Why it Sucked Part 2

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Half in the Bag Episode 140: The Cloverfield Paradox and the Netflix Conundrum (SPOILERS)

Ha ha this was the YouTube comment I left for the "Why it sucks" FullAuto posted:

 

Abrams has a flawed idea about what drives interest in stories. He thinks that the mystery box that attracts folks should never be opened, and that's why you get all of these strange incongruent angles in his stuff from Lost to the Cloverfield series. What he doesn't seem to get is that what people want is to open the mystery box and see the answer, but to also see that inside is another mystery box even more attractive than the first, having been buffed already by having a satisfying answer to the first mystery. People will then WANT to explore the second mystery box, which should inevitably lead to another answer and yet another mystery box. And so on. Abrams drives me crazy, clearly, because he thinks the box can't or shouldn't be opened.

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ilovecookies's picture

Cloverfield Paradox and its Super Bowl spot wasn't an ad for the movie, it was an ad for Netflix.  The movie was terrible, I couldn't finish it actually; I got too angry at it.  But they turned a turd into a turd sandwich and got a lot of people to eat it all without having to spend money directly marketing the shitshow.  $5M for a Super Bowl spot vs $20M+ to market this junk, plus it advertizes Netflix and generates buzz about Netflix Movies.  They have a great point about "Direct to Netflix" moniker.  To movie studios, this is saying, sell your junk to Netflix for a smaller loss.

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GloomStick's picture

Cloverfield Paradox was an awesome movie. You guys are just stupid niggers that want explosions from Bay.

 

We need more movies that arent the same. Ones that don't hold your hand an explain everything or catered to the masses. Also ones that come straight to stream.

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skeptoid's picture

I can say with 100% certainty that the movie was just perfect for you.

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The Evil Bat's picture

Wasn't that good, wasn't that bad, don't regret watching it. Watch it again? Probably not.

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All I had to do was watch 20 seconds of the trailer to know it's shit.

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napalm4sd's picture

I enjoyed it for what it was.. Just a cheesy sci fi movie. I am grateful for just about any novel/non-franchise movie these days, provided it is competent in all or most areas.

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