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I have coworkers roughly my age who don't know what an Avenger is
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this tbh
i like the marvel movies but fuck do i hate majority of the fanbase. just prefer to not even talk about it at this point.
I'm 36, and didn't know what a muggle was till like last year. And Harry Potter is extremely popular.
I'm 30 and deep into other "nerdy" hobbies (I mean, I post on resetera so obviously) and I've never seen an Avengers movie. I know who they are via osmosis sure but I haven't seen them and have little interest in seeing them. Saw a handful of other marvel movies that looking interesting to me (Black Panther, Guardians of the Galaxy, etc) though.
I know someone my age (late 30s) who not only had never seen Back To The Future, he had never heard of it.
37 year old male and I know that the avengers is a comic/movie series but honestly don't know who's in it (actors), what super heroes comprise it, or what it is.
Just not really into it and haven't seen any super hero movies since one of the first dark knight or iron man movies. I'm sure they're good I've just never been into them. I also don't know the difference between Marvel and the other comic publishers, I know marvel is on Disney because I see the ads on D+ but I don't really know what heroes make up Marvel vs DC vs whatever the others are.
My connection to comic heroes is similar to someone else's connection to sports. They might know who Michael Jordan or Tom Brady are, or know that they exist, like how I know Batman, Spidey, and Captain America exist in the comic universe, but couldn't tell you anything about them from the last 25 years. Whenever there's a thread about comic stuff here my eyes just naturally glance by it and it all forms into a comic zone soup, and I figure sports stuff is similar for other people. I've heard of many of the comic movies Endgame and shit from threads here or gross earnings Hollywood threads, but I couldn't tell you in Endgame is part of the Marvel world, which heroes are in it, who the bad guy is, who the actors are, or anything else, probably about the same as someone knowing that the Superbowl exists but if they were tasked with saying who played in the Superbowl in 2019 they'd be stumped.
If I didn't go to this forum I'd know almost nothing.
Just not really into it and haven't seen any super hero movies since one of the first dark knight or iron man movies. I'm sure they're good I've just never been into them. I also don't know the difference between Marvel and the other comic publishers, I know marvel is on Disney because I see the ads on D+ but I don't really know what heroes make up Marvel vs DC vs whatever the others are.
My connection to comic heroes is similar to someone else's connection to sports. They might know who Michael Jordan or Tom Brady are, or know that they exist, like how I know Batman, Spidey, and Captain America exist in the comic universe, but couldn't tell you anything about them from the last 25 years. Whenever there's a thread about comic stuff here my eyes just naturally glance by it and it all forms into a comic zone soup, and I figure sports stuff is similar for other people. I've heard of many of the comic movies Endgame and shit from threads here or gross earnings Hollywood threads, but I couldn't tell you in Endgame is part of the Marvel world, which heroes are in it, who the bad guy is, who the actors are, or anything else, probably about the same as someone knowing that the Superbowl exists but if they were tasked with saying who played in the Superbowl in 2019 they'd be stumped.
If I didn't go to this forum I'd know almost nothing.
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I know some people who admit and are serious about that they "dont really listen to music" and have a hard time naming an artist of band from this decade (or even this century).
The year Infinity War came out (2018?) I dressed up as Thanos for Halloween. It wasn't necessarily a good Thanos but I had all the important details (spray painted my face purple, drew a scrotum on my chin, the gold armor, etc). At the Halloween lunch I was chatting with another coworker who said she was a huuuge Marvel fan, and even named her new dog Marvel.
I was like, "Oh, cool, what do you think of my costume?"
"What are you?"
"I'm Thanos!"
"Who's that?"
Was a reminder that most people won't understand my favorite nerd shit, even if my nerd shit has gone mainstream.
I was like, "Oh, cool, what do you think of my costume?"
"What are you?"
"I'm Thanos!"
"Who's that?"
Was a reminder that most people won't understand my favorite nerd shit, even if my nerd shit has gone mainstream.
Pretty sure its a common thing.
