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  • UKFilmNerd@feddit.ukEnglish
    121·
    16 days ago

    I read somewhere the other day that things aren’t going well and they’re thinking of rebooting old IPs like The Incredibles.

    Is going back to past hits a good idea?

    • Nutteman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      16 days ago

      I think Pixar has been pretty miffed at their stuff going straight to streaming so this may be a concession disney made to try to appease them.

    • XeroxCool@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      15 days ago

      18 of their 27 films are originals. 9 are sequels/spinoffs (Lightyear, Monsters University). They have a pretty good track record.

        • XeroxCool@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          15 days ago

          I understand it’s an industry problem, but I think credit should be given to Pixar, at least for now. I do have to say, I was surprised some sequels to their IP wasn’t actually Pixar, like Planes. I still don’t think a single sequel is cause for complaint, though. I generally enjoy the criss-crossing sequels of the Marvel universe because it saves a lot of time without extra exposition at the start. DC is where I’d complain about the lack of new IP because they love rehashing Batman and Superman. But even still, those are Rollercoaster movies meant to be fun, not a deep exploratory plot more akin to spending a day hiking a mountain instead of a theme park. The biggest issue with new IP is convincing the audience why they need to get attached to the characters in the first 20 minutes. Plenty of new movies come out and they typically flop.

      • Kelly@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        15 days ago

        I love beetlejuice and have introduced it to the next generation.

        Thankfully my son is usually uninterested in legacy sequels/revivals of IPs where he has seen the original so will be able watch it if it reviews well or skip it if not.

        Unfortunately when he hasn’t seen the older iterations he is often quite keen. We hadn’t watched the earlier Garfield films (why would we?) so he was interested and we watched the new one today. (it was aggressively mediocre)

  • WanderingVentra@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    16 days ago

    Movies producers finally realizing that having their movies go to streaming a week later is bad for their movies and the movie theaters they want to show their movies in?