I worry about the future of Troma. They seem far removed from their roots and very segmented. It feels like Michael Herz isn't around at all and its just a small publicity team run by Lloyd until they get enough money for a Toxic Avenger 5 (which might never happen) which will definitely be a flop unless there's some miracle that SyFy or ElRey picked it up.

Troma should merge with Full Moon films as a bi-coastal library of retro exploitation. Distribute & produce new films occasionally, but mainly keep these films alive in media anywhere possible and how about giving film grants to indies for once? Not just distributing their scraped together work in some unfair deal. These 80s companies that followed Cannon and AIP always did shady business and saturated the market with crap, so now their best efforts go unnoticed.

If Troma and Full Moon go belly up I want there to be other companies to take up their mantle. And their intellectual property could totally energize the film world if utilized properly. If Michael Herz (not Lloyd Kaufman) could make a deal for a Toxic Avenger show on MTV or let Adult Swim borrow the character or something, Troma could remain independent.

In this economy every company depends on every other company. Competition is impossible with the monopolies and conglomerates in place. All of the indies should unionize because they far out number the big Two (Warner & Disney) because the "big 5" model is dead. Universal, Paramount, Sony, MGM, is New Line dead? Miramax? Everyone under WB & WD are independents imo. And there have to be 100 strong indie media companies thanks to foreign & online channels. We think so domestically in America that we give no credence of influence to anyone else. But it will take a global effort of economy & ecology to save the world, let alone stupid movies about super villains.