Anonymous asked:
"Plus, there’s also a feeling among the fans that they’re the 'true believers' and the movie audiences are just tourists—so their tastes and their preferences should matter more." Um, isn't this precisely true? That's like saying your opinion about Spider-Man means as much as the third script doctor brought in to polish a script for THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 - you know a lot more about Spider-Man than most anyone, so I'd DEFINITELY cede priority to you on that.
brevoortformspring answered:
You’ve got $3.99 in your pocket.
The absolute newbie standing next to you at the store has $3.99 in his pocket.
Absolutely equal in my eyes.
It’s not all about the money. Fans have more value than that. Maybe you don’t agree that they should be spoken to any more so than an absolute newbie but if fans were just walking wallets then it wouldn’t matter at all whether they evangelize or ostracize other potential fans and I think we can all agree it’s both better business and better manners to have someone that will genuinely evangelize for you.
