These forums have been archived and are now read-only.

The new forums are live and can be found at https://forums.eveonline.com/

Out of Pod Experience

 
  • Topic is locked indefinitely.
 

Movies with a specific theme/subject being released in parallel
Author
Previous Topic Next Topic
Hrothgar Nilsson
#1 - 2013-02-16 17:36:10 UTC
Has anyone else noticed that movies with a similar theme or subject matter tend to be released in tandem? I've noticed Abraham Lincoln films are all the rage in the last several months, for example


  • Lincoln (Spielberg film)
  • Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
  • Killing Lincoln (Scott/Hanks TV film)


Other films released in tandem:

1989 - underwater sci-fi horror films

  • The Abyss
  • Leviathan
  • Deepstar Six


1998 asteroid impact films

  • Armageddon
  • Deep Impact


2000 - Mars films

  • Red Planet
  • Mission to Mars


2013 - post-apocalyptic uninhabited Earth

  • Oblivion (Tom Cruise film)
  • After Earth (Will Smith film)


Is this all just coincidence, or do the studios get wind of what they think is a killer idea another studio is developing, and hire someone else to conjure up a possible blockbuster with a similar theme?

I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe...

Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion...
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#2 - 2013-02-16 18:43:25 UTC
Hrothgar Nilsson wrote:
Has anyone else noticed that movies with a similar theme or subject matter tend to be released in tandem? I've noticed Abraham Lincoln films are all the rage in the last several months, for example



Is this all just coincidence, or do the studios get wind of what they think is a killer idea another studio is developing, and hire someone else to conjure up a possible blockbuster with a similar theme?



Add "Ghosts of Mars" (2001) to your Mars section.

I noticed this effect too back during the Abyss/Leviathan/Deep Star 6 Trifecta. And yes, your conclusion in your final statement is indeed the reason.

A company announces a new thing called an iPhone.....and someone gets to work on Android. Same thing.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882
Destination SkillQueue
Doomheim
#3 - 2013-02-16 19:20:34 UTC
It can be a coincident, but studios do keep an eye out what movies the others are making and will attempt to take advantage of the box office potential. Propably the same idea has been circulating around before someone buys it, so the losers interested in the idea will try to make their own versions of the theme.

Then there are also the piggyback riders, who try to take advantage of a high profile movie. Movies that either rely on people mistaking them for the actual blockbuster or ones just trying to offer the consumers similar movies of the same genre. It also propably has to do with managing the risks assosiated in making movies. Even if your movie isn't a hit, it might get a boost because of the similar theme to another potentially a very succesful movie.
Krixtal Icefluxor
INLAND EMPIRE Galactic
#4 - 2013-02-16 19:59:40 UTC
Destination SkillQueue wrote:
It can be a coincident, but studios do keep an eye out what movies the others are making and will attempt to take advantage of the box office potential. Propably the same idea has been circulating around before someone buys it, so the losers interested in the idea will try to make their own versions of the theme.

Then there are also the piggyback riders, who try to take advantage of a high profile movie. Movies that either rely on people mistaking them for the actual blockbuster or ones just trying to offer the consumers similar movies of the same genre. It also propably has to do with managing the risks assosiated in making movies. Even if your movie isn't a hit, it might get a boost because of the similar theme to another potentially a very succesful movie.



Yup.

It was amazing when in 1986 all James Cameron pretty much said about Abyss was "underwater" and "aliens"......and the hacks got to work. Both DS6 and Leviathan were written, shot, and released, and tanked before Abyss was even finished shooting.

"He has mounted his hind-legs, and blown crass vapidities through the bowel of his neck."  - Ambrose Bierce on Oscar Wilde's Lecture in San Francisco 1882