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People who enjoy comic book movies are constantly talked down to by others for enjoying them. The diehard DC comic fans who started the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut ca

People who enjoy comic book movies are constantly talked down to by others for enjoying them. The diehard DC comic fans who started the #ReleaseTheSnyderCut campaign and pooled their money together to buy billboards during Comic-Con were called similar things by the rest of the Internet for doing so.

pjc50 6y ago
Comic book movies are in a weird space where they completely dominate the advertising and big studio budgets, yet somehow without being "cool".
- rangibaby 6y ago
  Coca Cola and McDonald’s advertise and sell a lot, and I don’t think anyone would accuse them of being cool.
  - leetcrew 6y ago
    coca cola is about as "cool" as a beverage can be without containing alcohol. mcdonald's I'd agree on.
    - snovv_crash 6y ago
      I'd argue Red Bull is much cooler.
      - dzhiurgis 6y ago
        Which is controlled substance in some parts of Europe
  - ben_w 6y ago
    At the (novel for me) risk of showing my age, they certainly used to be: https://youtu.be/MpizkWEmg1g https://youtu.be/MpizkWEmg1g
acdha 6y ago
Only in niche circles: those are huge, industry-transforming blockbusters so they’re inevitably going to get some negative reaction but that’s because they’re so mainstream now. The dynamic in the 90s was more like what you’re talking about but that was 3 decades ago.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
  Was Twilight not a huge, mainstream, industry transforming blockbluster? The film series pulled in billions of dollars, and led the way for quite a few high-grossing YA series adaptations.
  - krapp 6y ago
    Yes, but unlike with comics, the mainstream has never stopped mocking Twilight, its author or its fans, despite its success.
    - SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
      I'm not sure what you mean. I can certainly point to examples of actors, directors, and journalists who've said that comic book movies are dumb and everyone needs to grow up. It's not the socially dominant view nowadays, but I don't think Twilight hatred is dominant either.
      - krapp 6y ago
        I think Twilight hatred is dominant, to the point of being a mainstream cultural stereotype. Comic books have mostly gained mainstream success, whereas Twilight, which has also seen success in its field, has never not been hated by the mainstream.
    - true_religion 6y ago
      What about the "Twilight Moms", are mom's not mainstream? For that matter, I'm not sure what mainstream is if an entire generation of children doesn't fall into it.
coldtea 6y ago
>People who enjoy comic book movies are constantly talked down to by others for enjoying them. Only by adults with adult taste - which is increasingly a rarity.
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pjc50 6y ago

Comic book movies are in a weird space where they completely dominate the advertising and big studio budgets, yet somehow without being "cool".

rangibaby 6y ago
Coca Cola and McDonald’s advertise and sell a lot, and I don’t think anyone would accuse them of being cool.
- leetcrew 6y ago
  coca cola is about as "cool" as a beverage can be without containing alcohol. mcdonald's I'd agree on.
  - snovv_crash 6y ago
    I'd argue Red Bull is much cooler.
    - dzhiurgis 6y ago
      Which is controlled substance in some parts of Europe
- ben_w 6y ago
  At the (novel for me) risk of showing my age, they certainly used to be: https://youtu.be/MpizkWEmg1g https://youtu.be/MpizkWEmg1g

acdha 6y ago

Only in niche circles: those are huge, industry-transforming blockbusters so they’re inevitably going to get some negative reaction but that’s because they’re so mainstream now. The dynamic in the 90s was more like what you’re talking about but that was 3 decades ago.

SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
Was Twilight not a huge, mainstream, industry transforming blockbluster? The film series pulled in billions of dollars, and led the way for quite a few high-grossing YA series adaptations.
- krapp 6y ago
  Yes, but unlike with comics, the mainstream has never stopped mocking Twilight, its author or its fans, despite its success.
  - SpicyLemonZest 6y ago
    I'm not sure what you mean. I can certainly point to examples of actors, directors, and journalists who've said that comic book movies are dumb and everyone needs to grow up. It's not the socially dominant view nowadays, but I don't think Twilight hatred is dominant either.
    - krapp 6y ago
      I think Twilight hatred is dominant, to the point of being a mainstream cultural stereotype. Comic books have mostly gained mainstream success, whereas Twilight, which has also seen success in its field, has never not been hated by the mainstream.
  - true_religion 6y ago
    What about the "Twilight Moms", are mom's not mainstream? For that matter, I'm not sure what mainstream is if an entire generation of children doesn't fall into it.

coldtea 6y ago

>People who enjoy comic book movies are constantly talked down to by others for enjoying them. Only by adults with adult taste - which is increasingly a rarity.

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