The New Frontier: Which genre will feel a resurgence following the superhero boom?

[batfan08]

Between Marvel and DC, within the next six years, we'll have seen 19 comic book films. That's 19 in the main universe, not counting franchises belonging to other studios like X-Men, Spider-Man, and FF, the (possible) film slate from DC's Vertigo imprint, or the undated solo films for Superman and Batman. It's definitely an exciting time to be a superhero time, but it's also quite daunting. Between all of those, you're nearing thirty comic book films within the next decade, and that's not even counting all of those we've already seen. It's completely possible that people may feel some franchise fatigue, and we may not see more comic book films for quite a while, so, with that being said, my question is this: what will dethrone the juggernaut that is the comic book blockbuster?

 

[a-dev]

Virtual Reality porn.

 

[batfan08]

Virtual Reality porn.

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[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Superhero films can be all those things. GOTG is a space opera. Thor is basically fantasy, and there are superheroes that fit in those other genres.

 

[**16k**]

Well, I'd personally like westerns, of the gritty kind... But I'm an old guy, so it will probably never be westerns again. They don't have smartphones!

 

[Adolfo]

Westerns are dead until we go back to the Stone Age... Today's youth need speed and tech. They have no tolerance for the old days unless it's fantasy. I think sci Fi fantasy is it. The Superhero genre will be with us for a very long time. Right now it's unstoppable. Star Wars and Star Trek are back too along with Avatar soon. But for now Superhero will be king for years and years.

 

[YankeesFanboy]

Eff da movies, bring on the Fembots! That's where my entertainment dollar is going!

 

[a-dev]

Introducing the Oculus Stript.

 

[rushmore223]

I think with the success of GOTG and Star Wars making a comeback, the Space Opera Genre is well positioned to take our movie going dollars.

 

[BigWhammo]

I voted for what I wanted (westerns), not for what will more than likely take place.

 

[Biojex]

Kaiju/monster movies

 

[Khev]

Virtual Reality porn.

 

[DiFabio]

Superhero movies will trigger the death of cinema.

 

[a-dev]

Get in there you terrible computer graphic! My god, did we at one point think those were good effects?

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Superhero movies will trigger the death of cinema.

Didn't M Night Shyamalan do that already?

 

[RIDDICK]

Superhero films can be all those things.

Superhero movies will trigger the death of cinema.

Didn't Shyamalan do that already?

And Michael Bay, and Paul Anderson, and Roland Emmerich, and Stephen Sommers...

Cinema is not about blockbusters. Never was and never will be.

 

[crows]

Space will be the new frontier. Star Wars, Star Trek, stuff like Elysium, Interstellar, It seems like it is already happening.

Look at how well Gravity did, everyone loved that so much, I wouldn't be surprised if other studios want to get more of that. Sci Fi's time is coming guys.

 

[cokebabies]

Claymation porn.

 

[Khev]

I'm surprised that Transformers didn't usher in an era of anime/mecha movies. If each Bayformers makes a billion where is Macross/Robotech, Gundam, Appleseed, etc?

Other than that I think Video Game movies are poised to be the next big thing.

 

[karamazov80]

My god, did we at one point think those were good effects?

We still do think that, damn you!