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[@alexlawrence6440]

I’m dying that you held on silent Hassan during Sal’s 9/11 metaphor monologue 😂🫶

[@hadeszero4526]

Why they do this 😂😂😂

[@fusionsigh]

I’d like to know too

[@alexlawrence6440]

Was the editor for this one possibly Dan thought it was funny and they were correct. Plus how deadpan he was thru it.

[@ptxc1639]

Im dead wtf😂

[@G-LukeJA]

Whoever editted the section of just Hussan's face during the 9/11 tangent is going to hell😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@Geiko32]

WAIT I WAS JUST STARING AT HIS FACE.!!! I wasn't even listening.! 🤣🤣

[@N0mad3005]

I WAS THINKING THE EXACT SAME THING 😭😭😭😭😭

[@Lawarot]

I have superhero fatigue fatigue. I'm tired of people talking about how tired other people ostensibly are of superheroes. There's a reason superheroes have endured this long. There's always an audience for them.

[@creed8712]

Superheroes need reinvention to survive and even then the 90s almost had the big two die off

[@mikhaelgribkov4117]

@@creed8712 and they almost died because of trying to follow market and falling for bubble.

[@Lawarot]

​@@creed8712 They are being reinvented constantly. Golden age to silver age to bronze age, to dark age with stuff like Watchmen. Modern age with reconstructionist genre storytelling in things like Invincible.

[@JogVodka]

@@Lawarot honestly people need to read superheroes that arents just the big 2

[@panduh_go_crazy-.-9957]

Damn Sal has a way to make me wanna build a doomsday bunker and save every penny I get “you dont have money to change your life, you just have enough to make yourself forget”

[@micahfisher6125]

This is my favorite kind of AMS episode... the kind where the conversations go way off of where they start, but are just so so good!

[@Hammerheadcomedy]

Can we please get an episode where you guys all talk to Sal about that late night comedians podcast and his opinions on colbert I was really bummed when y'all went to another topic lmao

[@noahs1560]

I feel like y’all have this same discussion every 6 months 😂

[@panduh_go_crazy-.-9957]

Shoutout to hassan's camera for making that gorgeous man more clear

[@funkysam1345]

But I thought Marvels main audience is millennials and gen z. Not gen alpha

[@danilo9498]

This is true.

[@alexlawrence6440]

Valid

[@alexlawrence6440]

Its people who remember superhero movies before the mcu and the difference it made

[@funkysam1345]

@@alexlawrence6440 Well here's the thing. Even if a movie is generic/formulaic but it's done well, like it fits the formula well, it's still a gud movie. But if we're gonna get a series of such movies, overtime we will probably get kinda disinterested. So unless and until there's a completely unique power set that's yet to be seen on the big screen or we venture into creative takes, this is a problem fr every genre. Same with kaiju movies.

[@funkysam1345]

Well here's the thing. Even if a movie is generic/formulaic but it's done well, like it fits the formula well, it's still a gud movie. But if we're gonna get a series of such movies, overtime we will probably get kinda disinterested. So unless and until there's a completely unique power set that's yet to be seen on the big screen or we venture into creative takes, this is a problem fr every genre. Same with kaiju movies.

[@sullyproductions5757]

Honestly Covid is a big reason why the movie industry is struggling. Like why would I have to drive like 15-20 minutes to my nearest theater spend $110 on three people( $70 of that is just at the concession stand) and have to deal with loud kids and rude people when I can just press a few buttons on my game system and can watch the same movie a month later for a fraction of the cost.

[@chrisxx5583]

Average movie + High prices = Less interest

[@rayhenry862]

It's not comic book movie fatigue, it's bad movie fatigue. We need good story and drama with our favorite characters interacting and giving villains more depth and not kill them in their first movie

[@robertparkhurst4034]

It’s bad movie fatigue + being able to just stream it, potentially for free if it just gets put on a streaming service you already have

[@Ducaso]

The 24/7 news explosion post 9/11 to COVID "normalizing" phone/app addiction was a poignant analysis, but it made a lot of sense to me. Even if it was a _tad_ bit of a tangent.

