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TIL the term "Spaghetti Western" refers to Western films made in Europe. It's called such because most of these films were directed by Italians. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

My favorite takeaway from the last time I heard this was the assertation that if the same naming convention was transferred over to other genres and mediums, western comics like DC and Marvel would be Hamburger Shounens.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Hamburger Shounens.

This explains everything. Most importantly: why the MCU kinda petered out after the Infinity Gauntlet arc. The power scaling was just off the charts^1^ in the end, with no more headroom for power growth. This usually kills Shounen-style stories.

1 - Along with the budget.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I agree, but I think a hamburger shounen would be something like Naruto filmed in San Francisco