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2019-02-07
Good summary of the hosts' thoughts on comics.
Opening
Matt says they could have gone to Comic Con for his bachelor party. Ben no longer wants to go because of the crowds. If they did go, he thinks they should cosplay as each other.
Main Topic
Comic Books
Forget Continuity
- For example, restart continuity every 10 years
- Each creative team starts a new continuity
Cap the number of monthly titles a character appears in
Reduce the number of monthly titles
Death should stick
Take big risks
Let creators make the story decisions instead of marketing and corporate
Make room for existing characters
Tell shorter, self contained stories
- Reduce company wide events
Comic Book Movies
Cut budgets in half
Don't write for the sequel
- Guardians of the Galaxy might be the best movie of Phase 2 because it will be self-contained.
Cut runtime
When you try to please everyone, you please no one
Stop being spoiler-phobic
Have goals beyond making money
Heavy Hitters
54:02 Aristotelian causes
Feedback
Matt refers to Daniel as a former host, but kind of backtracks.
Ben's dad sent in feedback
Koby argues with Skip that the average fan doesn't want compelling stories
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