With the not too long ago introduced Poohniverse, one factor has develop into abundantly clear: franchises are getting uncontrolled.
A couple of months in the past I talked in regards to the onslaught of Public Area Horror Movies we have been being subjected to. And whereas these movies would have been relegated to straight to DVD in a unique period, Fathom Occasions has come alongside and given a platform to those smaller tasks. So as an alternative of toiling within the cut price bins at Walmart, they’re given transient theatrical runs. One such movie was the not too long ago launched Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey 2. Shockingly, the movie wasn’t horrible (you possibly can try my optimistic evaluate right here) however what I used to be struck by was the transient introduction by the filmmakers.
Star/Producer Scott Chambers and Author/Director Rhys Frake-Waterfield discuss to digital camera about their plans for what they describe because the Poohniverse. What precisely is the Poohniverse? Properly, it’s an MCU-style world the place characters like Pooh, Bambi, and Peter Pan exist collectively and homicide individuals. As confirmed by Blood and Honey 2, there’s some leisure available watching basic characters homicide teenagers, slasher-style. The bar is fairly low as long as they embody a surplus of kills. After participating in their very own particular person movies, the horror-slanted characters would come collectively Avengers-style for Poohniverse: Monsters Assemble.
The largest situation I’ve is that the filmmakers aren’t merely ready to see if there’s a need and demand for this, they’re merely exhibiting their filmmaker roadmap. And positive, I’m positive there’s a little bit of poking enjoyable on the MCU manner of doing reveals, but it surely doesn’t make theirs any much less ludicrous. There’s no telling how profitable these movies will likely be and, given their heavy reliance on gimmick, it wouldn’t shock me if the joke rapidly dissipates. As a result of I think about “basic literary characters killing individuals” has a shelf life.
Fortunately, not like the MCU which may generally span years forward, the plan for the Poohniverse merely extends to 2025. However even nonetheless, it feels very cocky to even count on to have the ability to make such dumb motion pictures and count on others to have any semblance of connection to it. One of many appeals to this sort of movie is you could go in with none information of something, and simply get pleasure from your self. Convey a gaggle of associates and simply snicker at it. However by making a universe, there’s an expectation positioned on the viewer that they should know previous occasions as a way to perceive the total story. Even when that’s not the case, the MCU and different sequence have conditioned normal audiences to a unique world.
And whereas it in all probability looks as if I’m selecting on the Poohniverse, that is merely probably the most related instance. However this may very well be mentioned for a lot of completely different makes an attempt at launching a franchise earlier than there was even a want from audiences for one. Within the seek for a profitable sequence, corporations are trying previous an important factor: an viewers’s want for extra. And after they know there’s one other one across the nook, what’s to get them to purchase a ticket?
What do you assume? Does each movie want its personal universe of movies? Can we ever simply have standalone motion pictures anymore? Has the MCU ruined every thing? Tell us within the feedback under!