This is an odd reminder to set your clocks ahead tonight.
Batman Beyond volume 2 #9
DC Comics (July, 2000)
“The Last Of Her Kind”
WRITERS: Hilary J. Bader & Rich Fogel
PENCILER: Craig Rosseau
INKER: Rob Leigh
COLORIST: Lee Loughridge
LETTERER: Tim Harkins
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Frank Berrios
EDITOR: Joseph Illidge
I was looking forward to the Captain Marvel movie despite still being behind on the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Avengers movies, and my own issues with Marvel Comics and why they even keep trying to make Captain Marvel work…to keep DC from giving Billy Batson his proper superhero identity. I still believe the reason this movie exists was a pushback against the Shazam! movie and making sure it didn’t give him the right name.
However, the real controversy has been how Marvel, and especially Carol Danvers portrayer Bree Larson, have marketed the movie, as if female superheroes were something new. I have a series of videos by people who have followed the marketing campaign better than I have, plus my own thoughts on the material presented. It’s not even a question anymore as to whether or not the movie is good. Most of us have not seen the film. The problems are about the marketing of the movie, and how it may be driving away people rather than bringing them in. That is poor marketing.
Stop looking at her butt and focus on who you’re shooting at!
Falls The Gotham Rain
Comico The Comic Company (August, 1992)
WRITER: Devin O’Leary
ARTIST/CREATOR: Jason Waskey (or at least he own the copyright)
LETTERER: Susan Dorne
The CW’s “Arrowverse” started with Arrow, a take on DC’s Green Arrow. It spun-off shows with The Flash, Vixen (an animated show on the ad-sponsored streaming site CW Seed), the group show Legends Of Tomorrow, and later absorbed Supergirl when it moved from CBS to the CW, putting it in an alternate universe thanks to an episode from the CBS season meant to keep them apart because nobody knew they would end up on the same network. Then there’s Black Lightning, which they decided to segregate from the Arroverse altogether. They’re going to have to come up with a new name, as Arrow will soon be ending its run with a shortened season.
“I always expected to die in my plane.”
Robotech: Civil War Stories
Academy Comics, Ltd (December, 1996)
WRITER: Robert W. Gibson
ARTIST: D. S. Villalovos
Blockbuster Video used to be the kings of home video rental, until mailaway services and streaming took them down. In other worlds, Netflix smacked them twice and they never got up. However, if you live in Oregon you can still visit the last Blockbuster, and they don’t plan to shut down anytime soon.
The Clutter Reports (my other site) Atop The Fourth Wall Crisis On Earth Prime Lean Into Artcast Bully Says “Comics Oughta Be Fun” Siskoid’s Blog of Geekery
Cartoon Hero’s Lair SF Debris Four Million Years Later
In Defense Of YouTubers
Last week I posted a video about how celebrities are carving a place on YouTube that may negatively affect the celebrities created by YouTube. It’s no secret that mainstream media, both in news and entertainment, have a negative or at least dismissive attitude about YouTubers, much as they do for voice actors and animation. This is has led to negative press and poor representation by TV shows who don’t even know how computer keyboards work. (The old “two people typing on the same keyboard to make the things go faster” nonsense.) It’s worse for the gaming community since video games are also under attack by the mainstream media. At stake are the ad revenue, which I’m sure the TV channels would rather keep to themselves but these indie creators often live on.
However, YouTubers and other low-budget entertainment like Twitch actually do a lot to benefit their audiences, including charities and just giving their viewers a place to see others who share their interests and meet people. With the YouTube gamers getting the worst of it, there should be no surprise that MatPat, the creator of the Game Theorists channel and franchise, would take to his platform for another v-log in the attempt to put YouTube and Twitch creators into a more positive light. And it’s about time the other entertainment people out there saw that you don’t have to be Netflix, which operates their original shows like a TV network, to bring entertainment to the masses. Plus how often do you see a charity on the big studios’ streaming services?
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on March 7, 2019 in Internet Spotlight and tagged commentary, Marketing, Marketing and Advertising, YouTube.
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