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- Morbius has become one of the biggest memes of the year.
- “It’s Morbin time” has been trending on Twitter for a week straight.
- Some are beginning to worry thr film’s popularity of social media will lead to a sequel.
Oh no. Please, god, no. Just when I thought I’d had Jared Leto beaten, the means of my victory — Morbius becoming a historically meme’d movie — might ultimately wind up being the apparatus of my defeat.
While Morbius might only have a 17% on Rotten Tomatoes and a domestic box office gross of $73 million, it can be argued that its cultural impact is as big as any MCU film given the extent to which it’s become a meme. Riddle me this: which character have you seen more of on your social media timelines recently, Doctor Strange or Morbius? If your social media looks anything like mine, the answer is likely Morbius, and therein the problem.
Morbius has become such an omnipresent meme that the phrase “It’s Morbin time” — a line that movie fans have been *pretending* is in the movie — trended on Twitter for a week straight, leading some people to worry that if the culture keeps this up, it may actually convince Sony to greenlight a sequel.
“It’s Morbin time”, a fake quote from the movie Morbius, has been trending on Twitter for a week
'It's Morbin time' has trended on Twitter for a whole week pic.twitter.com/3GGkj9dB0H
— ScreenTime (@screentime) May 28, 2022
PEOPLE. THE ALGORITHM DOES NOT UNDERSTAND IRONY. YOU ARE MANIFESTING MORBIUS 2 INTO EXISTENCE.
— Joab Gilroy (@Joabyjojo) May 28, 2022
the theater when morbius says “it’s morbin time” during morbius 2 pic.twitter.com/l6L0krFEZw
— frog (@FroakieT) May 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/Wikimemia/status/1530569845091221505
My friend has a theory that in the sequel they will lean into the meme and it will have Morbius meeting a plucky sidekick who looks up to him and says something like “you need a catchphrase! How about ‘it’s morbin time’” and he will be like “smh no” but in the end he embraces it https://t.co/rXUbKEZqxt
— Cosmonaut sucraM (evil) (@CosmonautMarcus) May 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/valenthrone/status/1531360603478102023
we need morbius 2 asap now pic.twitter.com/ZD30Od0HAm
— Vasto Lorde 📝⚰️ DM limit (@TheirWarHere) May 29, 2022
https://twitter.com/FrootGusherrs/status/1530602836605927429
Since ‘Morbius’ is trending everywhere, i wouldn’t be surprised if Sony greenlit a sequel. pic.twitter.com/MzZOKp6KU8
— The Hollywood Handle (@HollywoodHandle) May 30, 2022
You can’t be mad at Sony when Morbius 2 has him say “ITS MORBIN TIME” if you also clapped when the Spider-Men did the pointing meme on screen🤷🏻♂️ https://t.co/nQnrSvBGin
— Cris Parker (@3CFilmss) May 28, 2022
You don’t understand, we WANT a morbius 2 https://t.co/x0VmhxXFVT
— Sea Pickle (@seapicklereal) May 29, 2022
The entire internet gaslighting itself into watching Morbius is one of the most hysterical things I've ever experienced on social media
— FABINO (@KinoFabino) May 27, 2022
Despite the admittedly unprecedented nature in which Morbius has become a meme, it’s hard to imagine Sony truly greenlighting a sequel due to that reason, especially considering that the base of the joke is that both the film and its star are hilariously misguided and misconceived.
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