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Parsing the Veronica Mars Kickstarter Issues

My first reaction to the news of a Veronica Mars movie Kickstarter was, “WHOOPIE!!!” And it seems a lot of people agreed, it’s currently sitting at over $2.7 million dollars a day after it was posted. But not everyone is happy and from what I gather, they aren’t happy because “rich people” and a studio are involved.

Most Kickstarters are, for lack of a better term, exclusive events. If you don’t participate in the 30 days they’re up, you’re out of luck. There are some exceptions to this of course, many comic book Kickstarters now offer retailer incentives so people can actually purchase books in a shop if they’ve missed the end date. But the Veronica Mars film will not be exclusive to backers and that seemingly makes it less special to those who did back it. But that doesn’t seem to be an issue for fans, they just want to see the movie.

Warner Bros. owns Veronica Mars. Allowing a Kickstarter campaign means they’d like to see some profits from it. Hence the now inevitable Veronica Mars movie being released in theaters for anyone to see once it’s done. And I’ve seen some people that have a huge problem with this. They have a problem with a rights owner, making money off of the thing they own.

Is it just me, or is that weird?

If you don’t want the studio to make a profit off of something they own (which I think is kind of a weird thing to be saying), then support the Kickstarter, get your DVD, and stay home from the theater. 

Granted, I may be missing a big chunk of the argument here. It may just be that people don’t like Kickstarter going “corporate” or people like to tell others what they should be spending their money on (and it’s not a Hollywood production). Or it could be the fear the studios will start holding genre franchises hostage instead of putting their own money where their mouths are to get them made. Regardless, the Veronica Mars Kickstarter has certainly set a precedent, one that will be discussed in depth by others I’m sure, and we’ll start seeing the effects of that down the road. But as I see it, this Kickstarter isn’t much different from all the others - there was a demand, and the fans themselves are able to supply it. For giving away their hard-earned money, the consumer not only gets to watch the movie they wanted, they get to own the movie, too. Sounds like a good deal to me.

Someone photoshopped Thor’s Jaimie Alexander as Wonder Woman. If only this would happen for real. Here’s what the actress has had to say about Wonder Woman in the past: “If you’re going to make Wonder Woman, make it like The Bourne Supremecy, you know. Let’s do something awesome like that. Like Alias was a fantastic show. Why can’t we do that? Why does she have to be in hot pants and spandex and all this stuff?”
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Someone photoshopped Thor’s Jaimie Alexander as Wonder Woman. If only this would happen for real.

Here’s what the actress has had to say about Wonder Woman in the past: “If you’re going to make Wonder Woman, make it like The Bourne Supremecy, you know. Let’s do something awesome like that. Like Alias was a fantastic show. Why can’t we do that? Why does she have to be in hot pants and spandex and all this stuff?”

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