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Post by astropoug on Jun 19, 2021 8:48:10 GMT 10
Whilst spy movies and shows were very popular in the 60s, there was a second craze in the late 90s/early 2000s that involved spy fiction. It really started in 1996 with the release of Mission: Impossible. This trend I'd say peaked in 2000-2002. 2000 was the year Mission: Impossible II came out and was the highest-grossing film of the year. This craze also involved something that did NOT exist in the 60s: video games. Just a few examples below of this craze             This craze likely ended due to it getting too cheesy toward the end. It also strongly influenced kid culture (Kim Possible, that fucking Barbie game), and so spies gradually became seen as cheesy cruft for kids. The James Bond film Die Another Day, despite being a big hit at the box office, certainly didn't help. This craze was gradually replaced by newer crazes, such as the Japanese culture craze of 2003-2006, the aquatic craze of 2002-2004, and of course, the superhero craze that would define literally the ENTIRE 21st century, which really started in 2002 with the release of Spider-Man.
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Post by 10slover on Jun 19, 2021 9:29:40 GMT 10
It's a product of 60s Nostalgia that was big in the 90s.
Probably started by Austin Powers
Edit: btw, I'd say it's not very fair to include the 007 movie on this list, it was already a well established franchise by then, and there's another, more liked, 007 movie from later the same decade (casino royale) when the spy movie craze was already dead.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2021 9:33:32 GMT 10
It's a product of 60s Nostalgia that was big in the 90s. Probably started by Austin Powers It hasn't ended IMO. Those kind of movies are still a dime-a-dozen and remain very popular with boomers. I'm kind of burned out on the genre myself. I agree Austin Powers kicked it off.
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Post by 10slover on Jun 19, 2021 9:37:16 GMT 10
It's a product of 60s Nostalgia that was big in the 90s. Probably started by Austin Powers It hasn't ended IMO. Those kind of movies are still a dime-a-dozen and remain very popular with boomers. I'm kind of burned out on the genre myself. I agree Austin Powers kicked it off. Oh i see, but it's just not a craze like in the 90s/very early 00s. People back then were obsessed with this kind of stuff
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Post by astropoug on Jun 19, 2021 9:38:59 GMT 10
It's a product of 60s Nostalgia that was big in the 90s. Probably started by Austin Powers This is true. The game The Operative: No One Lives Forever is literally an affectionate parody of 60s spy fiction. I think that did kinda continue into the early 2000s, and IMO might've even peaked there. A lot of 60s things came back during this time, most notably the whole garage rock revival that blew up in the early 2000s (The Strokes, The Vines).
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Post by astropoug on Jun 19, 2021 9:47:23 GMT 10
It hasn't ended IMO. Those kind of movies are still a dime-a-dozen and remain very popular with boomers. I'm kind of burned out on the genre myself. I agree Austin Powers kicked it off. Oh i see, but it's just not a craze like in the 90s/very early 00s. People back then were obsessed with this kind of stuff Yeah plus we don't get stuff like Austin Powers or Spy Kids anymore. Cartoons based on spies like Totally Spies and Kim Possible have ended and we haven't really had anything like it since. Mega-franchises like Mission Impossible and James Bond are still popular obviously, in much the same way franchises like Star Trek and Star Wars from the 60s and 70s are still popular. That doesn't mean it's as big a deal as it was back in the early 2000s. Again, Mission Impossible II was the highest-grossing film of 2000. You just don't GET more successful than that. And many of the biggest games of the era like Metal Gear Solid and Goldeneye 007 were based on spies. I'd consider Mission: Impossible, and to an extent, the James Bond film Goldeneye the originators of this craze, though I think Austin Powers did popularize the whole "spy comedy" genre that influenced films like Spy Kids, and IMO also influenced cartoons like Totally Spies.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2021 9:47:53 GMT 10
It hasn't ended IMO. Those kind of movies are still a dime-a-dozen and remain very popular with boomers. I'm kind of burned out on the genre myself. I agree Austin Powers kicked it off. Oh i see, but it's just not a craze like in the 90s/very early 00s. People back then were obsessed with this kind of stuff True. As a 90s kid, I agree that people back then were obsessed with it. Boomers still love action-comedies and James Bond spoofs, but the fad is gone from kid culture. I remember this song had a bit of renewed popularity around that time as well.
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Post by astropoug on Jun 19, 2021 9:51:37 GMT 10
It's a product of 60s Nostalgia that was big in the 90s. Probably started by Austin Powers Edit: btw, I'd say it's not very fair to include the 007 movie on this list, it was already a well established franchise by then, and there's another, more liked, 007 movie from later the same decade (casino royale) when the spy movie craze was already dead. I see what you mean. Honestly I think any movie that involves James Bond at all is a guaranteed hit, but Casino Royale was more successful than Die Another Day. Still, I still think Die Another Day counts as part of the spy craze, and given its campy tone, arguably fits the vibe of other stuff from the era like Austin Powers and Totally Spies. Casino Royale was part of an entirely different craze, the infamous "darker reboot" craze of 2005-2006. Batman Begins, Loonatics Unleashed, Shadow the Hedgehog. But that's a topic for another time.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2021 10:29:17 GMT 10
I also think the popularity of 007: Goldeneye for the N64 may have contributed. For a lot of 90s kids, that was their introduction to the James Bond franchise.
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Post by John Titor on Jun 19, 2021 11:06:44 GMT 10
I also think the popularity of 007: Goldeneye for the N64 may have contributed. For a lot of 90s kids, that was their introduction to the James Bond franchise. mine as well
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Post by astropoug on Jun 21, 2021 13:20:36 GMT 10
Oh i see, but it's just not a craze like in the 90s/very early 00s. People back then were obsessed with this kind of stuff True. As a 90s kid, I agree that people back then were obsessed with it. Boomers still love action-comedies and James Bond spoofs, but the fad is gone from kid culture. I remember this song had a bit of renewed popularity around that time as well. I mean, when you have a franchise literally called Spy Kids that's both popular and well-liked, you know spy fiction was pretty popular in kid culture. I mean, it's not ENTIRELY dead, you do get movies like Spies In Disguise, which got decent reviews, but it's nowhere near the extent as it used to be. I mean, compare the aforementioned Spies in Disguise, which was a financial disappointment, and, despite the positive 76% on Rotten Tomatoes, is nowhere near as universally beloved as Spy Kids, which got a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes and was a major success at the box office. You also don't get hugely popular cult shows like Kim Possible or Totally Spies anymore.
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Post by astropoug on Jun 3, 2022 6:10:58 GMT 10
So there's one movie I forgot to add to this list...and it's in my opinion the most early 2000s movie ever made.
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Post by John Titor on Jun 21, 2022 8:38:07 GMT 10
lowkey miss this craze
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