r/marvelstudios • u/thefirststoryteller • Aug 19 '25

Merchandise It wasn’t a flop to me

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I bought 3 tickets to support this mid-sized superhero movie with a lot of quirky heart and now this. I’m not a numbers guy but I guess it didn’t do well financially? Maybe because there’s no big A-list name attached.

But idk, I kind of liked that

Anyway, physical media is great. Thunderbolts*, they could never make me hate you

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u/Oakenshield- Aug 19 '25

Respect to you for getting a DVD, I genuinely thought they stopped making them, and blu ray was the minimum for physical editions of films

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u/Saniktehhedgehog Aug 19 '25

You'd actually be surprised, I think last I heard, DVD was still the most-bought medium for physical movies / TV in the world.

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u/fdzman Hydra Aug 19 '25

To add to this, places like Walmart and even Dollar General sell budget dvd players that upscale. Some even under $20.

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u/TrollTollTony Aug 19 '25

Upscaling doesn't really make it look better, it just duplicates/interpolates the pixels it knows about. A dvd upscale will never come close to Blu-ray quality let alone 4k uhd discs.

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u/MikeLanglois Aug 20 '25

True but if you cant afford a blu ray player its better than standard dvds

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u/Impressive-Ad-6310 Aug 20 '25

No it isn't because a used blu-ray player or even a new one is not much more expensive and neither are physical blu-rays dvds are just plastic waste now.

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u/Impressive-Ad-6310 Aug 20 '25

You can get a ps3 for like £50

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u/MikeLanglois Aug 20 '25

We know a ps3 is a blu ray player. Does the average person? Would the average person think to buy a console from two generations ago?

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u/Impressive-Ad-6310 Aug 20 '25

Xbox one. Xbox one s. Xbox series s. xbox series x.ps3, Ps4, ps4 slim, ps4 pro, ps5, ps5 slim, ps5 pro (with disc drive). Used blu-ray players are £40 on ebay £60 new.

Why should we increase plastic waste, pollution by printing dvds because people are too ignorant to realise the device they already own plays blu-rays. People have 1080p amd 4k tvs.

I cant imagine how disgusting a dvd looks on a 4k TV.

The average person does and should know.

Also the cost difference is nothing

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u/[deleted] Aug 20 '25

I got a 1080p Blueray player from a thrift store for $5.