I can't say one way or the other with mass appeal, but what I meant was that a lot of comic fans, websites, podcasts, etc. are really riffing on Scott Pilgrim (the books) over the last year. There's a lot of awareness in the hobby (if nothing else) about Scott Pilgrim and the movie only added to that. But you make the point I was shooting for: Watchmen may be a "graphic novel" but it has a ton of respect as "straight" literature, whereas Scott Pilgrim is more of a "trendy comic book" title right now, without the crossover recognition that Watchmen had.
On Aug 17, 8:37 am, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: > Luke, you said: "I have > seen little to no advertising for Scott Pilgrim, and *as popular as the > book is now* it does not have anywhere near the clout of Watchmen." > > Is the book really that popular? I checked the NY Times best seller list and > it is trending HIGHLY on the Paperback Graphic Books list with 6 volumes on > the top 10...but does that mean it has MASS appeal? It seems to me that > Scott Pilgrim is selling a bunch of graphic novels...but the market for > graphic novels seems pretty niche. I had to really search to even find the > Paperback Graphic Book list! > > With regard to commercials, i have seen a few, and i watch a lot of cable > channels like FX and Spike so maybe they are focusing their efforts on "2nd > tier (or 3rd tier!)" channels? > > I saw Kick Ass on DVD last week for the first time and enjoyed it...i did > not read the graphic novel so maybe i had a better launching point to enjoy > the movie. Regardless, i think these are 'fringe' movies that will produce > similarly to Kevin Smith movies. Clerks had a Box Office gross of just over > $3M, Mallrats had just over $2M and Chasing Amy finally made 8 digits with > just over $12M. After that his films have made over $20M but less than $50M. > It may be that the source material may be too niche for a huge box office > take... > > On 8/17/10, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Honestly, I think I saw about 2 commercials for Scott Pilgrim on > > actual television. I think that had just as much to do with the box > > office failure of the film as the competition did. Watchmen was > > everywhere, and it hit big, even if it had a large drop off. I have > > seen little to no advertising for Scott Pilgrim, and as popular as the > > book is now it does not have anywhere near the clout of Watchmen. > > > Regarding Kick-Ass, well, I haven't seen it, and have no intention of > > seeing it. I was confused by the line about it being beloved by fans > > -- most of the fans I know who saw it disliked the film. > > > On Aug 16, 9:03 pm, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > > >http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/565854/why_you_shouldnt_read_too_much... > > > > -- Shared with Google Share Button > > > > Interesting insight, even though the two movies are on opposite ends of > > the > > > suck scale- Kick Ass was incredibly disappointing. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "The Unique Geek" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<theuniquegeek%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
