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“It’s so hard to get movies made, and in these big movies that get made — and it’s even starting to happen with the little ones, which is what’s really freaking me out — decisions are being made by committees, and art does not do well when it’s made by committee,” she added. “Films are made by a filmmaker and a team of artists around them. You cannot make art based on numbers and algorithms. My feeling has been for a long time that audiences are extremely smart, and executives have started to believe that they’re not. Audiences will always be able to sniff out bullshit. Even if films start to be made with AI, humans aren’t going to fucking want to see those.”

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[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 160 points 8 months ago (4 children)

The real lesson here is never be in a Sony superhero movie. 9 times out of 10 they fuck it up.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 32 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Is it some sort of scam where they have to make the movie or they lose the rights to them? I can't think of any other reason for shit like Morbius.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yep. If you watched madam web you will clearly know how bad the movie looks. The spider lotus fan film is better than madam web. That's how bad it is. Morbius atleast had decent visuals.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

How long will I have to wait before someone says "it's webbin time" cause i don't think I can handle that kind of disappointment

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It won't happen. Don't worry. Tbh there's a chance where the morbius meme might've been an advertisement by sony. Or maybe they jumped onto it after seeing potential that they even re released it the 2nd time lol. It failed. So they won't do that shit again. Small conspiracy but the amount of time the meme/shitpost lasted makes me suspicious.

[–] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

There were people saying they should keep posting the meme long enough that Sony thought the film was going to do better if they released it again, and then no one should go and see it, and then that's exactly what happened, so at least part of it was down to people like that stopping once they'd got what they wanted.

[–] harry_balzac@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The visual effects at times were good but those moments were rare. The first appearance of Las Arañas was awful - the costume design and effects totally put me off. It had so much potential but Sony didn't commit to making this film. They phoned it in and ruined the introduction of an influential character in the comics.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago

Tbh I never saw the potential. For me it was clearly another quick cashgrab or a money laundering project from sony. I honestly think there should be a way for actors to sue production companies over their atrocities called movies.

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yes. That's how they've kept Spiderman.

[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah that's why Fox used to keep endlessly making X-Men movies, and why Fantastic Four kept getting sequels and reboots.

I think Marvel has the rights back to those now though.

[–] Crack0n7uesday@lemmy.world 30 points 8 months ago (2 children)

But when they get it right they really get it right. The whole Miles Morales storyline came out of no where and fucking exploded.

[–] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 46 points 8 months ago (2 children)

In my mind it was great because it was an animation and execs think anime is dumb, so they won't meddle with it. If they ever make a live action Miles Morales story it's going to suck.

[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago

They saw the success and decided to meddle with the second one. Which is why they absolutely had to spend a whole minute on the spiderman pointing meme.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

It's also by the Lego Movie guys who Sony doesn't want to piss off because they really don't have any other hot creators in their corner anymore.

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hence, the 1 out of 10. I agree, the Morales series is very good.

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think it's also because prior he was less known Spidey, whereas the others are kinda overused at this point.

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think it proves it's time for Warner Brothers to get their heads out of their asses and do Batman Beyond .

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oooooh. Yeah I've had too much Batman live action but I could totally do an animated movie, and DC is generally a lot better at animated.

But, only of the use Hamill for the Joker!

[–] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Dude, Batman Beyond was so good. The premise, the villains, everything. But for some idiotic reason, they won't use it.

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was originally thinking about this while looking up some background actor.

Like, for many of these folks, these shitty movies pay bills. Many aren't living a life of luxury. And if you get chosen for a Sony superhero film, And the pay is good, why not take it?