what we can learn from birds of prey and sonic

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00:01Hey guys, welcome back to Uniparsus. Once again, this is your host, Tony Gamer. I know I haven't been posting anything at all, but I've just been thinking of what way to do, you know, like which game should I go into.

00:18I kind of have an idea of which games to start with. But so far right now, I'm going to be talking about something that's seemingly becoming more and more of a big deal, and that is, you know, customer feedback, you know, when it comes to movies and other studios, right?

00:42In today's video, I'm going to be addressing two very interesting movies that have come out recently, and that is Sonic the Hedgehog and Birds of Prey, or now it's called Harley Quinn Featuring Birds of Prey.

00:58Yeah, that's pretty much a last minute decision that was they should have done from the start.

01:04But anyways, guys, let's just get into this. Most of you by now have probably seen Birds of Prey, or some of you.

01:12You already know, it has good reviews and whatnot, but what audience and critics like it.

01:19It also has a lot of negative stuff around it, and that's mostly because of the film itself and what it represents.

01:32With it being Birds of Prey and have Harley Quinn in it, it's not really following the comics as much as, you know, you would expect it to be if you are someone who has read the comics.

01:42You know, Harley Quinn isn't in the Birds of Prey, you know, they just added this on to make it like some sort of group thing.

01:51You would say the film is entertaining enough, you know, if you like to go and see some girl action stuff.

02:01But that's a sort of Deadpool-ish themed to it, you know, with Harley Quinn, they sort of like, maker, you know, like a DC Deadpool, you know, with the, you know, the comedy and the writing.

02:16And it doesn't really work out all that much.

02:20You know, I like to say, what works of one character may not necessarily work for another character that has a different origin.

02:28The whole point and gimmick of Deadpool is that he is a copycat of Slade, but he's also a merc with a mouth.

02:39You know, that's the whole point to his character, something that Ryan Reynolds utilizes very well.

02:49So, them trying to pull that off with Harley Quinn, you know, someone who is a psychic or a joker,

02:56and sometimes an interest of Batman, didn't really landed.

03:06I would say, the movie looks good, very well shot.

03:12It does, you can tell by looking at some of the scenes, it's done by a small director, a newbie director,

03:19because the director, she is, and any director, she's not really accustomed to doing these big movies.

03:25So, you could have tell here, although there are some scenes that looks, okay, look good.

03:31The side characters, they're actually birds of prey girls,

03:35aren't really all that, I didn't really feel anything watching them.

03:39Because for starters, they don't look anything like birds of prey.

03:43And the acting is pretty bland.

03:47They do bring some physicality to their action, but nothing splendid.

03:52Like, probably average, in terms of your action movie ranking.

04:01Cassandra Cain, though.

04:03Disappointing.

04:05Really disappointing.

04:06I mean, she's supposed to be set up to be Batgirl or something like that, if you've got the comics.

04:12This girl, she is, you know, like Cassandra Cain, you could just call her something else.

04:20Yeah, the part would have passed.

04:21But anyways, that's probably where the main, um, stuff, for British Prey, is that.

04:29Um, and then this is not really a review, this is mostly me just talking about the stuff with the film that,

04:36um, that doesn't work, um, as to why the film did not land with the audiences.

04:45It boils on to a few things.

04:47One, the marketing.

04:51Everyone was talking about the materials, you know, there was a sort of, like, mix, you know, a lot of people were actually like,

04:57okay, this looks good, looks interesting, and I'm kind of, like, interested now, and a lot of people were like,

05:03this looks pretty, yeah, this.

05:06Now, I will say, the, all the shows that came out, did give you more of a, um, tone of the movie,

05:15and they were probably better than the first teaser.

05:18But at the same time, it wasn't really that big of an interest.

05:23A lot of people was watching these trailers, and they're like,

05:28and it looks like a, okay-ish time, so, you know.

