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I think WB will be the savior of Superhero films. They have Batman which is changing things up already and making people extremely happy, but they already announced they are going to be using more assets. Grenn Lantern looks legit too. And sooner or later we will get the Batman Superman movies and eventually Justice League.
I think its the smaller known titles that are hurting the industry. Like Green Hornet for example, how many have we seen like that. Superhero movie etc are not needed. Green Hornet wasn't terrible, but we get like 10 of those movies a year.
why should making super hero movies that generates TONS of money die down?
all they will ever do is keep rebooting.
why should anybody turn down a subject that makes them money?
@ Soldier one
Thanks for the comment. You can be on to something with WB. WB's primary wealth generation mechanism (in terms of superhero properties) is Batman and Superman. In my piece, I argued that Nolan's DNR will likely perform well at the box office—of course, this is more a reflection of Nolan's growing popularity, as most now recognize he is a genius of his craft. The jury of expectations is still undecided on Superman.
@ xino
The point of my analysis is not to say that superhero films will never generate moderately appreciable sums of money because these longstanding franchises are ingrained in the moviegoer's conscience. Thus, the mild success of these films will continually influence the studio system's decision making process, when it comes to which films to green light. The overriding point of my piece is that the extremely high grossing box office juggernauts that we've grown accustomed to from the 2000's is not going to continue—at least over the next few years. Box office numbers will dwindle, as the audience tastes will become stale due to an overabundance of formulaic, non-praiseworthy superhero films.
Rebooting is a monetized creation of Hollywood that reflects a lazy, uninspired mindset. Hollywood operates like any corporation; therefore, they will continue to disseminate lackluster, unoriginal films as long as they turn a profit. The pie; however, will not be as large as it has been in the past, until negligible improvements can be made to the current superhero film model.
Like I said before, I agree. Superhero movies are going to slowly start declining as the guaranteed huge paycheck they are now as fans become tired of being completely barraged with the movies and are subjected to mediocre installment after mediocre installment.
Granted some great ones will still come along, but I think there will be a break in popularity for a while, especially if they keep it up how they are now: churning out lackluster after lackluster project.
Of course, Green Hornet did well this weekend. I think the real test will be this summer when we get hammered with them.