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Originally Posted by lucidfer
having my foot halfway in the industry, there's also something that you've gotta consider.
What's gonna sell more in a story? What are the sheeple going to want to see (more than once preferably)?
Reality where you have to bust your ass to become an attractive person, or a story where a lazy, introverted guy gets a hot girl by doing the same things over and over and at the end still gets to be a lazy pothead/gamer?
And do girls want a story where the cute girl ends up with a dickhead, or with the nice sensitive guy she dreams of? Likely the second, but don't forget the fact that she'd get bored with him within a week or less... something that she doesn't consider when she's there watching a movie.
Oftentimes, imaginary is better than reality. There's a reason there's no movies about people doing 9-5 jobs that don't have some wonderful plot twist halfway through. People are lazy, and want things handed to them. And that's exactly what the movie industry thrives on.
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Right. But just a generation ago we had characters like Luke Skywalker, Marty McFly or Daniel 'Karate Kid' Laruso, who started off as outcast boys and DID bust their asses to become men. Realising that outer growth comes from within, that through hard work and dedication anyone no matter how (small/weak/afraid) can overcome his inner flaws and take control of and shape his own external reality.
Those movies weren't about 'reality' literally. They weren't about anyone doing a 9-5 slog. But what they had to say about coming-of-age and growing up and adapting to meet life's challenges was TRUE.
I can't say the same for Superbad.