[@GreekGeek891]

Its crazy that the russo brothers said this when as of now Godzilla X Kong is about to cross 600 million worldwide with a budget of 135 million and Godzilla Minus One grossing 100 millions worldwide with a budget of 15 million.

[@chowderman8888]

Love when yall get together and talk! Now that I know when the stream is I might check it out lol

[@joefayant8470]

Oppenheimer isn’t about us nuking Japan but I get what hasan was trying to get at

[@zetnom89]

When I was a teenager I was in therapy and I had to bring a sketchbook along so I could draw in order to have a conversation with my Therapist. I wasn't a mute without it but being able to focus on that while conversing allowed me to open up more and just naturally let things out without having to think about it so much. All that to say I completely understand where Benny is coming from lol

[@hahajenkins]

They should actually post a Colbert talk

[@funkysam1345]

Well here's the thing. Even if a movie is generic/formulaic but it's done well, like it fits the formula well, it's still a gud movie. But if we're gonna get a series of such movies, overtime we will probably get kinda disinterested. So unless and until there's a completely unique power set that's yet to be seen on the big screen or we venture into creative takes, this is a problem fr every genre. Same with kaiju movies.

[@alfonzoc_Father_Misfit_Batman]

Sal is the absolute best balance in these shows. Great show yall

[@fcm3d]

It's only fatigue when you don't do it right.

[@allensloan7575]

I was on the toilet when Benny went off about being on the toilet. I feel seen.

[@ptxc1639]

Sal needs to make a rant channel fr

[@chem8282]

Thank you Sal.

[@Slumbob]

Money is one factor, but I think the other reason is simply damn near every movie that seems to come out, you’re rarely hearing good things about it. Maybe its just me, but it seems like unless a movie is something everyone is ranting and raving about all over the internet, the general consensus is “its okay” or “its mid.” Which prompts people, especially young people, to not go to the theater because why spend the cash to buy a movie ticket when you can wait 2-3 months for it hit one of the streaming services you’re already paying for anyway to watch for semi-free? At least thats how I perceive this whole thing and discussion.

[@knoober3756]

It really is attention spans, and with streaming they’ve made the movie theater experience obsolete.

[@deltafive_o-first2417]

Everyone acts like movies are expensive as if everything aside from the ticket is not optional.😂

[@esemekoge693]

That ticket is expensive though in some cases. Like a normal showtime can in many cases equal the same cost as just buying the movie on digital.

[@deltafive_o-first2417]

@@esemekoge693 then people are going to the wrong theater. My tickets are like $13 which is half of the rent from home cost and less than half of the buying cost

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

That's good for you. Not everyone can drive to find a far away theatre to justify not paying 20 bucks for a ticket. I drove to the cheapest theater almost 30 miles to pay 17 bucks for the Batman​@@deltafive_o-first2417

[@ethankillion786]

That generation was willing to go watch a 3 1/2 hour Taylor Swift concert movie in theatres. They have the patience. They are willing to pay to sit through long movies. They're not "sick of superheroes". Put out good movies and you'll continue to break box office records year after year. It's that Marvel/Disney movies are all very same-y and not doing anything that makes them worth $50 night out at the theatre. It's really baffling to me that there are filmmakers that are still blaming the "next generation" for these bad movies failing, instead of just doing the tiniest bit of reflecting on the type of stuff they are putting out.

[@jasonpeet6198]

The concert movie was 2 and a half in theaters but got a longer version on streaming

[@notsosecretsquirrel9389]

Who tf watches anything for the hot ones guy? It's cause they have people in pain from the spice. That's why I watch.

[@buzzblade100]

I think it doesn't help the movie industry and movie theaters that nothing coming out right now feels worthy of being seen in a theater. For the prices you have to pay to gt a true Movie Going Experience, there has been nothing worth seeing in so long, sure marvel is getting better and when they put out a hit it genuinely makes you want to go, but what beyond them has come out in recent months that warrants that sort of price tag?

