And that's where it gets really strange, because one has to remember that companies don't do things because they are 'right' or any nonsense like that, they do things because the return-on-investment says they can make a profit, and there's nothing wrong with making a profit.
Problem comes from when you're dealing with an entity that is only concerned by numbers, what you or I or anyone WANTS doesn't matter, because the only message understood is 'we make moneys now? y/n?'
So, support crap, and all that says is crap sells.
Boycott crap, all that says is "this crazy Japan shit is dead, stop releasing it"
Point being, since they are companies and not people, they cannot LEARN.
Oh, there might be someone in a company that actually cares and thinks all the nonsense we believe matters but in the end they still LISTEN to the numbers FIRST.
Avatar made a bazillion Dollars, just INSANE money. 3 years from now expect a flood of CG movies wanting to be the next Avatar. And they will SUCK because every studio will utterly miss the point. (i.e. it's not just effects, it's how they're used, and as trite as ripping 'Dances with Wolves' might have been as the story, at least it was a solid template familiar to the public)
(OTOH if Disney's John Carter of Mars movie turns out decent because they rethink it in light of Avatar I'll forgive them)
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Date: 2010-03-06 08:45 pm (UTC)Problem comes from when you're dealing with an entity that is only concerned by numbers, what you or I or anyone WANTS doesn't matter, because the only message understood is 'we make moneys now? y/n?'
So, support crap, and all that says is crap sells.
Boycott crap, all that says is "this crazy Japan shit is dead, stop releasing it"
Point being, since they are companies and not people, they cannot LEARN.
Oh, there might be someone in a company that actually cares and thinks all the nonsense we believe matters but in the end they still LISTEN to the numbers FIRST.
Avatar made a bazillion Dollars, just INSANE money. 3 years from now expect a flood of CG movies wanting to be the next Avatar. And they will SUCK because every studio will utterly miss the point. (i.e. it's not just effects, it's how they're used, and as trite as ripping 'Dances with Wolves' might have been as the story, at least it was a solid template familiar to the public)
(OTOH if Disney's John Carter of Mars movie turns out decent because they rethink it in light of Avatar I'll forgive them)