Prediction: superhero movies/comics will become unpopular and go through something of a recession/winter due to covid. They won’t bomb, but they’ll underperform and be a somewhat marginal genre for a decade.
Why: straightforward extrapolation from WW2.
Conversation
Replying to
After WW2 a mix of reactionary+realist genres rose to prominence. Wiki: “publishers diversified into other genres, such as war, Westerns, science fiction, romance, crime and horror. Many superhero titles were cancelled or converted to other genres.” So...?
Quote Tweet
Replying to @vgr
What do you think is gonna be the next craze? Zombie films? Utopias? Utopic zombie films?
2
1
9
I think mix of nostalgia genres, plus gritty realism?
4
7
That said I predict Wonder Woman 2 will be a hit since it happens to also be an 80s nostalgia movie. So might the stand-alone Nick Fury.
Interesting to try and predict which periods will be most popular nostalgia-wise. I think 80s because X’ers. Older = boomers = tainted.
2
7
Replying to
What's the argument that the subject-matter popularity shifts were zeitgeist-y rather than more internal to the specific medium/genre combinations' being explored?
1
Replying to
Gut feel... plus in the 40s I think zeitgeist = big mainstream genres since we didn’t have huge subcultural fragmentation yet. The two were like,y kinda coextensive.
2
Replying to
Have you seen ‘s recent blogposts on the comics industry & the pandemic henryjenkins.org/blog/2020/4/28
; henryjenkins.org/blog/2020/5/1/
2
2
Replying to
The threats we face no longer can be punched. Not that terorrism could ever effectively be solved with violence. But pandemics clearly can’t
1
3
Replying to
What do you think is gonna be the next craze? Zombie films? Utopias? Utopic zombie films?
1





