What's The Next Big Pop Cultural Push?

[Kaodi]

I saw a suggestion on Facebook actually that there is going to be a push in Hollywood towards films with Christian themes. Because some some people prefer catering to the subsection of society that is currently "winning" . Though period pieces tend to also be costly.

It was mentioned in the another thread that no one ever gets the near future right. But that is actually the genre I would most like to see take off. Whether the movies are counted as "speculative fiction" , pre-apocalypse, or just, uh, "slow moving apocalypse" . It might be interesting do to see some "futuristic" movies that explore that the aesthetics of the future are conscious design choices by actual people.

 

[Maenalis]

Vtubers and anime in general are on the rise. I guess more One Piece & Pokemon.
A little bit of Minecraft, Lego and whatever is popular right now (Soulslike, Fortnite, Batman etc.).

For "older" audiences, period drama, crime investigations, a little bit of Sci-fi... so the usual.

I think the potential "game changer" might be Brandon Sanderson and his production company. Can they put the Cosmere onto the big screen successfully? Can they create a multimedia franchise (board games, video games, TV shows etc.)?
If yes, there is a chance that Hollywood becomes second fiddle (in a couple of decades) and big authors just "self-publish" their movies too.

 

[MGibster]

At my age, whatever is popular among my demographic will be sponsored by reverse mortgage ads and catheters.

 

[Umbran]

I'm sure plenty of them are getting modern spin but it is a format that has been quite popular for some time and still seems to be popular even on streaming services.

Well, you see, that's the thing - the format is "investigative procedural". You can do that format without it being copaganda - see OMitB, Poker Face, the Glass Onion movies...

 

[Kaodi]

Do musical trends and movie trends ever go hand in hand or are they wholly detached from one another?

 

[Bedrockgames]

Well, you see, that's the thing - the format is "investigative procedural". You can do that format without it being copaganda - see OMitB, Poker Face, the Glass Onion movies...

Sure but police procedurals still seem pretty popular with folks. I think most people aren't really worried about whether their cop show is "copaganda". They just like the police show tropes

 

[Kaodi]

Is it possible to thread the needle between copaganda and copicature?

In any case I need to get working on watching the latest season of The Rookie. I think we can all appreciate here that even if you dislike copaganda it goes down easier when it is Nathan Fillion (and Melissa O'Neil for me, and it is nice to see Sean Ashmore too, even if he is not a draw per se).

 

[Bedrockgames]

Is it possible to thread the needle between copaganda and copicature?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

"This is the third barbarian murder since January. I guess you could say this year, murder..."

removes sunglasses

"...is all the rage."

“YEEEAAAAAAAAHHH!!!”

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Lord of the Range

A small fellowship of farmers and ranchers must stave off the efforts of a wealthy cattle/rail baron buying up land in their settlement. He’s trying to expand his ranch and build a railroad to get his herds to the slaughterhouses up north, and he doesn’t much care how his minions convince the locals to sell to him.

“Beef is back on the menu, boys!”