wasted Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I just saw a list of Superhero movies coming out like Thor 2, something like Guardians of the Avengers and Captain America 2.Is there really still a market out there now who still want more of these movies. I guess there is, it just seems like every hero gets a trilogy now. It's kind of funny really.I just wish they could use some of this money for something else, there's no variety of action movies out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Lahey Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I predict that the Batman and Superman movie will kill the genre for a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I think the trend's gonna die pretty soon. (next couple years)Thor 2 will do okCaptain America 2 will flopIron Man series is dead (biggest Avengers piece)Guardians of the Galaxy will flopAvengers 2 won't flop, but I don't think it'll meet the expectationsDon't even get me started on Ant-ManHopefully Batman vs. Superman tanks and we don't have to deal with DC keeping the "genre" afloat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Totts Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 As long as they still make a profit they will continue to be made and that trend does not seem to be slowing, while the profits margins will decrease and they might not be as critically successful as before they are here to stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 (edited) Marvel is all set to go all the way through with a "phase 3" of movies after Avengers 2. Basically that means there will be another 4-5 movies after Avengers 2 that will lead up to Avengers 3 most likely in 2017 or 18. I dont see them doing a phase 4 though after that. It will be too hard to get all the contracts renewed and as you said, there will probably be an over saturation of the superhero movie. Although, I am very glad they are going up to Avengers 3 and making movies supposedly for more obscure characters like Ant Man and Dr Strange.There are also plans for Spiderman 2, 3, and freaking 4. That just seems idiotic to me. Why I dont know, the last one was average but forgettable in my opinion. A sequel or maybe two I can maybe understand but that is not a franchise worthy of 4 movies. Would have rather had a spidey reboot in the Marvel Universe last year.X Men has "Days of Future Past" coming out next year, and nothing planned after that. It sounds like it could be a great end to the franchise though. Could wipe out the shit taste of X3 and tie together both the "First Class" and old trilogy characters and stories very well.Fox also has plans to reboot The Fantastic Four which seems very unnecessary and will just over saturate the market moreOn the DC side of things they just have the Batman vs Superman movie lined up, with rumors for a Flash movie the year after that. Defiantly sounds like they are trying to do a Marvel and get a Justice League movie eventually made.So yes, there are a redicolous amount of super hero movies on the way, but most of these are coming 100% since they are already in production. Marvel will do very well as long as they maintain their quality. Both Avengers and Iron Man 3 alone are some of the highest earners ever. I also love X Men but am totally fine with next year being the last film. Im actually hoping for it if it is really good. The franchise has been around since 2000 basically and deserves to go out with a bang (First Class isnt really a reboot anymore since it is in the same universe). Spiderman Im indifferent about. DIdnt hate the last one but this current franchise doesnt need to exist and just crowds the marked (same with a future FF movie).Batman vs Superman and Justice League Im excited for but they really could have easily waited another 10 years to reboot batman. If it is executed well though, bring it on Edited August 1, 2013 by ZoSoRose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bacardimayne Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Do you really think people are still gonna give a shit about Iron Man in 2018? His series is already dead after 2 and 3 being mediocre, and he's pretty much the lifeblood of the Avengers. I don't see Avengers 3 happening. Seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuddMckagan Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 The trend is going to last at least until 2018, if not longer since Marvel is making big bucks with these movies. I hope Avengers 3 will be the last of them for a while, but who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoSoRose Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Avengers 3 is already happening, they even got Downy to sign a contract for it. I really dont see an Iron Man 4 though... that would be kind of pointlessFor phase 3 we might get one more Thor or Captain America movie but it sounds like they will be mostly new characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Seems like were in for the long haul. Avengers trilogy might be alright. But I can't watch every one of these movies. I going to the theatre but there's nothing on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnold layne Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 They should have never started. I can't name a single good superhero movie. I'm hesitant to say Spider-Man, but I watched it when I was around eleven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasted Posted August 1, 2013 Author Share Posted August 1, 2013 Batman 89 made sense to me as a teenager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman007 Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Hollywood is always going to make money off of them. And screw up the comics as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 They should have never started.This, i haven't seen a single one and i don't plan to either cuz they look fuckin' shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon Comstock Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 They should have never started.This, i haven't seen a single one and i don't plan to either cuz they look