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Originally Posted by Deckard
^^ He's Michael fucking Bay, people!
Sean - I think this brief piece gives an insight into why we get what we do. Concerning Pixar's Up: |
Absolutely true. You would be surprised how much power the marketing department has here at Sony. They can trump virtually anyone, including the director of the film, on decisions about everything from character arcs, to designs, to music, etc. Man...if I hear the phrase "four quadrant family friendly" one more time, I think I may punch someone in the throat.
And do you wanna know the really magical part? "Up" is a movie that our executives would
never in a million years allow to be made here for the very reasons you've cited, but since it made tons of money, they suddenly use it as reference for how to tell a story in every development meeting we have with them. Which, incidentally, I'd be happy about if they weren't wrong in their analysis and conclusions about why it works so well most of the time. That's why a movie like Transformers 2 is so dangerous. Now they'll start holding
it up as an example because of all the money it made, despite being equally ignorant about what's
wrong with it quality-wise.