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Part of the problem with that question is that theres such a ... mixture of generes within the broader "fantasy" one itself in Anime 😅 for example, the vast majority of fantasy-themed shows are actually Isekai anime, a genre where most of the time a teenage boy from Japan gets transported into a fantasy world with (or sometimes without) some kind of special power. Its power fantasy essentially and most of it is honestly trash (though i do enjoy my trash from time to time) I would personally recommend the following ones: For good, non-Trash Isekais, id say theres Re:Zero, That Time i got reincarnated as a Slime, KonoSuba (a parody of the genre), Mushoku Tensei, Overlord and The Eminence in Shadow (though that one is borderline also trash and also kind of a parody) For "pure" Fantasy shows besides Frieren there is actually only Made in Abyss on the top of my head that i recently watched. Some would probably put shows like Demon Slayer, Attack on Titan, Jujutsu Kaisen or Solo Leveling into Fantasy as well, so its maybe a definition thing like i said.
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Exactly. My go-to modern example is John Wick: Of course those movies are hevily influenced by earlier action movies, but the first John Wick was still an original film that introduced the character and world to audiences. Now John Wick has become one of the biggest pure action movie franchises of this century. None of that would have happened without that first original movie. Just like with every other big franchise.
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Streaming made everything worse for all partys involved except most customers: The extremely lucrative DVD/Blu-Ray market was destroyed with only collectors now buying them and streaming is still (as far as i know) a moneyloser for all studios. So they ditched a golden moneymaker to have a moneyloser instead. Peak capitalism right there (yes thats irony).
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BOT Top 25 movies of 2023 | Reveal complete. The forum has bombed
Brainbug replied to grim22's topic in List and Countdowns
Rare time where a prequel (Oppenheimer) ranks higher than the original (Godzilla Minus One). -
Weekend 4/19-21: ABIGAIL 1 mil previews
Brainbug replied to MightyDargon's topic in Numbers and Data
Hey i would agree with you. I also think that the invention of the Internet and all other technologies that came and come with it will one day doom us all. After all, we are (mostly) hairless monkeys that are a bit more intelligent than our chimpanzee cousins. We are essentially group animals that thrive in social environments where you can speak with, interact with and ultimately of course F** others of our species for the overall health of the whole species. In the Internet world where more and more people consider their online life more essential than their real world-life, thats all slowly crumbling. The Internet is one of the biggest social experiments in the history of the human race and were all a part of it, not knowing how its gonna unfold in 5, 10, 20 years time. But i for one am not that optimistic that the positives outweigh the negatives. -
Weekend 4/19-21: ABIGAIL 1 mil previews
Brainbug replied to MightyDargon's topic in Numbers and Data
On that note, its also a trope of ghost/haunted house horror movies that usually little girls get posessed and do the spooky things/kill people. Ive read somewhere that one explanation for this trope is that little girls represent basically the most innocent form of human beings as a whole and twisting that perception into something murderous like little killer girls leads to people finding the murders more disturbing than when it would have been done by a grown woman or man for example. I dunno how much sense this makes honestly, but ive always found this theory interesting. -
The Box Office Buzz, Tracking, and Pre-Sale Thread
Brainbug replied to Shawn Robbins's topic in Box Office Discussion
At this point, im sadly convinced (for a long time actually) that the GA doesnt want originality. They want familiar franchise fare fabricated for feel-good consumption where you dont need to think very hard or be challenged by anything. And i dont blame them, movie tickets are more expensive than ever and i would be personally a total hypocrite to complain about the GA when ive seen GxK 5 times by now and will probably see the new Jurassic World movie 20 times next year ... Wait ... maybe im the problem ... -
Monarch: Legacy Of Monsters | Apple TV+|
Brainbug replied to cooldude97's topic in Streaming, TV Series, & VOD Movies
I agree and i hope the modern characters dont get so much focus in Season 2. -
Weekend Numbers | actuals | 15.54M GODZILLA×KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE
Brainbug replied to kayumanggi's topic in Numbers and Data
The Fast and Furious comparison fits imo and one thing thats also playing a role here i think is the fact that the MonsterVerse/Godzilla actually has quite a big fanbase nowadays. 10 years ago there were like 187 Godzilla fans worldwide (the 2014 movie was extremely hyped among the whole GA, it wasnt pushed by a massive fanbase), but now in 2024 Godzilla is more mainstream than ever and the fanbase gut much bigger, so logically that would mean frontloading for the movies. -
Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire (2024)
Brainbug replied to Eric the Ape's topic in Review That Movie! (Spoilers Allowed)
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I FINALLY got to see GxK and i unsurprisingly loved it! This is the movie where the MonsterVerse finally abandons all ties it its realistic roots (yes, GvK was somehow a bit more "grounded" than this one) and goes full Showa-ish fantasy bullshit that is really fun in my opinion. They fully comitted to this route and i can very much respect that. What really suprised me was Kong and how good he functions as a protagonist. Godzilla is a glorified grumpy buddy but it works, especially towards the end. The fights are phenomenal in their stupidity. The humans were tolerable, Dan Stevens was the clear highlight. Overall, id say this is the same level as GvK for me but for a bit different reasons. Cant wait to watch it again and cant wait to watch it after drinking a bit of good old german beer. 9/10, masterpiece.
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Weekdays Thread | THU - GxK $4.1M, Dune II $1.08M
Brainbug replied to Issac Newton's topic in Numbers and Data
The cinema gods have listened to my prayers, a showtime of GxK finally is available on the weekend thats not in heinous 3D. The weekend is saved for me.- 75 replies
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