• Mossy Feathers (They/Them)@pawb.social
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      1 year ago

      I’m pretty sure barbenheimer was astroturfed to shit as well. The memes and content people were making didn’t feel anywhere near as natural as the Doom x Animal Crossing stuff did. That trend felt legitimately homemade whereas anything similar that’s come after it has felt incredibly forced.

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        1 year ago

        Yess, my theory as well. Either planned out from the beginning or after a few memes came up heavily fueled by both studios.

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          But honestly I didn’t even know about barbenheimer until after we watched Oppenheimer and already planned to watch Barbie. I think the only ‘phenomenon’ was that there were two good movies out at the same time that weren’t super hero movies

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      i’m still chill with it. what’s the harm? it’s not like anybody cares the second time anyway