I've heard rumors about these films. A few of them could be right and most of them would probably be wrong, so I'm not going to share most of them. Especially now that there are more eyes on this sub. Instead...I'm going to share with you some things that surround the DCEU. Most importantly...the media.
I know things about how this industry works. I know what motivates writers to write. People have agendas. That is not a conspiracy.
Did you know that critics, journalist etc weren't invited to visit the set of BVS? Did you know that this made them mad? They felt insulted. They felt as if it was their right to be on that set. They were bitter. Some critics were extra motivated to paint BVS as a piece of shit purely because they didn't get their precious little set visit. WB understand this now. They made sure to invite them to the sets from that point on, making sure to invite the critics who were notorious for their bitterness.
Did you know that Warner Bros are starting to play the same game as Disney? Sucking up to film critics may be unethical to you, but it's damn good business. Picture this:
You're making a film. You don't invite the media to your set, even though they were expecting an invite. You don't give the media advance screenings. You don't make them feel special in any way. Are they likely to be in your favor or against?
Now picture this:
You're making a film. You invite the media to your set and go above and beyond to make them feel like they're special. You give them advance screenings and make a party of it with gifts and booze and promises of exclusives to certain publications. You make them feel like they're special and like they're a part of something special. Are they likely to be in your favor or against?
It's pretty simple. No studio pays the critics but they sure as hell suck up to them. That's business.
When people say “Disney pays the critics”...they don't...directly. They treat them to a good time beforehand and afterwards because people are more likely to enjoy a film and forgive the shortcomings if they are in a good mood. Ever watch a movie in a bad mood? Did it effect your viewing experience?
Here's the simple game plan: Invite a bunch of critics and put them through scenario 2 and allow those critic reviews to be the first to be released once embargo is lifted. This will ensure a high Rotten Tomatoes score for a little bit before the rest of the reviews flood in. You know how after a fan screening, twitter is flooded with positive reactions even for films as terrible as Suicide Squad and the latest Fantastic Four film? Well that's less to do with the movie and more to do with the experience. The very idea of being given an opportunity that not many other people have been given makes people more likely to be positive about the film. Critics are prone to the same because we're human and studios know this.
I'll give you an example of this happening right now: The Disaster Artist. Heard any conversation about it online? You've probably heard good things. Right off the bat I'll say it is a good movie but head on over to Rotten Tomatoes right now and check out the rating. The people who reviewed it did so after exclusive screenings. At these screenings they were treated to cast interviews, talks, stories. Great experience. The film has 93% right now but the key thing is.....it only has 27 reviews. The film has had a high RT score since March if I recall correctly with only a few reviews by a handful of critics. That rating dictates the conversation and studios know this. People are going to go into TDA thinking it's a better film than it is because the studios managed to nail down a high rating months in advance.
It's becoming more and more common and Warner Bros are just starting to catch on. They played their cards right with Wonder Woman but they're late to the game. Studios just need to ensure that films earn that certified fresh badge and then they let the rest take care of themselves.
The film media knows how large a part they play in how these films are perceived by general audiences. It's just like the political media. They take words out of context, use the magical all knowing "anonymous source" and the ever so wise "Insider" to print anything they want and fuel their narrative and there's not a thing we can do to stop them. Other than to stop reading....which will never happen.
Don't trust everything you read on social media. Especially on the main areas of this site. Big companies have a lot of money and it doesn't take a lot of money to send a reddit post to the front page. Stay attentive. The main sub reddits are probably compromised. Moderators of forums all over the place are very much focused on certain agendas. Surely you have noticed it?
When Thor is about to come out, I guarantee you that there will be some "hilarious" memes related to Chris Hemsworth or Taika Waititi on the front page of this site. These posts will have thousands of upvotes (15k+) and then the other posts in that same subreddit below it will have significantly less. It doesn't add up because those votes aren't real people. It's marketing. Marketing will pump money into the initial votes a post receives because that gives it momentum and sends it to the front page.
I know this isn't exactly typical of this forum but it's important. There will be people who scoff at this post but you'd be naive to assume that the film industry and media is clean. Look at everything that occurs within political media and assume it's happening in film media as well because it is. I know this.
I love how naive people were to say "Disney wants DC to do well more than anybody because it's good for the genre". Grow up and stop pretending that business is friendly. Disney would much rather the opposition be endlessly smeared and their own product be praised. They'd much rather ensure that down the line they have zero competition to worry about. Studios are run by very rich suits. Ask yourself how these guys get rich. Every time I shake hands with a big suit in the industry, I know that they aren't good people. They're nice because they have to be. In order to get to where they are, they had to screw over a lot of people. Business is competition. You don't succeed by allowing your competitor to do their thing in peace while crossing your fingers hoping that they succeed in a way that doesn't effect your business...you succeed by beating them and if you see a way to make sure of it, you make fucking sure of it. Think of the most successful people you know. Do you honestly think they didn't screw over a single person to get to where they are? Now apply that to the most successful companies. Don't be naive. The film industry is corrupt. I left because it sucked the soul out of me. Nobody was my friend. Nobody could be my friend. It was “scoop” this and “exclusive” that. Bullshit.
Stop being naive and assuming that agendas do not exist. Film media isn't pretty and they have a lot of power. It's intoxicating.
Over the past year we watched the film media bully/condition the DC films into changing the tone of their films. They have a lot of power and they know it.
Warner Bros knows it too.
I rushed this and it's a mess but I needed to get it out there. I'm logging out now and I might return to answer questions.
Also I name dropped some companies so I'll write this: This is entirely fictional. Nothing in this post is true. The industry is 100% ethical. Everybody plays nice with each other. I made this up for attention. All fake.
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