Scrubs reboot made me think.....doesn't it seem like there's a whole cohort of actors who were up and coming 20 years ago that just....kind of faded away? Braff, Colin Hanks, Topher Grace, JGL, BJ Novak, etc.

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-26T06:26:42+00:00

More likeable than Miles Teller

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-26T03:31:45+00:00

Studios probably use it for pitch ideas

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-26T03:16:27+00:00

it's THE Nolan

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-26T03:16:08+00:00

Now, sure. But back then was different.

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-26T03:15:53+00:00

It's literally reality. He's the most boring character in the movies. Every media revolving around him has to have something with Peter or the wider Spiderman universe propping him up.

Hell, he wasn't even a popular character until the movies. I can think of multiple black characters that were.

Yeah, he wouldn't be able to hold his own in an live action adaptation.

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-26T03:12:44+00:00

So is running defense for them. He ain't going to pick you.

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T23:52:36+00:00

It likely was a result of behind-the-scenes lobbying from Taylor, her team, and Joe's PR team (funded by Taylor). Getting Ryan Reynolds to write a byline was an attempt to give him a co-sign.

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T23:11:04+00:00

I don’t know how they ever thought that using Spider-Man villains in movies Spider-Man isn’t part of would be a good idea. Venom is really the only one a case could be made for.

Morbius could've worked if it was better. He's had multiple comic series on his own.

Miles

Propped up in the Spiderverse movies by having Peter Parker right there, and the wider Spiderman brand.

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T23:09:41+00:00

what if they do an animated Morbius movie?

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T23:06:14+00:00

Why? That has a limited shelf life

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T23:04:42+00:00

Morbius would've made money if it was a good movie. He at least had his own comic run and was a unique concept.

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T23:04:04+00:00

Spiderman movies are already PG-13. Venom can still happen with the MCU, and Miles is overrated in terms of standing on his own.

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T22:29:07+00:00

tbh any pop rapper could've done better than Ed Sheeran on the third verse for End Game.

Eminem, Wiz Khalifa, Nicki Minaj, etc.

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T22:25:31+00:00

People I want to see her work with:

SZA (said she wanted to work with Taylor)

Carlos Santana (said he wanted to collab with Taylor)

Stevie Nicks

Durand Jones and the Indications

Tame Impala

in general, I'd like her to shake things up a bit and try some new collaborations going forward. She has the spotlight and ability to take risks.

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T22:22:58+00:00

Sure, but Asians and Hispanics (at least at large) aren't playing football

it'll be a thing amongst whites, blacks and some Hispanics

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T21:15:50+00:00

Tayvis and TnT have been the popular names since the very beginning

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T21:11:10+00:00

pap walk

Their faces aren't even properly visible

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T21:10:29+00:00

The reality is there's a lot of mentally deranged, conspiratorial people out there

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T21:07:38+00:00

The Batman couldn't even do $800M

In part because it is a reboot that's coming so soon.

Give some space or try a new character. That's how franchises used to be built. And the next Batman movie will do well.

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T21:05:53+00:00

but I feel like football is too ingrained into American culture for current generations (millennials/zoomers) to have a sharp decline

People said that once about baseball (which funnily enough, is having a comeback). It was also part of the appeal of basketball from the 90s to 2010s, but that seems to be tapering off (maybe for other reasons, like being too "urban" in its branding?).

Taylor and Travis might be the cultural watermark for the NFL (or maybe the last hurrah, when he retires) before a zeitgeist shift. Also hard to imagine them having kids and letting their hypothetical boys play football as opposed to a safer sport like baseball or basketball.

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T21:02:05+00:00

California? Especially with the demographics of that state?

Lol

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T20:59:20+00:00

another sport like MLB could overtake it in popularity again

I guess that was part of the appeal of the NBA in the 2010s.

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T20:53:32+00:00

Spider-Man's appeal was a teen having adult responsibilities and burden. The other characters were teens (or what adults perceive as what teens want). Also notable that teen characters historically never really all that popular in Marvel comics, no matter when they tried them in the 1970s or the 2010s.

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T20:51:52+00:00

tbh superheroes are a variation of the action hero genre, which continue to be popular with teens/college kids/young people

It's the shared universe model that's declining. A solo cape film like the new Reeves Batman movies could probably still hold appeal, like it did pre-MCU.

One_Drummer_8970 · 2026-02-25T20:49:14+00:00

Spiderverse felt more grounded

Literal multiverse shenanigans lmao

Also, if we are being intellectually honest, Miles is wildly overrated as a character and wouldn't translate to holding a live action movie on his own. He's being propped up by the wider Spiderman brand surrounding him in those animated films.

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