05:33It didn't really have anything to it that stood out, to say, like, if you were to compare it to The Joker.

05:41I mean, there's a lot there when you watch that show that you can't tell.

05:44It's a movie that means business, you know.

05:48It's a movie that you can't take seriously when you watch it, just by watching the trailers.

05:56But the point, not so much.

06:00The second aspect, I think it's a more important aspect, and that is the word of mouth, okay.

06:06Now, coming into a movie, you have to make sure you, um, properly, you know, execute, you know, your stuff to get the word of mouth correctly.

06:22You know, you want to make sure you don't say things that seem out of the field or dwell into any sort of polarizing opinions that would turn people off from going to see your movie.

06:38And this was very much so the case when it came to Ian McGregor.

06:45He was boasting about his feminism ideals in this movie, you know, and tackles misogyny.

06:52And, as someone who grew up and, you know, you read about these sort of things, if you think about it in a perspective of if you're a girl who has experienced misogyny, right, just saying,

07:09why would you go out of your way to pay to see that in a movie?

07:15I mean, does that really even make sense?

07:21You know what you think about it?

07:22It doesn't really sound like it makes sense, you know, being lectured about misogyny.

07:27Now, given the film wasn't really all that on the misogyny or FJW nonsense, as Ian was saying,

07:38but the fact that he went out there and he was boasting about it so much,

07:41you end up getting a lot of traction in the press, you know, a lot of,

07:47then you get a lot of people making videos on YouTube talking about how,

07:51oh, the movies are feminism, ideals, and all this other stuff, and FJW nonsense, and get work, go broke, whatever, whatever.

07:58You know the usual of you here, if you've seen Charlie's Angels and Dark Feet,

08:03it was the same thing that was happening here.

08:05Now, the thing is, a lot of that talking point,

08:11a lot of this wood-of-mouth was in response to the marketing, not the movie itself,

08:15because the movie came out about, you know, just a week ago or so.

08:23So, most of the people's, you know, is in response to the marketing,

08:26and when you have a meh marketing with stuff that generates bad wood-of-mouth,

08:33that's, turns off a lot of people from going to see a movie.

08:39So, when you factor in all this stuff,

08:42it really led to a movie that pretty much underperformed despite good reception,

08:49and that's where the main problem is.

08:53Birds of Prey wasn't, it wasn't a bad movie.

08:58It just wasn't a good movie.

09:01I know that kind of sounds like saying it's a bad movie, but, no.

09:10It's just that they didn't market it properly for their intended audience.

09:17Now, moving along here to Sike the Hedgehog, right?

09:21Now, this is why I decided to bring this up, because these movies are literally a week apart,

09:26and the situations are so similar, but almost, like, the exact opposite.

09:34And it's a very good comparison here, right?

09:37For starters,

09:38The first trailer for Sonic came out, like, last year, around May-ish or so,

09:44got a lot of attention,

09:46and a lot of backlash.

09:49And, if you've there when you saw the trailer,

09:52I think the studio take it down,

09:54but, you know, they are re-upload or whatever.

09:57You couldn't tell why everybody hate it, right?

09:58The design looks so bad.

10:01The studio wanted to make it look like,

10:04you know, a really realistic depiction of the character,

10:08and they end up making it look really off-putting.

10:12That and the fact that

10:13the music choice for the movie didn't really land, like,

10:17Gangster's Palace, really?

10:20Yeah, whatever.

10:20But,

10:21all the backlash came in,

10:24and eventually,

10:25you actually got a sponsor of the director,

10:28and Dave, weren't surprised,

10:31he said that he will

10:32go on a

10:33change or design of the movie,

10:36you know, who designed the character,

10:38and they'll change it

10:39for the audience, right?

10:42And,

10:42I'd say that was

10:44a huge deal,

10:46because, you know,

10:48usually at times when you see big things like these companies,

10:50and there's a lot of

10:52backlash to it.

