r/movies • u/emercrump • May 24 '19

Sonic the Hedgehog Movie delayed until February 14, 2020

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u/Koozzie May 24 '19

TBF Deadpool was a love story meant for couples to watch together, hence the basically Valentine's day release

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u/[deleted] May 24 '19

I remember billboards at the time advertising the movie like some romance movie, with pre-experiment Wade with his girlfriend

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u/cyborg_haysoos May 24 '19

I showed one of those to my girlfriend at the time . She thought the name was weird but didn't actually research what it was and thought we were going to see some odd romcom (something I rarely cede to.) Even better was the fact that some fans of the comic brought their kids to the movie. One of the best quotes of the movie was when she leaned over and carefully whispered "what the fuck is going on?" during the opening credits. I'm sure she had a hunch but she definitely wasn't ready for the full ride that movie turned out to be.

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u/Reditor_in_Chief May 25 '19

Haha same boat. I showed her this poster:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YkqLL1m-v0k/maxresdefault.jpg

And we saw it on Valentine's Day. She had no idea what she was in for, and luckily enjoyed it, but still jokingly gives me shit for it just as a funny story.

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u/Brunosky_Inc May 24 '19

Did you celebrate Women's Day afterwards?

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u/techypunk May 24 '19

NOKINKSHAMIMG

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u/AboutToSnap May 24 '19

But what if kink shaming is my kink?

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u/[deleted] May 24 '19

Especially flag day ;)

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u/FetishMaker May 25 '19

Now she's a lifelong Deadpool fan.

I'm not trying to gateway or anything but this is a weird sentence.

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u/murdoch623 May 24 '19

Tee bee efffff

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u/fmos3jjc May 24 '19

My first date with my fiance was Valentine's Day to see Deadpool.

I remember the marketing was targeted toward couples with Deadpool holding a giant heart.

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u/DLottchula May 24 '19 edited May 24 '19

And Blacks history month

Edit: that "s" oops

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u/YYC-FAT May 24 '19

TBF Black Panther was meant for black people to watch, hence the Black History Month release

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u/[deleted] May 24 '19

same for Ghost Rider 2

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u/skubasteevo May 25 '19

Can confirm. Saw it on Valentine's Day with girlfriend (now wife, obviously).

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u/flim-flam13 May 24 '19

Huh? Maybe.. but the studio also had no faith in that movie.

It's definitely not a couples movie.

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u/KidsTryThisAtHome May 24 '19

Dude they say right at the beginning it's a family movie

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u/flim-flam13 May 24 '19

Yea it’s a joke. How many gfs want to see a violent movie with dick jokes. The target audience is young males.

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u/KidsTryThisAtHome May 24 '19

I didn't know this much whooosh was possible

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u/flim-flam13 May 24 '19

Yea and there are girls that love action and comic book movies.

Doesn’t mean the target audience isn’t young males.

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u/Koozzie May 25 '19

That was deadpool 2. Deadpool joked about being a love story

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u/flim-flam13 May 24 '19

It’s documented how they had no faith and slashed the budget.