Am I the only one who's tired of comic book movies?

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Hobohemian: Sep 30, 2005; by XyloJW

Stop watching them then you twat. Like bitch, just close ya eyes. They make a shitload of money so it's not gonna end anytime soon.

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Hobohemian: Sep 30, 2005; by XyloJW

You mean a film adaptation of White Noise wouldn't bring in 1.5 billion in ticket sales alone? What about the merchandising? Surely that would put it over the 1B mark, right?

# ¿ Jul 21, 2015 22:30

Hobohemian: Sep 30, 2005; by XyloJW

Blazing Ownager posted:

To be fair though does hits not apply to any other Summer blockbuster?

Merchandising is a big thing. Disney is absolutely insidious and genius, in a way.

Disney owns a lot of things. That's why, now, every single ABC show is going out of it's way to reference:

- Marvel
- Star Wars
- Disney Animation

... you might not even realize it's happening. Characters make off-hand comments, name dropping Captain America or The Force. Billboards have these things written in the background. Ads for other Disney properties liter bus stops.

It doesn't end there. While every single Disney asset they have going for them is encouraged to drop subtle, almost invisible advertisements meant to keep IPs and properties relevant, they also are forking money to networks and people they don't own to do the same.

As a result, you hear this stuff being brought up more and more; the more you see characters on TV treating some pop culture thing as a pop culture thing, and mentioning it exists, the more you think it's a pop culture thing. Like I said, it's pretty genius even if some people might feel differently if they start looking for it.

... so go ahead. Start listening specifically for referencing Disney projects casually. You're going to hear it, a lot.

ED: One ABC Marvel show apparently opened with a 30 second long shot of a room full of Star Wars stuff, so it's not always subtle, too.

I see Disney on fruit sold at the grocery store, no joke. I'm so loving envious at how competently run that company is I wish I worked for them so I could get in on it.

# ¿ Jul 21, 2015 22:44

Hobohemian: Sep 30, 2005; by XyloJW

bobthedinosaur posted:

Super and Kickass were the only good ones anyways because in a way they were kinda riffing on the whole comic book movie trend.

Those were legit. Kick rear end 2 was terrible though. James Gunn directed Super so I'm glad he got his with Guardians.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2015 02:00

Hobohemian: Sep 30, 2005; by XyloJW

Avocados posted:

pretty much all comic book movies ive seen are boring because the hero has to be all around likeable or respectable. And they generally have plot armor from the villain who is 100% bad.

Have you tried reading the tale of genji? He dies 3/4 of the way through and he's a pedophile. This was Japan's first book, no joke.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2015 08:11

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