#like rise of the ogre works because its so... idk. diagetic?

[pummelingbat]

see, i actually think the problem with Gorillaz getting any kind of feature-length film and/or an animated series that is plot driven at all is that by this point in the band's existence it would be impossible for them to produce something that would meet fan expectations...

i've noticed that the nature of Gorillaz as a largely decentralized collaborative project means that everyone wants something different out of it, you know? fans tend to engage with it on wildly differing levels, depending on how engaged they are with a specific era of the band, a specific take on the characters, with the the actual musicians behind it, etc etc etc... by now the idea of "Gorillaz, but as a concrete narrative in a linear medium" has been so long hyped-up that i'd be willing to bet every demographic of fan has a very specific vision for what that looks like. and you just can't cater to all of them at once.

esp given the Gorillaz track record over the years of taking on projects that are way, way over-ambitious for the resources it has, i feel like through no fault of the band it'd be hard for the final product to be anything other than underwhelming...

idk Gorillaz is so interesting to me because of how amorphous it is, and always has been, as a project. i feel like that's just a quality that's been baked into the concept from the start, and i really wonder if trying to fully tie that down would please anybody as much as they think it would.

#txt #like rise of the ogre works because its so... idk. diagetic? #it feels organic bc its not. idk. trying to tell a dramatic story necessarily. its just a whole lot of flavor text essentially. #and i know i say this literally all the time but plastic beach was never finished for a reason lol #gorillaz are at the whims of so many things... damon and jamies interest in it. the capricious music industry tastes. #whether or not it can actually monetize itself in a post-mtv world. which its struggled with consistently since phase 3. #im sorry tis is so fucking long i just think thoughts