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Originally Posted by Sussudio
I don't know about you but I certainly don't consider 2007, or even 1995 for that matter, far enough back to think original action movies have disappeared  it does seem like the 90s was ripe with them though, at least much more than 2000s have been. |
But their incidence is more uncommon. The release pattern is becoming more of the Western. My feeling is: classic Action is becoming like that. An occasional phenomenon: only rarely invested in.
The Western used to be big in the 50's and 60's. Then it slipped away to occasional glory. I believe with the Comic Madness underway. Action is becoming the Western. Probably to stay..., I hope not. But my instincts are seldom wrong.
Like what you said on the Western, the release pattern is ever so often. Action is being allowed to go there. And with Comics the tool of choice, before you know it: the studios won’t risk action without comics. We’re almost there. Wait and see.
I hope I’m wrong. But Hollywood has a short-term memory. …We can’t do action… It doesn’t make money.
Die Hard (1988), Lethal Weapon (1987), Speed (1994), The Rock (1996)… but that’s in the past. It’s on with spandex and green screens.