Dare Obasanjo

With Super Mario Bros and Barbie being the only movies to cross $1 billion at the box office this year, we should expect Hollywood to dig deep into the childhood nostalgia category in the coming years.

We already have adult-themed Barney and Polly Pocket movies in the works. The recent Transformers movie set up a reboot of the GI Joe movie franchise.

All we need is for Nintendo to announce big screen Legend of Zelda and Metroid movies to take this trend over the top.

Aug 6, 2023 at 7:04pmWeb
Show threadAlper Çuğun-GscheidelAug 6, 2023
@carnage4life A properly produced Zelda movie would be… kinda nice?
Show threadpollute_my_lungs 🚎🏳️‍🌈Aug 6, 2023
@carnage4life it’s crazy how well these woke movies did at the box office. I was told by chodes that people hate wokeness.
Show threadIan WilliamsonAug 6, 2023
@carnage4life Also the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie!
Show threadmask-wearing, socially distant entityAug 6, 2023
@carnage4life I would adore a Metroid movie. Especially if it gets solid story writers. ♥️ #SamusAran
Show threadBen DelarreAug 6, 2023
@carnage4life I'm just waiting for the live action version of The Magic Roundabout.
Show threadembixAug 6, 2023
@carnage4life @lisamelton in the current situation a Captain Planet movie wouldn’t hurt
Show threadJ. R. DePriest    :EA DATA. SF:Aug 6, 2023
@brezelradar @carnage4life @lisamelton
As long as they get Don Cheadle.
Show threadembixAug 7, 2023
@jrdepriest @carnage4life @lisamelton I’d love that
Show thread(((Jann Gobble)))🏳️‍🌈Aug 6, 2023
@carnage4life They'd be learning the wrong lessons!
Show threadSeiðrAug 6, 2023
@carnage4life I haven't watched the Super Mario movie, but 'Barbie' movie's success is not an effect of nostalgia, but of making a decent movie with more depth of theme than is usual for Hollywood (even if that's not saying a lot and it's white feminism all the way down). Making a bet on nostalgia based on that is not understanding anything.
Show threadMiriam's on Medical LeaveAug 7, 2023
@Illuminatus @carnage4life “Not understanding anything” is how Hollywood execs operate, tho.
Show threadSeiðrAug 7, 2023
@miriamrobern @carnage4life Indeed.
Show threadGreg StolzeAug 6, 2023

@carnage4life

“Adult-themed Barney”?

(stares off into sea)

SEA: C’mon. You know you want to. Just walk in.

ME: Well…

SEA: ‘Adult-themed Barney.’

ME: …

SEA: Just walk in. Why are you even delaying this?

Show threadXymonAug 6, 2023
@carnage4life H R Puffenstuff 😇
Show threadPeteAug 6, 2023
@carnage4life Chuckle Bros reboot incoming.
Show threadJen FizzbuzzAug 7, 2023
@carnage4life a Zelda movie would be fab