Thursday Next Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Gotcha. Xmen incidentally is another good example the first few were meh. First Class and Future Past were much better. Star Wars is a very hit and miss franchise, but also easy to hype as it has so much iconic short hand. The screech of a tie fighter, the whommmm of a light saber, some blaster sounds and you're set. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 I think people are excited because it's NOT Lucas, which is pretty pathetic when you think about it. "Hooray! A new movie in the franchise that has nothing to do with the original creator!" You know you fucked up bad when this is the general attitude. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Yeah, I would be much less interested if Lucas were involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 There is a rumour that Joss Whedon has been approached for a Star Wars, because it seems everyone is (I can just imagine some execs sending out emails "Wanna do a Star Wars?"). While that sounds plausible, it sounded more like he wanted to step away from big studio pictures and focus on writing his own thing again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted May 11, 2015 Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SomTervo Posted May 11, 2015 Report Share Posted May 11, 2015 (edited) Potentially contentious opinion: I prefer Batman Returns to Burton's first Batman immensely. I always thought it was the other way around until I watched all the Batman films with my gf a few months back - she had never seen any of them. I was basically just waiting it out until Batman Begins which is my favourite. While Batman '88 is decent and entertaining, it takes some really weird liberties with the story, and it doesn't have too much impact. Watching Returns right after it took me by surprise, even though I'd seen it probably 6 times. Powerhouse actors well-cast everywhere, a story which wasn't great but was entertaining as shit and fit the canon better than the first, some really nasty/gross stuff in there. Was awesome. Also yes, Batman Forever is entertaining enough. Worth it for Riddler alone. But Batman & Robin? That is as bad as The Phantom Menace. Even the great cast couldn't save that one. On-topic: I'm a casual Star Wars fan, so I didn't even know Lucas weren't involved in the new ones. Suddenly everything makes sense. Edit: Do people think that the new SW film is going to be "darker" because Disney realise that the main body of its fanbase are now in their 20s-50s? That it doesn't necessarily appeal to "just kids" that much anymore? Edited May 11, 2015 by kenshi_ryden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted May 12, 2015 Report Share Posted May 12, 2015 Edit: Do people think that the new SW film is going to be "darker" because Disney realise that the main body of its fanbase are now in their 20s-50s? That it doesn't necessarily appeal to "just kids" that much anymore? I think it's *hope* more than *think*. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted May 14, 2015 Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 https://imgur.com/gallery/WdtoP Pretty sweet paintings. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Han is now canonically not as Solo as he used to be: http://www.geek.com/news/marvel-just-gave-han-solo-a-canonical-wife-1624311/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted June 5, 2015 Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Han is a dirty, cheating dog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Comic-con reel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 21, 2015 Report Share Posted July 21, 2015 Was discussing Thick of It other day. Not sure if I've linked before: (p.s: Watch Thick of It) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted July 31, 2015 Report Share Posted July 31, 2015 http://imgur.com/a/8ketU Mark Hamills autographs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 16, 2015 Report Share Posted August 16, 2015 First cast photo of Rogue One 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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deanb Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 https://instagram.com/p/65PhxOs_RH/ Mini-trailer of sorts. tbh I don't know why they've put it on Instagram, it's terrible loading. Not sure it's really built for this. There's not even a proper buffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Because Instagram gave them money to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Is that a guess or a known thing? Cos "We'll pay you to put your mini-trailer on our site, in the hopes it might encourage others to do so, while bringing in millions of viewers to a shit experience cos we're not Youtube" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Just covering all the bases. Makes sense to put it on every platform just in case you miss someone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Yeah, that was just a guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Makes sense for Disney to release a teaser for a new trailer on social media to maintain/increase the hype, considering that videos posted to social media are more immediately share-able than video on other traditional video hosts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Youtube is social media...(It's also much more shareable since it can be embedded, unlike the above which is just a link) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 It's more shareable on a forum, it's not more shareable for randos who just use their smartphones and want to just click "share" on their Instagram app. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. GOH! Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Ethan gets it. Instagram likes and shares take fewer clicks/taps than YouTube likes and shares, and are more likely to infect Facebook feeds, I think (although I'm not sure that Instagram can be set up to automatically cross-post shares to Facebook.) I also think it's cheaper/easier to pay Instagram for prominent placement of your clip in Instagram feeds than it is to promote your YouTube video. If you want to tease an eventual trailer, it makes sense to do it on Instagram and/or Facebook to create hype and let the consuming public know that there will be a YouTube trailer forthcoming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted August 28, 2015 Report Share Posted August 28, 2015 Okay next time we talk any legal stuff I get to post and go"CowboyPoet gets it". 1. There is 1 tap to share on Youtube, at least on Android. You tap share and it takes you to the in-built system level sharing. There's no other way to reduce the tap count there. 2. As noted a Youtube video is embeddable and easier to view for anyone seeing the shared content on their FB/Twitter timeline (especially given Instagram n Twitter argy-bargy) 3. Purely on app installs Youtube is quite a bit larger than anything else (one of the few apps in the "billion installs" club). 4. On total userbase Youtube boasts over 1/7th of the worlds population, Instagram at 300million. Impressive but not Youtube 5. Instagram are a photo sharing site. 6. Instagram aren't like ever even mentioned when it comes to video. If you have video it goes on Youtube, following that you'll put it on Facebook*. Also on the payment side of things, of which you n Ethan seem mixed. Ethan implying Instagram would pay Star Wars to put their teaser on Instagram, thus advertising that Instagram are having a crack at the Youtube/Vine market too. Could be likely, but more likely that Facebook would pay to make sure they get the exclsuive teaser since 1. They own instagram 2. They are really really going hard on for the video side of things. They really really want to be mentioned in the same paragraphs as Youtube when it comes to video hosting. You however stated Instagram would be cheaper easier to pay or prominent placement compared to Youtube, which would be ridiculously hard to do compared to Youtube considering Youtube is owned by the largest advertising company in the world, and Instagram don't have a proper advertising platform (they make money by being owned by Facebook). Likely no money has changed hands. More likely someone from marketing went "wouldn't it be cool to use the 15 second limit to post a few snippets of the upcoming trailer in Instagram". I have clients that do the same. Had a used car garage that really really wanted to be on Pinterest. *FB also being in the Billion Installs club, and today announced that they've hit the record of 1billion users on a single day milestone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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