Would you rather

creativemechanic said:

As a writer- Would you rather write something that was universally critically lauded but didn't didn't sell well but
quickly slipped into obscurity (think Dredd)or something that was successful but widely considered as crap? (Michael bay's transformers).
And why?

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Helix said:

I'd rather write something that was universally critically lauded and successful.

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lilyWhite said:

I'd go with the-latter-but-not-really.

Because you don't get to be widely-successful without a lot of people who like your work. And no matter how vocal the people who don't like it are about it or how "cool" it becomes to whine about it, that doesn't make all of the people whose love of it made it a success stop existing.

So logic dictates that either outcome is a different form of success. I'd go with the latter, because not only would I have plenty of people who enjoyed my work, I'd also have a lot of money. And with both of those things, I don't think I'd mind the people who think being a pompous vocal minority that thinks the world revolves solely around them is cool.

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creativemechanic said:

The second judge dredd movie. Much better received than the Sylvester Stallone one. Considered to be very good but didn't do too well at the box office. So much so there's a petition I think to get a sequel

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