After years of rallying for a Zack Snyder version of Justice League aka the SnyderCut, fans got a happy surprise when HBOMax announced that they will premiere said director’s cut in 2021. While fans are happy, others believe this is the studio giving in to fan pressure. Others have gone so far into saying that this will allow toxic fandoms to hold power over literally billion-dollar studios.
Tony Goncalves, the head of HBOMax; decided to respond to the question as to whether or not this sets a bad precedent:
“My reference to the fandoms is the fact that we’re in a space where consumers are loud. Consumers guide, and we absolutely have to listen as an industry. I had a boss that once said, “Industry and consumers aren’t always aligned, but consumers do tend to win.” It’s a fine balance. And I think when it comes to video, when it comes to entertainment, when it comes to content, consumers have never had more of a voice. But that doesn’t mean that we will go and invest our dollars in every single fandom that exists.”
Goncalves added, though; that this doesn’t mean that every movie will have a director’s cut:
“I think the reference to the Snyder Cut and Friends fandom is the fact that consumers are speaking, and we have to listen. It doesn’t mean that we’re going to redo every movie ever made. But I think that we definitely have to have our ear to the ground. And I think we do.”
What do you think about the announcement of a Snyder cut?
Source: JoBlo
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