Superhero Fatigue

[Dave Gray]

I have to eat some crow.

I predicted that Deadpool wouldn't do well financially.  Partly, because the self-aware humor would be foreign to general audiences and the R-rating would hurt the pull.  I based this off of previous Internet darlings like Watchmen and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World playing to their bases, but not pulling in the masses.  Also, anecdotally, when I saw the trailer play in front of The Revenent, the crowd was crickets.  And then you have general superhero fatigue, where there are a bunch of superhero films every year...people just get tired.

But clearly, I was wrong.  Deadpool killed it and has raked in a ton of cash for a movie that, while entertaining, I didn't find to be very groundbreaking.

But I've heard some movie critics predicting Deadpool, specifically, as the film before the crash.  The fear is that Hollywood is going to take the R-rated hero concept and run it into the ground, making each movie darker and ruder and more adult, until the skin the sheep.

Are you getting tired of superhero films yet?

[Spider-Dan]

It's ironic, because (arguably) the first "comic book" movie in the current era was an R-rated movie that came out in 1998: Blade.

[Tenshot13]

^^^and most people don't even know it was based on a superhero...a lot of people think Iron Man was the first of the current era.

To answer Dave's question, "Nope.  Keep 'em coming."

[Sunstroke]

I'm with Tenshot13 on this one...keep them coming!

And, for the record, I seem to really like the R-rated versions. I really enjoyed Deadpool, and I consider both Watchmen and Scott Pilgrim to be phenomenal movies that have both received multiple viewings.

[Tenshot13]

I'm with Tenshot13 on this one...keep them coming!

And, for the record, I seem to really like the R-rated versions. I really enjoyed Deadpool, and I consider both Watchmen and Scott Pilgrim to be phenomenal movies that have both received multiple viewings.

Have you seen Super with Rainn Wilson?  It is similar to the Kickass movies, but better IMO.

[Phishfan]

I find I am fading on some but happy to see others. I quit watching X-Men movies and avoided Fantastic Four but went to see Deadpool and can't wait for Civil War.

[Spider-Dan]

^^^and most people don't even know it was based on a superhero...a lot of people think Iron Man was the first of the current era.

I think you mean X-Men in 2000?  There were already 3 Hugh Jackman X-Men movies and 3 Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movies by the time Iron Man came out in 2008, which were what gave Marvel the funding to open their own studio in the first place (Iron Man was the first Marvel Studios movie).

[Tenshot13]

I think you mean X-Men in 2000?  There were already 3 Hugh Jackman X-Men movies and 3 Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movies by the time Iron Man came out in 2008, which were what gave Marvel the funding to open their own studio in the first place (Iron Man was the first Marvel Studios movie).

Yeah, I was in the mentality of the first to start the Marvel Studios movies, which wasn't my point.  I'm discombobulated.

[DaLittle B]

I get it,I'm probably not the demographic,but about 90-95% of them bore me to tears.I have a hard time "rooting for" or feeling empathy for characters in these type of movies,you know the hero is going to to win,because there have to be sequels.

For me some of them have a good story,sort of despite being a superhero movie.I like seeing the make ups,and some of the special effects,but that's not enough for me to want to see a movie (even at $2.15 for a redbox rental)

I liked the Batman remakes,after watching them more,and more.I liked Antman a little bit,(I saw it once,I'm good),because it was a little different.Loved the Hellboy series,I'm not sure it's a superhero movie really.

[Sunstroke]

Have you seen Super with Rainn Wilson?  It is similar to the Kickass movies, but better IMO.

To be completely honest, not only have I not seen Super, but I haven't seen Kickass either. Guess I should add both of them to my Solar watch list...

[Fau Teixeira]

It isn't just super hero movies .. because you had Batman as a movie in the 90s and you had superman in the 70s and you had xmen in the 2000s etc etc etc.

2008 iron man was different in that it didn't stop at 1 main character .. the difference was the ensemble cast of heroes .. and the different movies that all built upon each other while combining for a large collaborative movie in the end.

That's what's changed

[VidKid]

Let's not forget The Crow. I believe that was '93-'94 and rated R.

Great movie.

I like the direction the movies have taken. The ensemble casts, the building of a universe.

In the end, I was a comic book nerd before and I'll be a comic book nerd when its done.

[Spider-Dan]

I think Superman and Batman barely even qualify as comic book movies.  Both of them were already incredibly famous from television shows, to the point where millions of people who had never picked up a comic book could describe the Joker, Catwoman, Lois Lane, etc.

X-Men was probably the first pure "comic book movie" success, in that X-Men was one of the top comic book titles but not too well known outside of that medium.  Iron Man took that to the next level.

[DaLittle B]

I know the topic is specifically Superhero movies,but I'm curious if the influx of superhero T.V. shows might hasten the mainstream interest in the genre. Supergirl,the Flash,Gotham,agent of shield,agent carter?,green arrow still (I'm not sure it's still on?) on T.V. now,and probably more in the works.

[Tenshot13]

I know the topic is specifically Superhero movies,but I'm curious if the influx of superhero T.V. shows might hasten the mainstream interest in the genre. Supergirl,the Flash,Gotham,agent of shield,agent carter?,green arrow still (I'm not sure it's still on?) on T.V. now,and probably more in the works.

Don't forget Daredevil, Jessica Jones, DC's Legends of Tomorrow and upcoming shows Marvel's Most Wanted, Iron Fist, Luke Cage, The Defenders, Powerless...too many to count.