Looking at YOU, Williams Street/Warner Bros.

  • @BroBot9000
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    I’m so fine with them killing off as many franchises as possible. Might force them to make an original movie again.

    • @Z3k3
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      They will just reboot it pretending it’s original

        • @[email protected]
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          I’m not sure I mind that. The last one was pretty good. Not sure about the spinoff as I stopped watching it after two eps maybe.

          • @[email protected]
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            The Caprica spinoff, you mean? It was really slow for most of the season, suddenly picked up at the end and got really good, and then it was canceled.

            • @Cort
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              That was my recollection too. Super slow all the way up to the finale when everything blew up.

      • @[email protected]
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        This 100%. It’s still an IP that they own and when it’s brought out of the vault it’s new to a bunch of people and nostalgic to others

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      Or just remake even more of the same thing with less diversity overall, like Spider-man & Batman.

    • @Nuke_the_whales
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      It’s funny how people say this, yet when original movies come out, nobody goes to see them. Disney is a good example. People bitch that Disney only makes sequels and reboots and doesn’t make original movies anymore. Yet the original movies they’ve released over the last 2 years have flopped and people don’t go see them. Strange worlds, wish, etc all failed. And the moment they release a sequel it makes a billion in the box office.

      It’s no wonder they make more sequels than originals. They’d be stupid and bad at business if they didn’t.

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        But those movies simply weren’t good.

        Wikipedia even states that Strange World partly bombed because of poor word-of-mouth (which I definitely believe). And Wish got video essays and articles en masse about how it didn’t deliver.

        • @Zexks
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          People love to bitch and moan. Very few actually do anything.

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            wtf is “doing anything” in this context? is it becoming a massive globe spanning multi billion dollar company and making movies cuz i think most people would be down for that if they could. regardless heres something YOU could do: stop licking the boots of a corporation.

            • @gdog05
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              Obviously we movie goers aren’t making the kinds of movies we want to see. We need to be the change and be the movie makers which we have no experience, skill or possibility of being. It’s so simple that it’s fucking crazy.

            • @Zexks
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              So you skipped the comment I replied to talking about word of mouth, essays, and other forms of spreading news. Or even yes how about getting off your ass and making one. You think every director or movie was made and spread by studios. You people have no idea how to help yourselves.

              • @[email protected]
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                first off, what fucking comment? second u are completly delusional if u think any significant number of people can just make a movie on that scale, if at all. Just a sheer lack of knowledge about the amount of money an equipment and labor it takes to make even short films let alone an entire movie.

          • JJROKCZ
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            So what, we’re supposed to watch and support poor quality media in the hopes that eventually a piece gold shows up in the turd pile?

            No, if they make good content people pay for it, if they don’t make good content then they can’t whine.

  • @KellysNokia
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    In theory it helps by funneling fans between The Avengers, Star Wars and Lord of the Rings, for which they have refined the process of pumping out content and merchandise with lower cost and risk

    declining ticket sales

    In practice people just stop going to the movies

    But hey, I guess the profit margins are better

    • @The_v
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      Large corporations rarely innovate and try new things. Most innovation comes from smaller players with limited market share taking risks.

      Large companies buy out smaller ones who create cash cows from taking large risks. The large company then milks the cash cows until they are completely dead.

      The consolidation of studios to a few megacorporations has led to this inevitable end. The solution is simple: break them up. If we have 30 or so similar sized studios competing, we will get better movies/TV again.

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      I’m surprised there wasn’t a big drop from Netflix and big ass TV’s.

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    Yeah, but think of the profits when people have absolutely forgotten the original release and the movie can just be recast 30 years later and passed off as original.

  • @someguy3
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    1525 days ago

    I get the joke, but what is this from?

    • @Thebeardedsinglemalt
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      The Refer Madness Musical. It’s hilarious. Kristen Bell, Brian Weber, Ana Gastyer, the dude from Tales from the Crypt, and Neve Campbell.

  • @[email protected]
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    Ah yeah the famed “cross generational fandom” upon which Hollywood is so dependent.

    Don’t they just put an ad on the side of happy meal box to create the hype they need ?

  • 🐍🩶🐢
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    925 days ago

    🎶Little Mary Sunshine🎶

    I love this movie. Reefer Madness.

    • @Thebeardedsinglemalt
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      Listen to Jesus Jimmy, Im the face on the shroud of Turin

      Listen to Jesus Jimmy, do I need to test your urine!

  • 2ugly2live
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    424 days ago

    This movie is hilarious. Never fails to make me smile.