My elder family members don't know much about comic book material either but they oddly know who Stan Lee is.
My elder family members don't know much about comic book material either but they oddly know who Stan Lee is.
Some people don't even know the difference between star wars and star trek. Goddamn those mother fuckers to hell.
The vast majority of people who say they don't know anything about football/sports will still know what the Super Bowl is, even if they've never watched it.
Same goes for the Avengers. Will they know all the details, of course not. But I'm willing to bet most people know it's a superhero team from the movies. They will know that much.
Avenger is a song in DDR, duh.
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Honestly, though, even as someone who no longer cares about the MCU (haven't seen any of those movies since the one with Raymond Reddington as Ultron, lol), I always kind of assumed that most people--at the least--are aware that there's a Marvel thing called "the Avengers" and that those movies exist. If you don't pay any attention to TV, movies, or comics, you could miss all of it, I guess?
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Honestly, though, even as someone who no longer cares about the MCU (haven't seen any of those movies since the one with Raymond Reddington as Ultron, lol), I always kind of assumed that most people--at the least--are aware that there's a Marvel thing called "the Avengers" and that those movies exist. If you don't pay any attention to TV, movies, or comics, you could miss all of it, I guess?
True. Its like the fanbase goes about it like someone kicking a door open of a fancy restaurant and telling people eating steak why the McRib is just as high quality and how tons of people love it.
We had a "name this famous person (fictional or real)" game in our office, back around 2008, and someone got Captain Kirk and had no idea who it was. These things happen. Some people just don't pay any attention to pop culture.
How old are you?
On one extreme you have the sore winners upset that the most popular thing in the world isn't loved by 100% of the population and refuse to admit the thing they like isn't negatively effecting aspects of the industry because they benefit from it.
On the other extreme you have the pretentious snobs who believe there's no overlap between true art and commerce.
Y'all both suck, but the former is more annoying, because you literally have nothing to complain about.
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i mean im not talking about the people who have no idea, im talking about the people that say stuff like this:
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what does that have to do with anything? or were you about to use my age to belittle me in some way? man, shut the fuck up.
im not gonna edit my quote to include whatever bullshit you decided to add so you didn't look like a one-liner dropping prick, fyi.
Marvel movies are forgettable popcorn flicks. They all blend in together. Theres always a new one coming out so who is going to remember avengers when the last one came out years ago?
Avengers is old news until the next one comes up. Theres nothing relevant unless youre a big fan
Avengers is old news until the next one comes up. Theres nothing relevant unless youre a big fan
I know what an Avenger is but can't name all of them or anything. I watch a ton of movies, some TV shows, sports, I just don't really care about cape stuff, doesn't appeal to me at all. I watched the original X-Men movie and Logan, that's about it
They're silly nerd movies about flying people with superpowers. Not everyone's going to be interested in that and some people are just disconnected from certain areas of pop culture.
These posts came in a different chronological order, and one of them was made in sarcasm; but I've rearranged them to make good honest sense.
I never read comics growing up, now in my late 50s.
So I know there's the Fantastic 4, Superfriends and the Justice League. But I'm not sure if the Avengers are a select group of Marvel heroes, or are the name given to all of them.
Oh, but I do know Batman is a DC comic, not Marvel.. so I'm somewhat clues in. Kinda
So I know there's the Fantastic 4, Superfriends and the Justice League. But I'm not sure if the Avengers are a select group of Marvel heroes, or are the name given to all of them.
Oh, but I do know Batman is a DC comic, not Marvel.. so I'm somewhat clues in. Kinda
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So 12. Got it.
At this point, several of the biggest movies of all time involve them, so I'd think most people would know they are superheroes at least.
Like, I don't follow sports even a little bit, but still recognize some huge names and understand the gist of how they're played.
Like, I don't follow sports even a little bit, but still recognize some huge names and understand the gist of how they're played.
Love the irony of using a childish insult to label somebody else as a child.
OP makes a light hearted post about Avengers and this thread getting straight heated, classic ERA lol