Studios dictate too much, streaming services dictate too little... - Blu-ray Forum

levcore · 12-20-2023, 05:50 AM

...Can there ever be a comfortable medium between the two?

This was a tricky subject to title but I'll sum up what i mean.

It seems that in so many instances of studio funded movies, particularly the big movies, producers and studios are interfering with the film makers vision for a variety of reasons. Perhaps it's a shorter run time for more showings, insisting on reshoots to tone down or alter certain elements, or just generally bringing in other editors to perhaps change the vision of the original movie (sometimes drastically).

On the other end you have streaming services and I'll use Netflix as a big example here, who fund their own movies. It seems that they will often give the film makers, particularly those who have found success/ fame working for major movie studios 100% free reign to do whatever they want. Quite often this seems to be on an unlimited budget. In these instances perhaps there is little oversight or micromanagement that you might find from a major Hollywood studio production. This is great for the artist/ film maker, however then there is nobody to reign them in.

With the former, you end up with stuff like Justice League (2017), a movie severely compromised from its original vision and Suicide Squad, also changed significantly from the original film makers intent (I appreciate i have only used two WB DC examples here ha ha).

With the latter, you end up with movies like The Gray Man and Red Notice. Mega budget productions where the spending has gone crazy but so little of the money is appearing on the screen. Or something like 6 Underground where it seems like none of the film maker's wildest tendencies have been reigned in. It's almost too far the other way.

In an ideal world, the artist would always get to put their vision as intended on the screen, but some of these artists actually benefit from being reigned in a little?

I appreciate that spending in general has just gone crazy on movies and everything seems to cost way too much so the issue of money affects both studio and streaming productions, but i do think it's an interest topic from an artistic/ creative standpoint.

What are your thoughts?

12-20-2023, 05:50 AM	#1
levcore Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Jun 2011 Location:Dryland 4K collection:306 Blu-ray collection:2617 Trading Score:3	Studios dictate too much, streaming services dictate too little... ...Can there ever be a comfortable medium between the two? This was a tricky subject to title but I'll sum up what i mean. It seems that in so many instances of studio funded movies, particularly the big movies, producers and studios are interfering with the film makers vision for a variety of reasons. Perhaps it's a shorter run time for more showings, insisting on reshoots to tone down or alter certain elements, or just generally bringing in other editors to perhaps change the vision of the original movie (sometimes drastically). On the other end you have streaming services and I'll use Netflix as a big example here, who fund their own movies. It seems that they will often give the film makers, particularly those who have found success/ fame working for major movie studios 100% free reign to do whatever they want. Quite often this seems to be on an unlimited budget. In these instances perhaps there is little oversight or micromanagement that you might find from a major Hollywood studio production. This is great for the artist/ film maker, however then there is nobody to reign them in. With the former, you end up with stuff like Justice League (2017), a movie severely compromised from its original vision and Suicide Squad, also changed significantly from the original film makers intent (I appreciate i have only used two WB DC examples here ha ha). With the latter, you end up with movies like The Gray Man and Red Notice. Mega budget productions where the spending has gone crazy but so little of the money is appearing on the screen. Or something like 6 Underground where it seems like none of the film maker's wildest tendencies have been reigned in. It's almost too far the other way. In an ideal world, the artist would always get to put their vision as intended on the screen, but some of these artists actually benefit from being reigned in a little? I appreciate that spending in general has just gone crazy on movies and everything seems to cost way too much so the issue of money affects both studio and streaming productions, but i do think it's an interest topic from an artistic/ creative standpoint. What are your thoughts?

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