Help The Goon become a movie!!!

[mmmmBrains]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/624061548/the-goon-movie-lets-kickstart-this-sucker

 

[Rzeznikk]

We already have a Goon Movie.

 

[batfan08]

We already have a Goon Movie.

Yeah...no.

People, listen to mmm...Brains, this needs to happen.

 

[mmmmBrains]

Seriously! Even if you're not a fan at least check it out! Looks like it could be an amazing film.

 

[Ex-Parrot]

No offence to the post starter, and any supporters this may have, but I find this rather sickening, to be honest.

Kickstarter should be about helping struggling artists catch a break, and connecting those without access to traditional funding methods, but who have a good and worthy idea or project, with people who can lend some financial support to help make it a reality. Or about funding truly independant projects that simply can't get funding any other way. It should not be about injecting free cash into potential major projects put up by already established, multi-millionaire film makers or celebrities, something that is starting to happen more and more, unfortunately.

I mean getting regular folks to fund their pitch reel so that they can try and get a major project up, and land themselves the pre-requisite huge payday that would comes with that? I mean I'm actually a huge Goon fan too, but seriously. #@*%. Off.

Also, you do realize that Fincher and Powell will be drawing a percentage as salary for themselves out of this kickstarter fund as well, don't you? That's right, you get to pay rich people to make their own pitch reel for this 'passion project' of theirs. There is a certain evil genius in that, really. But not one that I personally intend to support.

Now call me a crazy paranoid conspiracy theorist, but I have a certain paranoid fear that if things like this do find any great level of success then Hollywood is going to not only take notice, but suddenly any time that Hollywood is looking into making any film that is even remotely geek friendly, you can bet your ass nine times out of ten they'll have the makers out the front of it shilling for free geek cash first, with a big old "if you really want a new Alien/Terminator/horror sequel/superhero-of-choice/etc film to be made, then we have to make the studios see that there is support for it first" schtick. There is a real danger that Hollywood may see this as another way to get people paying even more money for the same old stuff. Meanwhile they are sucking potential funding and attention away from those struggling artists and truly independant projects that Kickstarter was supposed to be about helping in the first place.

Personally I have better things to do with my money than give it away to millionaire film-makers to help produce material for them to pimp their own pet projects. And again, I say this as someone who is a big fan of the comic and owns every issue of The Goon released thus far.

Still, to each their own and all that.

 

[Ironman1188]

One of the most easy passes in memory. Not only would I not donate, I wouldn't go see it if it did get made.
When will the millionaires give me some money for my "needed to pay" bills?

 

[Batty]

I have to agree with Ex-Parrot and Ironman.

Earlier this year Amanda Palmer (musician and Neil Gaimen's wife) stared a Kickstarter project to raise $100K to record and promote her new album. She ended up raising $1.2 million! She then went on tour and invited musicians to play with her...for free!

Shouldn't there be a cutoff point once you've raised your goal? And shouldn't you at least pay the musicians that join you on stage if you raise 12 times more than your goal?

https://www.avclub.com/articles/policing-amanda-palmer-how-crowdfunding-has-change,85283/

 

[Crimsonbob]

Fair play but i prefer giving money to real need charities.

 

[RyanSD]

Fair play but i prefer giving money to real need charities.

I love the Goon, and most of David Fincher's work, but I'm not giving them my money for this. This is an established property with an established director on board. They have enough of their own money to do this sort of thing. If they make a movie, I'll go spend my $10 to see it a the theater, otherwise they can jog on.

I'm really starting to despise kickstarter.

 

[batfan08]

I just want to see the movie. I'll be honest, I'm not giving them a penny. That being said, I'll tell others to for no other reason than that I want to see the movie.

 

[RagingBull]

Someone donated 10,000 bucks, wow some people have way to much money. So what if they don't raise the money before the cut off date, do you get you're money back? Not that I'm donating

 

[SAB]

No offence to the post starter, and any supporters this may have, but I find this rather sickening, to be honest.

Kickstarter should be about helping struggling artists catch a break, and connecting those without access to traditional funding methods, but who have a good and worthy idea or project, with people who can lend some financial support to help make it a reality. Or about funding truly independant projects that simply can't get funding any other way. It should not be about injecting free cash into potential major projects put up by already established, multi-millionaire film makers or celebrities, something that is starting to happen more and more, unfortunately.

I mean getting regular folks to fund their pitch reel so that they can try and get a major project up, and land themselves the pre-requisite huge payday that would comes with that? I mean I'm actually a huge Goon fan too, but seriously. #@*%. Off.

Also, you do realize that Fincher and Powell will be drawing a percentage as salary for themselves out of this kickstarter fund as well, don't you? That's right, you get to pay rich people to make their own pitch reel for this 'passion project' of theirs. There is a certain evil genius in that, really. But not one that I personally intend to support.

Now call me a crazy paranoid conspiracy theorist, but I have a certain paranoid fear that if things like this do find any great level of success then Hollywood is going to not only take notice, but suddenly any time that Hollywood is looking into making any film that is even remotely geek friendly, you can bet your ass nine times out of ten they'll have the makers out the front of it shilling for free geek cash first, with a big old "if you really want a new Alien/Terminator/horror sequel/superhero-of-choice/etc film to be made, then we have to make the studios see that there is support for it first" schtick. There is a real danger that Hollywood may see this as another way to get people paying even more money for the same old stuff. Meanwhile they are sucking potential funding and attention away from those struggling artists and truly independant projects that Kickstarter was supposed to be about helping in the first place.

Personally I have better things to do with my money than give it away to millionaire film-makers to help produce material for them to pimp their own pet projects. And again, I say this as someone who is a big fan of the comic and owns every issue of The Goon released thus far.

Still, to each their own and all that.

Well said sir