I thought piracy was killing hollywood? But this is a 'geek film' - it should appeal to exactly the same demographic most suspectable to piracy. Why is it still raking in the money?
Could it be that hollywood *lied* to us with those claims of billions of dollars of lost revenue and an industry in ruin?
Superhero movies haven't been "geek films" since Superman the Movie in 1978. To be honest, it's hard to think of a time when the movies and TV series versions of superheroes were ever stuck in a nerd niche - even before Superman the "niche" was "all children" (or at least all boys.)
Comics are a different thing altogether, but I guarantee you that if you went in the other direction and made a Godfather, Jaws, Pulp Fiction, or Back to the Future, comic book, the people who'd actually buy such a thing would
Superhero movies are "geek films" being geeky is just trendy now and everyone wants to think they are one of us. Mostly though, they've just transformed our cult classics and culture into pop culture.
Pretty much sums it up. Baseball attendance in ALL OF 2019 thus far is pegged at 11M (http://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance). 30M Americans saw Endgame in theaters... last weekend. Avengers is more american than baseball.
But... piracy! (Score:5, Insightful)
I thought piracy was killing hollywood? But this is a 'geek film' - it should appeal to exactly the same demographic most suspectable to piracy. Why is it still raking in the money?
Could it be that hollywood *lied* to us with those claims of billions of dollars of lost revenue and an industry in ruin?
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Superhero movies haven't been "geek films" since Superman the Movie in 1978. To be honest, it's hard to think of a time when the movies and TV series versions of superheroes were ever stuck in a nerd niche - even before Superman the "niche" was "all children" (or at least all boys.)
Comics are a different thing altogether, but I guarantee you that if you went in the other direction and made a Godfather, Jaws, Pulp Fiction, or Back to the Future, comic book, the people who'd actually buy such a thing would
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Superhero movies are "geek films" being geeky is just trendy now and everyone wants to think they are one of us. Mostly though, they've just transformed our cult classics and culture into pop culture.
Re:But... piracy! (Score:2)
Pretty much sums it up. Baseball attendance in ALL OF 2019 thus far is pegged at 11M (http://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance). 30M Americans saw Endgame in theaters... last weekend. Avengers is more american than baseball.