10:56Usually,

10:57usually filmmakers either decide to,

10:59you know, blame it

11:00on as trolls,

11:01or just dismiss the criticism or something,

11:05or they just

11:06probably decide to not release the movie,

11:10as in the case with The Hunt,

11:13right?

11:14And,

11:14so when you see,

11:15you have

11:16this video game character,

11:18the hedgehog,

11:19and all this big fanbase,

11:21and everyone

11:21talking about it,

11:23and you see the filmmaker actually

11:24responded,

11:26and he actually acknowledged

11:27the criticism,

11:28and said,

11:28you know what,

11:29alright,

11:30I think we screwed up here,

11:31we're just gonna fix it,

11:33alright,

11:33just hope you guys don't

11:35leave us out here,

11:37alright,

11:37we'll see what you can do.

11:38that really much

11:41basically is what

11:42one issue went over,

11:44when you think about it.

11:45Now,

11:46given,

11:47they did push this movie back,

11:49it was supposed to come out in November,

11:50around the same time as,

11:51Terminator Dark Fate,

11:53that pushback to,

11:54right now,

11:56it's game release,

11:59and I will say,

12:00the second show that we bring out,

12:02where you know,

12:03you get to see the redesigned character,

12:05it's like a full-on,

12:07180,

12:08right,

12:09all the naces,

12:10all the negativity,

12:11turn into more faster,

12:14because,

12:15two things,

12:16one,

12:17the filmmakers,

12:19listen to the studio,

12:21and they listen to the fans,

12:23they decide to spend,

12:24another extra,

12:25not much,

12:25I think five million,

12:26to redesign the character,

12:28and do some little tweaks,

12:29and changes,

12:30they even postpone the movie,

12:31to accommodate set changes,

12:35right,

12:35and now,

12:37you've seen it,

12:39then there's the fact that,

12:41they,

12:43didn't,

12:44dip out,

12:46so,

12:46it shows you,

12:49just how far,

12:52a difference,

12:53you can make,

12:55if you just listen,

12:56to your target audience,

12:58right,

12:59this movie,

13:00Sonic the Hedgehog,

13:01just imagine,

13:02if it,

13:03did not,

13:05came out,

13:06with the,

13:07original design,

13:08it would be a disaster,

13:10but right now,

13:11it's on par for the largest,

13:13opening for a,

13:14video game adaptation,

13:16that says a lot,

13:19right,

13:20because it shows you,

13:22people,

13:23will,

13:24tune in,

13:25if you listen,

13:26to them,

13:27right,

13:27the fans will respond,

13:28to you,

13:28and they will,

13:29go and give your product,

13:32a shot,

13:32if you listen,

13:34to them,

13:34right,

13:36this movie,

13:37and,

13:37let's be fair here,

13:39you can tell,

13:39from the trailers,

13:40and watching the,

13:41the review scores,

13:44you know that,

13:45Sonic wasn't going to get,

13:46as good,

13:47as critic scores,

13:48as,

13:48Birds of Prey,

13:49but that was,

13:50never the case,

13:52we really know,

13:52Birds of Prey,

13:53have likely gotten,

13:54better,

13:55ratings,

13:57but,

13:58even though,

13:59Sonic the Hedgehog,

14:00has a better audience score,

14:02we know,

14:02the critics,

14:03would have liked,

14:03Birds of Prey more,

14:05that wasn't,

14:06even the point,

14:06the point was,

14:08acknowledging,

14:10your fan base,

14:11and responding,

14:12to them,

14:12and,

14:13you know,

14:13trying to make,

14:16the best one that you can,

14:17for your,

14:18target audience,

14:20and that's basically,

14:21where Sonic succeeded,

14:23and where,

14:24there's a pretty field,

14:26you know,

14:27it's not that hard to figure out,

14:29it's just that,

14:31there are some people out there,

14:33you know,

14:35Hollywood executives,

14:36producers,

