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Post by Lord Death Man on Nov 6, 2023 22:17:31 GMT 1
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Post by Lord Death Man on Nov 6, 2023 22:41:47 GMT 1
This could work. I wish they called it Marvel Knights instead of Spotlight.
This imprint could permit people to ignore some Marvel content - which is ironic given the choice in name.
The Marvel fandom is all grown up, and it is time to stratify the content according to taste, age, and interest if the goal is still to pump out as much of it as possible.
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Post by Merv on Nov 7, 2023 0:27:37 GMT 1
This is a very good idea. Anything that could be up front with a potentially new fan to let them know they don't need to invest 1000 hours in order to 'get' the new film. Transparency in this regard is long term beneficial imo. It may mean lower numbers for some stuff but it should equate to less fan angst.
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Post by Lord Death Man on Nov 7, 2023 0:57:30 GMT 1
This is a very good idea. Anything that could be up front with a potentially new fan to let them know they don't need to invest 1000 hours in order to 'get' the new film. Transparency in this regard is long term beneficial imo. It may mean lower numbers for some stuff but it should equate to less fan angst.wi definetley It will mean lower numbers for some projects. But that's okay; spotlight projects will automatically "coded" for the diehard fan - and should be budgeted accordingly. The smaller budgets might spark creativity through constraint.
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Post by Merv on Nov 7, 2023 1:04:41 GMT 1
This is a very good idea. Anything that could be up front with a potentially new fan to let them know they don't need to invest 1000 hours in order to 'get' the new film. Transparency in this regard is long term beneficial imo. It may mean lower numbers for some stuff but it should equate to less fan angst.wi definetley It will mean lower numbers for some projects. But that's okay; spotlight projects will automatically "coded" for the diehard fan - and should be budgeted accordingly. The smaller budgets might spark creativity through constraint. Exactly. Not every project needs a 200+ million dollar budget and the freedom from being hard tied to the 'main events' should allow for more creativity. They've already kind of done this with stuff like Werewolf By Night...but they weren't transparent about its place within the mcu. Finally we may get some Stilt Man love!
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Post by ArArArchStanton on Nov 7, 2023 12:40:54 GMT 1
Unlike most it seems in the thread, I think in reality this only serves to sever a draw for any one particular project. I do get the appeal of the idea, but having some level of relation to other projects and expectation of that is what increases interest and attendance in everything. Speaking for myself only,if I was watching one of these that had little to no link, I wouldn’t necessarily be doing so with any enhanced satisfaction. Thats not to say it’s bad. I’ve often said not every character has to meet one another. It was one of my satisfactions with accepting the Netflix series as cannon and still do. But they had their own little thing going so the same effect existed. I’m just saying a marketing tool of “this doesn’t have anything to do with anything” isn’t inherently appealing
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Post by AQUA KEN! on Nov 7, 2023 13:42:56 GMT 1
It's actually not a bad idea. Here's hoping they execute it well.
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Post by Lord Death Man on Nov 7, 2023 16:04:22 GMT 1
Unlike most it seems in the thread, I think in reality this only serves to sever a draw for any one particular project. I do get the appeal of the idea, but having some level of relation to other projects and expectation of that is what increases interest and attendance in everything. Speaking for myself only,if I was watching one of these that had little to no link, I wouldn’t necessarily be doing so with any enhanced satisfaction. Thats not to say it’s bad. I’ve often said not every character has to meet one another. It was one of my satisfactions with accepting the Netflix series as cannon and still do. But they had their own little thing going so the same effect existed. I’m just saying a marketing tool of “this doesn’t have anything to do with anything” isn’t inherently appealing The "Spotlight" marketing is intended to convey the idea that 'you don't have to watch this to understand the main storyline.' You are not among the vast majority of MCU "fans" who claim they are drowning in too much MCU homework. They are the ones for whom the Spotlight imprint was designed to reach. The irony of this strategy is that I guarantee you that if the content was all uniformly great, no one would be crying fatigue - even with Sony and DC oversaturating the marketplace with junk. This strategy is the definition of a double-edged sword. On the one hand, fans who are suffering from "fatigue" and are only concerned with the more significant event storyline can now safely pass on sidequest content. On the other hand, they are passing on content, which reduces overall engagement for the brand. The only real problem that I see with the imprint is that it comes far too late to make a difference, proving that the MCU needs to be more agile to respond to the changing marketplace in a more timely fashion. The MCU machine is a behemoth that takes too much time to move and adjust. They should take an extended break; two to three years would be ideal. Course correcting in mid-flight is too tricky and error-prone. The Bob Iger I remember would not have let an MCU hit piece - true or not - hit the stands days before the release of a new flagship movie. They're stretched too thin.
