Comments on: Discuss: Is Movie Studio Interest In Comic-Con Beginning To Wane?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:57:16 +0000

Good riddance. The proliferation of movie studios advertising their wares at SDCC and turning it into a giant media event have made the whole convention completely unbearable to actual comic book and illustration fans. I attended for several years as a professional and an exhibitor and and the crowds and media attention completely destroyed the entire experience.

By: loudrockmusic

loudrockmusic — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:57:16 +0000

Can anyone point me towards a copy of the Pacific Rim script? I'd really like to read that.

By: Breakdown

Breakdown — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:57:16 +0000

I hope this means the comic book movie fad is coming to an end.

With most fads, be it teen pop or anything else, the people the fad cater to usually grow up and the fad lays dormant for 10 years until a new audience is of age to be taken advantage of, then it starts again.

But fan boy nerds never grow up. Regardless of their age, they still want to see men with superpowers running around in a cape and hooker boots doing slow-motion karate.

This fads been going on for 12 years.

By: Togi

Togi — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:57:16 +0000

I hope Jack Reacher movie does well. I love those books and Tom Cruise is great in that genre. They are going to sell this movie worldwide like Mission Impossible.

If test screening are any indication, then it makes sense to delay movies as they are flopping easily. It's better then to risk all that budget.

By: ABillington

ABillington — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:57:16 +0000

Good post, good discussion, not really sure what to make of it yet. As you kind of touch on, it all depends on each movie, production timing, and so on. But it's becoming increasingly obvious that there isn't much of a connection between showing up Comic-Con in any capacity and box office. But that said, I still love going to Comic-Con every year as the big geek mecca, crazy summer event where they can and do hype up some movies. I wish Star Trek 2 was going to be there, however I'm sure The Hobbit panel will be fantastic instead.