• damienallbran@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Hollywood still has plenty to offer, it’s just that the corporations who run everything would rather churn thru established properties than allow original ones to flourish since it’s seen as safer.

    • The Dark Lord ☑️
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      1 year ago

      Hollywood makes original movies all the time. Viewers just don’t go see them. Hollywood follows the money. If viewers watched original movies more, Hollywood would make them more.

      • cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Because those original movies are ass. They lost a lot of trust with the public and every decision they make now erodes it even further. Also the business model behind theaters is completely hare-brained and a lot of people don’t have that kind of disposable income anymore. It’s as if Musk is in charge.

    • 0101010001110100@sopuli.xyzOP
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      1 year ago

      Hollywood is that machine. I say let it die while it still has a scrap of dignity, and let smaller and more diverse filmmakers enter the arena.

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        It’s silly to think the studio system will be the casualty. The writers and actors are striking because they are being bled dry for corporate profit. But the entire industry has been structured to protect capitalists, perhaps more than any other industry. Should a studio fail, another will absorb it’s space.