But it wasn't always like that. This retrospective on Batman's 1989 cinematic effort -- which essentially invented the Superhero Blockbuster genre -- is a worthwhile listen.
OT: The Caped Crusader returns to theaters this weekend, & it almost seems passé ...
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Will check this out. I'd say the modern superhero blockbuster genre started with X-Men in 2000 (Blade was released a couple years earlier but it was more an action/horror movie than a superhero movie). Before that, you had Batman and the Superman movies, but Marvel had been really tepid about their film efforts (they did release an R Rated Punisher film though with Dolph Lundgren) and once X-Men hit big they tested the waters with Iron Man. After Disney bought Marvel they became a juggernaut....
I'm kind of "Batman'd" out. But I'll probably give a look when it streams but I"m not going to the theater to see it.
What I am interested in seeing is the new Dr. Strange and Morbius
https://trailers.apple.com/trailers/marvel/doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness/
https://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/morbius/images/background_2x.jpg
The Bruce Wayne backstory has always been an integral part of the films and it’s now played out. Without the backstory Batman is just another rich guy with a cool cave and a costume.
I know what you mean. Who wants to hear more about me?
Yep, no one will give it much thought or hype with current events as they are. But if the Caped Crusader was to decent on Washington D.C., where he or someone with some common sense in direly needed, that would be another story.....
Very much looking forward to Multiverse of Madness (Dr Strange 2)-- the whole thing was sort of setup by the Loki series on Disney + and manifested in the latest Spiderman movie.
Not sure that Robert Pattinson brings anything new to the Batman character that we haven't had before with Bale, Keaton, etc.
I thought the Disney+ series were excellent and pretty much all dovetail with the upcoming movies. Loki, Scarlet Witch....
Moon Knight looks cool too. Very happy that Oscar Isaac has re-entered the MCU!
