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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...?
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What do you think is gonna be the next craze? Zombie films? Utopias? Utopic zombie films?
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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.
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1. Primitive phase. A movie/similar movies are successful for <insert favourite mass psychology theory/reason>. Others copycat chasing profits and the genre conventions are experimented on and distilled to the most catchy versions. Eg. Spider-man, X-Men, Iron Man.
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