realcaseyrollinsJul 24, 2023

Barbenheimer is cinema’s most seismic moment in a decade

The surprise success of this surreal duo proves cinema remains a powerful cultural force and suggests audiences want more than franchises

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/barbenheimer-is-cinemas-most-seismic-moment-in-a-decade/

Barbenheimer is cinema’s most seismic moment in a decade

The surprise success of this surreal duo proves cinema remains a powerful cultural force and suggests audiences want more than franchises

The Telegraph
Show threadForgetRedditJul 24, 2023
Like it or not, Avengers Endgame was bigger. But so stoked to see the movies intersect with culture so hard right now, especially after covid. Shame the studios are shooting them selves in the foot with their greed and can’t ride the wave.
Show threadHobbitFoot
I feel like studios don’t know what to make post Covid, and they are still releasing pre Covid shit. There is this strange space where studios don’t know what to do, then this happened.
Jul 24, 2023 at 11:02pmWeb
Show threadabraham_linksysJul 25, 2023
They never really recovered from the 2008 financial collapse. That’s when everything became a sequel/prequel/reboot. Technology and streaming didn’t help but I remember it happening really fast after 2008.
Show threadAndyJul 25, 2023
Matt Stoller has a good article on how vertical integration led to this situation, but I gotta go to bed. The article talks about how Back to the Future and Ghostbusters couldn’t be made today, if anyone wants to go looking for it. It’s very good.