Because You Apparently Demanded It: Morbius Returns To Theaters
It crashed and burned last spring, much like a vampire trying to become a bat for the first time, but Morbius has had a weird second life on social media. “Fans” have repeatedly screened Jared Leto’s fanged antihero over and over on Twitch accounts and memed the flick’s two-faced poster endless times. So in response, Sony has agreed to put Morbius back on the big screen for a limited time, even though it’s available now on home formats.
The thing I hope Sony understands, even though they probably don’t, is that Morbius didn’t become popular because it’s good. It’s popular because people love to rag on it. It’s universally agreed upon that the movie is terrible and its existence is one big joke on itself. It’s the end product of Sony’s stranglehold on the third-tier characters of the Spider-Man corner of the Marvel Universe, and it’s a shallow attempt to capitalize on what they own by technicality.
It’s unknown if Morbius’ adoring public will turn out for this, but similar products of the past haven’t performed in proportion to the perceived demand. There was a time in the 2000s when the Meme Movie seemed like it could become a thing, thanks to pre-release hype and hysterics over Samuel L. Jackson’s Snakes On A Plane. People even invented their own catchphrase for Jackson they assumed would be in the film, which originally wasn’t but the makers added it in response before release. It was re-edited and designed from the ground up to appeal to the Internet crowd, but in the end, it underperformed.
Similarly, I can imagine we’ll be getting a Morbius 2 now, with Leto uttering the phrase they’ve invented for him, “It’s Morbin’ Time!” But will they pay for what they can mock for free?
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Hopefully, unlike Venom 2, the sequel improves. Morbius isn’t as horrible as everyone make it out to be. It’s not perfect, but it’s not as horrible as people portray it.
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