Anonymous
7/25/2025, 10:54:53 PM No.149556481
Why weren't capeshit films (b-sides batman) popular in the 90's?
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Anonymous
7/25/2025, 10:56:39 PM No.149556511
>>149556481 (OP)
Judge Dredd killed a lot of dreams.
Judge Dredd killed a lot of dreams.
Anonymous
7/25/2025, 10:58:16 PM No.149556536
>>149556481 (OP)
For me it's the pseudo superhero movies of the 2000s.
For me it's the pseudo superhero movies of the 2000s.
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Anonymous
7/25/2025, 11:07:16 PM No.149556652
>>149556481 (OP)
why did you type the word with a hyphen? it's the same amount of characters and the "e" is closer to "b" and "s"
why did you type the word with a hyphen? it's the same amount of characters and the "e" is closer to "b" and "s"
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Anonymous
7/25/2025, 11:12:21 PM No.149556728
>>149556481 (OP)
They were rarely good.
They were rarely good.
Anonymous
7/25/2025, 11:37:12 PM No.149557054
>>149556652
Actually, it's bi-sides.
Actually, it's bi-sides.
Anonymous
7/26/2025, 12:53:48 AM No.149558175
>>149556481 (OP)
Nobody knew or cared about The Phantom, Dick Tracy or The Shadow and the marketing for the movies didn't look good. Dumb old Hollywood executives saw Batman's success and thought Pulp comics from my childhood that's what the kids want. I don't even consider them cape comic, more like adventure/detective man comics.
The only real attempt at cape comics in the 90s was Captain America and the Fantastic Four and neither had a budget or creative team behind it to give them a chance to break through. 2000 X-men for how afraid of the yellow spandex it was really did go all in on big budget dumb superhero shlock.
Nobody knew or cared about The Phantom, Dick Tracy or The Shadow and the marketing for the movies didn't look good. Dumb old Hollywood executives saw Batman's success and thought Pulp comics from my childhood that's what the kids want. I don't even consider them cape comic, more like adventure/detective man comics.
The only real attempt at cape comics in the 90s was Captain America and the Fantastic Four and neither had a budget or creative team behind it to give them a chance to break through. 2000 X-men for how afraid of the yellow spandex it was really did go all in on big budget dumb superhero shlock.
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Anonymous
7/26/2025, 1:04:17 AM No.149558332
>>149558175
As far as Dick Tracy goes, a fair amount of retardation was on Disney's part. The movie made back double its budget (triple if you factor in internation markets), but Disney spent an obscene amount of money in promotions and marketing expecting it to be the next big thing for the reasons you just cited. It had good press, even won a couple of awards here and there, but because it didn't make enough money based on their standards, it got written off as a bomb.
As far as Dick Tracy goes, a fair amount of retardation was on Disney's part. The movie made back double its budget (triple if you factor in internation markets), but Disney spent an obscene amount of money in promotions and marketing expecting it to be the next big thing for the reasons you just cited. It had good press, even won a couple of awards here and there, but because it didn't make enough money based on their standards, it got written off as a bomb.
