Even thoughSpider-Manhas been lent back to Marvel, Sony Pictures is still intent on making its own live-action Spider-Verse. Sadly, however, the company has been doing it without Spider-Man himself, and the resulting movies haven’t been all that good.Morbiuswas the nadir of the ‘SSU’ (SonySpider-ManUniverse), with its box office performance being the worst of any Marvel movie since the catastrophicFant4stic.
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However, this movie about the living vampire has made enough waves to get a second go-around in theaters. Why? Probably because it’s become all the internet’s been able to talk about. There were memes poking fun at it before, during, and after its release. Everything from its star to its poster was fair game. With that in mind, here are some of the funniestMorbiusmemes.
5Trillions & Trillions
Sure, it’s easy to mockMorbius' meager return on investmentdirectly, but why go for the simple route when there’s a more interesting ironic one available? The one that saysMorbiusis so unpopular that it goes beyond zero and ends upbeing hyper-popular. Its movie theatre tickets aren’t worthless, they’re priceless! Keep them safe, or they’ll get snatched up faster than a golden ticket to Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory.
Not only is it selling ALL the tickets, but it’s also making ALL the money! All those other movies might be able to make millions of dollars, butMorbiusis earning trillions!Avatar?Avengers: Endgame? They might as well be earning chump change next to the living vampire’s success (or lack thereof).
4Morbius vs The Batman
Why waste time on competition likeThe Batmanwhen there’s a better movieabout THE bat-man? In all honesty, back around the time of both movies’ release, Robert Pattinson’s take on the Caped Crusader was the better choice.All three hours of it. Fans knew that too, and made their opinions known, be it through social media posts, reviews, ormemes about other superheroes.Morbiusmay have had Michael Keaton, but it wasn’t sure why it had him. Was he the same guy as the Vulture inSpider-Man: Homecoming?No one seemed to know, not even Sony themselves.
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The Batmanwasn’t perfect. It was lengthy, occasionally derivative, and a bit cringe-inducing at points. Yet, compared to the SSU’s bloodsucker-based effort, it was still the better dark superhero counterpart toSpider-Man: No Way Home. Not that it was the only alternative option audiences had at movie theatres at the time. There wasanother movie aroundthat had crowds racing to movie theaters.
3Poster Memes
Give people a split-person poster, and they’re going to riff on it. There’s just something inherently funny about taking two completely different entities and making them two sides of the same coin.Morbiusobviously wasn’t the first piece of media to illustrate that, but it is the most recent. It’s even been used to reinvigorate similar projects withJekyll & Hyde concepts.
No stranger to internet memes, the official KFC Twitter account got in on the fun with the Colonel up there, but what if there was anotherpurveyor of processed provisionsthat could giveMorbiusthe shot in the arm it needs? TheFive Nights at Freddy’smovie has been in development hell for a while. Jared Leto might be the proverbial grease it needs to get moving. If he did, it wouldn’t bethe worst thinghe’s been involved in.
2Jared Leto
Speaking of Jared Leto, he’s a polarizing actor. With his off-camera behavior, his ho-hum band, and his bizarre method acting, he’s given people plenty of reason to shove him aside.Requiem for a Dreamwas good, but that was made 20 years ago now. People are often judged by their most recent works instead of their best achievements, which, in Leto’s case,hasn’t been great.
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Still, throughMorbius, Leto has managed to do something that no other actor has managed to do; be in both theworst DC Movie and the worst marvel movie. His take on the Joker was one of, if not the most unpopular take on the Clown Prince of Crime ever. Then again,Suicide Squadwas bad enough in general that it needed a reboot with a new director and cast years later. Sony might have to take some notes from that movie, but, in the meantime, everything is perfectly balanced andas it should be.
1Morbin’ Time
Finally, it’s the meme everyone’s been waiting for. As a regular guy, Morbius can’t do much. But when he shifts into his vampire side, he gets strong enough to take on hordes of generic mooks. Like a certain squad of rangers who were known for their might and ability to morph, stand back,it’s Morbin’ Time!
In fact, it’s beenMorbin’ Time for a whilenow. The phrase has been popping up everywhere, be it on every screenshot of the movie itself, or even in rival movies likeDr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. It’s become something of a modern urban legend where people think it’s an actual line from the movies.But it isn’t. The actualMorbiusmovie is too grim and serious to have fun stuff like that. One might even say that it’sgot the morbs.
