Posted on 10/19/2008 1:12:14 PM PDT by abb
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I prefer America over Hollywood any day.
>If stars and studios want to make different movies, the studios don’t have to indulge the stars: Let them go to the indies.
Mel Gibson was the original maverick when he produced “The Passion” with his own money and literally put his $$$ where his mouth is. Paid off big time. Now he could get drunk and make an ass of himself in Malibu anytime he wants.
Don't those big stars feel guilty for making all that money...they should be willing to "spread the wealth around" and take lesser saleries so that others can make more./sarc
New Ways of Financing Journalism Will be Found, Georgia Journalists Say at NPC Forum
Last update: 1:04 p.m. EDT Oct. 15, 2008
ATLANTA, Oct 15, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — The future of journalism may be in niche products supported less by advertising and more by corporate sponsorships, by interest groups and by public broadcasting-style memberships, leading Georgia journalists said at a National Press Club Centennial Forum here Tuesday.
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When they make movies people want to see with stars who have not ticked off 50% of the population with their anti-American, anti-conservatives comments people still go to the movies. Body of Lies likely suffered from having Leo in one of the starting rolls; I don’t think I am the only one who will not pay to see a DiCaprio, Afleck, etc. movie.
It couldn't be that you start out by trashing half the viewers before the movie ever gets off the ground. /s
http://www.crainsnewyork.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081017/FREE/810179975/1040
CBS College Sports sacks 30
http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/10/redstone_may_have_to_sell_more.php
Redstone Holding Company in Debt Talks After Viacom, CBS Fall
http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/17/news/economy/siklos_la.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2008101710
Tense times in Hollywood’s dream factory
The entertainment biz is holding up nicely amid the financial meltdown, but it won’t be immune.
http://www.journalism.co.uk/2/articles/532538.php
Media industry on ‘brink of carnage’, says Guardian digital chief
http://www.nypost.com/seven/10172008/business/advance_is_in_retreat_134021.htm
ADVANCE IS IN RETREAT
‘NO LAYOFF’ SI PAPER SETS 1ST-EVER ROUND OF BUYOUTS
The change from film to digital distribution (digital in theatres that is); will fundamentally change the economics of film making.
The cost of the 2,000 or 3,000 prints required for a “block buster” is over $10 million. That's on top of the film stock used in shooting, and the higher cost of post-production work in film, compared to digital media.
The high cost of distribution leads a studio to spend millions on “A”-list stars, who have a track record of selling tickets. That, in turn, leads to higher marketing costs, etc. etc.
The use of over-paid “A”-listers as voice actors for animated films is particularly extravagant. As the cost of producing animations drops with advances in computer animation & when full digital distribution kicks in — there won't be the perceived “need” to have big name stars on the marquee. The main advantage of the stars in an animation is the promotional work they do — appearing on the talk-show circuit to talk up the movie. When the costs of production and distribution are lowered, the need for such high-profile promotion will drop.
My wife and I have stopped supporting Hollywood by not going to any movies. In the last two years I have not been to a theater more then twice.
I don’t like Hollywood’s views.
The day is coming (and not too far off I predict) when human actors will, to some extent, be replaced by those which are computer generated.
Producers can save a lot of money by not having to pay “movie stars” loads of money, when they can hire a company to “create actors” on a computer and then insert them in a movie.
How will we be able to tell the difference?
/sarc
I haven’t been in years and and not going to change now. I will not support trash.
I don’t know about anyone else, but I won’t go to see movies because of who’s in it, but for the story. I don’t remember enjoying a movie more than “Fargo.” I’d never heard of anyone in it, but it was a good story. OTOH, I will avoid seeing a movie with people like Tim Robbins, Jane Fonda, or Danny Glover in it because I just don’t like them, and paying to see them in a movie is like “hanging out” with them, which I wouldn’t want to do.
I remember Elvis at an interview when some reporterette asked him how he felt about the Viet Nam war, and his response was great: “Ma’am, I’m just an entertainer.” I wish they all had that kind of class.
And they attribute the slump to higher stunt prices and so on, but we all know the BOYCOTT IS WORKING!
WE THE PEOPLE, BABY YOU CAN’T GET ANY STRONER THAN THAT! IT WORKED ON THE IMMIGRATION BILL, IT WORKED WITH THE FINANCIAL CRISIS BILL THEY WANTED TO PASS IN 2 DAYS OR THE WORLD WILL END AND IT WILL WORK ON NOVEMBER 4TH GET OUT AND VOTE PEOPLE!
Actually I think America is hungry for new heroes, like Joe the Plumber, who accidentally stumble into the role. American is sick of the Hollywood fakes.
Oh and Madonna, who is it you are making fun of? Sarah? Well guess what you crotch-worshipping skank - Sarah has managed to stay married to the same guy and raise a family while serving our country in government. Hollywood has no heroes anymore. The sooner all the celebs disappear from the public radar, the better, IMHO.
I still really dig Mel.
“My wife and I have stopped supporting Hollywood by not going to any movies. In the last two years I have not been to a theater more then twice.”
ncfool - as the mom of 4 kids who see every movie out there (after raising money by working for it), I can tell you - based on their reports you haven’t missed a damned thing.
I thought that would happen with animation. It hasn’t yet.
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