Todd McFarlane shares his thoughts on tiredness in superhero movies and it all depends on the quality of the movie

There has been a lot of talk about superhero fatigue over the years, and it seems that right now the public and fans are feeling a bit exhausted. As far as I’m concerned, the only reason I’m not that excited about superhero movies these days is because the quality of movies has gone down. The writing, story, and special effects of most of the films are no longer up to par with what they once were.

During an interview with Gizmodo, creator of Spawn Todd McFarlane he was asked for his opinion on the matter, so he shared his thoughts, and ultimately, he doesn’t think there’s any superhero fatigue. He explains:

“I think there are a couple of things. The quality of any film, of any genre [is important]. People say, “I can’t sell a western movie.” Of course you can. You can’t sell a bad western movie. And then your marketing. If you pit it in a bad time against 10 other movies people want to see, it’s going to get buried, right? So you got it. And then just to gauge whether people are in the mood for that genre more than another. Sometimes rom-coms become sort of the theme of the month for a while or whatever.

“But I put superhero movies in the same category as action movies. They’re just action movies, and action movies have been around forever, right? Van Damm. Schwarzenegger. Stallion. Seagal. This is just an extension of it. So yeah, at some point, if some of those action movies got cheesy and went down the drain too often, we’d move on. But then all of a sudden, you know, The Matrix or some other new movie comes along and we’re like, “Oh my God, this is it.” Then someone will understand. I mean, again, I don’t think so [there’s superhero fatigue]. It’s like saying too many baseball games have been played and we have baseball fatigue. No. Just give me a good team I can root for and make it worth my money and I’ll come.

I can see and understand what he’s saying, but superhero movies are a sub-genre of the action genre, and right now, that genre is definitely in a funk phase! Hopefully, like The Matrix, there will be a film to break out of that funk.

Meanwhile, Mcfarlane has been trying to get his own Spawn comic book movie off the ground, which is being produced and developed at Blumhouse. He had a hard time with that, but the producer Jason Blum he believes that one day it will be realized.

What do you think of what McFarlane has to say here?