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If you've been to the movie theater in the last several years, you will know, just like I and many of my readers know, that film these days kinda has gone downhill in a major way. Why? Hollywood rarely seems to have the courage to make anything original these days and a lot of it has to do with the demographic of its viewers. People are creatures of habit. Many viewers will watch the same things over and over rather than watch something new and original. This has led to the current phenomena of the Rise of the Bleak-quel. Hollywood and its viewers are so afraid to try something new that we are stuck in this maddening loop of endless sequels, prequels, and reboots of content that already exists.
Hollywood actors can barely be called actors any longer as there has become major typecasting that has become a black hole for many actors and actresses that cannot escape a particular type of role. For the purposes of this discourse, I choose to focus on the comic movie/superhero film genre. Many actors have been stuck and are not finding success after they have been typecast in a superhero role. Examples include but are not limited to Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, and Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Hammill as Luke Skywalker, to name a few.
Eventually, an actor will try to depart from the typecasting and venture out into other film genres, such as the newly rebooted Doolittle, with RDJ, which many consider a box office failure. I personally saw the movie and thought it was a funny, family friendly adventure.
Fan-favorite hero characters ultimately end up dying or getting recast in what is now being referred to as the BLEAK-QUEL, a depressing movie like Episode 8 Star Wars The Last Jedi, where fan favorite Luke Skywalker dies. Or Infinity War or Avengers Endgame where favorites like Black Widow and Iron Man die. Very bleak.
This, I'm afraid, has become the new norm and it's leading fans away from the genre due to superhero fatigue, for many.
The biggest BLEAK-QUEL of the modern era though, is Joker, a depressing DC comic character origin story that fails to deliver a deeper meaning that has been purported by fans of the film. Unoriginal. Bleak. Boring. Worth watching once, but never again. Good movies have replay value, bad movies do not.
That's all I really have to say about this subject. Make up your own mind. These are only my experiences and thoughts. This has been the one and only Quiet Mouse.
If you've been to the movie theater in the last several years, you will know, just like I and many of my readers know, that film these days kinda has gone downhill in a major way. Why? Hollywood rarely seems to have the courage to make anything original these days and a lot of it has to do with the demographic of its viewers. People are creatures of habit. Many viewers will watch the same things over and over rather than watch something new and original. This has led to the current phenomena of the Rise of the Bleak-quel. Hollywood and its viewers are so afraid to try something new that we are stuck in this maddening loop of endless sequels, prequels, and reboots of content that already exists.
Hollywood actors can barely be called actors any longer as there has become major typecasting that has become a black hole for many actors and actresses that cannot escape a particular type of role. For the purposes of this discourse, I choose to focus on the comic movie/superhero film genre. Many actors have been stuck and are not finding success after they have been typecast in a superhero role. Examples include but are not limited to Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, and Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Mark Hammill as Luke Skywalker, to name a few.
Eventually, an actor will try to depart from the typecasting and venture out into other film genres, such as the newly rebooted Doolittle, with RDJ, which many consider a box office failure. I personally saw the movie and thought it was a funny, family friendly adventure.
Fan-favorite hero characters ultimately end up dying or getting recast in what is now being referred to as the BLEAK-QUEL, a depressing movie like Episode 8 Star Wars The Last Jedi, where fan favorite Luke Skywalker dies. Or Infinity War or Avengers Endgame where favorites like Black Widow and Iron Man die. Very bleak.
This, I'm afraid, has become the new norm and it's leading fans away from the genre due to superhero fatigue, for many.
The biggest BLEAK-QUEL of the modern era though, is Joker, a depressing DC comic character origin story that fails to deliver a deeper meaning that has been purported by fans of the film. Unoriginal. Bleak. Boring. Worth watching once, but never again. Good movies have replay value, bad movies do not.
That's all I really have to say about this subject. Make up your own mind. These are only my experiences and thoughts. This has been the one and only Quiet Mouse.
