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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9192850" data-attributes="member: 7023840">I think we are talking past each other. I don't have any particular comments about the quality (or lack thereof) of the MCU movies, or or superhero content in general. I mean, compared to what? Are we including all the MCU shows? Are we including the MCU/Sony Spiderman shows (what about the Sony Spider...character movies, like Venom and Morbius)? Are we including the wider universe of superhero movies (the DCEU)? Are we including superhero content in general (the Boysverse)? And who gets to judge "quality"?Instead, I think about the issues that drive the business- which is to say that things that were profitable, are less profitable (or unprofitable). Which is what happens when you are making too much stuff at the same time that there isn't the same demand for it (or as you state, the market contracts).If there is a firehose of content, and there is less of a market ... it's almost like it's one of those Econ 101 things about supply and demand.Finally, I will again reiterate something that I think is obvious- if the movies continue to cost the same as an "event" movie, but don't bring in the revenue of an event movie (or do so sporadically), then there starts to be a real issue. By your analysis, people shouldn't have worried that much about Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, because, after all, it was the 12th highest grossing movie of 2022. But revenue is only part of the equation. With the costs of making, promoting, and distributing event movies ... well, that's not how it works. Black Adam brought in almost $400 million worldwide, and killed the Rock's superhero career.</blockquote>

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