Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-24991799-20150530190646/@comment-61022-20150619225054

See biggest failing of this petition of yours is that you are "not sending it to anyone" but that it's "directed to everyone who is in charge of the production.."

So.. How exactly are they going to see this petition? I mean other than spamming fan sites. You have zero connection to any of these people. If this was something that you were doing online well it's already failed because if it was a thing everyone was promoting it would be all over social media at the very least. Since I haven't seen it circulating around Facebook or Twitter, I suspect you probably either didn't think of that form of promotion or figured it was simply good enough to share to your friends and hope they spread it around. Which is not how that works, you actually have to put hours in promotion or PAYING for promotion of something on social media for it to trend.

Also, now its kind of useless, which you would know if you did a little more research than go "Hey wouldn't it be cool if.... and what if I could pat myself on the back and say 'I helped this happen!'"

Let me count the ways this is a useless petition:

(1) the movie is in the process of being filmed. If you even have the slightest idea of how Hollywood filmmaking is done, then you'd know that (a) A script was written and approved and finalized (b) they won't stop production to re-write a script because (c) that costs money, and the film already has an allocated budget that they have to adhere too.

(2) If you take a look at IMDB, the entire cast and crew is listed, right down to the bit roles. ([link here]) While that is by no means a complete list, Hollywood actors are quick to update their filmography on IMDB, because it's an industry standard and there are benefits to having your information up to date for those who use IMDB Pro. If you look at the cast credits, you'll note there is no reference to Charlie Cox or Daredevil or any associated characters being in the movie, because....

(3) ... Two reasons probably, the first and most obvious one being that they probably aren't in it, *but* then again there is still speculation especially with the Sony/Marvel deal regarding Spider-Man, who you'll also note is not credited as appearing in the film. So either they're keeping appearances of these characters a secret for hype later one (which would make sense because the movie isn't coming out for another year) or simply because they are not going to be in the movie.

(4) Also adding the character in after the fact is going to take away from the story that is already jam packed full of characters as it is. Which if you know anything about screen writing, you'd know that the more characters you have to stick in the movie the more exposition you have to create so the audience knows who they are. The studios aren't just making these movies for fans, they're making them for the average viewing public. Ergo, in putting Daredevil in the movie they have to spend time reintroducing his character and doing some character development. Why? Because they can't assume that everyone going to see the new Captain America movie has seen the Daredevil TV show. And I don't know if you've noticed, but in every Marvel movie they spend the first 15-20 minutes of screen time re-establishing the characters, who they are, and what they can do. Because they don't want to completely lose anyone who hasn't seen the other movies. That said they have to reintroduce all of the Avengers, the supporting cast, and then also introduce new villains and other new characters that set up later Marvel movies (namely the Black Panther). Sticking in Daredevil to appease fanboys like you would only take away from the story they already written.

So really, my standpoint on your petition is not really a point of view, but a more logical conclusion based on discernible facts. In that, it doesn't matter how many people you have sign your petition, the decision to include Daredevil in Civil War or not has already been made. This little campaign of yours is hardly researched very well, and by that rote, it's probably going to be like many other petitions that are posted on the internet every day: The intended group being petitioned are (a) unaware of the petition (b) you have no means of actually getting the petition results to them.

Also if in the extremely unlikely event that they are aware of your petition, its too late for them to do anything differently even if they wanted to do it, because that's not how movies are made.

Trust me, these little petitions are a dime a dozen, someone like you posts one similar to this every other month or two on this very Wiki for one reason or another. They're all basically a waste of energy because the outcomes never happen, and even if they do they are unlikely due to an online petition that never gets even a sliver of attention through social media or conventional news media.