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Post by Merv on Nov 8, 2023 0:49:10 GMT 1
Unlike most it seems in the thread, I think in reality this only serves to sever a draw for any one particular project. I do get the appeal of the idea, but having some level of relation to other projects and expectation of that is what increases interest and attendance in everything. Speaking for myself only,if I was watching one of these that had little to no link, I wouldn’t necessarily be doing so with any enhanced satisfaction. Thats not to say it’s bad. I’ve often said not every character has to meet one another. It was one of my satisfactions with accepting the Netflix series as cannon and still do. But they had their own little thing going so the same effect existed. I’m just saying a marketing tool of “this doesn’t have anything to do with anything” isn’t inherently appealing This is a lot like a situation the comics had years ago. I remember very similar conversations happening around actual comic books and how they were becoming increasingly inaccessible to new fans because lets say you watch a Hulk movie and want to check out Hulk comics...and you get to the comic store and sure enough they have a Hulk comic that runs monthly...but its issue #657. Do you have to start at issue 1? Can you just start at issue 657? Will it make any sense to someone who hasn't read 656, 655, etc? Do i have to go back to the beginning of the last story arc? How do i know where that is? Will this reference other stuff I'll be completely lost about? And so in the process of confusion and mild embarassment you walk out of the comic store with a bobble head of Wonder Woman and never return to seek out Hulk comics ever again. And that is my totally not firsthand experience with buying comic books in the early 2000s.
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Post by Lord Death Man on Nov 8, 2023 3:45:36 GMT 1
Unlike most it seems in the thread, I think in reality this only serves to sever a draw for any one particular project. I do get the appeal of the idea, but having some level of relation to other projects and expectation of that is what increases interest and attendance in everything. Speaking for myself only,if I was watching one of these that had little to no link, I wouldn’t necessarily be doing so with any enhanced satisfaction. Thats not to say it’s bad. I’ve often said not every character has to meet one another. It was one of my satisfactions with accepting the Netflix series as cannon and still do. But they had their own little thing going so the same effect existed. I’m just saying a marketing tool of “this doesn’t have anything to do with anything” isn’t inherently appealing This is a lot like a situation the comics had years ago. I remember very similar conversations happening around actual comic books and how they were becoming increasingly inaccessible to new fans because lets say you watch a Hulk movie and want to check out Hulk comics...and you get to the comic store and sure enough they have a Hulk comic that runs monthly...but its issue #657. Do you have to start at issue 1? Can you just start at issue 657? Will it make any sense to someone who hasn't read 656, 655, etc? Do i have to go back to the beginning of the last story arc? How do i know where that is? Will this reference other stuff I'll be completely lost about? And so in the process of confusion and mild embarassment you walk out of the comic store with a bobble head of Wonder Woman and never return to seek out Hulk comics ever again. And that is my totally not firsthand experience with buying comic books in the early 2000s. And the industry solution to this problem was "new number ones." Ongoing titles were rebadged as "number one" for newbies but maintained their legacy numbering internally. It confused me for a long time and created resentment because I was young and gullible enough to believe those "number ones" had some speculative value.
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