tebop opened this issue on May 18, 2007 · 74 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Tue, 22 May 2007 at 4:47 PM
Oh......nowhere did I say that EVERY G-rated movie is a roaring financial success. Not all G-rated movies are created equal. But what I did say was that in terms of overall earnings averages -- there's simply no comparison between G-rated fare and R-rated fare -- at least in terms of movies.
Quote - Unfortunately, some of it is pretty self fulfilling. Studios think that the audience wants kiddy G movies, so they produce them and promote them up the wazoo. People go see such movies because there isnt anything else on tap and they dont even realise you can have anything else. So of course the movie does well and the studios think the audience wants... and so on.
This represents the same sort of reasoning that one often sees put to use in those "how come people only want V4 stuff?" threads, where the specious claim is often made that the only reason why "V4 stuff" is so popular is because so many merchants make it.......which is like saying that the only reason why chocolate is so popular is because so many companies 'just happen' to manufacture chocolate. Or the only reason why ice cream is so popular is because a lot of companies manufacture ice cream. So -- according to this line of reasoning -- if only more companies would produce brussel sprouts -- THEN brussel sprouts would suddenly drastically increase in popularity over chocolate and ice cream.
Yeah, right. And I've got a bridge in Brooklyn just waitin' to sell to ya..........
As for an anime board being popular......that's not in the least bit surprising. Neither is the high volume of online adult-oriented traffic surprising in any way. The reason? It's because people much prefer to get their porn fix online -- where they at least have the illusion (and it is an illusion) of anonymity and privacy. Likewise: a lot of people don't like to be seen walking into an NC-17 movie in a theater. But they'll rent that same NC-17 movie on DVD from their local video store, and then watch it at home. That's why certain movies do a lot better sales-wise on DVD than they do at the box office. And that's why the old "adult movie grindhouses" are pretty much a thing of the past.
The largest market for adult stuff nowadays is online. Not in movie theaters.
But even granting all of that -- Disney is a much, much bigger company than either Playboy, Inc. or Larry Flynt's outfit.