Intelligent-Age2786 t1_jaeafv4 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 8:32 PM

Movies have always been able to coexist. Superhero movies aren’t the first genre of movies to rule over everything else. There’s always a new king. A new genre would just take its place. People act as if superhero movies are a plague even tho this cycle has been going on for decades. Something new will just take the crown. Nothing else will change. Except for some theatres losing a lot of business.

AlanMorlock t1_jaeiwnl wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:26 PM

Honest question, how old are you?

There was a was a point in time when a far wider range of films genres and scales were viable. Movies "coexisting" didn't look like theaters canceling other movies to play Spider-man every 20 minutes for a month straight.

Go back and look at the top top 20 box office charts pre-2000.

Intelligent-Age2786 t1_jaejd52 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:29 PM

I’m not saying superhero movies aren’t the most guilty, I’m just saying they aren’t the only ones who are guilty. As the years go on there are more big names blockbusters that go on that keep making a shit ton of money, superhero movies obviously heavily included. I’m not saying superhero movies aren’t guilty of that cuz they definitely are, I’m just saying that they aren’t the only ones guilty.

AlanMorlock t1_jaejxhy wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:33 PM

Honestly outside of what, Fast and Furious, ther hasn't been much viable even among attempted blockbusters. That's the real absurdity of it.

Intelligent-Age2786 t1_jaeknae wrote on February 28, 2023 at 9:38 PM

Some of the ones that have been guilty aren’t always franchise films but there have been some over the years that are, like Harry Potter, Avatar is gonna be a long running one, Fast and Furious as you said, Jurassic World, and if you’d consider it blockbusters the LOTR trilogy, obviously Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, James Bond still makes a shit ton, Transformers, Mission Impossible, and the Hunger Games. Obviously superhero movies make a bunch more than a lot of these, but all these still make MASSIVE amounts of money, and are also guilty. And then there’s obviously some stand-alone blockbusters that are also guilty.