Nearly twenty years ago, Disney’s Buena Vista Pictures Distribution label released “Sky High” – a family oriented superhero ensemble piece. Reviews were positive and while the film only brought in $86.4 million dollars at the box office from a $35 million budget, it has been a subsequent cult success on video and streaming. Disney put […]

If you haven’t seen it, Sky High was a film about superhero High school. This was before cinema was flooded with the DC / Marvel universe. It’s a good little film.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝MAEnglish
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    6 months ago

    This was before cinema was flooded with the DC / Marvel universe.

    It definitely felt like there was a greater diversity of superhero films back before the MCU carpet-bombed cinemas - Sky High, Mystery Men, Hellboy, etc. You’d think the popularity of superheroes would have meant more cape movies and TV but it doesn’t feel like it, although they may be just being drowned out - there’s The Boys, The Crow, the Unbreakable trilogy, Extraordinary was good and Supacell is nearly here.

    • bionicjoey@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      6 months ago

      although they may be just being drowned out - there’s The Boys, The Crow, the Unbreakable trilogy, Extraordinary was good and Supacell is nearly here.

      Don’t forget Invincible!

      • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝MAEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        I did. 😕 In my defence, I wasn’t being comprehensive as I could drag up a better list than that.