Works for me! I’ve been watching a ton of indie and foreign films since the internment began. Felt like a superhero movie so watched “All Superheroes Must Die” (indie, free, and pretty good outside-the-box story); family watched “Guardians” (Russian, free, hot Russian babes all over the place, might have had a plot, but I got distracted).
Hollywood? I hardly knew ye.
Hey guys
We got a couple Freepers who work in Hollywood on this board but, Hollywood misfortune affects:
No more Nutcracker.
No more Romeo and Juliet
No more Book of Mormon
No more Children’s Musical Theater
No more Concerts
No more Movies
No more Pixar
No more Lucas Films
(I did the LAN for both those and they have an awful lot of people working together- NOT essential)
Cub Scouts
Girl Scouts
Elks
Scottish Rite
Masons
Rotary
Sports from Grammar School to Professional
Rodeo
FFA
State and County Fair
Amusement Parks
Water Parks
Gyms
Miniture Golf/Arcades
Museums
Aquariums
Zoos
Petting Zoos
Boating events
Home and Garden events
Boat Racing
Etc, Etc, Etc....
Bartenders, waitresses/waiters, bus boys, the guy that washes the dishes, the company that cleans the rugs, the company who collects fats and oils which are recycled
Hell the guy who makes cocktail napkins will be losing his job because restaurants currently near zero customer, will have less customer and who knows when bars will reopen.
The guy who gets paid to put “For Sale” for realtors won’t be working much.
All those jobs and more represent one person in some respect but, those people may very well have responsiblity for the care and support of another loved one or family and this is the one thing they have that makes it possible for them to survive.
Even the costumed clowns at Hollywood and Vine won’t have work because there are not tourists.
Same for Universal Studio’s Theme Park, City walk which is attached, Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm, Magic Mountain, and every hotel/motel worker who changes the bedding every time a new guest arrives.
It affects more than a few mouthy liberals and we shouldn’t wish for their demise, which is no different than the reaction to CCP-19
Production is mostly shut down, but have you heard rumblings about releases of films in post production? There are some tough decisions to make about delaying until theaters reopen or going straight to streaming. The market is evolving in the latter direction as it is, and the current situation will probably accelerate the trend. It's a high risk situation but also an opportunity for anyone who guesses right. With the production pipeline shut down, new content is valuable. I would think film makers would be hustling on post production films, at least those that don't require any reshooting.