tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post4399259195720259034..comments2024-03-29T02:18:35.303-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: Back From the Dead?Steve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-44705479016436245392013-03-23T20:55:33.967-07:002013-03-23T20:55:33.967-07:00I agree with you Tom - so many independent guys wh...I agree with you Tom - so many independent guys whoa re continuously being blocked by the studios are now finding new life in Kickstarter. John K. Ralph Bakshi and Bill Plympton just to name a few.<br /><br />I believe there is legislation to allow "donors" for these kind of sites to become investors with shares and so forth in the product. To me that is potential for a greater scam. As it stands now, donors know exactly what they are going to get in exchange for their funds and they decide if it is worth it. <br /><br />It's really a form of democratic programming by the audience who are now having a hand in what gets seen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-31272872479470855622013-03-23T15:36:03.040-07:002013-03-23T15:36:03.040-07:00Regarding a product from a big studio like Warner ...Regarding a product from a big studio like Warner Bros., I agree wholeheartedly with Pete Emslie -- do not give these huge corporations money to make movies or shows that will simply make them more money. Helping a struggling new filmmaker to finance his dream movie is another matter...but if you help finance something, no matter what it is, you should get a piece of the profits if profits every happen. Tom Rueggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509448730816934205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-73468884206131929442013-03-23T11:30:48.260-07:002013-03-23T11:30:48.260-07:00I'm not going to mince words here - Crowdfundi...I'm not going to mince words here - Crowdfunding is such a scam. Especially in a case like this where a huge movie studio swimming in money is expecting the fans to put up their dough to make something happen. What will the fans get in return? Maybe some cheap trinket, nothing more.<br /><br />If you're putting up money to back the creation of something, you should be able to then benefit from its success. That's called investing. This crowdfunding nonsense is killing the whole tradition of being an investor, and only the recipient of those charitable dollars stands to gain anything in the long term. What an idiotic society we now live in.Pete Emsliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01451607722482352366noreply@blogger.com