I'm fine with making "demanding" movies. Not every movie needs to be a crowd pleaser. Quality work will usually find some kind of audience.
But when you're spending other people's money and preemptively showing contempt for the audience, I don't want to hear a single complaint when the audience doesn't show up and you can't get your next project financed because nobody wants to throw their money away for a film that no one will watch.
Also, I don't give a shit about Marilyn Monroe and I don't understand the continued obsession with her mythology, so I wouldn't bother to watch this even if I was a Netflix subscriber.
Monroe very much seems to be meme magic at work. Everyone was told she was some sex symbol, so people just assumed she was, and now she is elevated to this idol status based on being told she was an idol.
Add in a healthy helping of fat chicks attaching themselves to her "thickness" to justify their own (ignoring the relative difference) and her "at my worst" quote inspiring a few generations of attention whores to never improve, and you have a modern day mythological figure.
Monroe was "Thicc" in the same way a chopstick resembles a telephone pole. Anybody who thinks she was thick at all has clearly not seen many of her boudoir shoots or bikini shots. She was practically 2D at the waist. Just because she had large tits and wide hips doesn't mean she was thick--hell, if we used illustrations of her now, those same people would claim it's unrealistic and nobody has that shape!
She was "thicc" in the actual sense that it was supposed to mean and that guys are attracted to. Before fatties dragged the word so far down it barely means anything. She was a size 6/8 dress. Which isn't large but also not skinny either.
I don't understand the continued obsession with her mythology,
Homos love Marilyn Monroe. They fetishize her (listen to Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" for the cult's theme song).
Feminists also fetishize her because she slept around and felt guilty because of it. Of course, all the men in her life are to blame as women who sleep around and get fucked over are innocent victims of the patriarchy.
Her end was tragic--she was passed around by some very powerful men and either Kennedy's henchmen poisoned her to avoid a scandal or she snuffed herself out of humiliation and regret.
They are more accountable than they seem. Its just way too many people just assume its a "necessary" sub you have no matter what, like a phone or power bill.
The reaction you get from people when they come over and you don't have Netflix proves how ubiquitous it has become. Which can change with enough force (ask the cable channels).
Yes, you cannot make something for all people. People will enjoy different things and trying to court the mythical wider audience is a fool's errand. So shut the fuck up about gatekeeping and stop subverting existing shit.
If they had an obligation or duty to make a good product, that would not be their opinions. Or at least, it would not be their verbalized opinions. It is only in a setting where they get the same result, success or failure, that they can act like that.
If you're making a hyper-niche product, what you don't say is "if the audience doesn't like it, that's the fucking audience's problem". Someone who actually cared if their work is well-received or not, successful or not, would say something instead like "we know our work's genre might not resonate with all audiences, but we're confident with the result and encourage everyone to at least give it a try. But if it's not for you, well, it's not for you."
Who knows? But whether it is or not, there's PG-13 rape scenes in movies, it's all on how the scene is shot. Excessive gratuitousness and fan disservice can significantly change a scene's impact, for sure, but usually not in the right way.
I'm fine with making "demanding" movies. Not every movie needs to be a crowd pleaser. Quality work will usually find some kind of audience.
But when you're spending other people's money and preemptively showing contempt for the audience, I don't want to hear a single complaint when the audience doesn't show up and you can't get your next project financed because nobody wants to throw their money away for a film that no one will watch.
Also, I don't give a shit about Marilyn Monroe and I don't understand the continued obsession with her mythology, so I wouldn't bother to watch this even if I was a Netflix subscriber.
Monroe very much seems to be meme magic at work. Everyone was told she was some sex symbol, so people just assumed she was, and now she is elevated to this idol status based on being told she was an idol.
Add in a healthy helping of fat chicks attaching themselves to her "thickness" to justify their own (ignoring the relative difference) and her "at my worst" quote inspiring a few generations of attention whores to never improve, and you have a modern day mythological figure.
