I’ve noticed this a lot lately and in discussions with people, it’s become pretty clear that movie franchises, they tend to completely fall apart by the time that the series gets to 3-4 movies. Some don’t even make it that far.
So why is that? Why do so many of the most popular intellectual properties completely crap out so fast? Let’s take a look.
I see a ton of this out there, but when you ask established writers how to write a book, their answers are not intended to make you happy. You being happy is irrelevant. The goal is to make your potential readers happy. That’s how you get to be successful!
Now I know that I’ve been complaining a lot recently about the poor state of the amateur writer and while that’s certainly valid, after all, if the goal is to help people to become better writers, correcting their misconceptions and pointing out their foibles is essential, but I wanted to do something a bit more positive today.
So this is how I write a book and where I’m at right now. Hope it helps.
I mean seriously, Hollywood, can we just stop doing this woke crap? Because this year alone, I’ve walked away from three shows (more or less) that suddenly, out of the blue, started marching around with far-left ideologies and I’m really tired of it.
Can you please just knock it off?
Now I’ll be honest, I don’t see a lot of movies these days, both because I have zero interest in ever going to a theater but also because most things out there just don’t appeal to me anymore. That said, I did catch Prisoners of the Ghostland, mostly because it’s got Nic Cage in it and he’s just so entertaining on his own that it makes up for even the worst movies that he’s been in.
And he’s been in a lot of really bad movies.
So how did this one fare? Let’s take a look.
Honestly, I’ve come to the conclusion that there is no point trying to help amateur writers at all. Time and time again, I try to inject some real world honesty into the, unfortunately, fantasy land that far too many of them want to live in and time and time again, I’m met with hostility and anger, not thanks.
Yeah, well fuck you too.
So, a while back now, I decided I was done with Funko. I’ve made my dissatisfaction with all things Pop known and you can go back and look at those posts if you want, I just realized that I wasn’t having any fun at all chasing exclusives and if you’re not enjoying your hobbies, why engage in them at all?
Therefore, I have one more Pop out there on pre-order, but after I receive it, it’s all getting packed away and I’m moving on. I doubt I’ll sell it, although it does take up a lot of space and I have a lot of money invested, but I don’t tend to sell collectibles that I no longer collect. It’s just not who I am.
So, I went back to doing something that I’ve done since I was a child and you know something? It’s a lot of fun!
This is another one of those things that, if you hang around on Reddit or amateur writer forums, you will run into near constantly. The second they get the feeling that someone is better than they are, they will demand that it can’t be so because… fee-fees!
And that’s just dumb.
I know this will make some people mad, but I am really not impressed with the modern Lego aesthetic. Yes, you can make a lot of really cool stuff out of it, but it’s become a consumer product, not a creative one. Lego has become little more than a modular plastic model kit and I think that it’s lost a lot of what made basic creative toys of the past special.
So let’s talk about it.
Recently, 3-Minute Boardgames did a video on the impact of the global pandemic on game prices and all of the increases in costs and shipping delays associated with it. He begged people to be patient and understanding and while I agree, that’s good advice, I think it’s also a wake-up call to the entire board game industry.
Maybe you’re doing just about everything wrong.
