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There Was A Different Idea: An MCU Producer Quest

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I'm planning an omake on a first-time fan reacting to the first Iron Man movie, and I'm kind of stuck beyond him thinking the movie's awesome. I'd like to hear some general ideas so that I can spend less time thinking about the omake and actually writing it. :)

Edit: I should have clarified that this is after he watched it. :p
 
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Duke William of said:
I'm planning an omake on a first-time fan reacting to the first Iron Man movie, and I'm kind of stuck beyond him thinking the movie's awesome. I'd like to hear some general ideas so that I can spend less time thinking about the omake and actually writing it. :)
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Airguitar solos in theatre from the metal heads, kids trying to barrel rolls while making sound effects, and then one guys screaming, "Wait, there's more?!" when he sees the post-credits and a few clueless dudes running back in confused but hype af.
 
Duke William of said:
I'm planning an omake on a first-time fan reacting to the first Iron Man movie, and I'm kind of stuck beyond him thinking the movie's awesome. I'd like to hear some general ideas so that I can spend less time thinking about the omake and actually writing it. :)
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Maybe someone who is a big avengers fan had just seen the movie a few days back and hadn't bothered to stick around to watch the credits.
He's talking to his friend about the movie in college/office and another kid asks him about the end credits scene.
Now super excited he returns for another viewing of Iron man and is over the moon about thor and avengers tease.
 
RomanceNinja said:
It absolutely is, and at the time of 2008 would make Iron Man have the second highest domestic American box office right behind 1997's Titanic.
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Exactly. Even 450M would be mind blowing. This is the first film in a new franchise. Based on a relatively unknown character. Even now after all these years not many MCU movies earn 625M domestically. Increase the international earnings by another 100M. I don't mind that at all. It would show that foreign audiences also went crazy over it and are super curious about the movies teased in the end credits.

Sorry for bitching. Still, it's author's choice. It's an entertaining quest.
 
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RomanceNinja said:
It absolutely is, and at the time of 2008 would make Iron Man have the second highest domestic American box office right behind 1997's Titanic.
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Freelook 2020 said:
Exactly. Even 450M would be mind blowing. This is the first film in a new franchise. Based on a relatively unknown character. Even now after all these years not many MCU movies earn 625M domestically. Increase the international earnings by another 100M. I don't mind that at all. It would show that foreign audiences also went crazy over it and are super curious about the movies teased in the end credits.

Sorry for bitching. Still, it's author's choice. It's an entertaining quest.
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Would you prefer I erase the bonus gained by the critic and fandom Buzz which made it possible?

I mean, I understand that some stuff might seem unrealistic by OTL standards, but if this breaks your SOD then I can always retcon it.
 
overmind said:
Would you prefer I erase the bonus gained by the critic and fandom Buzz which made it possible?

I mean, I understand that some stuff might seem unrealistic by OTL standards, but if this breaks your SOD then I can always retcon it.
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I guess it could work as it is right now. But then it needs to affect Iron Man 2 production as well.
Jon Favreau had just delivered the biggest movie after Titanic. No matter how good his relationship is with Mc, He's going to demand total control for Iron Man 2 I would imagine.
And Ike is going to be full Team Favreau now.

RDJ and Jessica as well as the other supporting cast are going to demand a huge pay hike. Especially RDJ. At least 8-10M for Iron Man 2.

It also means that big movie stars and directors are also going to be interested to join the MCU from the get go. Everyone is going to want a piece of this 900M$ pie. I mean that's almost double of what Iron Man earned in the OTL. It's almost as much as a Harry Potter movie and those movies were loved all over the world.
 
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As awesome as it is that we shattered expectations for our debut film, I have to wonder whether this will have negative knock-on effects for The Incredible Hulk. I mean, our rolls for that movie weren't bad, but for Iron Man we pretty much got as close to perfection as was reasonably possible. If fans go into TIH expecting a repeat, they may be let down.
 
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As awesome as it is that we shattered expectations for our debut film, I have to wonder whether this will have negative knock-on effects for The Incredible Hulk. I mean, our rolls for that movie weren't bad, but for Iron Man we pretty much got as close to perfection as was reasonably possible. If fans go into TIH expecting a repeat, they may be let down.
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I wouldn't mind a month extra for reshoots right now. Otherwise people might see us as a one-time wonder.
 
Also, can we use a portion of the huge profits from Iron Man to invest in hiring new staff and training the ones we have, so that we can ensure that future in-house rolls (such as production, scripting, and casting) go as smoothly as they can?
 
Kirook said:
Also, can we use a portion of the huge profits from Iron Man to invest in hiring new staff and training the ones we have, so that we can ensure that future in-house rolls (such as production, scripting, and casting) go as smoothly as they can?
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After that booming success, Ike and the higher-ups don't have much leverage against such an endeavour.
 
I'll be totally honest if the success on the first Iron Man damages future movies by comparison and limits us in creative freedom in the future I'd rather not have succeeded as much as we did. Like I'm fairly certain that this was used as a metric of how well we did.

It might not be the most realistic but getting basically punished for doing well seems like it would kind of suck and I'd rather do less well if it's going to just cause us a ton of problems.

