Parmandur
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An insurmountable edge, mind. And that's the point.Seems like a lot of money to spend to get an edge in the book market...
An insurmountable edge, mind. And that's the point.Seems like a lot of money to spend to get an edge in the book market...
Now, I disliked the Wheel of Time show, like a lot, even moreso right now as I am finishing up The Gathering Storm and seeing how absurd a live action adaptation of this series ever was as a proposition.A lot of the show's problems aren't necessarily ones that require money to solve.
Put the cameras in different spots.
Replace the idiot nephews on the staff with someone better at their job at the same salary.
Don't iron and wash everyone's costumes and looking like they just came off the rack at Fantasy Old Navy.
The show shouldn't look worse and have clunkier scripts than Xena did 25 years ago. It can still run lean and mean and probably should.
I think there is a big difference between spending money wisely and setting piles of money on fire.Now, I disliked the Wheel of Time show, like a lot, even moreso right now as I am finishing up The Gathering Storm and seeing how absurd a live action adaptation of this series ever was as a proposition.
But I could see all the money that they spent on the screen: the sets, the costumes, the SFX...they were big and expensive, even if the overall effect was underwhelming and the script malformed. But even the script was clearly ghe fruit if a lot of work, and writers gotta eat. So it makes sense to me that it cost so much, even if it was ill-conceived and landed flat.
Oh, yeah, I agree that Wheel of Time is a solid example of big budget not equaling quality, juat as, say, Stargate SG-1 to me would be an example of low budget not equaling a lack of quality.I think there is a big difference between spending money wisely and setting piles of money on fire.
No one would ever rave about the special effects, costumes or locations in either the X-Files or Supernatural, for instance, where all the monsters in the world ran around what appears to be Vancouver, especially Vancouver with some very unusual motel room layouts. And they weren't paying Kurt Vonnegut or Stephen King to write for them. But they consistently turned out better scripts, shot better and more effectively than Wheel of Time did.
I don't think anyone at Amazon would be upset about shows being expensive if they got good value for their money. But amateurishly shooting poorly written scripts featuring costumes that one could seriously see that someone had ironed seams onto (what sort of nomad is ironing their clothes?!) is not a good use of Amazon's money.
They could cut expenses in half and still produce a much better show by spending the money more wisely. Honestly, I think most of their budget went up someone's nose.
If buying every cow in Texas for a 50 acre range seems reasonable.An insurmountable edge, mind. And that's the point.
Not a great analogy. The book industry is about the same size as streaming TV by dollar value (~$78 billion for books, ~$80 billion for streaming), and Amazon is the global king in books and number two in streaming. Using one to reinforce the other is smart, and keeping Middle Earth off I'd Max and Netflix may have been worth the cost alone.If buying every cow in Texas for a 50 acre range seems reasonable.
Yeah.....ok....Not a great analogy. The book industry is about the same size as streaming TV by dollar value (~$78 billion for books, ~$80 billion for streaming), and Amazon is the global king in books and number two in streaming. Using one to reinforce the other is smart, and keeping Middle Earth off I'd Max and Netflix may have been worth the cost alone.
I wouldn't want to start a nee competitor in the book space. even in the TV streaming space, none of the established players have been able to natch up to even Amazon (forget abour Netflix), and if they haven't by now I doubt even Disney will catch up.Yeah.....ok....