Looking at YOU, Williams Street/Warner Bros.

  • BroBot9000@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1354·
    2 个月前

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

        • dubyakay@lemmy.ca
          3·
          2 个月前

          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.

          • frezik@midwest.social
            6·
            2 个月前

            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.

      • Dwemthy (he/him)@lemdro.idEnglish
        10·
        2 个月前

        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

    • Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world
      69·
      2 个月前

      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.

      • napfkuchenDeutsch
        92·
        2 个月前

        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.

          • linkhidalgogato@lemmy.ml
            13·
            2 个月前

            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@lemmy.world
              4·
              2 个月前

              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@lemmy.world
              1·
              2 个月前

              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.

              • linkhidalgogato@lemmy.ml
                1·
                2 个月前

                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@lemmy.world
            61·
            2 个月前

            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@lemmy.world
    61·
    2 个月前

    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@lemmy.world
      31·
      2 个月前

      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.

  • jimrob4@midwest.social
    21·
    2 个月前

    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.

  • zante@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    10·
    2 个月前

    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 ?