Okay, So Are We Over Saturated Yet?
Once again another article about over saturation, But with about 40 Superhero movies coming out over the next six years, there may be such a thing.
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Oct 15, 2014 06:10 PM EST
Over the past few years, I've been coming to this site in awe of the greatest genre of movies in our lifetime, superhero movies! I love every part of the stories unfolding, the twists, the turns, the villains and the heroes. I come to this website every time I use my smartphone. I do this all in the hope that I can be amazed by all of the awesome comic book and superhero news i can possibly learn. I love this stuff. Since the early days of the superhero genre, there have been some big duds that i figured would stop the upcoming movies in their tracks, leaving me with an empty spot in my life where these movies stay. A few have been so bad that they did just that. Green lantern in 2011 and Xmen Origins Wolverine in 2009, especially Spiderman 3 in 2007 (which actually almost ended the Spiderman movies from then on, which ironically rebooted the franchise, which even more ironically may end the Spiderman franchise due to The Amazing Spiderman 2).
Those days, for the most part, seem to be a distant memory for many of us. The quality of the movies seems to be getting better and the studios have figured out a formula to use in order to introduce and continue even the weirdest of superhero franchises (Guardians of the Galaxy). This is truly the greatest time to be a comic book movie fan, but my fear is that this may all be crashing down around us in the near future.
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Before you discredit me as a none believer you really must understand that i live, eat, sleep, and breathe for these movies and its basically all i ever talk about with my close group of friends.
The sad but realistic truth is that these movies, how they are made, how many of them there are, and the people that are fans of these movies will all drastically reduce over the next 10 years. Why? Because of the shear volume of movies being released.
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My argument is not over the quality of these movies but in the volume they are released. Many will, out of love for these characters, deny this fact because they just don't want to believe this can be true.
I don't think that having different sub-genres will fix this situation either. My opinion is that the majority of the public will get tired of these movies. Why?
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They are all Superheroes movies. There is no way around this fact. This is not The road to Perdition or V for Vendetta. These are super powered people that wear costumes and fight badguys.
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Sub-genres wont save these movies because while they all may have different stories, characters, plot twists, and environments, because no matter how you slice it, they are all Superheroes. Dr. Strange is the same as Iron Man and Superman is the same as Guardians in this argument.
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There are 4 huge studios that think their properties are more important than the other studios properties. This argument is mainly directed at Marvel Studios Vs Warner Brothers because they are the ones releasing the majority of the movies over the next 6 years. We are getting 3 movies from Marvel Studios a year (that are announced, maybe more), at least 2 Warner Brothers movies a year, and a hand full of other movies from Fox and Sony ALL AT THE SAME TIME! And keep in mind, those are just the movies we already know about.
With all these movies coming out, you might make the argument that people will go see them no matter what. You may say, "It doesn't matter that there are on average 7 Superhero movies a year coming out each year for the next few years, it just matters if they are good." But there is nothing to compare this to! The truth is, movies have really never been this connected before and the amount of Superhero movies has never been so high. No other Genre of movie has even attempted to do something like this in the history of film, which makes it exciting. But it comes at a cost to the fans.
Eventually, I believe, the public opinion for these movies will suffer do to too much of a good thing. Everyone loves these movies now, even critics, but when does the whole connected superhero movie thing lose its shine? Could it be because now there are 2 major studios with interconnected movies, that seem very similar to the public (Batman v Superman/ Iron man V Captain America) or a step further (Avengers V Justice League).
There are now going to be 4 Avengers movies and at least 2 Justice League movies, and thats just whats been announced. Just to put things in perspective, here is a list of possible and confirmed movies until 2020 that I found on ScreenRant, check it out!
2015
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May 1, 2015 – The Avengers: Age of Ultron
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June 19, 2015 – Fantastic Four
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July 17, 2015 – Ant-Man
2016
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February 2016 - Deadpool
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March 25, 2016 – Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice
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May 6, 2016 – Captain America 3
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May 27, 2016 – X-Men: Apocalypse
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July 8, 2016 – Doctor Strange (Unannounced)
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August 5, 2016 –Suicide Squad
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November 11, 2016 – Sinister Six
2017
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March 3, 2017 – Wolverine 3 (Untitled)
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May 5, 2017 – Unannounced Marvel Movie
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June 23, 2017 – Wonder Woman
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July 28, 2017 - Guardians of the Galaxy 2
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July 14, 2017 – Fantastic Four 2
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November 3, 2017 - Unannounced Marvel Movie
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November 23, 2017 - Justice League Part 1
2018
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2018 – The Amazing Spider-Man 3
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March 23, 2018 – The Flash
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May 4, 2018 - Unannounced Marvel Movie
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July 6, 2018 - Unannounced Marvel Movie
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July 13, 2018 – Unannounced X-Men Movie
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July 27, 2018 – Aquaman
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November 2, 2018 - Unannounced Marvel Movie
2019
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April 5th, 2019 – Shazam
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May 3, 2019 - Unannounced Marvel Movie
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June 14th, 2019 – Justice League Part 2
2020
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April 3rd, 2020 – Cyborg
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June 19th, 2020 – Green Lantern
(this information was gathered from http://screenrant.com/dc-marvel-movie-schedule-2015-2020/)
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Not all of these movies will be good, some of them may even be horrible. Too be honest, this is the first year in a few years that ever Superhero movie that has come out was considered by the majority to be "good". The way I see it, this over saturation is already here as sad as it sounds. I didn't even mention all of the incredibly mediocre Television shows that have or will be coming out over the next few years. All of this accumulates to what we all fear, and most of us will deny, that this ship is already sinking and only the strong will survive!
Who knows, in 2021 there could be 10 incredible Superhero movies coming out that year and the genre could still be thriving, but thats a very unlikely outcome. Hell, 10 years ago we all thought flip phones were the best thing in the world, now no one really cares about your Razor (or they laugh at you for having such an outdated phone)
Thank you guys for reading this. I'm sure most of you will disagree, hell I'm sure most of you wont even read the whole thing and still spew some hate.