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[hoisinsauce]

I TAKE IT BACK, GO BACK TO FUCKING THE HOUSE!

(https://secretfanspace.dreamwidth.org/2511.html?thread=3560655#cmt3560655)

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Re: Films

[(Anonymous)]

Nah, I’m with the filmmakers here. If I make a film and you misread it that badly, I am definitely making fun of you in the sequel. I mean, these are people who thought the main character was cool and powerful!

Re: Films

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think you can't do that but I do think you then shouldn't be asking why you aren't making a profit because people aren't really stupid enough to buy something that isn't for them.

If you can afford to be an auteur, great. If you need to sell tickets, then that's more perplexing.

Re: Films

[(Anonymous)]

SD

The parallel to me are the fans who write incredibly specific message fic but also want to pass the 1k review mark. The two generally don't go together and I'm cynical enough to expect studio performance discourse to recur.

I also dislike Joker and Harley Quinn so I was never going to be interested in either. Too much toxicity for me.

Re: Films

[(Anonymous)]

> I also dislike Joker and Harley Quinn so I was never going to be interested in either. Too much toxicity for me.

Oh boy, is this a film that agrees with you, then!

Re: Films

[(Anonymous)]

It agrees with me in theory but I care so little for them I'm not inclined to buy tickets or spend time watching it, which is why it feels like an audience mismatch.

Re: Films

[(Anonymous)]

Is anyone asking why they aren’t making a profit? Are they making a profit?

Re: Films

[(Anonymous)]

Currently underperforming with negative word of mouth so unless there's something that draws people in, that's probably going to stay. Non-fan reviews just end up in the territory of it being flat or people bouncing off the music.

Will it trigger profit questions? If you're right and that discourse doesn't trigger yet again when it's been fan journalism's thing this Q, great. I'm sick of the stupidity of that discourse.

I'm fine with people making message fic and I actually respect auteurs in that they don't give a fuck, they just ride on the strength of their convictions and their own artistic vision and die by it or rise by it. It's getting the "bUt wHY dId iT fAIl" discourse that I'm sick to the back teeth of, especially if the answer is simple: you had no demo and the demo you didn't care about was the one you were relying on.