1) The new smurfs movie looks awful and tragic. One imagines the suits sitting around a table saying "you know what's hot right now? The multiverse and superheroes. Take the Smurfs, add in some multiverse, some superheroes, make it a vehicle for Rihanna's music, throw in some adult jokes..."
2) It's just so hard to get excited about Jurassic World: Rebirth. More dinosaurs and genetically modified dinosaurs. More kids in peril. Put in some sex appeal with ScarJo and call it a day.
3) At least Fantastic Four looks promising, despite being another Marvel property and a 3rd shot at rebooting the comic series. The retrofuturism vibe is on point. It's Marvel, which basically guarantees that the movie will have some charm. It doesn't look like an origin story either.
Still - these three new trailers plus the Superman movie coming out this summer all add to the malaise I (and I think a lot of others) have regarding pop culture. No new stories, worlds, characters, or ideas to explore. Just the same thing repackaged every few years from now on.
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