After SuperHeroes , What Do You Think Will be the Next Big Thing in The Movies?

[Valtharius]

Hope that peaks as soon as I finish my historical fantasy book.

 

[Valtharius]

I also remember this clearly. I guess there could be some question as to how developed they were, (and I suspect that they were altered a lot as both he and the technology changed) but I don't think that there is any doubt that he had a 9 part series in mind.

Hamill has said Lucas told him he wanted to do 12 films! The quote is buried somewhere in the archives of Wikipedia, I can find it if you want.

 

[Elckerlyc]

I seriously hope that there won't be a Next Big Thing. I demand diversity!
Diversity, with more attention to the Story and less to Implausible Action. Movies that require a functioning brain to watch, not one that needs you shutting it down.

 

[Parson]

Historical fantasy movies?

Isn't that an oxymoron "Historical Fantasy Movies?"

 

[BAYLOR]

Isn't that an oxymoron "Historical Fantasy Movies?"

Good point .

 

[BAYLOR]

Maybe Beach Party movies will make a comeback.

 

[BAYLOR]

Epic Space sagas?

 

[Vince W]

Epic Space sagas?

 

[BAYLOR]

Big buget wide screen Infomercials.

 

[Parson]

Big buget wide screen Infomercials.

Big Thumbs Down. But it's entirely possible. (sigh!)

 

[Vince W]

Big buget wide screen Infomercials.

We've had those for decades. Product placement is a key element of filmmaking.

 

[Fiberglass Cyborg]

The next big thing will be the Charles Dickens Cinematic Universe (CDCU). After making films of all the actual novels, the studios will come up with sequels. "2 Much 2 Expect: Great Expectations 2." "A Tale of Four Cities." "Copperfield Hard With a Vengeance." "Little Dorritt 2: Electric Boogaloo." "Oliver Fakeout."

 

[Fiberglass Cyborg]

Big buget wide screen Infomercials.

We've had those for decades. Product placement is a key element of filmmaking.

Come to think of it, the single most ground-breaking work of modern cinema, the film that paved the way for everything to follow, was.....(drumroll)

...."Transformers: The Movie" (1986).

 

[Venusian Broon]

While waiting for Dune this afternoon I saw the trailer for The Eternals.

Even although my heart sank and I vowed not to go and see it...

...we're never leaving the Superhero genre as the big thing in cinema, are we.

(At least it feels like it.)

 

[BAYLOR]

Come to think of it, the single most ground-breaking work of modern cinema, the film that paved the way for everything to follow, was.....(drumroll)

...."Transformers: The Movie" (1986).

I can't disagree with that.

 

[BAYLOR]

While waiting for Dune this afternoon I saw the trailer for The Eternals.

Even although my heart sank and I vowed not to go and see it...

...we're never leaving the Superhero genre as the big thing in cinema, are we.

(At least it feels like it.)

When I saw the trailer for Eternals, I kept thinking Power Rangers .

 

[Justin Swanton]

After superheroes, antisuperheroes, i.e. characters with great powers but no sense of great responsibility who are morose, cynical, jaded, unstable and who don't save the world but make things worse and who end up stumbling or flying erratically into the sunset asking themselves "What's it all about anyway?" In their wake diverse non-binary characters clean up their mess and project the Message.

Oh, wait, that's already happened to Star Wars.

 

[AllanR]

We've had those for decades. Product placement is a key element of filmmaking.

Decades isn't enough --https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56758376?fbclid=IwAR1DlX0R0uoB06VIYcYHi__Tw-UPNV9PdcqdHYveJOEd8MkSu7g1s1ZT7bc

 

[BAYLOR]

After superheroes, antisuperheroes, i.e. characters with great powers but no sense of great responsibility who are morose, cynical, jaded, unstable and who don't save the world but make things worse and who end up stumbling or flying erratically into the sunset asking themselves "What's it all about anyway?" In their wake diverse non-binary characters clean up their mess and project the Message.

Oh, wait, that's already happened to Star Wars.

The Black Adam film with Dwayne Johnson might fit the antihero type of film.

 

[BAYLOR]

Well , we are getting a 5th Indiana Jones film.