Ok, so I can understand (in theory) your draw to this. And James Gunn would clearly be a big factor in that.
However, I’d love to hear your take on all of these things being re-done over and over again. Like, how often would they have to reboot Superman for you to say - “enough is enough, I’m out”?
That was the good part of this. In the first ten seconds, they basically said, "You already know Superman...so here is a new adventure."
Far better than a reboot.
However, I fully understand the fatigue that comes from the relentless flogging of the same source material. It has been really hard to get excited for superhero stuff since Endgame.
But the facts are the facts: people don't show up for new and original. The American consumer wants familiar, not original.
I remember. This originality thing is going to be one of those things that bothers me forever. A lot of stuff I liked gets canceled because it can't get an audience. And the reason is usually because it's too new or too unusual.
It's like how people say they won't read books in a series until the series is complete cuz they don't want to have to wait. Well, you're not going to get the remainder of the books in the series if no one buys the first one.
There was a brilliant samurai fantasy novel called The Black Wolves, and it was supposed to be a series, but it didn't sell enough copies so the publisher canceled the series.
I feel like the people that are making these decisions are so motivated in the short term by money….that they don’t see the long term monetary value of consistently producing quality art.
Ok, so I can understand (in theory) your draw to this. And James Gunn would clearly be a big factor in that.
However, I’d love to hear your take on all of these things being re-done over and over again. Like, how often would they have to reboot Superman for you to say - “enough is enough, I’m out”?
That was the good part of this. In the first ten seconds, they basically said, "You already know Superman...so here is a new adventure."
Far better than a reboot.
However, I fully understand the fatigue that comes from the relentless flogging of the same source material. It has been really hard to get excited for superhero stuff since Endgame.
But the facts are the facts: people don't show up for new and original. The American consumer wants familiar, not original.
Agree on Endgame. That basically was when I bid adieu to these types of movies.
And I agree about the American consumer. Although, we are all American consumers. So, as the saying goes…we vote with our feet.
This is the discussion I try to have with folks politically as well. If you don’t like it, don’t continue to consume it.
Or vote for it.
Agreed. I wrote about this same issue back in May.
https://open.substack.com/pub/seanpatricklittle/p/america-vs-originality?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=21o5x
I know! We chatted about it then too 😄
I remember. This originality thing is going to be one of those things that bothers me forever. A lot of stuff I liked gets canceled because it can't get an audience. And the reason is usually because it's too new or too unusual.
It's like how people say they won't read books in a series until the series is complete cuz they don't want to have to wait. Well, you're not going to get the remainder of the books in the series if no one buys the first one.
There was a brilliant samurai fantasy novel called The Black Wolves, and it was supposed to be a series, but it didn't sell enough copies so the publisher canceled the series.
I feel like the people that are making these decisions are so motivated in the short term by money….that they don’t see the long term monetary value of consistently producing quality art.