[@Patrick-wl6pw]

I agree brother

[@lithantushelo7932]

Why Dan do that to Hassan?🤣

[@A55TRICKY]

I think the conversation about adhd should highlight that there has probably never been a preferred way the masses like to consume movies. More like theaters have been only way and now that people can enjoy to maximum efficiency theaters don't look like a luxury anymore. Spider-man in the bath.

[@borjankosarac3645]

And studios need to stop burning money on s*it; I’m still amazed at how terrible “Quantumania” looks and how long it was in the can to be such a messy waste of time and money.

[@theunknown308]

I think a lot of people can’t afford and don’t want to spend $120 to watch a movie with the cost of living and just in general

[@mttylerdurden9]

I'm glad I live close to a theater that charges $6.95 all day.

[@kobemcknight3279]

8:24 this is exactly what I did for both showings of the re releases for Spider-Man 1 and 2. Love the films but after work I just can’t and they’re available on Disney plus.

[@CrossOutBryce]

Same. I don't see the point in going to the theater, when I'm already paying for a streaming subscription

[@Kcoldraz]

30:10 I wonder if that will make more sense for people with ADD.

[@TheOther-Dude]

Zooming in on Hassan during the weird 9/11 rant is absolutely INSANE 😳

[@Lawarot]

Us gen z and gen alpha still go to the movie theater lmao. The stuff stopping us isnt taste its money. Edit: Nvm he said it for us thank god lol.

[@loreaver3882]

I’d say most comedy and dramas are not worth seeing in theaters if I can just watch 2 months later.

[@CrossOutBryce]

It is for me, but I'm older Gen Z who loves to go to the movies. With it being so expensive, I have to pick and choose.

[@mttylerdurden9]

26:12 or the OJ Simpson trail.

[@Kbyte27]

Write better stories. Market the movies better. Then i'll go and watch it. But if it's just a bunch of people making poorly written stories and on top of that antagonizing the audience, no one in their right mind would pay to watch the movie.

[@Capn_Spaulding]

Abso....lutely

[@Lowkidoe29]

can we please have a set of videos where we don't talk about "how good the mcu used to be" i get it it's a good topic but maybe it's just me but seeing how not great the mcu is now in every other video is tiring

[@Dakforever1]

There is not enough vision in hollywood anymore, originality is on the decline. either you are watching something good that was remade, retried, redone in a different medium, or your unlikely watching something new. All of these things cater to hollywoods politics. While movies are in a recession America will find something else to fill the void until the movie industry get its head out of its ass.

[@mttylerdurden9]

Originally isn't on the decline. It's just not wanted that much by studios or audiences. Tons of original movies come out, but people don't support them, and so the studio makes less and less.

[@mttylerdurden9]

15:10 $100 million

[@oatmat]

Instead of Colbert watch Glenn Greenwald benny

[@dnice4145]

Start making good movies again with new ip and people will show up. Hollywood has made terrible tent-pole films for the most part for last 15 years. The success of the MCU just masked the problem, when covid hit and they started releasing a steady stream of garbage it exposed how bad things actually were. I remember how i couldn't wait to see the trailers at the theater for upcoming summer blockbusters. Now that feeling has gone away, Hollywood did it to themselves.

[@alfonzoc_Father_Misfit_Batman]

👍

[@JustSomeMexicanwithaMustache]

I have ADHD, and it annoys the crap out of me that people look at their phone when watching a show or movie. If you are not going to 100% forcus on a show/movie you're watching, then don't bother watching. Granted I understand Ben that he needs something else to listen to when doing certain stuff. Like I need to listen to music or a podcast when doing mundane stuff like driving, cooking, cleaning, and working in order to focus on the task.

[@CrossOutBryce]

Totally agree.

[@alejandrovalenzuela7994]

He is not wrong about the "tik tok gen" people take out their phones furing the movir to make a meme before anyone to go viral

[@krazikay1]

This is ridiculous. In this episode alone he is admitting he is terrible. Just give the show to Hassan and Sal.

[@rivwilson9330]

Nowhere did Benny say this about himself