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There are some books that actually helped pop culture. A specific genre that actually helped pop culture is young adult fiction. With books like ‘Harry Potter’, ‘Hunger Games’, and ‘Twilight’. They all became cultural phenomenon’s. Each got its own set of movies. Or you have a book like ‘Ready Player One’, which has just a bunch of references to pop culture.
BookTok became very big on TikTok. Do you know how many books I’ve bought because of TikTok? I probably can’t give you an exact number. But I hear about them and want to buy them or at least read them.
Although some of the films that actually made an impact were ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ which brought global warming to more perspective. ‘Bambi’ caused a drop in hunting. ‘Super Size Me’ gave light to what happens when you eat fast food for an entire month. However, I put ‘V for Vendetta’ into the mix, where it inspired the hacktivist group Anonymous. Even movies like ‘Titanic’, ‘Star Wars’, and ‘The Avengers’ have had an influence in pop culture itself. ‘The Avengers’ just started out as a comic book. Well, at least different comic books that ended up all coming together to form ‘The Avengers’.
Some people would argue that comic books weren’t very popular but got more popular when we ended up with superhero movies.
Sitcoms became very popular. With shows like ‘Friends’, ‘Seinfeld’, ‘How I Met Your Mother’, and ‘The Big Bang Theory’. Both ‘How I Met Your Mother’ and ‘The Big Bang Theory’ both got spinoffs. And I mean ‘Big Bang’ got a spin-off of a spin-off.
Yes, books, films, and TV Shows don’t always go together. But I put them together because they have a different way of influencing us in pop culture. Books are how we got some of our favourite movies and have influenced some TV shows that I’ve even watched. For TV shows that were books before like ‘Game of Thrones’, ‘13 Reasons Why’, ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, or even ‘Pretty Little Liars’ and ‘Bones’. You also have any DC show or Marvel show that derived from the comics.
I can probably bet you that you’ve seen somebody cosplay a DC character or Marvel character. I know I have, but I’ve also been to many, many conventions. But I’ve also seen them online. I’ve also seen cosplays of people from ‘The Handsome Tale’ and ‘Game of Thrones’. And many people have read the ‘Harry Potter’ books, not including myself ’cause I have yet to read them but I do own them. And even though most of us don’t like JK Rowling, I’m pretty sure a lot of us know what our Hogwarts house is.