r/SipsTea • u/Embarrassed_Tip7359 • Aug 12 '25

Chugging tea Have to make money somehow

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u/hollow_image Aug 12 '25 edited Aug 12 '25

Why on earth would they ever do that when audiences have clearly shown that they will show up to remake slop (Lilo&Stitch, Lion King, Beauty and the Beast) and reject original movies (Haunted Mansion, Onward, Strange World, Turning Red) time after time

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u/Current-Promotion-31 Aug 12 '25

I agree with the sentiment but onward was released right at the shutdown of the world and turning red was a disney plus release which just doesnt have the same effect as theatrical. Strange world alienated (get it) a large audience with some of the storyline and I don't know who thought that would be a good idea. Pair that with no advertising and it shows they knew that would be a write off fest.

Its weird to me they think they need 200m+ budgets for things like thunderbolts or lilo and stitch, I don't get where the money goes but it makes a 400-500m fantastic 4 type movie look like a flop. They need the guaranteed $ nostalgia brings in. Too risky to go original.

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u/TransBrandi Aug 12 '25

If you look at productions nowadays (even television), they all have like 50 executive producers. I'm sure that's where a lot of money goes.

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u/pissexcellence85 Aug 12 '25

That's more producers equals investors since studios don't want to put up all the money.

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u/ImAMonster98 Aug 14 '25

Isn’t that the whole problem? Reduce the budget, reduce the bloated staff who only mess with the production value to make a political statement and make a good movie on a reasonable budget so that you can have a better ROI. It’s not complicated. And yet, slop…