TheBoost said:
twister111 said:
TheBoost said:
How many other artists do we expect to work and provide us with entertainment at a loss of millions of their personal money?
Haim Saban
Definition - Man who became a billionaire off the selling of properties including Power Rangers. He has recently rebought Power Rangers for 100 million and, released a dvd exclusive at Comic Con. That dvd exclusive is said to be the original first episode before the recent Disney reversioninig. He's also going to produce a live action season 18 of Power Rangers while reairing the original episodes. This is all very risky finacially given Power Rangers isn't as beloved as Star Wars. Oh, yeah and, he also plans to release the series on DVD and, Blu-ray. Presumably the original versions. Plus, there's plans in the works for a possible new Power Rangers movie.
But he obviously is trying to recoup the investment.
If Saban DIDN'T buy Power Rangers back because he didn't think the property would be profitable enough, would we fault him for that? Would that somehow prove he's greedy and doesn't care.
No, I wouldn't anyway. The reason he sold Power Rangers in the first place was because he was close to bankruptcy. WB and, Disney showed him a "get out of bankruptcy" card and, he choose the one with more numbers. Star Wars is a tottally different matter entirely. Lucas has had lots of money from it for a long, long time. It's not like buying an uncertain property that was loosing ratings under a different owner. Star Wars has been proven time and, again to turn profit. I think Ziz is right about the control thing.
Anyways, your question didn't discount a profit. Just that a person spend millions of thier money to produce entertainment. I mentioned an example of one such person whom insofar has spent millions of his money to aquire rights to produce entertainment. Sure you mentioned loss but, of course there's gonna be initial loss. That's just a given.
I think Ziz is spot on with the control thing. I mean Power Rangers is a prime example of that. Head hits aren't allowed for the most part. They didn't allow the love interests to kiss. Silly stuff like that from network control. Hell, the show Crusade was delibrately messed with from the network. From costume changes, to asking that the alien character act less alien. Who knows mabye the network people were just like "YES finally I can get my Star Wars idea into Star Wars!!! This is great!" and, Lucas wasn't having it. Given that Lucas already has the bad press of wanting absolute control. Making a story up about budget is a good way to save face. Of course this is just a guess but, it makes sense.
Besides, all that I didn't call Lucas greedy for this. I'm not even sure if I personally ever called him greedy. I don't know I'de have to go over my post history.
*does a search*
Well I did call him a bad director once but, not greedy. Hell, I don't even care if he is. I don't care if he gets his show made or, not. I just wanted to point out that there is a billionaire out there that is risking millions of his own money to produce entertainment. That fits your question.
