HACKER Q&A
📣 amichail

Why isn’t Hollywood producing WWIII films in these perilous times?


Maybe such movies could act as a deterrent?


  👤 PaulHoule Accepted Answer ✓
Like it starts over Ukraine or Taiwan?

👤 markx2
Because they cannot agree on the enemy?

Aliens from Outer Space?

AI?

A foreign Govt?

Your own Govt?

A deterrent to what?


👤 bigyabai
Because Dr. Strangelove beat them to the punch. You could make a hundred WWIII films and nothing would be as entertaining or horrifying as Kubrick's flick.

“Mein Führer, I can walk!”


👤 slater
The Terminator franchise already exists.

👤 hammyhavoc
Because people generally want fantasy and escapism, not something that holds a mirror up to reality.

👤 JoshTriplett
A very detailed fake BBC "Breaking News" special was produced a while back. The original seems to have disappeared, likely because people were sending it around without clear labeling as being intentionally fake, but here's one copy of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHLU0Uej1WA

👤 Ekaros
Because they are the propaganda for military industrial complex. And those people want war.

👤 jollyllama
What do you think the latest Top Gun installment was? When did WWII movies start calling it "World War Two"?

👤 thinkingemote
The better, more interesting question would be: What story would you tell?

What story could prevent war?

And a further question would be, what happens when people try to tell that story?

And a conclusion could be, could these questions be answered within that story?


👤 dysoco
Making war films is very expensive.

Sure, superhero movies are very expensive as well, but my theory is that you can easily sell merchandise, etc. for superhero movies not so much for war ones.

Also superhero movies appeal to children which are a huge chunk of the market.