Monroe was "Thicc" in the same way a chopstick resembles a telephone pole. Anybody who thinks she was thick at all has clearly not seen many of her boudoir shoots or bikini shots. She was practically 2D at the waist. Just because she had large tits and wide hips doesn't mean she was thick--hell, if we used illustrations of her now, those same people would claim it's unrealistic and nobody has that shape!
She's so thicc she's portrayed by...Ana De Armas. LMAO
She was "thicc" in the actual sense that it was supposed to mean and that guys are attracted to. Before fatties dragged the word so far down it barely means anything. She was a size 6/8 dress. Which isn't large but also not skinny either.
I understand the obsession. It's an excuse to be a selfish cunt.
Homos love Marilyn Monroe. They fetishize her (listen to Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" for the cult's theme song).
Feminists also fetishize her because she slept around and felt guilty because of it. Of course, all the men in her life are to blame as women who sleep around and get fucked over are innocent victims of the patriarchy.
Her end was tragic--she was passed around by some very powerful men and either Kennedy's henchmen poisoned her to avoid a scandal or she snuffed herself out of humiliation and regret.
I’m so tired of this mindset. What if a chef had that mentality
Some do, they go broke very quickly when they have to directly feed themselves.
Lots of restaurants do well catering to niche clients
isn't that the plot to kitchen nightmares?
This is why Netflix needs to go bankrupt. They can do whatever they want and are in no way accountable to any audience.
They are more accountable than they seem. Its just way too many people just assume its a "necessary" sub you have no matter what, like a phone or power bill.
The reaction you get from people when they come over and you don't have Netflix proves how ubiquitous it has become. Which can change with enough force (ask the cable channels).
There's literally no downside to password sharing. I use it to watch older scifi and it's a good platform for that.
This may shock you. But that someone else is the one paying for it then.
and they'd still pay for it if I wasn't using it.
Unless they're also "Sharing" it.
Relevant Calvin and Hobbes from 1992
This attitude has been common in the (subsidized) art world for a long time.
Calvin and hobbes is a classic
I don't think the people making the grant decisions care what the public thinks either.
Yes, you cannot make something for all people. People will enjoy different things and trying to court the mythical wider audience is a fool's errand. So shut the fuck up about gatekeeping and stop subverting existing shit.
"It's also not a capitalist movie, which is why it doesn't make any fucking money, bigot!"
Is it though? All these canceled shows beg to differ.
I guess that's why these kind of people just love communism and socialism: that way people have to pay for their crap whether they like it or not.
In the end of the day, the audience doesn't matter. Netflix gets paid regardless of what people watch.
If Netflix keeps funding projets that get 0 views and the audience doesn't like, Netflix ain't going to get paid for long.
Internally, they are very likely tracking what is and isn't catching on in their Originals. Probably why some don't get renewed for a 2nd season.
Have they started to not use female protagonists for everything?
I half expect they'll hire Amber Heard.
Nothing wrong with Female protagonists. Aliens was awesome.
Subscriptions are a mistake.
Imagine being so far up your own ass to think this way.
If they had an obligation or duty to make a good product, that would not be their opinions. Or at least, it would not be their verbalized opinions. It is only in a setting where they get the same result, success or failure, that they can act like that.
If you're making a hyper-niche product, what you don't say is "if the audience doesn't like it, that's the fucking audience's problem". Someone who actually cared if their work is well-received or not, successful or not, would say something instead like "we know our work's genre might not resonate with all audiences, but we're confident with the result and encourage everyone to at least give it a try. But if it's not for you, well, it's not for you."
We need to bring back responsibility.
that is the attitude of someone not concerned with the success of their production.
Probably a rape scene
Who knows? But whether it is or not, there's PG-13 rape scenes in movies, it's all on how the scene is shot. Excessive gratuitousness and fan disservice can significantly change a scene's impact, for sure, but usually not in the right way.
These are the basic tenets of all Leftist movies.