Hollywood is trying to appeal both to fanboys and the public at large while also setting up the franchise for future films. This is an impossible task as these three things call for mutually exclusive requirements. The fanboys want more depth than the comic books. The public doesn't want a learning curve. And nobody wants to feel like they're watching two hours of "this will pay off 2-3 films down the line."We could even add ruthless greed of the top brass to make money at all costs as another reason. In a time when box office receipts are declining, they're clearly so desperate, they're even willing to risk a wretched screenplay under the assumption that everybody will flock to their production regardless of quality, based on the name value alone. But that does not a long-term strategy make.
Because if we're going to try and stop the misuse of our favorite comics and their protagonists by the companies that write and publish them, we've got to see what both the printed and online comics news is doing wrong. This blog focuses on both the good and the bad, the newspaper media and the online websites. Unabashedly. Unapologetically. Scanning the media for what's being done right and what's being done wrong.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Why superhero films may be failing
Commentarama Films offers some possible reasons for why some comic book movies have been thudding recently. One of these is that:
Thanks for the link. I think you're right that the key word is "greed." The studios believe that they can trick us into seeing anything just long enough to make their money on the first weekend. And they don't care about the long term damage they do. It's a horrible approach that needs to change.
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