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Question of the Week

Question for the week of November 18, 2004:

Who’s planning on seeing The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie this weekend? Do you think the popularity of the TV show and overall brand will give the film the edge it needs to compete with the likes of The Incredibles and The Polar Express?

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Reader responses:

Kenny : 9th Grader : High School
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Of course! SpongeBob is a great show, and if you don't like it you still have to admit that it's one of the most importent and popular cartoons in the history of animation.

Anonymous :
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Chris Henderson, J. Christopher Entertainment I'm hoping for a huge success, so we'll see that 2D animated features are NOT dead, and it's just a matter of good characters, and good storytelling that determines success.

Anonymous :
Monday, November 22, 2004
It all comes down to marketing it well. The fans will watch it, the kids will watch it, all that is left are the people who have never heard of it, and there are plenty of them.

Anonymous :
Sunday, November 21, 2004
Spongebob has a psuedo-Ren and Stimpy appeal with Gen X-ers (such as myself) I probably wont bother with a theater ticket and wait for cable.

Anonymous :
Saturday, November 20, 2004
umm no. i dont really like that show.

Anonymous :
Thursday, November 18, 2004
Who cares? is this the best you can do? aren't there a million more interesting things to talk about in animation?

Anonymous :
Thursday, November 18, 2004
AYE AYE, CAPTAIN! (I can't heeeear you) AYE AYE, CAPTAIN!

Anonymous :
Thursday, November 18, 2004
Probably not, but if it comes out in Australia, I'll have a look. I think it's an interesting question - branding of a series can have a big effect on its appeal to an audience. However this can be a bad thing because there's some shocking stuff out there that's marketed very well and therefore people will see it cos it's in their face, and you get some wonderful stuff that sadly is not marketed well and thusly does not do well in terms of popularity and earnings.

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