Svitska Donkun wrote:ゴジラ wrote:
Also Svitska Donkun, a Godzilla game is way out of consideration at this point. Toho charges around $100,000 for full rights? Sorry, but that alone is gonna scare fans away.
If it was way out of consideration, no one would be talking about it. In fact, if it was "way out the question" Matt and Strange would never have proposed it. Shit, for all you know, they can shop around the idea to game studios, and one might pick it up. Like I said earlier, maybe even Toho would help finance it. Maybe LEGENDARY PICTURES would help finance it. It may be irrelevant to the movie, but it gets Godzilla back in the media somewhat, which may help a BIT when it comes to brand recognition. It's basically subconscious marketing. As for Fan fund-raising, ALOT of people who are not hardcore Godzilla fans read the IDW books. We could ask the writers to put an dd in the books asking for donations, and maybe get some funding from IDW if we offered them a bit of creative control and a margin of profits. There are many MANY ways to get funding for this project. Godzilla is still a name franchise, and there are various parties who take interest in the franchise. You could even ask Bandai for help, if you so wanted. They make alot off Godzilla merchandise. Stop being so damn pessimistic.
I say we SHOOT for the full 3D package, and lower our expectations if it fails to procure money. We can send an open letter to J.D. Lees, asking him to put an Ad in G-Fan, shit, we can ask him more. MST3K invited potential film investors to one of their con's, and had all the participants where buttons to show support of a MST3K Feature film, well, Universal gave them money and they made a film. We can ask J.D. to invite possible investors to G-Fest, in hopes of impressing/coercing to donate money. LOTS of ways we can do this.
Umm...Dude, most are no longer starting to talk about a Godzilla game. At least here somewhat. As you obviously could tell, most have been leaning over toward Original Monsters nearly this whole time. A Godzilla game is nearly out, why else would Matt and Mr. Strange include other options if it wasn't in the first place? A Developer studio would only invest into a Godzilla game mainly if there's major profits to obtain from it. They will not invest if there's mild risk of a major flop and not making back the budget used to create the product in the first place. Yes, Godzilla's name is a franchise, doesn't mean that it will be casually picked up just like that because its one. How else would you explain the lack of Godzilla games when pipeworks no longer had the rights after so many years? Or the lack of new comics up until now?
Maybe Toho, maybe LP, maybe IDW, maybe investors from G-Fest. Maybe, might, possibly, could happen. In other words, yes, let's hope that they could help us out. Let's hope they can give us a miracle. Let's hope they'll take a gamble. That's really all I'm hearing to be honest.
Bandai will not listen unless your in a suit, can guarantee profits, can assure that they will make up what they used for the budget, and promise them large sales. But wait, they sound like mostly any other business out there, like Toho, LP, and possibly even IDW.
At BEST, yes, an ad within G-Fan could help spread the word and raise interest. And yes, G-Fest is another place to possibly obtain funds from those interested.(That's probably your best bet within your arsenal). I doubt IDW would jump in, ask Bobby for an answer if you have the time. I'm sure Matt probably already had that thought and the other thoughts we're voicing now when talking with Mr. Strange about all of this. "Lots of ways", maybe, but any possibilities of it working out? Yeah, you have a better chance surviving a gun shoot out massacre at your school.
So what I'm getting is that you want everyone to take a HUGE gamble with the 3D Game Package, and simply keep expectations low while crossing our fingers, hoping for the best that money will be donated and reach its limit? If pessimistic is another word for being realistic then I'm it.