Profiting from my Youth

That’s exactly what Hollywood seems to be doing right now. It seems like these days, I’m having flashbacks when I see commercials and people talking about some of my favorite shows from back in the day:

  • Transformers – The newest trailer just got released and it’s ONE WHOLE minute long. Can’t get enough of it!
  • G.I. Joe – Yes, it’s true. Talks are underway to get this movie into production. I’m thinking it has big time potential if the right producer comes along! *hint hint Michael Bay*
  • Others like Starsky & Hutch, Bewitched, Dukes of Hazard, S.W.A.T, etc

Some new ones I would like to see are:

  • Macross – Bring back Rick Hunter and Skull Leader. Maybe remake it a bit so the graphics are a little better. That show was so many years ahead of it’s time!!! By the way, does anyone else want a motorcycle helmet that looks like the ones the veritech fighter pilots wore?
  • Voltron – If they can make transformers, then they can make Voltron! Imagine how awesome that would be. I think I can actually see Paris Hilton playing the part of the princess! Imagine her Drinking and Flying those Lions! =)
  • Duck Tales – I know this is lame and I’ll get some flak for it, but dammit, I’m a Duck Tales fan and I’m not going to succumb to public scrutiny and/or humiliation! Make it happen Disney!
  • Get Smart – I don’t know who that guy was, but he was hilarious! What was that thing? The Cone of Silence? hahaha!

I know this post had nothing to do with Internet Marketing . . . wait, actually, I just thought of a spin, so it has EVERYTHING to do with Internet Marketing.

Just like the moral of the show section they always show after each GI Joe episode – the moral of this most outstanding post is that you need to realize who your market is and then optimize your business/site/yourself to fully take advantage of the time they’ve decided to give. Hollywood has realized that the people around my age are still young and are most likely to have more disposable income to waste on $12 movie tickets, so what they do is they make movies that appeal to my nostalgism (is this a word?) and milk it for all it’s worth.

Hollywood Marketing 101: Understand your audience, find their weakness and milk their wallets. Simple Supply and Demand.

Whew . . I’m glad I pulled that out of thin air . . . . and now you know cuz “knowin’s half the battle! . . GO JOE!”

Do you have any movies you’d like to see made? Can you pull any morals out from this post as well?