Mxy, you've really defeated your own arguments here with multiple contradictory statements. how can something be "pop culture" if people know nothing about it? the word is the defintion: popular culture. which means people must have at least a passing familiarity with the concept.
yes, Spider-Man is more well known than a lot of characters, but that's because like the JL and Superfriends, he's had several cartoon series, going back to the sixties. but again, the only people bitching about the organic webshooters are comic fans on the internet. but by your definitions of "pop culture" people should be bitching that he wasn't hanging out with Iceman and Firestar through all three movies. but cartoons don't help make characters popular. right. I guess they just enter into the public consciousness by osmosis.
do You really think From Dusk Till Dawn wasn't a hit? people went to see the movie. yes, there's a percentage of people that didn't like the twist. we covered this. but the fact is that most of the people that went to see it were well aware of the twist going into the movie. it's not like it was a big kept secret. the film also spawned two sequels (though they sucked). last time I checked, a movie had to be somewhat of a hit to have a sequel. and not to mention, it only jumpstarted George Clooney's film career. but I guess he was just "pop cultured" into successful films through osmosis again.
oh, and the quote was Ronald Reagan and Amanda Waller in the JLI/Suicide Squad crossover, so no points for you!
