It’s a dirty phrase uttered by fans of comic book movies : “Superhero fatigue.” In general, it means that audiences have grown tired of messy, illogical comic-book blockbusters that killed off franchises – hello, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom – or continued a rut that seems to have swallowed a few recent MCU movies. That doesn’t mean the concept is real.
It just means that casual audiences want quality over quantity , and they won’t line up for any old story that happens to focus on characters in capes. One ongoing project that pushes back against the critique of superhero fatigue would be The Boys , still one of the best TV shows on Amazon Prime Video . And the main cast will tell you why the theory is overall bullshit.
The Boys is about to return for Season 4 , and we’ve already received confirmation that The Boys Season 5 will happen in the future. It seems like Billy Butcher ( Karl Urban ) and his war against The Seven will rage on for years. So during a recent press day with the cast of The Boys , I asked Homelander himself – Antony Starr – if he believed in the idea of superhero fatigue, and he told CinemaBlend: No, not at all.
Actually, I question where the fatigue lies. And I think, without digging into the specifics of anything that has or hasn't been successful, I'm very curious to see what happens around any notion of superhero fatigue when James Gunn’s superhero (projects) come out. I don't think the audience is fatigued, let me put it that wa.
