Superhero Saturation
Michael “Schatzy” Schatzberg
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Friends of Branded!
Happy Saturday and I hope everyone had a great week.
My daughter loves superheroes! She believes (with high conviction) that Superman is the most powerful above all the others, but her favorites are Spiderman, Captain America, and the Incredible Hulk (she loves the color green, just like her Daddy).
She’s still too young to see the blockbuster movies that immortalize these characters, but we own the action figures, a bevy of costumes and an array of toys that allow us to engage and play superhero.
I was reading a debate about whether there’s a saturation of Superhero films and how all too similar these movies have become. In one poll I read, 85% of respondents felt the Superhero movies were in fact saturated. Another article focused on how the majority of Superhero movies have come out in the last 15 to 20 years and it’s too early to make such claims of saturation.
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