06-23-2004, 09:10 PM
...it's obvious what's happening here. Hollywood has come to realise that its horror franchises (read, endless series of mediocre movies with stupid bad guys and all following exactly the same plot) have begun to bore the audience (mainly because 99% of them are exactly identical and 100% predictable). In a last attempt to get yet more money out of the consumer, they begin to cross over several failing franchises, creating -- yet another movie with the same plot and double the amount of stupid bad guys. Hurray everyone.
But what I find depressing is that consumers everywhere are lapping up this blatant lack of creativity and care on behalf of the moviemakers. I mean, don't get me wrong, I don't mind that kind of movie, they're reasonably entertaining to watch with some friends and tons of drinks and popcorn. As I said, I enjoy them myself -- but at the same time, while I'm enjoying them, I'm at all times aware that what I'm watching is nothing more than a shitty, un-creative, pathetic little thing. Nope, I have no problems seeing why people like them -- but how people can actually consider such enormously cheap attempts at getting yet more money out of a dying franchise a GREAT, COOL IDEA is absolutely beyond me.
But what I find depressing is that consumers everywhere are lapping up this blatant lack of creativity and care on behalf of the moviemakers. I mean, don't get me wrong, I don't mind that kind of movie, they're reasonably entertaining to watch with some friends and tons of drinks and popcorn. As I said, I enjoy them myself -- but at the same time, while I'm enjoying them, I'm at all times aware that what I'm watching is nothing more than a shitty, un-creative, pathetic little thing. Nope, I have no problems seeing why people like them -- but how people can actually consider such enormously cheap attempts at getting yet more money out of a dying franchise a GREAT, COOL IDEA is absolutely beyond me.