What do you think of the Markiplier box office situation? Does anyone think that his Iron Lung film adaptation should’ve stayed on the list if the people owned the means of production?
Are we going to find Disney controls review sites‽
Markiplier Situation is Sad (originally posted by Dolan Darkest on YouTube on February 2nd, 2026)
Submitted 2 days ago by DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com to videos@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm6R7v0YOnE
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AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 day ago
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Nope, we’re going to reinforce the idea that money = power and can buy shit like this.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 day ago
🔥 /s
Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Having watched the video I’m not sure what the issue is beyond “creators want their project to do better and are encouraging fans as such…” sounds like they want to piggy back on “support indie cred” regardless of reception?
Reality is it’s a movie made by someone only famous by inventing a personality. That same cult of personality doesn’t necessarily book theaters and in fact can do the opposite. Are you going to see the latest YouTube streamer film? What you don’t watch bs YouTube streams all day? Then what is your draw?
This is a niche project serving a niche audience already handicapped by previewed YouTube narcissism. There’s a limit to how high those wax wings fly…
DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
It’s actually a film adaptation of a game that Markiplier really loves
Beetschnapps@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yea totally I have no doubt the folks behind it love it, but it still has to escape the YouTube cult of personality as a “starring Markiplier” project…
Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’ll have to watch this later. But I will say I’ve been a fan of Mark sense octodad and Soma. I know he was over the top back in the day and still is sometimes. I will says though, the dude cares about what he does and doesn’t like to half ass it.
Listening to him talk about the movie on Distractible, he has put his heart into it. I’ve seen things saying it’s a slow burn movie, and blah blah. But the man used his money to do it. He put effort into and even if it’s not a Grammy winning movie, I know at least there was heart and soul put into it. That’s saying more than a lot of crap pumped out today.
DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
I HAVEN’T even seen the Iron Lung film adaptation, but I saw the trailer, and I think the film looks pretty good. Mark has a lot of potential to be a filmmaker. Seriously!
Salamanderwizard@lemmy.world 2 days ago
My partner and I are celebrating 10 yrs together today. We’re planning on seeing it tonight. I’m excited. We loved Edge of Sleep. It had a bit of a youtubish vibe in some ways, but the idea and seeing it playout was awesome. Even listened to it when it was a podcast. As well as In space. Got stoned and watched/played that. You can see the love and care he has for his stuff and the folks who play a role in it.
So I have no doubt we’ll enjoy Iron Lung. Also, can I acknowledge how much of a good feeling it must be to have a not just any youtuber, but one of the top dogs make a full length movie outta of a small little indie game you made?