Posted on 09/09/2020 5:59:20 AM PDT by C19fan
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Race based tv shows and movies.
That is as racist as it can get.
Talent not needed, just the ‘correct’ type.
“The Academy Awards has been dead to me ever since they passed up Smokey and the Bandit for an Oscar.”
The slight for me was when they passed on Roadhouse as best movie.
Glenn Reynolds, over at Instapundit, has often said that if there are any films (or tv shows) that you like, get them now; because they will be edited to fit these new rules; or, they will disappear entirely.
During this weird time, with no movies or new tv to watch, hubby and I have been binge-ing on shows and movies that we enjoy.
The entertainment industry has been losing audience for a while now; but, they just keep digging a bigger hole with nonsense like this.
I honestly don’t know why people even go to theaters any more. Movies have become a streaming commodity, nothing more.
Can you imagine the wailing and gnashing of teeth from these nuts if the government tried to dictate what was acceptable or required in their films? Didn’t the prior generations work hard to get around and then abolish the film code office?
I sure the quality of the new films meeting these requirements will be on a par with Soviet Socialist art, i.e., unwatchable, politically preachy dreck.
I think the Academies are sealing their own doom.
I see your point. Some years ago I decided that eventually we would drop cable and we could just get a couple of streaming services instead. However, with all of the new streaming platforms grabbing different groups of t.v. or movie (like Disney+), I would have to get a number of streaming services and the cost would probably be the same.
As an example, I was wanting to go see Tom Hanks' movie "Greyhound" when it came out; but, virus hit and everything closed down. Well, Greyhound can be seen on Apple+; but, I don't want to buy a streaming service for just one movie. And, I am seeing a lot of that, where I could see something on Netflix or Amazon; but, not anymore because they now are on a specialized streaming service.
Alley hasn’t been relevant for some time. However, our little Miss ‘Saavik’ hits the nail squarely on the head.
Maybe playing a Vulcan DID insert some logic into her head.
We have Amazon Prime - and we had it for a year before we realized we could use it on our smart TV to see tons of stuff. :)
But now we also have Hulu and Netflix on our kids’ “family plan”. i.e. we don’t pay for them.
Between them, we have all the choice we need. And what we don’t have, we know it will be available for free, eventually. We’re waiting for Jojo rabbit to be free on one of them.
Meanwhile, even Youtube is getting in the act with pay shows or “free with commercials”. I no longer have to see the latest release “right now”. And, frankly, because we don’t have television, we don’t even know what movies are coming out usually until they are already free on streaming.
I’d never heard of Valerium until I saw it free on Amazon. I really liked that movie and watched it several times. Same with that Wakanda movie, but I thought it was pretty lame.
I only know about JoJo Rabbit because I watched it on an Alaska Airlines flight and want my wife to see it. If we get desperate, we can rent it off Amazon. But we’re happy to wait for it to be free.
Meanwhile, we’re discovering Suits, Monk, Futurama, Archer, and a ton of other TV shows that we never heard of until we got these services - and all commercial free and free. It’s pretty cool. :)
The wife watches network TV. From what I see passing through the room, that's already the standard.
Youtube TV has a slick DVR that records movies when they appear on any channel they stream. I cancelled it when they raised the price, though. It’s about $65 a month now. Generally, the film libraries suck on the big streaming services. They’re spending all their money on original programming now.
The early money is on Leni Riefenstahl
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