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1. Antho42 says:

   May 7, 2010 at 2:57 pm

   Throughout movie history, popular genres end up losing their immense popularity. From the western, the space opera, the slasher film, to disaster films, the genres end up going from being the meain draw to becoming a niche genre. Now, in the last decade, Superhero films has been the main draw. Now, when do you predict that the Superhero genre is going to lose its popularity? Frankly, I foresee a backlash in the horizon: with the production relatively, obscure Superhero films being produce, ranging from the Green Hornet, Jonah Hex, Thor, to Ant man. Eventually, I predict that the audience that would become interested in the famous superheroes, such as Spider-man and Batman.

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2. David Brook says:

   May 7, 2010 at 3:15 pm

   Oh Steve, whatever happened…..

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3. Antho42 says:

   May 7, 2010 at 3:42 pm

   Is not he last “good movie” Bowfinger (1999)? When comedian decide to have children, they tend to start being in awful, PG comedies.

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4. Antho42 says:

   May 7, 2010 at 3:46 pm

   Instead of watching Iron Man 2, I am off to watch the Good, the Bad, and The Weird. Call me a film snoob–at least the Korean film is likely to go beyond the generic, by the numbers blockbuster.

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5. Matt Gamble says:

   May 8, 2010 at 9:38 am

   Martin concentrates more on writing books now, which are excellent.

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6. Antho42 says:

   May 8, 2010 at 10:19 am

   Are they non-fiction?

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7. Matt Gamble says:

   May 8, 2010 at 10:21 am

   Yes.

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8. Jandy Stone says:

   May 8, 2010 at 12:20 pm

   He writes (or has written) some fiction, too – he wrote Shopgirl, which was then made into a film with himself and Clare Danes. And Jason Schwartzman.

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9. Jonathan B. says:

   May 9, 2010 at 2:04 pm

   He also came up with the story for Traitor, that Don Cheadle/Guy Pearce thriller from a couple of years ago.

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