TRANSFORMERS and audience analysis
06/26/09 12:24
Last
night we went to the new TRANSFORMERS movie. I have
never been such an un-target audience member in my
life. Wow. Why, do you ask, was I not a target
audience member?
Here’s one reason. She’s beautiful, but I’m married and not full of testosterone.
Here’s another reason:
I’ve never really been a truck girl.
It wasn’t a bad film. Parts of it were funny. But the jokes weren’t engineered for me, the music wasn’t picked for me, nothing was for me. But that’s perfectly OK--it *shouldn’t* be for me. I’m not their target.
I have to say, though, I wouldn’t mind having a guardian car with a humorous personality:
The only way that movie could have been more male-oriented is if it had smells. Eau de Sweaty Locker Room Clothes would have made it perfect.
Here’s one reason. She’s beautiful, but I’m married and not full of testosterone.
Here’s another reason:
I’ve never really been a truck girl.
It wasn’t a bad film. Parts of it were funny. But the jokes weren’t engineered for me, the music wasn’t picked for me, nothing was for me. But that’s perfectly OK--it *shouldn’t* be for me. I’m not their target.
I have to say, though, I wouldn’t mind having a guardian car with a humorous personality:
The only way that movie could have been more male-oriented is if it had smells. Eau de Sweaty Locker Room Clothes would have made it perfect.