Re: Denis Villeneuve to direct new Blade Runner film
Yeah, they don't want to admit it, but box office does matter.
It matters because the studio will be all that more reluctant to invest money into a cerebral sci-fi film again, they may even decide sci-fi is dead for now.
Blade Runner bombs = we lose.
You get it.
I also get it if a fan loved it and doesn’t care about box office because they got their masterpiece to enjoy over and over.
But think about this...
To NOT care about box office you’re also saying SCREW YOU to the studio who spent alot of money to BRING YOU the movie in the first place!
Had WB not invested in 2046 you wouldn’t even have your masterpiece!
So thanks for the masterpiece WB but we don’t give a **** if you lost alot of money now.
Wut!
Why should WB care about giving you another masterpiece when they see fans saying SCREW YOU we don’t give a **** that you lost money but hey can you please let auteur Villeneuve make another scifi movie for us.
Tad selfish, no?
No, no we can’t lol
Yeah, but Blade Runner 2049 is already out. Things like Dredd 3D already came out. We've gotten to see and enjoy them, even if they don't do well financially. I don't have any stock with these film studios. If WB, Sony, etc. go under or their actors and producers don't get work again (especially in light of current scandals), I don't care. I mean it's going to happen eventually.
I mean hell, WB released that ****ing awful sci-if Johnny Depp flick, Transcendence, and they're doing just fine, trugging right along (for now). Going into panic mode and proclaiming that this is the end of the genre as we know it isn't just premature, it's ludicrous. Some of you fellas are almost fanatical with this box office business. Not aimed at anyone in particular, but some of you already wrote this one off months ago, but you'll be there cheerleading Disney for their Thor 4 and Star Wars 12 flicks this fall/winter, giving them your money over and over again instead of these other "poor" stuidos. In this world, you win some and you lose some. Every hand is a winner, every hand is a loser. Sometimes things just go wrong, even if your marketing campaign was top notch and got a solid film. That article Jye shared is lame. "Should have made it PG-13 and make like it's another Superhero or Star Wars movie!" Yeah, as if we're not getting enough of those. It's like telling 90s/early 2000s filmmakers to make all your comedies like Adam Sandler movies because that's what the lowest common denominator of masses love.
And let's say that this causes a domino effect and this whole industry collapses? So what? Nothing lasts forever. We still have thousands of pre-existing movies to enjoy. It's not like films of late have done anything new either. Even this movie, as good as it is, is just another sequel/reboot. It's all been done, just regurgitated and given a face lift.
I'm just happy this got made. I'm not a huge fan of the original Blade Runner, and this sequel made up for all the originals faults. Box office be damned. I knew this wouldn't be grossing a **** ton. Just look at the original. It's a cult classic that has a niche audience. It'd be like making a sequel or reboot to Big Trouble in Little China for today's audiences and expecting it to do Transformers BO numbers. It's silly.
