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A lot of DC fans not understanding that everything ppl are saying about FF applies to Superman too... I love both films, but they are BOTH underperforming... The Genre needs a big change...

July has ended and these are the box office numbers for the 3 biggest films of the summer so far. • Jurassic World: Rebirth $731,396,261 (1 month since it’s release) • Superman $534,106,392 (3 weeks since it’s release) • Fantastic Four: First Steps $269,186,446 (2 weeks since it’s release)

I’m so fucking sick of this box office obsessed culture that has emerged lately like it feels so gross and capitalistic to judge and talk about art based on its its monetary gain rather than the quality of the art itself

No one asked but I dunno if the DCU should be leading with Clayface and Supergirl as their next two movies though.

Watched “Fantastic Four: First Steps.” From the fashion, color palette, design, cityscape, TV and cartoon shows, to the costumes, spacesuits, rockets, cars—not to mention company names, food items (cereal, soda), and storage media (magnetic tapes, discs)—everything is crafted with a thorough commitment to a 1960s aesthetic blended with a sense of futurism. It felt nostalgic, like watching “Bewitched” when I was a kid. Or at times, it felt like a live-action version of The Incredibles, with “family” as its central theme. Once I found out it was directed by the same person who did “WandaVision,” it all made sense. Post-COVID hero films seem to be shifting away from the dark and gritty tone toward a more retro-futuristic, colorful, and nostalgic direction. One thing the film does well is how it opens with a TV show that efficiently summarizes the Fantastic Four’s feats, role, and current standing. If it had taken the time to carefully depict how they became superhuman from the very start, it would’ve come off as overly explanatory and slow-paced. Superman skipped that part too. Here, the plot is designed so that viewers are drawn in from the point where “they” gain a new family—marking the beginning of turmoil and crisis. As a “first step” to reboot the series, it’s truly “fantastic.”