tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20710455.post115276010323038293..comments2023-12-20T08:31:53.642-05:00Comments on POPSURFING.COM: "Pirates" Is A Hit! You're All Fired!Michael in New Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01449933463450154603noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20710455.post-1152896214019383552006-07-14T12:56:00.000-04:002006-07-14T12:56:00.000-04:0018 movies is a pretty reasonable number of films f...18 movies is a pretty reasonable number of films for a major studio. No matter how many jobs they cut, that basic infrastructure is always there, sitting around and getting paid, whether they have to work on launching 8 movies or 18. Plus the DVD division would suffer with its number of titles cut in half. Yes, you can't just make 100 movies when trying to discover a hit; they're too expensive. But the fewer rolls of the dice you make, the fewer chances you have to hit your number. Even doing just ten movies can mean you'll go four months without a hit in the blink of an eye -- that's awfully hard to explain to investors. Studios can definitely make too many major movies -- it's hard for anyone to handle, say 30 major releases. But 10 or 8 is swinging too much in the opposite direction. If fewer movies meant better quality, I'd push for them to make six a year. But it doesn't work that way.Michael in New Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01449933463450154603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20710455.post-1152886580836102452006-07-14T10:16:00.000-04:002006-07-14T10:16:00.000-04:00I'm very excited about the possibilities Disney mi...I'm very excited about the possibilities Disney might have, being able to concertrate more money, but then again, less movies might very easily mean less good movies, which there were VERY few of this year anyway.Jacob Siegalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659742743077372412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20710455.post-1152886529384847742006-07-14T10:15:00.000-04:002006-07-14T10:15:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Jacob Siegalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06659742743077372412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20710455.post-1152830503698852412006-07-13T18:41:00.000-04:002006-07-13T18:41:00.000-04:00It was, definitely, an odd couple of weeks .. Thou...It was, definitely, an odd couple of weeks .. Though I don't want anyone to lose their jobs, I do think Disney making fewer movies and investing more money in each one could definitely be a good thingReel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.com