The Best Morbius Gaming Memes
Morbius has quickly become one of the most talked-about flicks in recent memory. However, the film — which is the latest in Sony's Spider-Man universe and not the ongoing Marvel Cinematic Universe — has not necessarily received positive attention. Instead, the vampire film is seen by many as too serious for its somewhat nonsensical story, and became the source of online memes based on various video games and other Marvel properties.
Released on April 1, 2022, Morbius stars Jared Leto as the title character, who is forced to become a «living vampire» in order to cure himself and his brother of a rare blood disease. The presence of Leto, who previously became a subject of attention for his bizarre method acting used in his performances of DC Comics' Joker, only added to the film's memetic potential. Some of the best memes regarding the film connect Morbius to video games in a variety of ways.
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After Morbius left theaters, fans played the film practically nonstop via the Twitch streaming service. One Twitch channel, aptly named Morbius247, began streaming the film around the clock and went viral after a mere 12 hours. The bizarre channel and its Morbius-only content gained notice on Twitter and racked up thousands of concurrent viewers, many pretending to be diehard Morbius fans eager to watch the film repeatedly. Because Twitch is commonly used to stream video games, many watchers began jokingly referring to Morbius as a video game rather than a film.
The original Morbius247 channel was shut down by Twitch, citing copyright violations. However, other copycat channels have begun to host Morbius streams. Some streams of other vampire-related media, such as the Castlevania
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