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I don't think that's official though. It's just a rumor or an assumption, but I don't think TDK can get the credit for that, since movies like LOTR won for best picture. Logan has an official nomination in a category that no other superhero film has been recognized before, so IMO, official nomination >>> TDK rumor.
Besides, even it were true that the increase of best movie nominations was as a reaction to TDK, it still had no impact on the genre, since no superhero film has been nominated for best picture. TDK has accomplished nothing in that regard. Logan's nomination might be a big step moving forward for other cape films getting nominations outside of the technical categories.
This.
Logan demonstrates that if you make a film that's truly meaningful and transcendent the Academy won't be able to ignore it - thus making the genre that brings comic book superheroes to life no longer a segregated and inferior genre.
It's a massive win and also a punch to the face to anyone who defends the MCU's mediocrity by citing "Marvel Studios films are supposed to be silly and fun and not serious at all because they're based on the comics", an argument that was always dumb but is now officially dumb.