Posted on 06/13/2013 4:10:57 AM PDT by Biggirl
Steven Spielberg on Wednesday predicted an "implosion" in the film industry is inevitable, whereby a half dozen or so $250 million movies flop at the box office and alter the industry forever. What comes next -- or even before then -- will be price variances at movie theaters, where "you're gonna have to pay $25 for the next Iron Man, you're probably only going to have to pay $7 to see Lincoln." He also said that Lincoln came "this close" to being an HBO movie instead of a theatrical release.
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I would never in a lifetime pay 25 bucks for a movie ticket.
“Not offend anybody? They forgot to check with me. Apparently part of the political correction process is to make sure it has the requisite amount of profanity and illicit sexual encounters. “
I’m a tad out of touch. I threw away my TV during the OJ trial and haven’t watched any since. But I have seen clips from (I think) Family Guy and they were disgusting. Also, somebody gave me a movie I think was called “Team America” and I thought I’d throw up. I have attempted to see a few movies in the theater, but when the buddy cops playfully point their loaded guns at each other, I walk out.
Today you simply load up an impulse response file for a convolution reverb VST and get any hall you like ;)
I do electronic music as a hobby. The sheer power to record amd make music in even a low end laptop is amazing. Sure, the ‘real’ stuff is better. But tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands better? No.
Well, maybe you should stop releasing crap then, huh, guys?
The TV industry is already imploding.
They cancelled/ended 38 series this season. Many of those were pulled after only a couple of episodes.
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Perhaps the problem is Hollywood, in general, and the lack of original ideas.
Haven’t been to a movie cinema in nearly 10 years. Don’t plan to again.
I just thought it was neat what inovations produced sounds we dug and paid for.
I wait for most of them to show up on Showtime or Starz or Netflix.
At $25 a pop, people will wait for it to be on BluRay.
Or not go.
It was our last two theater experiences that pushed me over the edge. That was a little over a year ago.
And, honestly, the sound is better and the picture sharper at home. Oh, and I rent blue ray’s for free at the library on my way home from work.
Especially given the size of new TVs, the elaborate sound systems, and that a family can watch that BluRay for $25, while the movie is $100+.
We can rent for free from the library, and it’s on my way home from work.
You got that right.
The last movie I went to see, James Bond’s “Skyfall”, one of the best Bond movies. Otherwise I just am not into movies too much now, since my longtime boyfriend has passed on.
Oh absolutely! It’s a fascinating subject!
> At $25 a pop, people will wait for it to be on BluRay.
Or not go.
I sure won’t. Everything has gone up in price by several orders of magnitude under 0’s watch. It’s not like it will affect him or his cronies in the slightest but it is beating the hell out of regular people’s wallets everyday.
I really liked Run Lola Run, and I’m betting that movie was made on the cheap.
Come to think of it, a lot of the movies I’ve really enjoyed were almost certainly not terribly expensive to make. I mean the movies that really left a mark based on characters and story.
It’s funny, coming from a guy that watched the original Star Wars 28 times in the theater, but Special effect are just the icing on the cake for me now. e.g. Serenity had some great special effects, but what made the movie great was the character development and the story. The story was true science fiction and the characters and their interaction was wonderful.
Yeah, the last time I went was 6? 7? years ago? It wasn’t worth it. Most movies just aren’t that good nowadays, especially for the value. Even at home I watch more old than new movies.
Why are movie stars so overpaid then? There is a profitability problem within the industry clearly, and a major part of the expenditure on any given film is the stars’ wage bill. Time for them all to take a paycut methinks, as they do not reflect their real value to their employers.
“Why hasn’t the internet come up with a business model for selling these films?
Look at the ebook industry where authors are becoming rich and famous for selling their 99c novels on amazon. “
Film making is a very collaborative effort. The startup cost is probably in the several million range for used equipment. It is also highly regulated, which means lawyers. In addition, the “traditional” film venues would probably attack any newcomer. Your average person, who might make a bang-up director, or writer, or actor may not be equally competent for all those roles and how do the collaborators put food on the table while working on their project?
It can be done for a fraction of the current money, but that fraction is still unobtainably high for the average person.
> There needs to be some place where people can make entertaining movies......with a plot.....and talented actors.
Hollywood has not figured out that CG and sex scenes cannot take the place of a good plot yet, obviously.,The old movies had good plots, character development, storylines, and honored family values. There’s a reason that many people keep watching the old reruns like I Love Lucy and I Dream of Jeannie (hey they never showed her belly button once during the whole show)
We usually hit matinees and sneak water and candy in. That makes it about $13 for the both of us. If we buy a water and a popcorn, it more than doubles the cost. I'm starting to consider buying a show or two off the DIREC TV system - $5 bucks or so and don't have to sneak anything. Theaters are going to put themselves out of business. Then Hollywood will make movies and try to charge $15K a pop for a viewing ...
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