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

With Star Trek a long time gone from our TV screens, I think that a "re-imagining" of Lost in Space would make this a pretty decent exploration show.

As an aside, I watched a few Marvel movies over the weekend and was pretty impressed by the interconnectedness of them all. I don't think audiences will tire of the Superhero franchises any time soon and judging by their release schedule, they have a plan for their storylines. However, when Marvel has to hit that reset switch i think audiences will switch off.
 
Cathbad said:
Since Hollywood has a complete lack of imagination, I guess this is a good way to go. Lord knows, they haven't done much new stuff in a couple decades.
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The Hollywood mantra "Originality and creativity are a no no ":D
 
BAYLOR said:
The Hollywood mantra "Originality and creativity are a no no ":D
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Even in the comic book genre. What have there been, four Punisher movies? And every one of them about his becoming the Punisher.

How many Batman and Spiderman reboots have we suffered through, despite the success of these franchises??

~smh~
 
Cathbad said:
Even in the comic book genre. What have there been, four Punisher movies? And every one of them about his becoming the Punisher.

How many Batman and Spiderman reboots have we suffered through, despite the success of these franchises??

~smh~
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As long as they can make a buck there will be reboots.
 
BAYLOR said:
As long as they can make a buck there will be reboots.
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But why reboots??? Move on in the storyline! Even if it's a new company starting in on the franchise, there's no need for a reboot! We all know Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider, Bruce Wayne watched his parent's murder, and that Punisher guy's family was gunned down. It's utter laziness and a lack of imagination to do a reboot!
 
Cathbad said:
But why reboots??? Move on in the storyline! Even if it's a new company starting in on the franchise, there's no need for a reboot! We all know Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider, Bruce Wayne watched his parent's murder, and that Punisher guy's family was gunned down. It's utter laziness and a lack of imagination to do a reboot!
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Given how much money is involved in the production and marketing of a film, Executives tend to be risk averse because failure means loss of job and end of career. They would rather do a film with built-in audiences that will give them box office . They do the same thing over and over because they know that the built in audiences will keep coming .
 
Allen Teasdale said:
I'm not sure how I missed this, but it makes me happy. I always wanted LIS to be something great, and it really could be. Or there could be talking carrots. :(
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If they do it right , it could be a fun and entreating series. :)
 
I wonder if DC and Marvel are concerned about oversaturation? There's a heck of a lot of superhero tv shows as well as movies at the moment.

Also, can we get some 2000AD movies and TV shows out there? :)
 
How about a Bioshock movie or series, I read an Ebook about the building and final collapse of the underwater city that would make a great mini series.
 
Rodders said:
I wonder if DC and Marvel are concerned about oversaturation? There's a heck of a lot of superhero tv shows as well as movies at the moment.

Also, can we get some 2000AD movies and TV shows out there? :)
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For the most part Marvel has stuck the Big Screen and DC to the small. Avengers, X-Men, DeadPool and so on for Marvel while DC has held pretty strong with Arrow, Flash, and the numerous Animated titles. Really, they have only lightly ventured into each others space with stuff like Daredevil (netflix) and The Dark Knight (films). I think Marvel is the stronger brand right now but DC keeps trying to get a film franchise going.

All of this stuff comes and goes in cycles. The 30's were the Universal Monsters, The 50's saw the Western Era, The 70's Exploitation films, The 90's were full of cliche Action/Buddy-Cop Dramas, and in the 2010's we've come to the Superhero era. Who knows whats next, they just throw stuff against the wall and see what sticks.
 
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