Exactly. 99.999999% of the people don't read scripts, don't visit this board, and don't give a crap as long as it's a good film and it gives them what they expect. That's who this film is geared towards.
I've seen this argument used to defend various efforts wherein decisions were taken that took the film too far away from it's source material. "The film is geared towards the general audience" (or words to that effect), so the defence would have us believe. That's why they are doing things this way or that.
Well...while I don't doubt that you sincerely think that is what they are doing I do personally think you are mistaken to think this serves as a blanket justification for everything they wind up changing.
Yes, some changes are required for purely practical reasons. For instance a plot in the books that took years to develop cant be handled to the letter in around 2 hours.
But other than practical issues any change from the source material is (imo) made for just two main reasons. 1) Embarassment for the source: Those making the decisions look at something like (for example) Galactus. They think he looks silly and cant be done (and has some people here rather shamefully agree) and lacking the imagination to make him work gives us a nasty looking character free cloud instead.
and 2) Ego. A film has producers, writers, director and actors, all creative people, many of whom will have no great affinity for the books, all wanting to put something into the film of their own, something they can say was
their idea. Cant say I blame them for that, they are all artists in one form or another and no one who can paint for themselves likes to simply paint by numbers. But... I do wish they would just stop sometimes and accept some things Stan Lee did simply do
not need changing. A speaking Hulk with a mind of his own is one. A Hulk who does not kill is another.
If someone doesn't like it then maybe someday and angry fanboy can come up with 180 million dollars and make the film he wants and watch all of his money vanish.
Ahh...here we go. That old chestnut. The "you cant do no better" argument.
Well, I should think not...but then, none of us are getting paid huge $$$$ to do so. I also find the clear inferrence that a film geared towards the fans automatically equates to a flop rather annoying. More embarrassment for the source perhaps...
Another thought on this point...there's a fair few of these films 'geared to the general audience' that haven't exactly succeeded in that regard either.
As mentioned above, Galactus the cloud. Not a great crowd pleaser that one... Likewise with Corporate Electro Doom, Absorbing Jellyfish Daddy Banner, ..the list of balls dropped in the name of the "general audience" goes on.
Hell the only one that should be outraged is Marvel and the people who spent months of their lives sweating over this film only to have someone that was trusted with the script leak it online.
Have to be honest here. Cant say I feel much sympathy for people in a high reward job that they also
love doing,
maybe getting the hump over an
old script being leaked. We should all get to sweat so much.
And besides...If that leaked script has really been changed so significantly then no harm, no foul, right?
And since
"99.999999% of the people don't read scripts, don't visit this board" there's not much for them to get in flap over regardless.
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