Wilbert Pierce

Sure, your eyes aren’t tricking you. That clip looks better than the new trailer, and the reason has nothing to do with talent. The VFX supervisor on Amazing Spider-Man 2 in 2014? Jerome Chen. The VFX supervisor on Brand New Day? Also Jerome Chen. Same person. Completely different system around him. In 2014, Chen had 50 effects artists at Sony Imageworks, the largest VFX crew the studio had ever put on a single project. They handled about 1,000 of the film’s 1,600 VFX shots on a $255 million budget. The crew shot on real film (not digital), on location in actual New York City, scanned Times Square with 36,000 photographs of over 100 billboards, and built physical lighting rigs on set so the CGI would match the real world. Now look at how Marvel makes Spider-Man movies. No Way Home had 2,500 VFX shots spread across 12 studios and about 3,000 artists. The budget was $200 million, $55 million less than TASM2 despite having 56% more VFX shots. Digital Domain, one of the VFX vendors, was delivering final shots days before the December 17, 2021, release. They kept reworking shots into mid-January, after the movie was already in theaters. Zoom out, and the math gets worse. Marvel released 6 films between 2008 and 2012. From 2023 to 2025, they pushed out 7 films and 7 TV shows. The Hollywood union representing VFX workers reported that Marvel pays artists about 20% below industry average and staffs one person where other studios hire three. Artists described 64-hour weeks and breakdowns on the job. Then, in February 2025, Technicolor, the parent company of MPC (three-time Oscar winner for Life of Pi, The Jungle Book, and 1917), collapsed almost overnight. 4,500 jobs gone globally. The studio had been actively working on Disney and Paramount films when the lights went out. Brand New Day has four months before release, and trailers routinely show unfinished shots. But the gap between a 2014 Spider-Man and a 2026 Spider-Man has nothing to do with technology going backwards. The industry has been asked to do three times the work for less money per shot while its biggest studios are going under.

@inhyuklee Amazing. Spectacular. Absolute even.

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Got my controller from @PlayStation And @MarathonTheGame. Gorgeous design. Looks great with my Yotie controller.

Holy shit this is so cursed

Maubee and Xavier just two American boys telling each other “yah man” 🤣🤣 #Cinemzel26

@JOverrated Speak your truth

is this a safe space can I say something

Confused. This is the second Denzel film of this era with a white woman home invader kink... is that a thing in those households #Cinemzel26

@asalisbury @RyanAClarke Will that be like 10am est March 5th? Or midnight March 5th? Deciding if I need to nap now for tonight.

@RyanAClarke Okay we can do that on March 5th 🐛

We've been busy digging through feedback in all forms, and wanted to keep you posted on what we're up to. Enjoy our final recap - and your final hours in the Server Slam! Servers will be spinning down tomorrow morning at 10AM PT. Onward to March 5th 🐛

So am I the only person on here enjoying Marathon or is my algorithm just buns

@TheRooster Overall plays well. While a similar genre they are two night and day flavors so I'm not expecting a dip in anything other than the destiny numbers honestly.

Did you like Marathon or not? Reply ONLY if you have: - tried Marathon - played ARC Raiders

@spikelee framed last night's movie for maximum emotional weight when it was needed. Cried when the dust settled and Bleek was going through the stages of grief. Mourning the loss of his creative self with his physical impairment. #Denzelwashington #mobetterblues #Cinemzel26

5 ot of 5 Zellys on #mobetterblues The characterization. The shadowing. Three way Spike waves the comedy along the drama along the music. Just flows. #Cinemzel26

If I send this just know... i ain't heard a thing you said ... #Cinemzel26

Look at Tamera’s man from Sister Sister chile #Cinemzel26

@Jani__Gee Everyone needs a rider like this ^

I was so worried she was gonna swing on him before I could get heels off lmaoo

@DeeBlockDavo Instagram establishing itself as a photo app and then caving to other app niches to try and take market. Snapchat was cool. Vine / Tiktok had short form. Snapchat the only one that has stayed in its lane mostly.

Instagram stories ruined Instagram. If it didn’t have stories people would have no choice but to post on the main feed or not post at all. It’s people who LITERALLY only post on the story and have 0 main feed post.

Found 3 more of the @inhyuklee streetverse covers. Already had Doom. Thor and Rogue secured on Instagram and going to pick those up this week. #comiccollection a couple of fun comic related projects coming up.

Watching yourself back on video will be a humbling experience every time.

@UpToTASK I found the movie to be decent. I enjoyed it. But also think he should've crippled or imprisoned scott with him.

Y’all stay saying this stupid shit. What film did you watch where he won? He clearly got the living SHIT beat out of him and had to be saved. Y’all sit here and complain about the CGI endings like Shang-Chi when Quantumania had one of the most slugged out beatdown with no powers.