Me, The Nerdy Bird, Jill Pantozzi
Thought of this while looking at my “The Evolution of Neville Longbottom” post from last year.
This is happening on my thigh as we speak. I’m taking it like a champ.
Oh that’s a cute Justice League tee-sh…HOLY S*@$ JUSTICE LEAGUE PERFUME!!!!
I’m going to try a little Super Best Friends Forever experiment here. Warner Bros. have put out some fantastic shorts during their DC Nation programming block on Cartoon Network. They are evolving one of those into a series - Teen Titans Go! It’s almost a continuation of the old Teen Titans animated series but either way, sounds like fun. I know a lot of folks were hoping SBFF would also move on to a half hour series as well but from what I’ve been hearing, it’s not likely and my question is - why?
Warner Bros. don’t believe a “girls” show has the same selling power as a “boys” show and I’d like to prove them wrong. I’d point them to the huge successes that were Lauren Faust’s Power Puff Girls (EDIT for clarity, I know Craig McCracken created PPG, Faust also worked on the franchise. Sorry if I confused anyone!) and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic were, I’d tell them women make almost all the purchasing decisions for their household (specifically entertainment), that they are seriously underestimating how much parents spend on their daughters, and that children aren’t the only consumers of animated TV shows and their related products. I could do that but what I’d like to see right now is all of YOU do that.
Reblog or like this post if you’d not only watch a Super Best Friends Forever television show but buy products based on it. (Money talks, remember?) Add your own commentary or not but let’s see what the numbers say.
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.
