Just FYI, the people running Hollywood, and other studios, are far bigger scum than retarded, vacuous actors and actresses.
FIND.......none of the have moral souls!
I tend to agree. A lot of freepers will react with "a pox on both their houses." I think that's a mistake. The writers and actors are striking against the Borg. I don't want a world in which a handful of global conglomerates completely controls the flow of all information, including cultural products. The streamers overexpanded. They are now talking consolidation. We could end up with six or fewer giants, vertically and horizontally integrated, in complete control and in a position to block out newcomers. And at that point, they will continue to look for synergies -- and I suspect one of the synergies will be a consolidation of DEI functions, with radical perspectives being imposed from the top down as industry standards binding across all platforms and extended downwards to all "partners."
If AI takes over completely, movies and tv shows will simply be computer based animations of scripts. And ChatGPT will write the scripts. The only humans in the loop will be the commissars at the streamers, who will decide what meets their DEI and message curation standards. You know ... the streamer execs who get together from time to time for photo ops around the conference table in the White House when a democrat is in residence. Or around the conference table somewhere else when a democrat is not in the White House, and the purpose of the meeting will be to ensure that the democrats never lose another election. Complete control of the flow of information and cultural messaging is game, set and match.
I want humans in the loop and an information and media ecosystem that allows independent and dissident perspectives an opportunity to reach the market.
I came across this today. I think it's pretty good: 2023 Actors Strike: Everything You Need to Know
The entire podcast is 30 minutes. If that exceeds your tolerance, go to 22:40. At that point, the presenter -- who has been pretty even handed to that point -- candidly admits that "this is where my editorializing begins." And at about 27:30, he hits the Borg directly. It's worth a watch. I've never seen this guy before and can't vouch for his other stuff, but I think he nails the strike issues.
Yes, there's room for criticism all around, but it's important to remember that most of the writers and actors aren't rich. Most of them aren't A-list. And their art form is in considerable danger of being completely automated. Which might not be a problem except that this would mean that the Borg -- they won't name it Minitru, but that's what it will be -- will control all information flows.
cc'ing the movie ping list.