Right, and in the meantime he is "selling off" a large part of the risk, while keeping a large part of the reward.
Now, on one hand, people investing in Kickstarter should be or need to learn to be aware that they are "investing", and with that, comes risk.
But on the other, here is someone who could make this happen, arrange financing, etc, but sees this as a way to be more "independent" (which, coincidentally, also means, "doesn't have most of the royalties and profits sent to the studio but instead to him"), who is asking us to put up the bulk of the risk (shared amongst many), and see very little seeds of the project (and certainly none of the reward).
Now, on one hand, people investing in Kickstarter should be or need to learn to be aware that they are "investing", and with that, comes risk.
But on the other, here is someone who could make this happen, arrange financing, etc, but sees this as a way to be more "independent" (which, coincidentally, also means, "doesn't have most of the royalties and profits sent to the studio but instead to him"), who is asking us to put up the bulk of the risk (shared amongst many), and see very little seeds of the project (and certainly none of the reward).