cabose7 t1_ix6prl3 wrote on November 21, 2022 at 3:57 AM

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Samaritan has a $100 million budget, you think that's a B movie?

CptNonsense t1_ix7wcjv wrote on November 21, 2022 at 12:53 PM

Pick at what you want, you are still wrong. You going to tell me the Accident Man sequel and Corrective Measures aren't B movies, too?

Never mind that's just superhero movies.

cabose7 t1_ix80ct1 wrote on November 21, 2022 at 1:32 PM

The B movie system as it was for westerns in their hay day doesn't exist anymore. They were theatrical films with low to modest budgets but had access to studio resources and up and coming talent that weren't ready for A pictures.

Jesse Van Johnson makes DTV films, and he's actually pretty good at directing even if he rarely gets a good script. He's never gonna get the next Chris Evans or whatever who needs to cut his teeth before becoming Captain America. It's actually the opposite, Johnson gets stars at the end of their careers.

I'm lamenting that superhero films don't have a true B movie system.

CptNonsense t1_ix831ag wrote on November 21, 2022 at 1:55 PM

>The B movie system as it was for westerns in their hay day doesn't exist anymore.

Do we are just being disingenuous now, ok.

>I'm lamenting that superhero films don't have a true B movie system.

I bet that died after the paramount accords in 48, so no shit.