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I don't understand why this was made?


really? $20,000? I mean come on. Why are indie filmmakers so adamant on making their own stuff? Fine, you want to direct and you want to create your calling card, good for you. But don't expect to make any money or act like you've created a masterpiece. Why not write something amazing and let people with money make it if you actually care about the project being executed properly.

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There's a lot of reasons to answer the questions you asked. I'm surprised the director of this didn't answer your question himself, he does post on here. Anyways, I don't think this was made for money, it was made for the director to show he could handle a project and prove that he's a good investment for larger productions to movie studios. Also the info about it on here and Wikipedia says he's a big fan of Superman.

Hence the term "Fan-Film". If you ever look on many boards about comic movies, many fans are sick of the stories and characters they love being represented poorly in other media, those interpretations not making good on what they expected and like out of the character. Some amatuer filmmakers just want to make a version and representation meant for the fans, for the people deeply invested in this stuff, and not the general public.

I don't think the creator of this or many fan-films think they've made a "masterpiece", just a project that friends came together on to help out with. That in and of itself can be reason enough. With the internet in existence now, it's even more viable and possible to show these works to a large audience. There are some really quality comic book movie projects I've seen on Youtube that aren't that bad and do much more justice to the character than their live action counterparts.

And for the final part of your statement, why they don't write something and hand it off, maybe you're not that familiar with the movie business, but the movie industry is infamous for completely butchering scripts, ideas, and concepts that have been slaved over by talented writers. I'm sure many writers in Hollywood would tell you that you're better off not pitching your idea for a movie if you "care about the project being executed properly" as you said. The person with the money in Hollywood controls what goes into the movie, not the artist. Remember that.

"Bulls**t MR.Han Man!!"--Jim Kelly in Enter the Dragon

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