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Comment by D.E.S. on March 18, 2013 at 4:15am

Wow, a movie based on a 10 year old TV show that only had a big enough fanbase to keep it on for a few seasons. LAME! While they're at it, they might as well make a MY SO-CALLED LIFE movie. 

Comment by Santos on March 17, 2013 at 5:57pm

In answer to your question, I'd say that it's a bit of both. The big guy wins and the little guy loses.

Comment by Happy Birthday Roboto on March 15, 2013 at 2:10pm

Does anyone remember how comic con used to be? That is a convention that was actually about comics, then when movies like Batman and T2 were successfully promoted there every film started promoting at comic con, even movies that have nothing to do with comics or sci-fi/horror! 

Now Hollywood has moved in on kickstarter, we'll see what the future brings...

Comment by The Dubya on March 15, 2013 at 2:05pm

Soooooo now we're preordering Hollywood movies like we do with AAA games now?

This totally won't get really ugly really fast. Totally!

WB knows GOOD and well that a show like Veronica Mars already has a large, dedicated fanbase. It's an established major property that was on a major TV network for quite a long time for a show like that. And you're telling me that it's a "risk" for them to spend a measly $2 million on it to get if off the ground?

What this is is market research for studios, that WE'RE expected freaking pay for now. "Oh, you want _____ back on the air or made into a movie? Well we dunno, we rich peoples that have the spare money to make cheap tax-writeoff crap like Identity Thief don't want to risk our money on THIS just-as-relativity-inexpensive property, so if you PROVE to us that you REALLY your little cult show to come back, you'll pay us upfront before we even get started on fucking pre-production. Just the IDEA of a movie/continuation of ______ should make you pay us right here and now."

Yeah no. FUCK that. It's one thing for an independent entity that doesn't have the same access to resources to start a campaign to raise money for a new idea that they really believe in. It's one thing for something legitimately different/niche/risky like At The Mountains Of Madness or The Goon or something to try and build up fan support. It's an entirely different thing for a major corporation to take advantage of people's blind loyalty fandom of a major CW show like this so they won't have to front as much of the bill because new/risky ideas are too scary for them.

Hell this very well may signal studios to take even LESS risks now. Even LESS incentive to create new, original properties. Why should they if they can just take cheaper existing properties (as usual) but this time not even have to PAY for these kinds of projects to get off the ground if the fans are going to be so overly eager to dump gobs of money in their laps before we get a goddamn synopsis for the bloody thing? At least in gaming the game is more or less done. Hell at least Double Fine was making a NEW game when THEY had their own Kickstarter and not just "Psychonauts 2." 

Aren't we always bitching about how Hollywood "is out of ideas/never does anything original" when THIS gives them even MORE incentive not to do so? Instead of Kickstarter being a site for independent folks to get a chance to get a leg up in financing since they had nowhere NEAR the resources these studios had, this project (and the inevitably future ones like this) will be here for market testing to sequel/prequel/movie-fy already existing major properties up the asshole. And fanboys that fall too in love with said properties will bite the hook every time...at least until we get a monumental Aliens: Colonial Marines disaster on our hands.

Apparently no one got that the whole "Shut up and take my money" gag is supposed to be a JOKE. Sorry Veronica Mars, but this bullshit needs to bomb and bomb hard so we can nip this in the bud and teach these assholes not to make a habit out of this.

Comment by PITBULL # 2 on March 15, 2013 at 11:31am

ID BANG HER FOR FREE AND MAYBE FUND IT ON KICKSTARTER!!!

Comment by V on March 15, 2013 at 9:08am

I'm excited to see it but you bring up an excellent point. I can see independent filmmakers have to work twice as hard if the movie breaks even (and I say this as a Veronica Mars fan). I can just see studios taking over Kickstarter.

Comment by Seeker on March 15, 2013 at 2:52am

Look, I like Firefly as much as the next Whedon fan, but it's been almost ten years. Everybody involved with that show has moved onto the next project. Maybe it's time for the fans to accept what they have and move on as well.

Comment by Lobster on March 15, 2013 at 1:58am

In short:  Kickstarter just died, and it became another cog for the elite machine.

Comment by BlackMagic on March 14, 2013 at 11:29pm

Pretty sure Arrested Development is already supposed to be getting a movie. And....do we honestly need or want another Firefly movie? Interest aside, some of those actors are pretty busy, such as Nathan Fillion with Castle and Gina Torres with Suits.

Comment by SpikeGhost on March 14, 2013 at 10:51pm

@Trilbee "A 3rd and final season of 'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' please!"

Yes please :)

I like the way you think.

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