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movie people wanted, is a larger acceptance for the superhero genre. The fantastic worlds of superheroes had become more acceptable largely due to a 10 shifted focus of the general public. For whatever the reason, people began to praise nerdy and geeky topics. Comic books directly benefited from this. Since the source material benefited, so did the superhero movie genre. We were hot on the tails of things like Harry Potter being a successful franchise and not just a single movie. Shows like Lost were doing well on television and showing that the general viewing public was looking for something with a deeper meaning, even if Lost never provided that meaning.

Addding to this acceptance, the world view had shifted. When I was a child, I was told I needed to throw away my childish things around eighteen and grow up. My parents used to teach me that I was supposed to go to college, get a good paying job, find a wife, have many children and that was life. This was a mentality instilled in them from their parents and their parents before them.

As the world shifted from having to hunt and kill for our own food, the human civilization has been constantly looking for purpose and what is normal. But as we crossed through the nineties, the world began to shift to become more about convenience. With convenience comes more free time to enjoy your life. When I was young, you weren’t supposed to be reading comic books or enjoying fantastic worlds. You were a nerd or a geek if you did, and you needed to get your head out of the clouds and get a real job. But with the world becoming about enjoying your time, popularity in such topics has grown.

Instead of remembering Batman as something you read as a child, now you can go buy the newest comic. Instead of missing out on the latest movie because you have to stay

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