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So much money for something that I can already tell will flop... I really don't understand why they put people who have no connection with the IP in charge of

• prox 4y ago
  World wide format demographics means we have a cookie cutter adaption that probably just plays the script as a checklist needed to be done instead of anything inspiring. How about a movie on a fictional global shopping conglomerate with a selfish CEO who doesn’t want to pay fair wages.
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• layer8 4y ago
  The IP is only used for its value as a brand. There’s an argument to be made that such productions are prone to diminishing the value of the brand if they turn out to be subpar. On the other hand, mainstream consumers usually aren’t too demanding. So brands tend to get watered down to minimal viable mediocrity.
  • buscoquadnary 4y ago
    I see that argument a lot but my thought is that people just aren't looking at a long enough time frame, I mean everyone was excited for fantastic beasts and it was considered okay, but it made a ton of money because of the brand. But then they made the second one which the general reaction to seems to be "What the HECK?" but it still had decent sells because people liked the brand and most importantly didn't realize they didn't like it until after they had seen it, now fantastic beasts 3 had incredibly low returns because all the brand had been burned at that point. I think a huge problem is that especially, in the tech sector where things move so fast, people don't realize that many things, especially societal matters can move very slowly from a human perspective. I mean everyone how many big name tech companies do you know off the top of your head that are dying now, slowly, but still making money because of inertia? Some things just take a while someone who loves something can eventually have their love of that thing burned if it goes poorly for long enough.
    • layer8 4y ago
      Right, it can go either way depending on inertia and on how bad it is for how long. But there is a large middle ground of “not good but still profitable”. Recent examples may be The Walking Dead and Star Wars. And I’d argue that for something to be financially successful it doesn’t need to be especially good, or loved by a large number of people, it just needs to be mildly entertaining and be marketed well.
      • larrik 4y ago
        I mean, some could argue Star Wars hasn't been "good" in almost 40 years.
• troyvit 4y ago
  I thought the same at first but then realized that long after this series disappears from Amazon Prime and our collective consciousness Middle Earth will still be here. That's my hope anyway.
  • 202206241203 4y ago
    Evil cannot create anything new, they can only corrupt and ruin what good forces have invented or made.