BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 5.0.18//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:RMCommunityCalendar NAME:RMCommunityCalendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:https://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Superhero Movies a Duet with jesterbell + nerdrotic DTSTAMP:20250816T023543Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:458-7-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":noreply@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n\n Superhero movies are dead and it may be a good thing \n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3KaHmnXJuo\n\n\n\n my comment\n\n I wish you would had mentioned Blade. It all started with Blade\, as Stan Le e said\, a not well known comic book \, that did great for a Black Thespia n. And from that the industry jumped in\, but it was fresh. The reality is no film genre dies. People say Westerns are dead\, but they are not dead. No COntry For Old Men is a western. The film industry can't rely on weste rns as a genre to support the whole industry. People say Musicals are dead \, but they are not dead\, Lala Land is a musical. The film industry can't rely on musicals as a genre to support the whole industry. Superhero film s for a time was relied on by the film industry in the usa but now that is over. But no film genre is ever dead. From Film Noir to Slasher to Romanc e all film genres continue\, with fewer entries but infinite possibilities .  And the USA film genre isn't alone. Wuxia films and Gun fight films no longer are crutches for Hong Kong cinema but are still being made. So all film industries have these ebb and flows. \n\n The challenge in my eyes is the role of the theater. When television first came on the scene it mea nt a cheaper more private alternative to theaters for an ever growing numb er. But\, theaters were not allowed to be owned by Film studios. I think w ith streaming/cable/tv the theater is in trouble but it will allow the the aters to go back into the hands of film makers\, which it should never had been forced from by the government. I comprehend that film studios owning theaters meant independent films didn't have a place to show but independ ent films were not blockaded from owning theaters nor were theaters blocka ded from not being owned by film makers. But\, nothing beats seeing a film on the big screen it is another experience and really changes the interpr etation of the craft for film viewers. so while I wish you had mentioned b lade for the superhero genre\, I concur that the life of films and the ind ustry will be fine. \n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3KaHmnXJuo&\ ;lc=Ugy8H6hVKZl6ZAZPrtR4AaABAgbanner image\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Ban ner made by ChristianP7676\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/christianp76 76/art/Blade-1999-Wallpaper-1143658177\n\n\n\n \n\n Why Fantastic Four Was Doomed To Fail\n\n https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYrC79v7fNs\n\n\n\n my comment\n\n I have heard or read many since Avengers endgame say that cas ting originally male characters as female is a negative factor in every si ngle marvel film made that did it. I know you have never said casting alon e is the reason for any of the weakenend receptions to any marvel film\, b ut do you really feel that the decision to cast non white males\, in comic book worlds mostly filled with white male characters in popular roles\, w ould garner bigger audiences from non white males. I admit\, I can see it \, but I am not sure. How are you so certain? \n\n Your final point is th at the Superhero Movie era is over\, not superhero movies but their positi on as the industrial which was bound to happen. Westerns/Musicals went thr ough this and Hollywood survived and thrived eventually. \n\n I wish you had mentioned Sinner \, in my opinion the biggest winner this summer\, and what does it have different than Superman or Fantastic Four\, 2025. \n\n It isn't a reboot. So audiences can't be tired of the reboots to the film .\n\n It is a relatively small budget film\, well done. So while it doesn' t have all the wow moments only possible with a larger budget\, it can get greater return on people who simply like it. And the special effects are done well even if they are not grandiose. \n\n It has an original story\, so no one can argue about characters being changed as every character is original. \n\n It is naturally multiracial so many different humans based on various racial categories: age/phenotype/gender/language/body size/fin ancial level are present in the story naturally\, not forced\, so various people can see representations of their community in the film within the s torytelling.\n\n It doesn't have to gather the largest audience to make a profit or be lauded. Large budget films demand a large audience to make a profit or be lauded\, that gets complicated. Small budget films absent tot al global fandom can win. \n\n\n\n lastly\, \n\n I think Disney 20th Cen tury Films is the tentacle of Disney to look out for in the future\, as be ing the biggest tentacle. \n\n COMMENT URL\n\n https://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=vYrC79v7fNs&\;lc=UgzrtXuIky5lJ70sLIJ4AaABAg\n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250815 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR