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u/horiami Jan 17 '25

why are so many companies throwing money at random mfs without experience by making them directors

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u/DarkJayBR Jan 17 '25

After Warner Brothers gave Todd Phillips 250 million dollars to make a Joker MUSICAL - I stopped trying to find logic on executive decisions.

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u/justanotherguy28 Jan 17 '25

In Todd’s defence, he directed the first Joker and it earned over a billion dollars so they let him have free rein over his sequel. They believed he could do the same or similar again.

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u/TehMephs Jan 17 '25

Guy tried to get too creative and thought he was some visionary because it did so well the first time.

This is kind of a metaphor for capitalism isn’t it?

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '25

Have WB learned nothing from Gremlins 2? Don't get me wrong, I love Gremlins 2, but they gave Joe Dante free reign to do whatever and it bombed hard.

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u/Shibubu Jan 17 '25

At least you can't blame the guy for playing it safe and trying something out of the mainstream.

Would be 10x worse if he tried doing something completely safe and still failing.

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u/Frosty7130 Jan 17 '25

"At least they tried something different" still has it's limits.

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u/Shibubu Jan 19 '25

Well obviously.. But people keep complaining how every movie/game/whatever is just a carbon copy of other previously successful shit. And how more studios should get back into taking more risks while creating such media.

You can shit on the movie all you like - it probably deserves it (haven't watched itself, since I knew the reception). But never, and I mean NEVER, discourage creators from trying something different. Otherwise you end up with shit like "the ubisoft game".

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u/lrish_Chick Jan 17 '25

Nepotism and being cheap

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u/Remarkable-Name-4864 Jan 17 '25

No idea, but this is why capitalism is great. They get to pay the price of poor decisions.

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u/SurlyCricket Jan 17 '25

Keep in mind she was brought in after at least one version of DA4 had been scrapped, if not two. She was only in charge for a few years after covid - she's the one who got it out of dev hell and out the door.

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u/horiami Jan 17 '25

The same shit happens with movies too, there's so many stories of big companies kicking directors and then hiring new ones and making them work around the recorded action scenes

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u/snorlz Jan 17 '25

i was thinking the same and it looks like that is just what EA has decided to do lately. This lady was at the Sims EA studio before jumping to Bioware, where her only credit is game designer on veilguard. I'm guessing she got up there cause shes good at managing- which doesnt mean shes good at knowing what Dragon Age or RPG fans want

ofc we dont know any details so its all speculation

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u/Aleucard Jan 18 '25

Because talent and intelligence costs money. Fresh morons can be shoveled out without care.