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Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring... by jowday on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @01:16PM (#31990945)
Sure - the MCU uses a lot of TV directors for example - since it functions more like a TV show than a auteur-driven series of films.
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Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring... by jollybean on Wednesday July 06, 2022 @07:16PM (#32008081)
The creative elements in MCU films are (mostly) not director-driven, they are franchise-driven. You need a 'good' director and a 'good' script, with 'good' and 'famous' actors, from there, so long as the creative leads are professional and the budget is there, you're good.

I believe that DC suffers from bad creative direction and bad scripts. Most of the rest is workable.

Star Wars suffers from bad stories/scripts and Kathleen Kennedy interference politics.

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Re:Amazon spending $465M on season 1 of The Lord of the Ring... by asdajksah2123 on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @03:54PM (#31992900)
And because it's a lot cheaper.
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