We had originally planned to do sequels for Wonder Woman [but] sales started out extremely slow and then over time were eventually able to catch up to probably Justice League Frontier. The execs decided because it wasn’t able to sell quickly right away, where as Justice League was, that there wouldn’t be any more female super hero films right now. We were developing and hoping to get started on a batgirl film based on Year One, but because of Wonder Woman’s slow sales start, that won’t be happening now.
Not this shit again.
Oh you are freaking kidding me. Wonder Woman was my FAVORITE, my daughter's favorite, and my ex-boyfriend's favorite. I don't remember it getting half the advertising as some of the others, and yet we're supposed to be okay with this decision because it didn't sell as well AT FIRST? Screw them. I'm going to buy Wonder Woman for everyone I know for Christmas this year. I hate the idea of giving them money after they make decisions like this, but I want them to understand: Wonder Woman was a great DTV. More like this one, please. Women superheroes can be awesome. Just get a good writer and some decent voice actors and OMG SPEND SOME ADVERTISING MONEY, and ta-da.
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My initial reaction was:
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ReplyDeleteThings never do seem to change, do they? If you are looking for a reason, the way that the Warner Executives seem to be, I guess they can always find one.
ReplyDeleteThis supremely sucks. I really hate the mentality that always goes into this.
ReplyDeleteIt must really suck to be a creator in this money oriented industry.
ReplyDeleteLooks like Warner is conducting OPERATION: PISS OFF HALF THE PLANET again.
ReplyDeleteSomeone get Geoff Johns on the phone. Isn't this his new job and all?
ReplyDeleteYeah. Everyone is involved in OPERATION: PISS OFF HALF THE PLANET sometimes. Comics most of the time.
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A response to some anti-feminist stuff I found particularly lacking.
Looks like Warner Brothers made the wrong assumption. It's not that WW's failure shows that we don't like female superheroes. It's that WW's failure shows that we don't like WW. Which everyone already knew.
ReplyDeleteI guess Mark's just negated your existence as a WW-fan, Ragnell. And me. No one likes Wonder Woman. The hive mind has spoken!
ReplyDeleteThe real failure is in Warner's marketing, or there lack of. Sounds like they're just too lazy to put any effort into expanding female superheores as a viable market.
ReplyDeleteStephanie, it's not a matter of "expanding". DC publishes books with female leads. They don't sell. DC can't force women, and male fans of female characters, to enter comic shops to buy WW. Hell, they can't even force me; I love comics and get them online via trades.
ReplyDeleteWhile lots of people love Wonder Woman, there's a cold, stark truth at work here: Few really care enough to read her comics or see a TV show/movie about her. Superman's also veering closer to that same territory - a famous icon that can sell a lot of merchandise, but he hasn't been a big seller at the comic shop OR the box office in decades.
Like Mickey Mouse or Betty Boop; very lucrative characters, but they rarely star in cartoons or movies anymore.
But it can be done: Take a popular female character from the CURRENT generation, and create comics based on that. Buffy has a top-selling comic, becuase it's based on a hit TV show that has a built-in audience. It required very little marketing, too.
So, despite her being a hard sell with feminists and easily offended right wingers alike, Wonder Woman overcame the silly costume and a small marketing budget, started making the same money as the men, and instead of "YEAH, go Diana!" we're calling her a failure and using this as an excuse to keep women down?
ReplyDeleteExcuse me, I'll come back to this subject when I can type something that won't place me on the terrorist watch list.