Christopher R Taylor Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Quote *chuckle* inflating numbers is not reality. Actual box office is X. If Y movie has a greater box office then it beats it. #inRealDollars Economics are hard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zslane Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 A Rolls Royce Wraith only cost £1700 back in 1938. What a piece of garbage it must have been. pinecone and Christopher R Taylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 1 hour ago, zslane said: A Rolls Royce Wraith only cost £1700 back in 1938. What a piece of garbage it must have been. Speaking of, three prices from April 1949: Charter air holiday flight round trip flight to the island of Madeira and back to Britain: £85, or a hair above $420; Brand new 1949 Packard with all the trimmings: $2450; Average house price: $14,500; Average wage: $3600. After closely examining these figures from my reading, I have come to the only possible conclusion: Things cost different amounts at different times. It's a funny old world. But I wouldn't mind it if the average house still cost four years average salary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishFox Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 26 minutes ago, Lawnmower Boy said: But I wouldn't mind it if the average house still cost four years average salary. It's not too far off (quick internet search pulling up 47,500 and 226,000 respectively) at roughly 4.75 years average salary. And I know this varies WILDLY depending on where you live and the tax environment of your country/state/county/city. pinecone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Thanks, Saved me saying it. The "real" differance is back then people Saved to buy a house. Now days folks borrow, so they end up paying around 8 to 10 times income. ScottishFox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Like I always say: Things aren't more expensive. Money's just worth less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 We've yet to see how expensive Thing will be in the MCU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishFox Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 16 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: Like I always say: Things aren't more expensive. Money's just worth less. Back when currency was exchangeable for precious metals it was worth a LOT more. We wouldn't even be having minimum wage discussions if currency was still tied to precious metals. An old silver dollar has about $12.30 worth of silver in it. How would you like to be earning a minimum wage of... $92.25/hour? I'd take that deal in a minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranxerox Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 32 minutes ago, ScottishFox said: Back when currency was exchangeable for precious metals it was worth a LOT more. We wouldn't even be having minimum wage discussions if currency was still tied to precious metals. An old silver dollar has about $12.30 worth of silver in it. How would you like to be earning a minimum wage of... $92.25/hour? I'd take that deal in a minute. So would have people back then, but most common labors were "dollar a day men". So, how would you like to be paid $12.30 for a days work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 I, too, yearn for simpler bygone days. But you’re right, the precious metal standard does nothing for the minimum wage and also cedes control of the money supply to the commodities markets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starlord Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 32 minutes ago, Old Man said: I, too, yearn for simpler bygone days. But you’re right, the precious metal standard does nothing for the minimum wage and also cedes control of the money supply to the commodities markets. If I had to live through the last 20,000 years of 'civilization' like you have, I wouldn't long for the bygone days. I like my dental hygiene and running water. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 Electricity and antibiotics are pretty cool, too. Starlord 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 And Avengers movies. (To get back on topic). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 /callback If Kang were to be the villain in an upcoming feature (which would be cool), the probability is high that we would also see Immortus. Which would be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 Kang made an appearance in the first season of Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. I thought they did a great job with him. I'll bet the folks behind MCU could tell some great stories with him. I'd just be concerned that they'd use him up too quickly, like they did with Ultron. (As a side note, A:EMH did a pretty good job with Ultron, too.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 A:EMH was a great superhero animated series, cancelled too soon. I agree that their handling of both Kang and Ultron (who had significant story arcs) was impressive. Part of that IMHO is the ability of a television series to draw out a story over multiple episodes to explore it fully, which most movies don't have the luxury of. What made Kang work especially well there, is that while his background was based on comic-book Kang, he was given a story-based reason to focus all his attention on the Avengers and their era, so that actual time-travel was only a brief feature of his appearances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 6 hours ago, Old Man said: I, too, yearn for simpler bygone days. You are simpler bygone days. 😛 Old Man 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 17, 2019 Report Share Posted July 17, 2019 I still maintain that if Thanos had faced this Thor at the end of Endgame, he'd have had a far tougher fight on his hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 LL, now imagine if Thor had both hammers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 18, 2019 Report Share Posted July 18, 2019 Mad Titan hamburger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bazza Posted July 19, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2019 "It was really a joy" ~ Stan Lee "it sure was" ~ everyone else wcw43921 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2019 The Biggest Reveals From SDCC 2019's Avengers: Endgame Panels https://screenrant.com/avengers-endgame-sdcc-2019-reveals/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted July 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2019 Thanos creator reveals what he'll "never forgive" about Endgame https://apple.news/A0ynwK7nzTG-2ru4YdgKAyw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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