And that’s the kind of thing that happens, and I could just see, now the Wachowskis are going to direct this, this, and this.
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He wrote a shitty movie that happened to do well at the box office, and now he’s the new golden boy of Hollywood science fiction. “Whoever wrote the I, Robot movie from a couple years ago-the Will Smith movie-that guy ended up showing up all over the place as if he was some sort of authority on science fiction movies. John Joseph Adams on the pitfalls of supporting bad movies: Listen to our complete discussion with Matt London, John Joseph Adams, Rob Bland, and Angela Watercutter in Episode 138 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast (above), and check out some highlights from the discussion below. “But I am saying that if you like sci-fi you should check it out, because it is different from the other stuff that you’ve been watching.” “I’m not saying you need to like this movie, or that it’s the best movie I’ve ever seen,” he says.
He thinks it’s a flawed but interesting film that’s been unfairly targeted for scorn, and that in many ways it compares favorably with Guardians of the Galaxy, another recent space opera that was a commercial and critical smash. London also argues that supporting the sci-fi genre isn’t the only reason to see Jupiter Ascending. “And it seems like with the international bounce that they’re getting, and couple that with the home entertainment revenue, it seems like they’re probably going to make their money back-and probably some profit.” “Film studios don’t really make the money back with the theatrical runs, they make the money back with the streaming and the DVD sales,” he says. “It’s like, you support this movie, and other people who are in the Wachowskis’ shoes from 10, 15, 20 years ago, now they get their shot.”įilm producer Rob Bland notes even high-profile flops often break even in the end, so box office failures like Jupiter Ascending don’t have as much effect on studio priorities as you might think. “I don’t know that it’s a straight A to B kind of thing, where you support Jupiter Ascending and the Wachowskis specifically get to keep making movies,” she says. Watercutter acknowledges this concern, but still thinks that supporting original sci-fi does more good than harm, since many creators benefit from a film’s success, not just those directly responsible for it. He argues that when bad movies succeed, it only encourages studios to churn out more of the same, and also empowers mediocre filmmakers at the expense of more promising talents. “I really rebel against this idea of supporting something even if we think it’s bad, because we think Hollywood will magically somehow make more movies that are actually good now,” Adams says. “And so if we as a community ignore projects like this-like Cloud Atlas-we won’t see more of them.”īut science fiction editor John Joseph Adams refuses to be guilt-tripped into buying tickets for a film he’s sure he’ll hate. “The only thing that Hollywood understands is money,” London says in Episode 138 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast.
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