Scott Pilgrim vs Ready Player One: Battle of the video game movies

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curl-6 said:

Shaunodon said:

Edgar Wright would've been an ideal choice to direct a western take on Cowboy Bebop. Unfortunately that ship has already sailed and that series is already dead on arrival.

That's part of the reason films like Ready Player One are worse than you think in a greater context. It may just seem like a harmless popcorn blockbuster, but they're ultimately the bridge for clueless executives to convince themselves they understand these fandoms, buying the rights to beloved franchises which they ruin or disgrace with unrecognisable adaptions.

Come on man, execs butchering totally separate IPs doesn't determine how good or bad RPO itself is. That's like saying Mario Galaxy is bad cos the successful Wii era it was part of made Nintendo overconfident, or that the PS2 is bad cos it made Sony think they could do no wrong as led to the PS3's struggles.

First of all, those situations aren't similar or comparable. Mario Galaxy had nothing to do with blue ocean strategy or Nintendo's shift into chasing the more casual consumers during that era. The success and feedback from a film (especially genre films) does however directly affect the future decisions of movie execs.

Second of all, I'm only saying you shouldn't give Ready Player One more credit than it deserves, or try to acknowledge it for something that it isn't.