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Why Did Superhero Movies Get So Bad? The Marvel Cinematic Universe and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
The Federalist ^ | 08/04/2023 | SAMUEL MANGOLD-LENETT

Posted on 08/04/2023 11:17:36 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: EEGator

The only superhero movies I like are the “X-men” series, the Sam Raimi Spider-Man trilogy, “Man Of Steel”, “V For Vendetta” and the two Guillermo Del Toro “Hellboy” movies.


21 posted on 08/04/2023 12:08:49 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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I didn’t see Man of Steel, but the others were entertaining.

Evil Dead 2 by Raimi is fantastic. Bruce Campbell is awesome.


22 posted on 08/04/2023 12:10:21 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: SeekAndFind

Sislel and Ebert said it several years back.

The early movie makers were raised on great literature and made movies of great literature.

Today’s movie makers were raised on comic books.


23 posted on 08/04/2023 12:21:37 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (“No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.”)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
Sislel and Ebert said it several years back.

The early movie makers were raised on great literature and made movies of great literature.

Today’s movie makers were raised on comic books.

True. There's also the added element of a lack of creativity. Everything these days is derivative of what came before. When they are completely out of ideas they resort to remaking the exact same movies with their modern, woke sensibilities.

24 posted on 08/04/2023 12:32:20 PM PDT by pgyanke (Republicans get in trouble when not living up to their principles. Democrats... when they do.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Because they are Nazi, Commie and LGBTQDisney propaganda.


25 posted on 08/04/2023 12:37:52 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("There's no cryin' in baseball and there's no ethics in politics!" )
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To: catnipman
if you’ve seen one of ‘em, you’ve seen ‘em all ...

especially with Hollywood's remaking (rebooting) of every one. How many batman stories are there now?
26 posted on 08/04/2023 12:39:28 PM PDT by Karma_Sherab
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To: EEGator

Exactly correct.


27 posted on 08/04/2023 12:49:24 PM PDT by karnage
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To: SeekAndFind
I've been watching "The Tick" on amazon it was freaking great.
They shut it down likely because it didn't have homosexuality or trans people. Not even a sys gen female that hates males in it. They can't have that!!
28 posted on 08/04/2023 1:28:01 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn
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Ben Edlund has never met a deadline he couldn’t ignore completely as it sailed by. Eventually anybody trying to do The Tick runs out of patience. Really they put up with him for 2 season, it’s kind of a miracle.


29 posted on 08/04/2023 1:31:38 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: Steve Van Doorn

I forgot on “The Tic” they did have a confused computer that was a boat. But that computerized boat clearly had mental issues.


30 posted on 08/04/2023 1:32:29 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn
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To: discostu
"Ben Edlund has never met a deadline he couldn’t ignore completely as it sailed by."
Why do they make deadlines? Except for tax reasons. I want a good show to watch. I don't care how long it takes. When it's done it's done.
31 posted on 08/04/2023 1:36:17 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn
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To: SeekAndFind

Do adults not read books anymore?


32 posted on 08/04/2023 1:36:24 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman)
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Who has time to read? With all the woke re-makes and re-boots on the streaming services.


33 posted on 08/04/2023 1:42:25 PM PDT by scottinoc
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"Do adults not read books anymore?"
When it's read to them. ha
Sad but I notice science papers when I use a computerized translator reading it to me. It pronounces compounds and proteins better then i can and I don't lose train of thought.
34 posted on 08/04/2023 1:42:30 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn
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Because schedules exist. How do you make sure all your actors and directors and sets are available when you have no idea when the scripts will be done? Not to mention how do you advertise something you have no idea when it will be done?

I’ve been a Tick fan since the comic book days. We just kind of got used to “maybe a month, maybe 2, maybe 3, maybe...” The publisher only put up with it because it was their most popular title.

Then came the Fox animated series, and Fox got to deal with it. Then they were silly enough to sign on for a live action show. And they canceled that after 1 season. Then Amazon jumped in and it took them 4 years to get 22 episodes. Now part of that was Amazon’s fault because they were playing around with making premier episodes of stuff and not greenlighting full seasons until months later. But even then it took more than a year between each group.

Edlund’s brilliant. And a nice guy from everything I’ve seen. But he isn’t professional, and making a multi-million dollar project dependent on him is generally a mistake. Though the results are brilliant when he finally finishes.


35 posted on 08/04/2023 1:43:33 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: SeekAndFind

In the movie, Barbie pulled down Ken’s pants and found out he was not a conservative as he was er... not anatomically correct.


36 posted on 08/04/2023 1:56:06 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: discostu
said, "How do you make sure all your actors and directors and sets are available when you have no idea when the scripts will be done? Not to mention how do you advertise something you have no idea when it will be done?"

I see your point. Sounds like he needed a assistant producer that helped him with the timing. Ben Edlund should've set his schedule and stuck to it. Still a great show while it lasted.
37 posted on 08/04/2023 1:57:07 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn
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It’s his writing process. He’s just not a “sit down and write” guy. It’s all inspiration based, when the idea hits he goes for it, if he doesn’t have an idea he doesn’t write anything. If a deadline zooms by while he’s lacking an idea, too bad for the deadline.


38 posted on 08/04/2023 1:59:21 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: Steve Van Doorn

Thats interesting. What computerized reader or translator software do you use for scientific papers?


39 posted on 08/04/2023 2:04:29 PM PDT by takebackaustin
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To: takebackaustin

copy and past it into google translate and hit the listen button. I’m sure there is a better way. Though it works.


40 posted on 08/04/2023 2:16:56 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn
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