{"id":34297,"date":"2025-08-24T05:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T09:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=34297"},"modified":"2025-08-23T22:12:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T02:12:59","slug":"the-library-is-full-of-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/24\/the-library-is-full-of-them\/","title":{"rendered":"The Library is Full of Them"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I mentioned in an earlier post<\/a> Disney (and by extension Hollywood) realizes that they\u2019ve alienated the male half of the human race.\u00a0 And as I gleefully mentioned this is all their own fault and it\u2019s hilarious that it\u2019s a surprise for them.\u00a0 And after torching two of the most valuable male-oriented intellectual properties (Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe), instead of trying to fix the problems and repair the damage to these brands they\u2019ve decided to bury their losses and start from scratch with brand new franchises.<\/p>\n

Well, you\u2019ve got to admire their optimism.\u00a0 Maybe they haven\u2019t heard the old saying about the definition of insanity being doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.\u00a0 But it\u2019s their money (or their stockholders anyway).<\/p>\n

But in a sense, they\u2019ve got it half right.\u00a0 Half of their problem is that sequel after sequel has drained all the life out of their franchises.\u00a0 So new stories and characters is a good direction to go in.\u00a0 People like to be entertained and meeting new characters is part of that entertainment.\u00a0 And even though there are only a few overarching plots to an adventure story it helps to change the names of the heroes, villains, magic rings, super-weapons and princesses from story to story.<\/p>\n

So far, so good.\u00a0 But now comes the tricky part.\u00a0 Listen up Disney:<\/p>\n

DON\u2019T MAKE THE HERO A GIRL-BOSS.\u00a0 THE GIRL IN THE STORY IS THE LOVE INTEREST OF THE HERO.\u00a0 SHE IS THE REWARD FOR THE HERO SAVING THE DAY.\u00a0 SHE MAY TAKE UP A BOW OR A DAGGER IN A PINCH BUT SHE\u2019S NOT THERE TO SAVE THE HERO AND SHE\u2019S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN CHARGE.<\/p>\n

I hope I was clear there.\u00a0 Use the traditional hero saga as the backbone of the story and find a writer and a director who can work with such a story in a creative and entertaining fashion and you will make billions of dollars.\u00a0 Just as a for instance Joss Whedon directed the first Avengers movie.\u00a0 It made $1.52 billion worldwide at the box office.\u00a0 That\u2019s a lot of money.\u00a0 And part of the reason for that enormous sum is because Whedon knows how to make likable characters in a movie.\u00a0 He blends humor, action and drama in the correct proportions and at the right moments.\u00a0 In other words, he\u2019s not a hack like all of the DEI directors that have bungled the last several years of your franchise flops.<\/p>\n

Now, granted he is demanding and sometimes slightly abusive toward the \u201ctalent.\u201d\u00a0 But they\u2019re getting paid millions of dollars to dress up in spandex and fool around in front of a green screen.\u00a0 The least they could do is take a little hectoring from a prima donna director to earn those millions.\u00a0 So anyway, my advice for Hollywood is to find the few creative talents out there; directors like Whedon and Christopher Nolan.\u00a0 And purchase the film rights to books that millions of people love.\u00a0 And don\u2019t mess with the stories and characters.\u00a0 Put them faithfully on the big screen and then instead of trying to recreate success with endless sequels move onto another story!\u00a0 Did you know there is more than one book in the library?\u00a0 There are several.<\/p>\n

I know it\u2019s a radical departure. But it\u2019s just so crazy it just might work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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