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Dec. 11th, 2017 11:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grimorieThings I’m hoping for re: DC/WB
- Finally get an over all creative head, I thought that was Geoff Johns but apparently its not. They need a creative head that protects the talent and movie from executive meddling. I’m not a fan of Snyder nor Whedon but Justice League (which I did enjoy) didn’t need all the tinkering from studio heads, especially the same studio heads who wanted to cut the No Man’s Land scene from Wonder Woman.
They already screwed things up with Suicide Squad and it leapt on to Justice League.
- Keep a lid on all the rumors. I am 80% sure this is the reason for the relatively low JL ticket sales, because every news outlet, mainstream or otherwise, were rife with rumors about the production troubles of DC. I know some DCMU fans hate being compared to Marvel Studios but there is a reason why Marvel is famous about keeping secrets. They should do the same thing with DC.
When Patty Jenkins left Thor 2, there was a news release and then Marvel moved on.
- This bring me to: LEARN TO MANAGE A PR CRISIS. FFS, WB ARE YOU OR ARE YOU NOT A CORPORATION WITH VAST AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE DEALING WITH MEDIA?
Take Justice League for example, okay so it opened to lackluster domestic sales. Do you a) say nothing about it and allow speculation to run rampant (again) and let the actors fend for themselves? or b) roll out your Aquaman promo and get the conversation moving to another direction that’s focused on a forward looking vision.
Hint: The answer is not ‘A’.
Get your line-up straight. Don’t release press statements about a 101 movies that’s not hammered out in detail that only confuse your fans and general audiences.
STOP OVER CORRECTING AND BREATHE. A lot of mistakes WB’s done is done out of panic. Also, because of Studio Heads pushing for bonuses when a movie isn’t that ironed out yet (aka Justice League).
At this point, people have stopped caring whether Ben Affleck will still be Batman.
Positives, I’m looking forward to James Wan’s Aquaman, Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 2, and SHAZAM.
But I’m not looking forward to Flashpoint.
Sorry, I just needed to rant because WB looks like such a trainwreck from all the news that keeps filtering out.
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Date: 2017-12-11 11:03 pm (UTC)*shakes magic 8ball* All signs point to no.
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