The state of “film” in 2024 is appalling. Films are no longer an artistic pursuit but vapid homogenized corporate garbage.
There are an infinite amount of interesting stories to tell in beautiful and compelling ways.
Sound money reviving the art of film making would be a welcome positive externality. It’s an inspirational medium when done well.
HOLLYWOOD IS ALL GOOD ON THEIR BRAINWASHING MATERIAL, NO NEW CONCEPTS NEEDED
I recently watched 2 movies.
Edward Scissor Hands,
The Departed.
Don’t ask me the years. IDGAF
Movies today fucking suck
Both of those movies rock.
It’s been a slow bleed
Did you hear, you porn went down
Disney fucks children 💥
#haiku
60% of the industry hasn’t been employed since the end of the strike. Many have retired early or moved into new careers. The most stubborn have been saying survive til ‘25. The new saying I heard was suck dicks ‘til ‘26. It’s in full collapse with maybe the genXers being able to finish a career. Maybe
Sound money would definitely make the big studios think twice about a film they are deciding to spend several millions of dollars/sats on. Then again, they spend the money on the corporate films for a reason. I’m not certain it would give the film makers who are still prioritizing the artistic pursuit / good storytelling a better chance at cutting through the noise, but maybe their would be less noise for their art to be able to be discovered 🤷♂️
Separate thought - an indie film maker on a Bitcoin standard would be able to grow their budgets over time to eventually compete with corporate films, forcing studios to pay attention, but at a certain point wouldn’t need the studios. Power to the film maker and the integrity of the stories they want to tell without the overlords putting any constraints on it.
I recall a decent explanation of the shift in quality also has to do with digital content.
Essence of the argument was:
Before, when releasing a movie to theater, then to dvd, vhs, etc, there were essentially 2 release days for the movie. It had time to be seen and have conversation about it spread, then went through a second phase of buying/renting based on people talking about the movie. This was more successful for thought provoking, unique story telling. Things that were impactful made money long term, and could be more justified.
Now, with release to digital, and the vanishing of physical ownership of media, there is only one big release day. That means it’s more or less a one shot release for the producers. That encourages remakes, the same big name actors, and redundant sequels. Anything people already are familiar with and enjoyed makes it more likely to do well again.
