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ParanoidObsessive 04/27/19 2:01:50 AM #190:	Entity13 posted... People are tired. IX can somehow be damn good, or at least marginally better than Solo, and people aren't going to bat much of an eye at the parts that are decent. People are desperate for another good Star Wars film. We're currently in the same denial we were in prior to Revenge of the Sith, and if it's even passable we're likely to see the sort of mental gymnastics we saw there as well, where people try to convince themselves that it somehow "redeemed" the previous two movies. Again, if it was simple fatigue, that sheer desperation and hope that maybe THIS one is going to be good wouldn't be a thing. The prevailing feeling would be less "OH GOD PLEASE LET THIS BE GOOD" and more "OH PLEASE GOD WHY WON'T THIS END?" People clearly still want Star Wars. They just don't want the Star Wars we're getting. Entity13 posted... This more or less adds to my point, actually. Movies do not need to be serialized. There are better mediums for that. On the other hand, TV works well for this, and how are Agents of SHIELD doing now? I'd point out the Netflix shows, but that's another quality vs quality thing that... Agents of SHIELD is actually another point for ME - it's a mediocre show, that was hamstrung by internal politics with the film division of Marvel, and it's resulted in general apathy. It's lack of quality has mostly left it abandoned by all but a hardcore die-hard group of fans - and the only reason we don't really hear people complaining about it's quality online is because most people aren't watching it. There was excitement about the show when it started, but lack of quality has driven people away. Meanwhile the Netflix shows were perceived as having strong, consistent quality (except for Iron Fist), and everyone mourned when the shows were cancelled. Almost no one will mourn when Agents of SHIELD gets cancelled. As for there being a NEED for serial films, that's not really an argument. In the era of TV and Internet, there isn't a need for films PERIOD. There's nothing about the medium itself that lends itself to storytelling in ANY fashion that can't easily be duplicated by other media just as effectively. But if someone feels the story they want to tell works better as a film than as a TV-movie, or a direct-to-DVD movie, or a "Netflix Original", or a Youtube Red production, or streamed over Twitch... then it's up to them to tell their story in whatever manner works best. So if someone can tell a cohesive, interesting story in a serialized film format, more power to them. It's essentially what Marvel HAS been doing, to some degree. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:921124151] in PotdMon: N... [t:77558720]...</cite> <quote><cite>Entity13 posted...</cite> <quote>People are tired. IX can somehow be damn good, or at least marginally better than Solo, and people aren't going to bat much of an eye at the parts that are decent.</quote> People are desperate for another good Star Wars film. We're currently in the same denial we were in prior to Revenge of the Sith, and if it's even passable we're likely to see the sort of mental gymnastics we saw there as well, where people try to convince themselves that it somehow "redeemed" the previous two movies. Again, if it was simple fatigue, that sheer desperation and hope that maybe THIS one is going to be good wouldn't be a thing. The prevailing feeling would be less "OH GOD PLEASE LET THIS BE GOOD" and more "OH PLEASE GOD WHY WON'T THIS END?" People clearly still want Star Wars. They just don't want the Star Wars we're getting. <cite>Entity13 posted...</cite> <quote>This more or less adds to my point, actually. Movies do not need to be serialized. There are better mediums for that. On the other hand, TV works well for this, and how are Agents of SHIELD doing now? I'd point out the Netflix shows, but that's another quality vs quality thing that...</quote> Agents of SHIELD is actually another point for ME - it's a mediocre show, that was hamstrung by internal politics with the film division of Marvel, and it's resulted in general apathy. It's lack of quality has mostly left it abandoned by all but a hardcore die-hard group of fans - and the only reason we don't really hear people complaining about it's quality online is because most people aren't watching it. There was excitement about the show when it started, but lack of quality has driven people away. Meanwhile the Netflix shows were perceived as having strong, consistent quality (except for Iron Fist), and everyone mourned when the shows were cancelled. Almost no one will mourn when Agents of SHIELD gets cancelled. As for there being a NEED for serial films, that's not really an argument. In the era of TV and Internet, there isn't a need for films PERIOD. There's nothing about the medium itself that lends itself to storytelling in ANY fashion that can't easily be duplicated by other media just as effectively. But if someone feels the story they want to tell works better as a film than as a TV-movie, or a direct-to-DVD movie, or a "Netflix Original", or a Youtube Red production, or streamed over Twitch... then it's up to them to tell their story in whatever manner works best. So if someone can tell a cohesive, interesting story in a serialized film format, more power to them. It's essentially what Marvel HAS been doing, to some degree. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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