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Male and Pale is Stale: Responses to an Open Letter to the WGA
Film Threat ^ | February 1, 2024 | Chris Gore

Posted on 02/02/2024 10:35:31 AM PST by sphinx

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To: sphinx

Great post. The article is good too.


41 posted on 02/02/2024 2:12:39 PM PST by FormerFRLurker ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"-Voltaire)
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To: sphinx
A recent open letter to the Writers Guild of America ...

Okay, so nothing to do with women's golf ...

42 posted on 02/02/2024 2:15:39 PM PST by x
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To: minnesota_bound

Yup. That’s the Nerdrotic video I linked in #1 above. Did you mean to post a different one? He has a lot of good stuff.

If we rounded up Nerdrotic and eleven of his pals to serve as jury on Disney’s fate, the vote would come back 18-0 in favor of conviction and execution — 18-0 because half of them would vote twice.


43 posted on 02/02/2024 2:21:17 PM PST by sphinx
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To: Myrddin

I too have started buying DVDs and Blu-Rays of movies that I think are keepers. I gave away a lot of VHS tapes years ago and I guess I really don’t regret that. It’s not as durable a medium, and I was a lot younger when I got those and, looking back, there probably aren’t many that would interest me today.

Trust the streamers as curators of the film libraries? Nope. Not only are films pulled from circulation, but the editing is slowly ramping up. When Turner Classic Movies and the Criterion Collection got caught censoring classic films — without acknowledgement to viewers — trust is irretrievably gone.


44 posted on 02/02/2024 2:28:33 PM PST by sphinx
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To: Crusher138

Ditto that! Along with the Geeks & Gamers site, Drunk 3PO, That Star Wars Girl, and the others all these sites reference.

Long live the Fandom Menace!


45 posted on 02/02/2024 2:29:17 PM PST by PfromHoGro (Orwell was optimistic.)
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To: Crusher138
My subscription list includes WDW Pro, Nerdrotic, Clownfish TV, Disparu, Valliant Renegade, Overlord DVD, Greg Owen, the Critical Drinker and others.

I subscribe to several of these, but there are a couple of new ones. I will check them out. Thanks.

I did not suddenly get sophisticated. My wife and I upgraded our tv two years ago and, for the first time, had a smart tv. The algorithm is doing its thing. I know that I'm being fed more of what I've been watching, which raises the risks of siloing and new blind spots, but there's wealth of good stuff out there of which I was unaware.

46 posted on 02/02/2024 2:33:58 PM PST by sphinx
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To: sphinx

Mal and pale is....SUPREME!!!


47 posted on 02/02/2024 2:34:54 PM PST by hoagy62 (Evil won...again.)
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To: Jim Noble

Yeah, this guy dug his own grave, I don’t even feel sorry for him, let the whole industry go up in flames.


48 posted on 02/02/2024 2:36:27 PM PST by Truthsearcher
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To: sphinx
When I returned to San Diego from Springfield, VA, I joined a Scout troop sponsored by the PTA at the elementary school I attended for 2nd and 4th grade. I had become very adept at setting up 16mm projectors in elementary/junior high. I was able to leverage the skill set to use the school cafeteria to put on popular films for the elementary school age kids. Popcorn and soft drinks were sold. It generated revenue for my Scout troop and the kids had a good time. Setup/cleanup done by the Scout troop. The advent of VHS tapes for viewing at home pretty much tanked movies in the cafeteria as a viable fundraiser.
49 posted on 02/02/2024 3:06:49 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: sphinx

Hollywood is setting the stage for their own demise.


50 posted on 02/02/2024 3:09:06 PM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: sphinx

Hollywood is destroying its future...

The public desires good entertainment and they are NOT delivering!

Advances in tech have made it possible for amateurs to produce content just as polished as Hollywood and outlets like Rumble give them a powerful distribution ability.

Hollywood will never wise up and make product the public desires, they will be steamrolled by talented people smart enough to produce good entertainment on a budget...

Hollywood produces overpriced, woke productions that people are not willing to pay to see... most won’t watch bootleg copies for free.

Many woke TV productions are being bested in viewership by youtube channels producing stuff like toy unboxing videos... it’s a new world of niche entertainment and Hollywood is old, woke and very tired.


51 posted on 02/02/2024 3:09:56 PM PST by Bobalu (I can’t even feign surprise anymore.)
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To: sphinx

“...and leaving a lot of money on the table.”

That’s exactly right. They don’t make money off me.

Competitors jumped up to slug it out with GoFundMe and YouTube. I’m sure there are others. Maybe a group will tackle the movie industry.


52 posted on 02/02/2024 4:33:48 PM PST by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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To: sphinx

Thanks for the ping.


53 posted on 02/02/2024 5:28:28 PM PST by GOPJ (Is Biden starting a war AFTER draining the petroleum reserves and giving our weapoins to Ukraine?)
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To: moovova

Every fricking advert has either a black family or mixed race family. OTOH, there has never been a better time for black actors.


54 posted on 02/03/2024 1:30:13 PM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: Rummyfan

If you have to show diversity and there are only two or four people in the ad, what are you going to do?

I’m guessing the clients demand this in most instances. For one thing, they want to punch as many customer buttons as possible. For another, they live in dread that someone will complain about their “racist” advertising, perhaps with a formal complaint or perhaps on social media. All it takes is one crank and the social media zealots will take over.


55 posted on 02/03/2024 6:05:49 PM PST by sphinx
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