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> Quality matters if you care about having a cash cow and not just a one off. I'm not trying to be provocative, but how do you explain superhero movies then? T

> Quality matters if you care about having a cash cow and not just a one off. I'm not trying to be provocative, but how do you explain superhero movies then? They all seem to be the same and are a huge cash cow. IMHO, if you throw hundreds of millions of dollars at something and the same in marketing, they will come because the majority of people will just watch what's on.

asdff 4y ago
Because those do have quality to them. Actors and directors people have heard of, no money held back on production budget, and people actually think they are good movies. Avengers infinity war has a 91% fan rating on rotten tomatoes and an 85% critic rating. These marvel movies aren't one offs, they are a constant cash cow of seemingly consistent quality in the eyes of their fans who fill these theaters. Meanwhile with the halo series you just don't have that. No one has heard of the actors or directors. It's been widely panned by critics and fans. It probably will be cancelled before long once paramount can no longer ride off the success of the first episode which if it doesn't continue means people were baited into watching it with the Halo IP more than anything.
- AlwaysRock 4y ago
  Yeah superhero movies are not quality TO ME. But I have family members who do and will see every single marvel thing made. Even the ones they dont love they will enjoy because its the characters they enjoy and its building a universe they are invested in. They are well filmed. The action tends to be good. They have stars in them. They have characters in them people care about. Those are all things that will draw a lot of people towards them. Halo has 1-2 characters people give a shit about and zero stars. The LOTR show seems to be the same... I'm not saying you HAVE to have those things for something to be quality but to keep people coming back those things help a lot.

asdff 4y ago

Because those do have quality to them. Actors and directors people have heard of, no money held back on production budget, and people actually think they are good movies. Avengers infinity war has a 91% fan rating on rotten tomatoes and an 85% critic rating. These marvel movies aren't one offs, they are a constant cash cow of seemingly consistent quality in the eyes of their fans who fill these theaters. Meanwhile with the halo series you just don't have that. No one has heard of the actors or directors. It's been widely panned by critics and fans. It probably will be cancelled before long once paramount can no longer ride off the success of the first episode which if it doesn't continue means people were baited into watching it with the Halo IP more than anything.

AlwaysRock 4y ago
Yeah superhero movies are not quality TO ME. But I have family members who do and will see every single marvel thing made. Even the ones they dont love they will enjoy because its the characters they enjoy and its building a universe they are invested in. They are well filmed. The action tends to be good. They have stars in them. They have characters in them people care about. Those are all things that will draw a lot of people towards them. Halo has 1-2 characters people give a shit about and zero stars. The LOTR show seems to be the same... I'm not saying you HAVE to have those things for something to be quality but to keep people coming back those things help a lot.