The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

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Mod Note:
Oh, really?

 

[Umbran]

Yeah, fine. Just make with the spoiler tags, please and thanks.

 

[trappedslider]

I'll remember this next time you get upset that folks are not sticking to your OP.

Fair enough lol

Other outlets are saying that Studio insiders insist the decision to axe “Batgirl” was not driven by the quality of the film or the commitment of the filmmakers, but by the desire for the studio’s slate of DC features to be at a blockbuster scale. “Batgirl” was budgeted to screen in homes on HBO Max, and not for a major global release in theaters.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

According to the BBC, the film "tested poorly" with audiences. How much of a stinker does a film have to be for this to happen?

I recommend the Hollywood Reporter article. This is ... more complicated.

Fundamentally, the issue is that the movie is both too expensive and not expensive enough... which, woah. But here's the basic gist-

Warner/HBO used to be a part of the Big Blue Ball of Death (AT&T). Now, that wasn't a perfect situation, but it meant that there was a of money flowing from AT&T to the subsidiaries to make movies and put lots of cool streaming stuff on HBOMax. Which showed- I mean, HBOMax was just churning out content. They also led the way in having real movies on streaming during COVID.

But then, disaster. AT&T sold off the HBO/Warner parts to Discovery, and now we have have Warner/Discovery. Except that the Discovery people were put in charge. And they don't have a lot of cash-flow. They've been looking for over $3 billion in savings.

Which has led to the following-
1. Brain drain as the HBO/Warner creative have been leaving.
2. Massive cancellations of projects. Everything from CW shows to HBOMax shows to TNT shows to movies in the pipeline.
3. A decision to "re-focus" on movies for theaters as cashcows, instead of the longer-term play on the streaming service.

So what happened with this? Well, it was originally going to be a "big budget" streamer release- straight to HBOMax. But here's the thing- the new powers that be don't want to "tarnish" the DC Superhero movie universe by releasing these movies straight to streaming.

So ... why not just release it in theaters? Because it's "only" a 70 million dollar movie. It doesn't look as awesome as a big-budget tentpole movie should. And it would require extensive CGI and reshoots to bring it up to that quality ($$$$) as well as a massive marketing push (even more $$$$$) which Disco-Warner doesn't want to spend.

Which leads us to the position we are in now- $70 million up in flames.

 

[Mannahnin]

Yeah, fine. Just make with the spoiler tags, please and thanks.

@trappedslider

 

[CleverNickName]

I recommend the Hollywood Reporter article. This is ... more complicated.

Fundamentally, the issue is that the movie is both too expensive and not expensive enough... which, woah. But here's the basic gist-
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Which leads us to the position we are in now- $70 million up in flames.

It might also be that the "summer superhero movie" treadmill is slowing down. (Or as I would put it, "friggin' FINALLY slowing down, at long last, oh sweet merciful release.") For a while there, it felt like just about any comic-book movie would be green-lit by any studio in Hollywood, no matter how obscure the comic book was, or how tenuous the association. Especially anything with the word "Bat" in the title.

But today, I learned that at least one multimillion-dollar BatMovie was considered too big of a risk to be released after production.

 

[el-remmen]

el-remmen's index of T/F polls

1. I have never once worried about "encounters per day" when prepping D&D 5E
2. "As a DM I don't pay all that much attention (if any) to the PCs' remaining resources."
3. "As DM, I Know How All the PCs' Abilities, Spells, and Items Work"
4. "I Like to Play D&D on My Birthday"
5. "When DMing I Avoid Making the PCs have 'pointless' combats."
6. "The so-called '5-Minute Workday' is Something I've Seen Regularly Playing 5E D&D"
7. "I House Ruled Aspects of 5E or Chose to Use Options from the DMG Before I'd Ever Played or Run 5E"
8. "Tactics are an Important Part of D&D"
9. "When I Run D&D 5E, the Arc of the PCs' Adventures is 'Zero to Hero'."
10. "When Starting Up a New Campaign I Always Have a Session #0"
11. "As a Player, I Alert the DM When I Notice Them Make a Mistake in the PCs Favor"
12. "When I DM, I Try to Make Sure to Lay Eyes on Every Roll My Players Make to Confirm It"
13. "My group uses Discord, Email, or some other form of chat to take care of in-game between-session logistics and/or role-playing."
14. "In My General Experience Playing D&D, DMs Care More About Setting Lore Than Players Do"
15. "When Running a 5E Campaign I Always Ban at Least One Core Race, Class, or Sub-Class"

10 away from a Survivor Thread!

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

10 away from a Survivor Thread!

Whoever made survivor threads a thing should be consigned to an eternal hell of pasta-on-pizza, players who love bards, and that guy who insists that Vodka cocktails are martinis.

 

[CleverNickName]

Whoever made survivor threads a thing should be consigned to an eternal hell of pasta-on-pizza, players who love bards, and that guy who insists that Vodka cocktails are martinis.

As the current curator of the "5E Survivor" threads, I'll just

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

As the current curator of the "5E Survivor" threads, I'll just

Curator? Is that like a fancy name for an unpaid job that some evil person made you do?