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I thought some of the shows and movies were good in teh 1970's and 80's, but even then I knew some things were bad.
I watched. It was the only thing on.
Sure TV Hulk and Wonder Woman were good. Shazam was even good for what it was.
But TV Spider-man was bad. Captain America was worse. Isis was terrible.
Doctor Strange was OK, but we had entries like Legends of the Superheroes.
Superman the Movie and Superman 2 were awesome - but what else was there until Batman in 89? A captain America straight to DVD and a Fantastic Four place holder.
The cartoons were mostly awful - and I watched them all - and the reruns.
TODAY
We are so spoiled that there are some comic TV series that I don't even watch. I am 8 episodes behind in Gotham. I quit watching Arrow and Supergirl. Agents of SHEILD I rarely check in on. I gave Agent Carter and Gifted 2 episodes before stopping. I skipped over other series completely.
There are soooo many cartoons (that are good) I haven't watch half of them.
We have 5 or 6 big budget theatrical releases a year and when one is as bad as the Batman Returns (which we loved) we rail against it.
Kids today don't know what it was like to have to wait 5 to 15 years between good Superhero films.
1951 Superman and the mole men
1966 Batman
1978 Superman
1981 Superman 2
1989 Batman
1992 Batman Returns
1992 Batman Mask of Phantasm
1998(?) Blade
Maybe add a couple more in there from the 50s through the 90's that's 10 in 5 decades.
We get that in 2 years these days.
I watched. It was the only thing on.
Sure TV Hulk and Wonder Woman were good. Shazam was even good for what it was.
But TV Spider-man was bad. Captain America was worse. Isis was terrible.
Doctor Strange was OK, but we had entries like Legends of the Superheroes.
Superman the Movie and Superman 2 were awesome - but what else was there until Batman in 89? A captain America straight to DVD and a Fantastic Four place holder.
The cartoons were mostly awful - and I watched them all - and the reruns.
TODAY
We are so spoiled that there are some comic TV series that I don't even watch. I am 8 episodes behind in Gotham. I quit watching Arrow and Supergirl. Agents of SHEILD I rarely check in on. I gave Agent Carter and Gifted 2 episodes before stopping. I skipped over other series completely.
There are soooo many cartoons (that are good) I haven't watch half of them.
We have 5 or 6 big budget theatrical releases a year and when one is as bad as the Batman Returns (which we loved) we rail against it.
Kids today don't know what it was like to have to wait 5 to 15 years between good Superhero films.
1951 Superman and the mole men
1966 Batman
1978 Superman
1981 Superman 2
1989 Batman
1992 Batman Returns
1992 Batman Mask of Phantasm
1998(?) Blade
Maybe add a couple more in there from the 50s through the 90's that's 10 in 5 decades.
We get that in 2 years these days.
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