  2. Behemoth!

  3. Club Kid

  4. The Social Reckoning

  5. Fjord

Another pretty easy one to fill out given there's not a lot of film with big casts this year, pretty self-explanatory. I did originally have Dune in the 5th slot but moved Being Heumann because the buzzy nature of the casting of real PWDs may attract attention

Director

  1. Christopher Nolan (The Odyssey)
  2. The Javiers (La Bola Negra)
  3. Alejandro G. Inarritu (Digger)
  4. Martin McDonagh (Wild Horse Nine)
  5. Olivia Wilde (The Invite)

Extras:

  1. Tony Gilroy (Behemoth!)

  2. Curry Barker (Obsession)

  3. Sian Heder (Being Heumann)

  4. Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Three)

  5. Christian Mungiu (Fjord)

Okay after Best Supporting Actor, this was the second hardest to decide. The top 4 were pretty easy to lock. It was the 5th spot that was dogging me for so long and it was actually a 5-way race between Mungiu, Heder, Barker, and Gilroy.

Mungiu I took early once I started getting cold feet about Fjord. Barker was a possibility if the field was weaker and the Academy does get behind buzzy horror directors like Shyamalan, Fargeat, and Peele. But since I only have Obsession getting in Screenplay and Actress - I don't even have it in Editing - I had to leave him out. Then while it's weird to have a Screenplay winner not be in Director, it has happened before and I can see Gilroy getting more attention for his Screenplay than his Directing.

Which leaves Wilde and Heder as also the female directing representative and given how feel The Invite has played - and also how old-fashioned it is - I actually think Wilde gets in which is a pretty big change as I was stubborn Heder was getting in for awhile.

Picture

  1. The Odyssey
  2. La Bola Negra
  3. Wild Horse Nine
  4. Project Hail Mary
  5. Behemoth!
  6. Dune: Part Three
  7. Digger
  8. Obsession
  9. The Invite
  10. Being Heumann

Extras:

  1. The Debut

  2. Club Kid

  3. Fjord

  4. Werwulf

  5. Fatherland

  6. Sense & Sensibility

  7. Paper Tiger

  8. Ink

  9. Artificial

  10. Possible Love

So this was pretty easy to nail down in terms of 1-9, it was the 10th spot that was killing me

I think NEON may get locked out this year, as I said, I think Fjord isn't strong enough to get into multiple categories and I wouldn't be surprised if they pivot towards Paper Tiger or even Artificial

Club kid was exciting once buzz came from Cannes and I think it could sneak in if it rebuilds momentum through the festival circuit

But for now, my choices came down to Being Heumann and The Debut, and the reason I ultimately went with Heumann is because I have it in Casting and I feel like with Editing, they'll turn Casting into a spoiler of sorts of what gets into Best Picture

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u/dremolus — 20 days ago
▲ 45 r/boxoffice

My nearest theater hasn't just almost sold out for Spider-Man today, they've almost sold out for tomorrow

u/dremolus — 20 days ago
▲ 101 r/deathbattle

No joke, is there ANY Persona/SMT-Jojo matchup (or any Persona/SMT matchup) that isn't a total stomp?

Like between Joker-Giorno ending up being far more one-sided than people thought, Weiss having no shot against Mitsuru, and most people agreeing Yu would eat up Jotaro, is there anyone who could win or even be a close threat?

u/dremolus — 20 days ago
▲ 237 r/saltierthankrayt

Blade movie is officially dead: Mahershala Ali Confirms He's Not Doing Blade Anymore

No writer or director has been attached for a while and now the lead actor is not attached anymore meaning this is basically dead.

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u/dremolus — 20 days ago
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‘Obsession’ Star Inde Navarrette Confirms Meeting With ‘X-Men’ Director Jake Schreier and Would Love to Play Mystique

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u/dremolus — 20 days ago
▲ 22 r/saltierthankrayt

So what do you think would've actually helped Supergirl do better?

So with Supergirl out in a few days on PVOD and thus available to watch at home, I wanted to ask y'all how do you think this could've been better? How would you get people to see this film and be received better

And no, the answer shouldn't just be "release it in the 2010s", let's not be lazy. Let's assume the superhero boom is over, that it's the 2020s, and the DCU has been rebooted. And no the answer also isn't 'no chuds' because we are seeing in real time that the "culture war" has an impact negatively impact box office. A bunch of dumb videos about Milly Alcock's appearance isn't why no one saw Supergirl.

u/dremolus — 26 days ago
▲ 26 r/boxoffice

Train to Busan was released 10 years ago this week. The film grossed ₩93B in its original run, one of the most successful Korean films ever. The film was nominated for numerous Asian awards and is considered one of the greatest zombie films of all time. A 4K re-release is scheduled for August 14.

u/dremolus — 1 month ago
▲ 76 r/boxoffice

SPIRITED AWAY turns 25 years old this week. The 9th film from Hayao Miyazaki, it grossed $395M in its original run and held the record for the highest grossing Japanese film for 15 years. It won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature and is considered one of the best animated films of all time.

u/dremolus — 1 month ago