> -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Carlisle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 11:28 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: star wars > > That's really unfortunate, and a big problem with Lucasfilm marketing. > Their merchandice/co-branding are mainly focused at children, while > their main product may well be inappropriate for children. I think > Lucas put you in an awkward situation.
Well - it's not just Lucas. The original "Batman" movie (and I'll guess the new one) had the same problem: how do you tell a kid whose gotten all the McDonald's toys, all the action figures and so forth that the movie is "only for grown ups"? Most comic book and sci-fi movies (and a lot of video games) have the same problem to some extent. The "X-Men" and "Star Trek" movies, for example, were pretty mature. I remember there was talk of legislation to attempt to limit the marketing of PG-13 and above movies to children via toy tie-ins. It would have failed miserably, of course, but the issue has been hashed through before. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156628 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
