I'm sorry, you are accepting ESTIMATIONS as hard numbers? I thought you'd understand him better.

If you (who has claimed no experience with Hollywood) want to tell chdb (who has that experience) that his estimations are wrong, feel free. Otherwise, quit trolling please.

I'd really like you to say that "at least a hundred thousand" is an incorrect statement. What do you think it'd cost, ten bucks?

Thanks for playing.

EDIT: Editted for clarity.

How different is "said" experience from actual experience? I have always wondered about that.

In that case, "said" was referring to when I said experience earlier. I could use "that experience" as well, if you'd prefer.

How much evidence do you have that chdb actually has this experience?

Hollywood Accounting is silly.

About 5% of all films are actually considered "profitable", yet the studios make a killing in "earnings".

Did you know that Stan Lee sued Marvel for non-payment for the first Spider-Man film?

Oh, good, we're back to Stu implying I'm a liar again.

I knew you would take that the wrong way. Personally, I have no doubt about your authentic connections. I have evidence, myself.

That other guy was just trying to start a fight and I was just pointing it out to him.

(There are four of you on imdb. Which one is the real you?)

None of them, actually.

Que?

How did you expect him to take it? It still looks like you're calling him a liar...might want to edit and clear that up.

I wasn't trying to start a fight at all (I believe you were). I replied to someone who is posting inappropriate remarks that chdb isn't "making up numbers." He's right.

I was actually posting highly appropriate remarks that he IS making up numbers, but I'd like to think we've moved past this unpleasantness.

However, I would like to say that I love the way you defend CHDB's honor. I feel like if this were the 1800's you would have challenged me to a duel.

Pistols at dawn!

ZING !!!!!

My local store did that for several months. It net him almost zero business. How often do you pay attention to the pre-movie slide show? How many people who attend movies are going to say "You know? That inexpensive flash-card advertisement has really piqued my interest. Even though I can barely read it with the mood lighting still on. Perhaps, after this 2-and-a-half-hour movie is completed, I'll head on over to Gamer-Gamey-Games and check it out. I sure hope it's open at midnight."

I'm not defending his honor, I'm supporting his answer. A question was asked, he answered it, you claimed he was making it up, I tell the OP he was not.

If I defended his honor, I would challenge you to a duel without saying anything about his answer. But I don't want anyone to not know the facts about how expensive it would be to place a VS ad into Spider-Man 3. However, there are other considerations as well:

Just because Marvel has a hand in both products doesn't mean they have complete control over them. If the producers of a movie ask for a product as a prop, it's almost always free, because the sellers of the product want free advertising. However, I'm sure the producers of Spider-Man 3 DON'T want VS cards as props, because that is inconsistent with the movie.

In the Marvel Universe, Magic the Gathering exists. VS most likely doesn't, because those superheroes are real. So already, if you put a kid with a VS card into the movie, you're putting the audience into a frame of mind where they are reminded that they are licensed products. Not to mention, other Marvel movies are handled by other studios, so I doubt they'd put X-men pictures into a Spider-Man movie. And DC is obviously right out.

If a bus with Spider-Man's picture on "This totally cool card game featuring Spider-Man" drove by, it'd be terribly inconsistent with the feel of the movie. At least, in my opinion, and I'd wager the opinion of most of the production crew as well.

And, of course, it's a boatload of money (no numbers!) to put such things into a movie as an ad, and many people complain about product placement that there's a risk of negative backlash.

Lastly, as Walter said, it's completely meaningless to simply mention VS. It doesn't help attract people who didn't know about it. And if you put enough in there to try and attract them, how angry would people be about that? Considering all the unwarrented negative attention certain scenes have already gotten, a blatent commercial would have been icing on the cake for complainers.