i actually agree with nobody. studios are hurting badly, and seem to be going down a "mega blockbuster or we don't care" route with films. this is a route to certain failure IMO.
which is fine, because netflix and amazon are making better shit than i've seen in a theater in a long time.
social conservatism: the mortal fear that someone, somewhere, might be having fun.
No, i don't know what they think, but looking at what they put out as product it does.
When you have an infestment of money, as a studion, you have to put it out there, to get people to notice it, to get people coming in to buy the tickets to recoup that costs. That is a studio's job after the film is completed. Promotions, sending out the actors for interviews, tie-ins with product placement (do you think fast food places have movie toys because they like the film?), to get people to go to it.
So if you have a film that is cerebral, how can you tell people to see it without a tie-in? A movie like Inception, which is a high concept film. And though it had star power and was a visually dynamic, how do you tell someone to go see it?
A better example is 'Momento'. A fantasic movie, yet how do you tell someone what it is about, why you should go see it, vs even a Christopher Nolan Batman comicbook film? Both movies are great stories, great direction, but both are on 2 totally different plains of thought.
So, remaking, retelling, copying movies from before is easier and more profrotable. It fits with the plug & play effort of the studio, it is hands off.
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I don't know, fly casual
Anyone watch The Punisher yet?
Dear boy, I work at Planet Eclipse, don't you know..
Wow, I didn't even know it was out yet. I know what I'll be doing Saturday and Sunday after getting through Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Ever so many citizens of this republic think they ought to believe that the Universe is a monarchy, and therefore they are always at odds with the republic. -Alan Watts
I work for the company building the Paragon
social conservatism: the mortal fear that someone, somewhere, might be having fun.