Random Quotes-- Of Iron Man movies, Deadpool comics and Walt Whitman
"... we're not interested in how a movie does at the box office or really even how other people respond to it. It's just about us expressing our reaction."
Adam Kempenar on Filmspotting #302
Adam Kempenar on Filmspotting #302
In the latest Filmspotting episode, responding to some criticism of their review of Iron Man 2, host Adam Kempenar responds with what he's trying to do on the show; it's their reaction to a film and not other people's.I wonder how much Kempenar really believes this. The conversation begins with his and Matty Robinson's pan of Iron Man 2 and some feedback where one of their listeners accuse them of being out of touch and points towards to box office Iron Man 2 has achieved so far as his justification. Iron Man 2 is what we want and by panning it, Kempenar and Robinson showed just how out of touch they really were.Well, I agree with Kempenar's statement about how they're not interested in box office receipts; much like the Diamond Comic list, this just doesn't matter. When we're talking about pieces of art, we shouldn't pay attention to the business the underlies the art. Business and art are two separate discussions and the joining of them is a third discussion that Filmspotting has never been interested in, other when they're championing smaller independent films like Brick.This strikes me even as iFanboy is a couple of week's into Jason Wood's more financially-centered comic book articles, such as this week's look into the plethora of Deadpool stories. It's odd to see an almost clinical look into the business of comics. We all play arm-chair business man whenever Diamond releases their monthly best sellers but it's so much shooting from the hip that there is hardly anything really worthwhile being said about these things. The 'net is full of articles that tell us what we already know about Siege and Blackest Night and their affect on the business of comic selling.Wood, with a financial profession and background that I can barely understand, brings a more seasoned eye to the business of comic selling, even if it is more of a "business" background and less of a "comic selling" one, that lays out the whys and hows of how Deadpool can have 10+ books in a given month as he writes:
Two things worth noting here:
1) Every single Deadpool related book sold more than the Marvel average
2) The average sales for DP related titles were 29% higher than overall Marvel sales
In Wade Wilson we trust.
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)
Walt Whitman, SONG OF MYSELF
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)
Walt Whitman, SONG OF MYSELF