03-21-2012, 07:54 PM
I'm really bummed about the fact that the JC movie appears to have lost huge piles of money. I heard that it will be one of the biggest flops of all time, unless somehow sales pick up in a hurry.
I think Disney really dropped the ball with marketing. No fast food movie tie-in toys or collectable glasses, no RPG or CCG or board games, nothing really spectacular to go out and buy.
At the same time, lots of folks I know tell me they saw the trailer but can't really figure out what the movie is about. Disney seems to have assumed that people would already know who John Carter is, but it's not the ready-made audience they expected. (I think changing the title from "John Carter of Mars" to "John Carter" was a bad move. At lest "of Mars" sounds sci-fi.)
I think Disney really dropped the ball with marketing. No fast food movie tie-in toys or collectable glasses, no RPG or CCG or board games, nothing really spectacular to go out and buy.
At the same time, lots of folks I know tell me they saw the trailer but can't really figure out what the movie is about. Disney seems to have assumed that people would already know who John Carter is, but it's not the ready-made audience they expected. (I think changing the title from "John Carter of Mars" to "John Carter" was a bad move. At lest "of Mars" sounds sci-fi.)
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OD&D since 1975
"Don't ask me what you need to hit. Just roll the die and I will let you know!"
- Dave Arneson