Hot take: thing that has happened organically since the dawn of entertainment will continue to happen organically
This isn’t a hot take. It’s about as “predictive” as saying eventually there will be another sports star or viral website. The question is when it will happen, not if.
And whoever figures out the how stands to make a truckload of money
This has already happened. The Walking Dead was a massive phenomenon. It just atrophied due to neglect.
“A popular media franchise will start sometime in the next 60 years” is a 0 Kelvin take.
Something completely original means that it can not be existing IP.
The movie industry became slop way before LLMs were useful.
Image Comics will be sometime soon. Youngblood, Spawn, they’re all so amazing, I like them all so much more than marvel characters and I’m a big marvel fan. They tried spawn back in the day but I think they botched the movie pretty hard and the HBO animated series just didn’t do the og content justice.
Edit: Also, DRAGONLANCE by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Can’t believe Amazon picked up Wheel of Time instead of Dragonlance. For those of you unfamiliar with the series, it’s a high fantasy classic dungeon and dragons story. Some call it “The DnD bible”. There’s a core 6 books and then 190 additional novels - I remember going into book stores and there being an entire wall of these guys. With such a huge cult following I really can’t understand why this hasn’t been picked up.
I think this post just ignores a lot of things out there.
The book Jurassic Park was released in 1990, and the film released in 1993. Since then we’ve had a handful of films and other spin-offs, all within the last 50 years.
The book The Hunger Games was released in 2008, and the film released in 2012. Since then we’ve had a handful of films and I would bet many more to come.
What about the Pokemon media franchise? Originally released in 1996 and is one of the largest franchises with video games, TV shows, movies and everything else.
Nah, of those you list I’d say only Pokemon hits the same level.
There are a lot of popular IPs, but at the same level of Star Wars and Marvel?
I’m not even sure if it’s still possible. The availability of everything over the internet divided people lot more over what they like.
Does it occur to anyone that seeking to replace juvenile media with more but slightly different juvenile media means that you confess you appreciate juvenile media rather than preferring media that capable of transforming ourselves into better versions of ourselves?
I confess to liking juvenile media, your honor.
Harry Potter is the one that comes to mind. Also Game of Thrones if you’d like. Both really blew up, have spin offs and staying power. Harry Potter has toys, video games, and amusement parks.
Don’t know why you’re downvoted. This is exactly where my mind went too. Nobody said they had to be good, just new.
Because those aren’t new?
Please. If you have stories you want to tell then tell them. We are trapped in a cage formed of Is and Ps.
“I’ll stop making them when you stop watching them.”
-The movie industry
The last thing I watched in theaters was a reshowing of the Fellowship of the Ring. Everything else is on a buddy’s Plex server. Fuck the movies I ain’t paying 50 dollars for sticky floors and shitty snacks. I can do both of those at home.
So you moan about lack of originality, but don’t support independent film, either? You’re just part of the problem.
I mean, it’s a valid point.
