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[–] pineapplefriedrice@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

They're fighting a losing battle, but I hope a side effect of it is that new people come in and change both the economics and artistry of Hollywood. Most Hollywood content sits in a very rigid box. It's repetitive, unoriginal, and unappealing. People are encouraged to eat ramen for every meal in order to "make it", simply because far too many of them try (which is partially the result of the "follow your dreams" narrative in America as well). The further down you are, the worse your compensation. Good ideas get missed or thrown out and relegated to dollar theatres all the time.

If this strike goes on long enough that it starts to flush people out, I'm ok with that. Sucks for the people who are going to lose their livelihoods, but for some of them that was an eventuality. Hopefully in the end creators will have more creative freedom and receive more proportional compensation.

[–] Spesknight@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The movie industry needs a bigger market for independent movies. Look at the videogames, the indies are holding the creativity among a similar crisis for the aaa titles as for the movies. We need an "EA Orginals" for the majors...

[–] Aux@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Indy game industry has exploded thanks to benevolent monopoly of Steam. There was a chance for indy cinema when Netflix started, but that's long gone with every studio having their own streaming service.

[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like A21 is doing this well, and releasing some bangers.

[–] mrheadroom@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed, A21 has a few outstanding originals each year

[–] MixedRaceHumanAI@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A21 is for children and family, right?

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Yes. Bring your toddler to a A21 film.

[–] PopOfAfrica@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Marcelle the Shell is a family film.... So yes?

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

But I wanna see Indiana Jones 6: The search for more money!

[–] itsJoelleScott@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

They’re fighting a losing battle, but I hope a side effect of it is that new people come in and change both the economics and artistry of Hollywood. Most Hollywood content sits in a very rigid box. It’s repetitive, unoriginal, and unappealing.

My two cents is there's a structural issue that's converged to strictly Campbellian story-telling as the end-all-be-all structure. Sure, you'll have something come out of HBO or AppleTV that breaks it, but AAA movies rarely break it.