14:37actors,

14:37whatever,

14:39they live in their,

14:40in their bubble,

14:42their fantasy,

14:43right,

14:45where they just,

14:46look at,

14:47each other,

14:48and what they're doing,

14:49and they think,

14:50yeah,

14:50I can do that,

14:51you know,

14:52they see,

14:53this popular thing,

14:54that has a huge fan base,

14:56and a lot of people,

14:57online talking about,

14:59and they think,

15:00yeah,

15:00I can do that,

15:02and they do it,

15:03but,

15:04they don't do it correctly,

15:07they piss up the audience,

15:10and then they just,

15:11dismiss it as trolling,

15:13and then they act like,

15:15they did no wrong,

15:16or they act like,

15:17they were right,

15:20and everyone else is wrong,

15:22and that's a big problem,

15:23it's a whole ego complex,

15:26an industrialized ego complex,

15:28going on in Hollywood,

15:29when,

15:30we've come to the point,

15:32that someone,

15:34doing something as simple,

15:36as you know,

15:38delaying the product,

15:39and,

15:40you know,

15:41changing it more,

15:42for the audience,

15:43that is seen as a hero thing,

15:45because of how,

15:49you know,

15:50normalized,

15:51the ego complex,

15:52in Hollywood is,

15:53as to,

15:54them just,

15:55shitting on everything,

15:56that they touch,

15:57and they just,

15:58decide to say,

15:59you know what,

16:01forget,

16:01it's all trolls,

16:03right,

16:04they don't like the movie,

16:05because they,

16:05they plan to hit it,

16:06from the start,

16:07or whatever,

16:07all the excuses,

16:08well hopefully,

16:12with the release of this movie,

16:13people can,

16:14in Hollywood can come to realize,

16:16that hey,

16:17it's not all excuses,

16:19okay,

16:20it's just simple,

16:22simple,

16:24logic,

16:26listen to the audience,

16:29and,

16:30they will give you your money,

16:33pretty simple,

16:33not that hard to figure out,

16:35I mean,

16:37even,

16:38a feeders can figure this out,

16:44so,

16:44yeah guys,

16:45that pretty much,

16:47sums up the,

16:49the discussion so far,

16:53in short,

16:54I just feel like,

16:55talking about this,

16:56because,

16:57I think it's,

16:58very important,

16:59more important that people,

17:00are realizing,

17:02or thinking it is,

17:03because,

17:05it's not,

17:06how many times,

17:07you see movies,

17:08came out,

17:09and they go through the shit,

17:10that,

17:11what happened with,

17:12the sonic movie,

17:14and,

17:16they,

17:18just basically,

17:19just,

17:20leave it,

17:20as soon,

17:21to,

17:21fall apart,

17:23so,

17:24I think this,

17:24is probably why,

17:26this,

17:27these two movies,

17:28in particular,

17:28not just the sonic movie,

17:29but the sonic,

17:30and the bridge of pain movie,

17:32I think this is why,

17:33these two films,

17:34in particular,

17:37basically,

17:38will be a,

17:39big lesson,

17:41for everyone,

17:42involved,

17:43to learn that,

17:44fan service,

17:48listening to your audiences,

17:50they do matter,

17:52right,

17:53now,

17:55given the fact,

17:55that,

17:56what happened with,

17:57blues of prey,

17:57is more than just,

17:59a simple,

18:00you know,

18:01design change,

18:03but,

18:04at the same time,

18:05it's not like,

18:05they could have,

18:07you know,

18:08they couldn't have done,

18:09anything,

18:10to fix,

18:10builds of prey,

18:11ahead of the release,

18:13you know,

18:13because look at them right now,

18:14last minute,

18:15they're changing into,

18:16Harley Quinn,

18:17featuring builds of prey,

18:19hmm,

18:19really,

18:21I mean,

18:21it's more than just,

18:22a terrible change,

18:23to fix a movie like that,

18:26right,

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