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SMN: Why Are Modern Blockbusters So... Not Very Good?

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🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Hi. In today's episode, we look at modern blockbuster filmmaking, excessive CGI, the power producers have over the artistic process, and why studios need all their movies to make $1 billion. Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12WvhpMJojsURc2X0CaHKZpB3wIMRaI9qtJRTfF_qId4/edit?usp=sharing Check out our MERCH STORE: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/somemorenews  SUBSCRIBE to SOME MORE NEWS: https://tinyurl.com/ybfx89rh  Subscribe to the Even More News and SMN audio podcasts here: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/some-more-news/id1364825229  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6ebqegozpFt9hY2WJ7TDiA  Follow us on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/SomeMoreNews   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SomeMoreNews/   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SomeMoreNews/  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@somemorenews Slow down the news ticker in your mind. Upgrade to better Natural Solutions from NextEvo Naturals. Go to https://NextEvo.com and use promo code MORENEWS to get 25% off.

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0:00.0

Hey there news beetles, it's me, the largest news beetle, the firmest news beetle, here

0:07.4

to give you some more of the news, and here's some more of the news.

0:11.4

You ever notice that like, movies are pretty bad now?

0:14.5

I don't mean that in the way where I'm old and scared, not in this video at least, but

0:18.6

rather that with few exceptions, this past summer saw an amazing amount of box office failures,

0:24.6

and while I know this is subjective, it wasn't just bad movies flopping.

0:29.0

Even movies with built-in fanbases that are of at least the same quality of their previous

0:33.2

films did poorly.

0:35.2

Movies that I would argue weren't pretty bad, but rather pretty good.

0:39.8

But also, the movies that were bad also did poorly.

0:43.7

One would assume that the Indiana Jones would move the needle no matter how old and slow

0:48.4

and scared of bugs for some reason he was.

0:51.6

And yet, it did not.

0:53.6

Superhero movies fell right on their dicks.

0:56.5

Many supposedly lost a butt-tun on their Marvel and Star Wars properties as well as that little

1:00.9

mermaid remake.

1:02.4

And what's interesting there is that those are all things that used to be free money

1:06.4

for them.

1:07.4

No matter how good or how bad and they were often bad, a live-action Disney remake was

1:12.2

a guaranteed hit just a few years ago.

1:14.8

Heck, we watched endless Jurassic World sequels despite, and this is objectively true, every

1:20.3

one of those movies being terrible.

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