True, but when something just isn't familiar to begin with, it might just seem like they're throwing their money away. Take Asterix for instance. Again, hugely popular in Europe and Canada, yet the movie was never released in North America.
Tintin teaser released!
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But by that logic, Toy Story should have been a flop because it was 'just isn't familiar to start with'.
That's different considering it's an original creation. Nobody was familiar with it at all when it came out, and it's what Pixar built their name on due to its success. Everybody was on even ground. TinTin on the other hand has a history in some parts of the world, where some parts will naturally know more about it than others. Now, they might decide to throw a lot of marketing money at it for the North American market like you say, but I'm not entirely convinced that it will work for this franchise. Then again, anything is possible. I just see it and I see a franchise that will have a very hard time convincing a market that isn't familiar with it to begin with. The marketing and the word of mouth will have to be very strong. Then again, sometimes all it takes are kids. I'm not saying it will flop. I'm just saying it will have a much harder time in the North American market unless it has a good marketing campaign. Some movies don't always do.
No, that's not what I'm saying at all. I'm saying that it will have more difficulty to gain traction as compared to a market which is already familiar with it. It will need a marketing campaign to get people familiar with the character. There are many people who grew up with the character, but there are also many who don't know who Tintin is or why this movie is so important to people. There's a sort of legacy attached to it.
No, that's not what I'm saying at all. I'm saying that it will have more difficulty to gain traction as compared to a market which is already familiar with it. It will need a marketing campaign to get people familiar with the character. There are many people who grew up with the character, but there are also many who don't know who Tintin is or why this movie is so important to people. There's a sort of legacy attached to it.
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This is an American studio film; not remotely the same thing as foreign-language European productions, which is what the Asterix films were.
As to the original, I'm one of the many, many North Americans with no familiarity with this property at all, so I'm not invested in it (I recall an animated series that used to aire as a kid, but I found it excruciatingly dull, what little of it I watched). If it gets good reviews, I'd consider seeing it.
I'm not familiar with the source material, however, there was nothing in that teaser that got me excited at all. It seemed desolate of any sense of adventure that it seems to want to have. Mars needs Moms had a more coherent trailer than this. And what was up with that last shot? I thought it was a glitch. I mean they didn't want to show the kid for the whole teaser (because mo-cap sucks) but when they do at the very end, it's the eyes and nose, not his mouth despite the fact that he is saying something, and the guy in the mirror is talking but nothing is heard from him, so to me it felt like that guy had a kid's voice that wasnt syncing to his lip movements. Ugh!
I watched it again and they did show his mouth at the end, but it wasn't moving. So who was saying "not now". ??
I have to point that this is just a teaser and it does exactly what it's suppose to do: tease. Granted, there' not much for the casual viewer, but as a livelong Tintin fan, I'm pretty excited. I'm certain we'll get at least one full-length trailer plot, characters, etc. before its release in December.
To me it looks so generic. Like an after school adventure special, and it could be that Tintin is the kid or the dog.. I know it's the kid but the trailer leaves no impression about the characters or the setting or what's at stake.. There's no style to it at all.
Regardless of the studio, it's still a European franchise. What it essentially means for the franchise is a bigger budget and a bigger marketing budget, which it will need, and hopefully a wider reach into the North American market with it. It's essentially an American production of a European franchise, but it doesn't guarantee success in North America. Even here in this thread, you have posters who aren't familiar with the franchise.
My point about Asterix was not that it was a foreign-language or European movie, but that they're both beloved European graphic novel franchises, from similar respective eras. That's where both of their roots lie, and so they're legitimate comparisons. They chose not to show that movie in North America because of the lack of recognition. They could have, but they didn't. The only difference here is that Tintin is getting a production by an American producer, which does give it access to the North American market. So, what I'm essentially saying is that it has a huge hurdle to overcome in the American market based on lack of familiarity alone.
The Asterix films were filmed in French, which would require subtitles; that would be the primary reason they didn't get released.
The lack of familiarity means that there's less inbuilt audience, but it's not a "hurdle" in that people won't decide not to see it based on that. Studios still produce plenty of original movies.
My few encounters with the animated series left me with the vague impression that Tintin was the dog at the time.
Hmmm, I hadn't thought of that angle, actually. If that is the main factor, then I surely hope that Tintin does well. I am curious about it. And if it does do well, then I could see a movie franchise.
Re: Tin Tin Teaser...
Makes me think they haven't figured out the soulless dead-eye problem yet.
Makes me think they haven't figured out the soulless dead-eye problem yet.
This may be carry over of vague memories of the old black and white "Adventures of Rin Tin Tin", which was about a dog.
A quote from another scene...
Not like it's the first time it's done in a teaser/trailer...
yeah but with someone's mouth moving, combined with the strangeness of mocap in general, and the fact that this is supposed to be a big film, this is an inexcusable way to end the film's teaser trailer
The international version of this trailer has a bit more footage.
IMHO,it really doesn't help. LOL
IMHO,it really doesn't help. LOL
Canada huh...I heard a rumor a while back that Rush was involved..Now it all make since.
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