Edit: it's the QM's quest so it's their call but if we get more negative effects for succeeding as much as we have I'd rather cut out the bonus and succeed less then be totally locked out of making Iron Man 2 or forever doomed to remain in the originals shadow.
 
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I guess one way to differently model it would basically create a modifier based on previous movies. So that a 25 (for hype, not for quality) on the tenth MCU movie, sequel to a bunch of other successful MCU movies, might make more than 100 on the first movie in the MCU.

So that you get that feeling of becoming a juggernaut, but also having to run the risk of resting on your laurels and falling into routine and pattern, the way a lot of successful franchises (including the MCU I'd argue) kinda sorta do.
 
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Okay guys, I'm going to be honest here.

There were always going to be some kind of consequences to your actions. As much as I enjoyed Charcolt's quest were we could do whatever and not worry about budget or anything outside, I could also see how other players would have preferred a more realistic approach. Which is what I've been trying to do here while at the same time not making it too realistic, since doing that would mean that none of your ideas would even get the green light.

Your success here was supposed to bring some consequences down the line, something I was hoping to snap you back into gear so that you don't get too complacent. Only it seems I failed and instead made it so that this quest now is no longer as realisitic as I hoped, and apparently not what you wanted either.

This was not my intention, from the beginning I wanted to make a quest that you could enjoy, where you could freely discuss ideas, and overall just feel happy about it, just like I felt whenever I participated in Charcolt's quest. I don't know if I can fix this since once SOD is broken it's very difficult to restore, and for that I apologize.

So, I'll leave it in your hands then. Do you want heavier consequences, or should i stick to my previous plan? I know it's not ideal, but I can at least try to patch this up a little.
 
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Okay guys, I'm going to be honest here.

There were always going to be some kind of consequences to your actions. As much as I enjoyed Charcolt's quest were we could do whatever and not worry about budget or anything outside, I could also see how other players would have preferred a more realistic approach. Which is what I've been trying to do here while at the same time not making it too realistic, since doing that would mean that none of your ideas would even get the green light.

Your success here was supposed to bring some consequences down the line, something I was hoping to snap you back into gear so that you don't get too complacent. Only it seems I failed and instead made it so that this quest now is no longer as realisitic as I hoped, and apparently not what you wanted either.

This was not my intention, from the beginning I wanted to make a quest that you could enjoy, where you could freely discuss ideas, and overall just feel happy about it, just like I felt whenever I participated in Charcolt's quest. I don't know if I can fix this since once SOD is broken it's very difficult to restore, and for that I apologize.

So, I'll leave it in your hands then. Do you want heavier consequences, or should i stick to my previous plan? I know it's not ideal, but I can at least try to patch this up a little.
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It's very entertaining as it is right now. Don't need to change anything. This situation could actually be really interesting. I mean after such a huge success, the mc has the power to challenge Ike. This can help in greenlighting a few riskier projects like ant man and wasp or black panther. I mean even Ike wouldn't want to rock the boat right now. The bastard is practically swimming in money.

Mc would also have to work extra hard to sure that hulk and iron man's sequel are just as good.
 
overmind said:
So, I'll leave it in your hands then. Do you want heavier consequences, or should i stick to my previous plan? I know it's not ideal, but I can at least try to patch this up a little.
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I'm in favor of sticking to the previous plan. I don't think a quest needs to be 100% realistic and I generally liked the philosophy you had previously. Getting punished harder, immediately for a success when the core appeal is discussing movie ideas and trying to make them work seems really counterproductive. I'm not against any consequences but I'd certainly not like to get punished harder than what you are going for

TLDR: I have faith in the QM and would rather that things not be made harder than planned out of a sense of "realism". Just go with what you think is best here.
 
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Run the quest you are wanting to run, and if people seem to have different expectations, share a bit more about where the dials are. At least so far, with the negotiation roles for casting and pushback, it seems like a level of 'You can do a lot, but you have to fight for it' that I think is driving people to engage.
 
overmind said:
Would you prefer I erase the bonus gained by the critic and fandom Buzz which made it possible?

I mean, I understand that some stuff might seem unrealistic by OTL standards, but if this breaks your SOD then I can always retcon it.
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I think one thing you'd need to change is having the international box office be more whilst reducing the domestic box office in an equal amount. Because the domestic box office is slightly above the IRL Avengers 1 movie, whilst the international box office is just barely the same as the IRL Iron Man movie. Movies that tend to get that high of a domestic box office usually don't have the international box office be that far behind, and in some cases the international box office would be far ahead.
 
RomanceNinja said:
I think one thing you'd need to change is having the international box office be more whilst reducing the domestic box office in an equal amount. Because the domestic box office is slightly above the IRL Avengers 1 movie, whilst the international box office is just barely the same as the IRL Iron Man movie. Movies that tend to get that high of a domestic box office usually don't have the international box office be that far behind, and in some cases the international box office would be far ahead.
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Yes. This. If any change has to be made then maybe a way to slightly nerf domestic and buff international earnings in future calculations would be more then sufficient.
 
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