After seeing James Gunn's phenomenal response to a couple of shots at superhero movies earlier this week, I got more than a little frustrated (since was/am an indie filmmaker with a feature film under my belt before I became a mostly full-time superhero writer). Did a little digging, threw some numbers together, got angry and wrote a piece for Home for Wayward Geeks right here.
Turns out superheroes really are a pretty small market share in terms of numbers of films, though they do get quite a bit more attention than other projects.
What are your thoughts? Does Hollywood have a problem with superheroes? Why? And why does no one complain when we produce 50 horror films and 35 romantic comedies a year? Is it simply a matter of attention? Or are superhero stories still considered lesser storytelling?