Comment on Please stop making Alien movies

• potustheplant@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because it’s not better than the original and it costs millions of dollars to make. It’d be better to spend that time and resources on something that’s actually new.

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  • TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So every movie needs to be better than the movie before it? If I were to talk about movies that were a waste of money, I wouldn’t be focused on the decent ones. Like 95% of movies made are total schlock.

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    • potustheplant@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not at all. I’m just saying that if it’s a remake, there should be a reason for making it other than just money, ideally.

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      • soul@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        For which there clearly has been. Some people made the various sequels because they had a story to tell, some because there is an audience that wants more from the IP, some because they wanted a chance to take part in such a project, some because they saw them as an opportunity to share their particular craft.

        Movie making is a massive group effort. I can assure you that there is not a single movie where the sole reason it gets made is for money. In fact, most of them go into the project thinking it’ll be a losing prospect from an accounting point of view.

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  • wildcardology@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If the actors, crew and other businesses benefitted from making the film that’s ok with me. Let them spend their money. Though I’m sorry if you feel cheated when you pay to see the movie.

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    • potustheplant@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I never said that.

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