I feel that the writers' strike and the horrendous studio response to it is a highly relevant factor. Studio big-wigs only know how to do what they _think_ already works, the fact that data may have since become dated or was always inaccurate to begin with is like "does not compute". No one will greelight new IPs and even if an indy concept does get made it only gets a fraction of the budget it would've 30+ years ago. At this point it's a feedback loop, too stuck to know how to change tactics and it'll eventually run itself into the ground.
I haven't seen this movie and I'm only a few seconds into this video, but I understand the theme. Independence Day is the best movie ever made for the first 40 minutes. And having the best speech ever filmed should have some sway here.
You absolutely nailed it. AI art is a party trick masquerading as art. I don’t even think most AI companies even know why they’re doing what they’re doing. They just want to beat their competitors to market.
God bless you, PHW. Erudite, witty, smart essays; like the glory days of tv before we were born which everyone says were great but happily allowed to be replaced by nonsense. Appreciate the half full glass. When it's less than that, sure it's almost time for bed Best wishes from Ireland
Part of the change should just be getting smaller. Smaller budgets would mean more films and more experimentation since weak box office won't matter nearly so much. Maybe even ticket prices could calm down for a bit. That way, both the studios and moviegoers could take some risks. If a ticket doesn't cost a month of streaming, people might just go to that new [insert movie star or interesting director] movie even though it's not an IP they know.
People seem to forget that we love actors for their work. When there's Daniel Day Lewis, or Philip Seymour Hoffman attached to a film, it doesn't mean it's gonna be good, but you can be sure the performance will be amazing.
Intellectual Property is just ... that. A tool. You can tell an interesting story with any toy, game, character, if you have an interesting and engaging story to tell. That involves taking some risks.
I’m not so sure that the appeal of the Alien franchise lies solely in the character of Ellen Ridley. The first four movies focused on her character, but there have been 2 prequel movies, multiple video games, 2 crossover movies, and comic series without her. I might even argue that sticking so close to Ripley’s character for the first 4 movies may not have been the best way to move the series forward in the first place. There’s an appeal to seeing how the alien itself can be done in different ways and used to tell different stories in different settings. We wouldn’t expect every Godzilla film to have the same human characters, and I think the same can apply to Alien.
What about big budget parody movies about our favorite classics? The Wes Anderson Star Wars images made me think of this. We can’t (not yet anyway) Re-make the original Star Wars. Even if young audiences would probably want that. But we *could* slip in some artful parodies that wouldn’t seem like parodies to new audiences.
I only bought the DVD in 2008 when I heard it inspired Capcoms Final Fight. It's a good fun movie and I don't think a lot of people have heard about it here in UK which it's a shame.
I think there's a fundamental misunderstanding here, in thinking that video game movie adaptations are for fans of the games. The fans already have the games, we don't need movies. I'd wager the movies are primarily seen by non-fans and either fail or succeed on their own merits.
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I think technology plays a part in it as well. When even a small movie can look more expensive because of better cameras and less costly visual effects… it can go toe to toe with huge budget summer tentpoles that actually lose audiences because they can cram an explosion into almost every frame.
I feel bad for Michael Pare - everyone involved in the film says he gave a bad performance but I’m like, “You auditioned him. You cast him. You directed him. That’s on you. Not him.”
Hey Patrick and everybody, just wanted to say that your video about Wallace and Gromit just got mentioned in a tiktok post by Jason Pargin, he's the author of the book John Dies At The End. Just thought you would be glad to hear that. Love your work, Pat!
Saying a human being is an “IP” shows the brain rot consumers have. The corporations have won a semantics war so thoroughly that people consider artists “IP” even that is not the legal definition. Even if they have a multi-film contract with a studio, they are not IP. That is an absolutely absurd thing to say that is just normalized.
