Posted on 04/21/2024 10:47:30 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Harper’s this week published a lengthy reported feature about the state of Hollywood, particularly the state of screenwriting and whether or not folks can credibly make a living while doing so. It’s kind of interesting in the sense that the author has an idea (deregulation is bad and greedy CEOs are ruining everything) and writes backward from there. I am … skeptical that Ronald Reagan is the proximate cause for the streaming bubble popping, but, you know, maybe. You should give it a read and decide for yourself.
Ultimately, that’s what we’re dealing with: a bubble. An insane amount of money was poured into the production of an enormous number of scripted television series—633 seasons were released in 2021 and 2022, by one measure, a number that dropped by nearly a quarter last year—and that bubble is rapidly deflating as streamers turn their focus from subscriber-acquisition to profit-making and start to acknowledge that spending enormous gobs of money on stuff that almost no one actually watched was a real mistake. Fewer shows being produced means fewer writers will be hired and competition for the remaining slots will likely be tighter, driving salaries down further.
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All the good shows have already been made.
I just finished watching Season 1 of “Death Valley Days” on Amazon. I have to say you are right.
Right. So now we have greedy politicians ruining everything, MUCH worse. People can choose whether to buy from "greedy" CEO's and lousy companies, but people have no choice when it comes to greedy government other than to THROW THE BUMS OUT and SLASH BIG GOVERNMENT!
two years ago everybody was saying that content was king. We are going to need a lot more data to fill our increased capacity to stream data.
When they show stuff on Amazon does it have commercials?
Yes, and the first time I saw an ad on Amazon Prime, I immediately cancelled my subscription! People stream to get away from ads!
Odd, so when half the population is no longer locked inside hiding from the Wuhan Flu they don’t watch as much TV?
I read years ago that there were only something like 39 plots for a TV show. (what are the other 32?)
Even Laverne and Shirley were just remakes of I Love Lucy shows with Lucy and Ethyl.
i thought bill kristol’s “The Bulwark” was banned here ...
The claim, “Ten of the 20 highest-grossing films of all time, domestically (unadjusted for inflation), are either comic book or Star Wars movies. Add in other sundry franchise sequels and that number climbs to 14 of 20,” is questionable. If films were adjusted for population and inflation, I think that modern films would fall behind movies produced in the thirties. However, it is likely that I am prejudiced. I do prefer adult (rather than juvenile) films.
It depends if you are an Amazon Prime customer. I don’t see commercials on the content I watch, but Amazon is moving towards more commercials even for Prime members. “Death Valley Days” is blessedly free of commercials, There’s even a “Skip Intro” button to skip past the intro material that is the same on every episode.
I think it’s more of an understood ban among decent human beings. The Bulwark voted for this junk to continue, so they can spare me their crocodile tears.
did the Bulwark publish something not filled with hatred for Trump?
maybe they’re not getting the number they thought they’d get with that branding, and have decided to create some non-Never-Trump content.
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