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I have no reason to believe this is the reason, but New Zealand does benefit from the movie industry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_shot_in_New_Z

I have no reason to believe this is the reason, but New Zealand does benefit from the movie industry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_shot_in_New_Zealand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_shot_in_New_Zea... Keep in mind a 6 company oligarchy controls almost all of the media coming out of the United States. The United States has a lot more resources than New Zealand. So there are plenty of other ways for them to incentivize cooperation. I just thought I'd throw out this random fact that a significant amount of films are shot there.

djsumdog 11y ago
Weta Digital. Complete scum shop based in Wellington. They do an incredible amount of movie animation and work employees insane hours. Fuck them.
- anonbanker 11y ago
  This is the first negative Weta comment I've ever seen. You guys need to spread this message further.
leohutson 11y ago
Most countries have had films shot in them. Globally, the film industry does seem to have unusually strong sway with politicians though, considering the relatively small amount of money and people involved. With regards to dotcom's extradition, I do think the initial raid on his house was an absolute disgrace, but it seems pretty unlikely that he would have had the grace of the court this long in any other OECD country, although that's partly because of the idiotically bungled warrants. The extradition process would have been much faster from the UK for example. [1] As a rule, our judges are typically not very cooperative with our government [2], let alone foreign ones. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK%E2%80%93US_extradition_treaty_of_2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK%E2%80%93US_extradition_trea... [2] http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/69299045/judge-critical-of-police-after-botched-red-devils-gang-operation http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/69299045/judge-critical-o...

djsumdog 11y ago

Weta Digital. Complete scum shop based in Wellington. They do an incredible amount of movie animation and work employees insane hours. Fuck them.

anonbanker 11y ago
This is the first negative Weta comment I've ever seen. You guys need to spread this message further.

leohutson 11y ago

Most countries have had films shot in them. Globally, the film industry does seem to have unusually strong sway with politicians though, considering the relatively small amount of money and people involved. With regards to dotcom's extradition, I do think the initial raid on his house was an absolute disgrace, but it seems pretty unlikely that he would have had the grace of the court this long in any other OECD country, although that's partly because of the idiotically bungled warrants. The extradition process would have been much faster from the UK for example. [1] As a rule, our judges are typically not very cooperative with our government [2], let alone foreign ones. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK%E2%80%93US_extradition_treaty_of_2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK%E2%80%93US_extradition_trea... [2] http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/69299045/judge-critical-of-police-after-botched-red-devils-gang-operation http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/69299045/judge-critical-o...