On average, African Americans make up about 15 percent of the audience
for superhero fare.
Warner Bros. needs to consider some important factors going forward: Snyder and Goyer need to be reigned in, as their sensibilities are too shallow, even
for superhero fare.
Not exact matches
Black Panther may not be the first
superhero film to place a black lead front and centre — Wesley Snipes made two great Blade movies plus another one, and the»90s delivered a handful of now - forgotten
fare with black men behind the mask (Spawn, Steel, Blankman, The Meteor Man)-- but it is the first to surround its hero with an equally diverse cast, and announce itself as the new blockbuster status - quo, not a one - off alternative
for a widely underrepresented audience.
Here is a prime case where the producers of direct - to - video
superhero fare continuously have their heads up their rear ends by forcing a run time of 75 minutes, which has become the standard length
for nearly all animated DTV
superhero flicks released today.
«It's a film
for the fans,» a familiar phrase uttered almost weekly when discussing
superhero movies, sequels or franchise
fare.
While faithful fans might miss the quirky quartet's trademark humor and old school special f / x, TMNT merely reflects today's taste
for edgier and more stylized
superhero fare, and is thus likely to enthrall a whole new generation of Turtle consumers of product tie - ins.
It's much darker than its big - screen predecessor from 1989, Batman, and this blend of horror and action will probably thrill fans of Raimi's campy filmmaking of the grotesque, while turning off those looking
for regular
superhero fare.
But, now that the X-Men universe has begun to grow beyond the main franchise to include Wolverine and Deadpool solo series (not to mention the possibility of other characters getting standalone features along the line of Gambit), Fox's
superhero world has room
for more R - rated
fare.