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Says “cameo porn” is the worst element of superhero films

posted 6 months ago by jk90us (5778)
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Gunn said cameo porn (shoehorning superheroes into movies just for the hell of it) hurts the genre.

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/james-gunn-slams-cameo-porn-superhero-movies-1235836349/#comment-6526569

I disagree. Even worse IMO than cameo porn is the lazy trend of recasting actors from other superhero films to play new characters in movies for other studios. Gunn and others need to stop doing that too.

It weakens the characters recognizing them as their previous heroes/villains, etc. Some studios (looking at you MCU) even have the same actors playing different characters in the same universe.

[–] PaladinNJ (20606) 6 months ago

Never heard the term “cameo porn” before. I've always considered it paying respect to their previous contributions.

[–] DoctorThirteen (11447) 6 months ago

'Cameo porn' (did he just make that up? It's stupid) is way short of being the worst element of (some) superhero films.

[–] Cognoscente (2495) 4 months ago

Gunn did a series called PG Porn.

[–] [deleted] 6 months ago

What harm does it do?

I enjoyed seeing Wonder Woman in The Flash and Shazam! Fury of the Gods even though she did fuck all and was just there for the sake of it. What harm did her minute and a half of screen time do to those films?

[–] Kowalski (63357) 6 months ago

THEY ARE ACTORS...THEY CAN PLAY MULTIPLE ROLES....IF THEY ARE GOOD IT DOES NOT MATTER.

[–] jk90us (5778) 6 months ago

Yeah it does.

Superhero films is a tight niche genre. It isn’t like sci fi, horror, action, etc.

They’re based in a narrow industry of publications.

Recasting actors to play several roles weakens the characters.

Just cast new actors who have never been in a superhero film. That way those characters are unique and have their own identity.

[–] Kowalski (63357) 6 months ago

DISAGREE.