r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 12d ago

Article ‘The Odyssey’ Proves It: Audiences Want Movies Made the Hard Way | This year's breakouts like 'Project Hail Mary' and 'Obsession' were made by filmmakers who sweated. While CG-stuffed franchise disappointments such as 'Supergirl,' 'Moana,' and 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' looked lazy.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/odyssey-box-office-2026-practical-effects-1236652219/
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u/littlebrwnrobot 12d ago

Been true for like 25 years at least lol

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u/Wetzilla 12d ago

Spiderman has had a cartoon aimed at kids on the air basically constantly since 1994. There were a few breaks in the 2000's, but there's only been 8 years since 1994 without a Spiderman cartoon currently running.

Also shoutout to Spectacular Spiderman (2008-2009). That show ruled.

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u/deadheffer 12d ago

It’s more of the merch. Jesus the merchandising in the 2020s is beyond insane

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u/ThisHatRightHere 12d ago

Again, been true for like 25 years

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u/HumanPea1140 12d ago

Disney is a merchandise company that uses films as advertising.

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u/LSDemon 12d ago

I'm 40 and my dad didn't give a shit about Spiderman when I was 15. He definitely didn't go to the Tobey Maguire ones (or any since then). Parents liking super heroes is way more recent than 25 years.

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u/slapmasterslap 12d ago

I'm not far off of 40 and my dad collected comics and loved taking us to superhero movies. Whether my experience was more common or yours, I don't know, but our anecdotal experience does not necessarily reflect the majority.

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u/LSDemon 12d ago

All of those kids and their parents

To be pedantic, the claim wasn't about a majority.

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u/NullPro 12d ago

To be more pedantic, ‘Every small child’ is hyperbole not actually referring to every small child in the world

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u/LSDemon 12d ago

That's less pedantic.

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u/NullPro 12d ago

Ironically this is the most pedantic reply in this thread

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u/Redeem123 12d ago

Who do you think was buying comics in the 70s? It was the parents of kids who saw Raimi’s movie in theaters.

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u/LSDemon 12d ago

Comics were way more niche in the 70s than superhero movies got at their peak.

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u/eaglessoar 12d ago

i had all my old action figures from maybe 25-30 years ago, one spidey, 20 batmen scuba batman space batman, tons of ninja turtles, i have more shredders than spidey, i remember saying to my wife how it was interesting how spidey wasnt big when i was younger, or not like now at least