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> The same thing is happening to Marvel. People checked out after Endgame. First, it would be weird to say that was because Marvel was falling apart. It was th

by HWR_14 4y ago

> The same thing is happening to Marvel. People checked out after Endgame. First, it would be weird to say that was because Marvel was falling apart. It was the conclusion of a decade long movie franchise. Of course people might watch something else once the story they had been following was done. It doesn't mean they won't come back or didn't like the new movies, it means they wanted a break. But mainly, it's also not true. Leaving aside 2020 (when Marvel released their movies all online), let's look at 2021. 4 out of the top 10 movies were Marvel movies (including number 1). In 2022, they have 3 of the top 10 slots. They were beaten out by the Top Gun reboot and the latest Jurassic Park

echelon 4y ago
> it means they wanted a break My point exactly. We tire of the familiar. > 4 out of the top 10 movies were Marvel movies Disney operates at a scale none of their peers can match. They have the most well tuned pipeline of any production company. I'd expect this. Nevertheless, metrics point to declining interest. If I had time to write a longer comment, I'd be able to cite sources and offer more than just a suggestion to google "marvel fatigue".
- HWR_14 4y ago
  Wanting something different is not the statement that you were originally making. Your original contention was that quality goes down, it "becomes grating and falls apart".
BLKNSLVR 4y ago
> They were beaten out by the Top Gun reboot and the latest Jurassic Park Which is both sad and hilarious in the context of this thread
- HWR_14 4y ago
  I mean, rounding out the top 10 of 2022 are the latest Minions, Batman, Harry Potter, Sonic the Hedgehog (for some reason) and a sequel to a Chinese movie which was in the top 10 in 2021. Nothing original at all in 2022, and the big things that may still break into the top 10 (e.g. Avatar 2) are also sequels. In 2021, the only original things were the highest production cost Chinese movie in history that glorified the Chinese army vanquishing their enemies (South Korea, the US) in the Korean War (this is the one that got a sequel) and a Chinese comedy. The western movies were the latest Bond, Fast and Furious, Kong vs. Godzilla, and Sing 2. (A Chinese movie series also was in the top 10 in 2021)

by HWR_14 4y ago

echelon 4y ago

> it means they wanted a break My point exactly. We tire of the familiar. > 4 out of the top 10 movies were Marvel movies Disney operates at a scale none of their peers can match. They have the most well tuned pipeline of any production company. I'd expect this. Nevertheless, metrics point to declining interest. If I had time to write a longer comment, I'd be able to cite sources and offer more than just a suggestion to google "marvel fatigue".

HWR_14 4y ago
Wanting something different is not the statement that you were originally making. Your original contention was that quality goes down, it "becomes grating and falls apart".

BLKNSLVR 4y ago

> They were beaten out by the Top Gun reboot and the latest Jurassic Park Which is both sad and hilarious in the context of this thread

HWR_14 4y ago
I mean, rounding out the top 10 of 2022 are the latest Minions, Batman, Harry Potter, Sonic the Hedgehog (for some reason) and a sequel to a Chinese movie which was in the top 10 in 2021. Nothing original at all in 2022, and the big things that may still break into the top 10 (e.g. Avatar 2) are also sequels. In 2021, the only original things were the highest production cost Chinese movie in history that glorified the Chinese army vanquishing their enemies (South Korea, the US) in the Korean War (this is the one that got a sequel) and a Chinese comedy. The western movies were the latest Bond, Fast and Furious, Kong vs. Godzilla, and Sing 2. (A Chinese movie series also was in the top 10 in 2021)