fuckin' shit.Agreed.I loved the shit out of the Adam West Batman movie (1966) when I was a kid. That, and the Dark Knight (largely because of the Joker) are the only superhero movies I have fond memories of. All the new ones look terribly predictable and boring. Too much CGI in a lot of movies now, and superhero movies are a big offender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NGOG Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Why would you deny kids a comic movie just because you've grown up yourself? Many of my favourite pieces were inspired by graphic novels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Why would you deny kids a comic movie just because you've grown up yourself? Many of my favourite pieces were inspired by graphic novels.The audiences to a lot of this stuff clearly ain't kids though. And also, we're talking about the saturation of the market with em at the expense of cinema that requires perhaps a tad more creativity from the creators, for the benefit of the medium on the whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NGOG Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 (edited) The audiences to a lot of this stuff clearly ain't kids though.Get over yourself man. There's a huge affection for superheros many of whom have never enjoyed being fully developed on screen. It's not like they're rebooting these franchises every second year. There hasn't been a decent crack at Superman since the Reeve era in the same way Batman was only done properly under the guidance of Christopher Nolan (after being butchered in the 90s by Joel Schumacher). Ironman has never went Hollywood before and neither has the crime fighting syndicate he's part of, The Avengers.If you don't like these movies, which you underestimate the effort behind in terms of doing justice to the years of graphic novels, don't see them. I'm sure there are more sophisticated options for you to see. Edited August 1, 2013 by NGOG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 The audiences to a lot of this stuff clearly ain't kids though.Get over yourself man. There's a huge affection for superheros many of whom have never enjoyed being fully developed on screen. It's not like they're rebooting these franchises every second year. There hasn't been a decent crack at Superman since the Reeve era in the same way Batman was only done properly under the guidance of Christopher Nolan (after being butchered in the 90s by Joel Schumacher). Ironman has never went Hollywood before and neither has the crime fighting syndicate he's part of, The Avengers.If you don't like these movies, which you underestimate the effort behind in terms of doing justice to the years of graphic novels, don't see them. I'm sure there are more sophisticated options for you to see.Yeah but it is in effect the saturation of the market with A particular kind of film, does it REALLY have to be the same exact film rebooted over and over until someone cries foul? And as mentioned previously, i don't watch em and don't plan to. Is it really that bad, is it that stuck up to want to be intrigued by a movie? Or excited by the prospect of what it might be about? Instead of 'there's this guy right, during the day he works for a newspaper...but at night...', it's just fucking stale and boring. Is it REALLY that awful of me to look at these movies that come out that are all either remakes of an old movie, comic books or whatever, is it really pissing on everyone parade to just want to see movies that are intriguing, whoose worth is based solely on what they are and not like, 50 years of Marvel magic or whatever? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 The genre is still clearly profitable. And with Hollywood taking it a bit more seriously in terms of calibre of the cast, and budget. I don't see them going away for a while.Not to mention there is decades upon decades and thousands of great titles and stories, that happen to have been produced in comic book form first, to draw from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Len B'stard Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 The genre is still clearly profitable. And with Hollywood taking it a bit more seriously in terms of calibre of the cast, and budget. I don't see them going away for a while.Not to mention there is decades upon decades and thousands of great titles and stories, that happen to have been produced in comic book form first, to draw from.Thats made me feel quite ill Quite frankly i've stopped watching movies in the way i used to and this sort of thing is the reason why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 (edited) The genre is still clearly profitable. And with Hollywood taking it a bit more seriously in terms of calibre of the cast, and budget. I don't see them going away for a while.Not to mention there is decades upon decades and thousands of great titles and stories, that happen to have been produced in comic book form first, to draw from.Thats made me feel quite ill Quite frankly i've stopped watching movies in the way i used to and this sort of thing is the reason why.I hope so.Besides, movie versions of stuff that was already there? can't avoid it. Almost every hit movie these days was something else before. Edited August 1, 2013 by moreblack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I think they are are absolute shite. So many of them are flops also like the Hulk and Daredevil and that stupid Catwoman film with Halle Berry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzygirl Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 I think they should make a film where all the superheroes ever created fight eachother... including Goku and Captain Planet, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 They will make superhero films as long they make a profit out of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManetsBR Posted August 1, 2013 Share Posted August 1, 2013 Goku? It wouldn't be fair, he could destroy all of them in seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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