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Why There's No "Joker" Movie Merch - YouTube
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- All right everybody, welcome
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to the Q4 merchandising brainstorm
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for our upcoming DC projects.
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As you know, last holiday
season, we had a big boost
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thanks to Bob and his
"Aquaman" integrations.
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- Yes, we had a lot of
success across the board
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with both our clothing
and our collectible lines.
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But we also had a surprising
amount of traction
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in the ice cream sector,
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with both our Cold Stone Creamery
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and Pinkberry integrations.
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- Bob, that ocean blue
velvet cake was as tasty
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as it was profitable.
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- Tell me about it, now
I have type two diabetes.
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(laughing)
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- His pancreas is broken!
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- All right, all right,
moving on to summer,
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we had our sleeper hit "Shazam!"
really come out of nowhere.
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Thankfully Lisa was there
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to capitalize on the film's success.
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- Oh you're too kind Phil.
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Thanks to the film's
younger target audience,
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we were really able to
cater to the Gen Z market.
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The action figures and kid's costumes
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practically sold themselves.
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Plus thanks to an integral
convenient store scene,
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we were able to broker an
extremely lucrative deal
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with 7-Eleven and their slurpees.
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- Aw, great stuff Lisa, great stuff.
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All right now we move on to holiday 2019
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and oh boy we got a doozy coming up.
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As you all know, Batman is
by far our biggest seller,
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and this fall we're releasing a film
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that's the origin story for
his most famous villain.
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Plus it's directed by the
guy who did "The Hangover"
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so you know it's gonna be hilarious.
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So, Jerry, what've you got for "Joker"?
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(Jerry sighs)
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- You guys haven't seen the
movie by chance, have you?
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- Nope.
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- Yeah, yeah I figured as much.
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Look, there's not really
a lot of opportunities
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for merch in it.
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- Not a lot of opportunities
for "Joker" merch?
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I think Hot Topic would beg to differ.
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(laughing)
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I mean, "Suicide Squad"
was barely even a movie
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and we still managed to sell
the Harley Quinn costume
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to every college girl ever.
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(laughing)
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Okay, okay, okay, enough fooling around.
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What do you really got, Jer?
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- Oh boy, okay.
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Here we go.
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(sighs)
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Uh, we got, the chain lock.
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Let your friends out,
but keep your enemies in.
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Chain lock, woo.
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- I'm not seeing a connection here.
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- Well you would if you'd
seen the movie, Bob.
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- All right, all right, you know what?
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Let's just put a pin in that.
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What else you got?
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- Uh, okay, then how about
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this pillow.
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- Oh, okay, then we just
put the Joker's face on it?
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- Um,
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that's not really the point.
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You know what, nevermind.
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- Jer, come on, you gotta
think of something here.
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- Uh, okay, hold on.
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How about cigarettes.
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- Jerry, come on, what is it, the 90s?
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I wish.
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- This gun.
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- No, Walmart's out, sorry.
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- This laminated card explaining
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a debilitating mental condition
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which symbolizes a desperate
man's plea for compassion
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and understanding in an
uncaring and indifferent world?
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- Yeah you lost me.
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- Well then,
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there's no way to merchandise this film.
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- No merchandising?
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Jerry do you hear yourself?
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What's the point of even
making a movie if not
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to exploit the viewer's
emotional connection
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by selling a bunch tertiarily related crap
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they don't even need?
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(sighs)
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- Look, Phil, I get it.
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Filmmaking is a business.
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Movies wouldn't be made if
there wasn't a good chance
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of them making a profit.
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But at least there used to be
a time where we had a balance
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between artistry and industry.
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Where a film could just tell its story
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without having to worry about
spawning sequels and spinoffs
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and more merch than 10
landfills could hold.
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I mean, when did wringing
everything for its last dollar
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become the norm?
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Can't we just make a really good movie
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about a really popular character
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and have the massive box
office returns be enough?
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And if that film deals
with heavy themes like
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mental illness and society's
inability to deal with it
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in any sort of meaningful way.
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Maybe we don't cheapen
it by releasing a bunch
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of plastic knickknacks that
ultimately mean nothing.
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Maybe we should let a movie
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just be a movie.
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- Wow, you know what Jerry?
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You're right.
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Maybe we can let this movie
stand on its own two feet
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for once.
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Yeah.
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Tell you what.
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Why don't I transfer
your over to another one
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of Warner's big fall movies?
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This one should be a
home run for you buddy.
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It's based on the very
popular Steven King property,
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and I think it's got huge
merchandise potential.
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- (gasps) "Maximum Overdrive"?
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- Nope, even better.
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It's the sequel to "The
Shining," "Doctor Sleep."
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(dreadful suspense music)
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- Hey everybody, Odom
from the Warp Zone here.
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All right, how the heck did I get in here?
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I'm gonna, go this way.
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Oh god, it's an empty void!
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