I'm all for immediately jumping on this, but why is it all horror movies? We have an opportunity to showcase exactly why we should be allowing these properties to enter the public domain. Somebody, please, do what Disney did with all the public domain stories, and make something we can cherish. If for no other reason than so we have something to wave in front of the 3 members of congress who haven't been completely bought to show them why it's a good thing that copyrights end eventually.
It's also the most shocking "you can't do that to Mickey Mouse" thing they could make short of a porno (which I'd wager is also in the works) and that's obviously their marketing angle.
I'm all for immediately jumping on this, but why is it all horror movies? We have an opportunity to showcase exactly why we should be allowing these properties to enter the public domain.
My wild guess is that's exactly why. If I was a giant business on the scale if Disney, I'd secretly get somene to make these movies as terrible as possible to spread the idea that public domain = low quality, and convince ppl that me owning the copyright is what kept them from sucking.
live-action Winnie The Pooh killing people is easier to film than assembling a team of animators to make more gentle Winnie cartoons about life and growing up.
Because making a horror movie out of public domain children's characters feels the most audacious. They're going for shock. It's the easiest way to garner attention.
Horror is extremely profitable. Very cheap to write, shoot, produce, and generally gets a good return on its money. There's a reason why most of the big time directors back in the day were first given a horror movie to shoot.
I'm all for immediately jumping on this, but why is it all horror movies? We have an opportunity to showcase exactly why we should be allowing these properties to enter the public domain. Somebody, please, do what Disney did with all the public domain stories, and make something we can cherish. If for no other reason than so we have something to wave in front of the 3 members of congress who haven't been completely bought to show them why it's a good thing that copyrights end eventually.
Horror has the lowest barrier to entry by far
It's also the most shocking "you can't do that to Mickey Mouse" thing they could make short of a porno (which I'd wager is also in the works) and that's obviously their marketing angle.
My wild guess is that's exactly why. If I was a giant business on the scale if Disney, I'd secretly get somene to make these movies as terrible as possible to spread the idea that public domain = low quality, and convince ppl that me owning the copyright is what kept them from sucking.
I think you're onto something, this sentiment was expressed in the Kotaku (I think) article about the Nazi game.
Paraphrasing but it was like 'If this is the result, why bother releasing any art into the public domain?'
IDK... I hope people don't take that away from all this.
It's ok for art to be disgusting or obscene. Art is expression. It doesn't have to be comfortable.
I don't want a giant corporation controlling how people can express themselves, even if those expressions aren't things I personally enjoy.
live-action Winnie The Pooh killing people is easier to film than assembling a team of animators to make more gentle Winnie cartoons about life and growing up.
Because making a horror movie out of public domain children's characters feels the most audacious. They're going for shock. It's the easiest way to garner attention.
Horror is extremely profitable. Very cheap to write, shoot, produce, and generally gets a good return on its money. There's a reason why most of the big time directors back in the day were first given a horror movie to shoot.