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> I think this is a symptom that the movie industry is on its way out, in much the same way as has happened to music. What makes you think something happened t

• acjohnson55 10y ago
  Taken as a whole, sure, but the recording industry is a shadow of its 90s self. The analogy here may be that the studio system is floundering while upstarts with fresh business models flourish.
• santaclaus 10y ago
  > What makes you think something happened to the music industry? It's still alive and well. Honestly I am more excited by music now than I've ever been. People often cite the 90s and early 2000s as these halcyon days, but I feel like interesting music is way more accessible now than it has ever been. I can queue up tunes from virtually any independent label at the press of a button, I can order vinyl and have it on my front stoop within 24 hours... and that's just from the consumer side. From the artist side, genres are colliding left and right at a neck breaking pace, musicians are spanning scenes that wouldn't have held shows in the same city 10 years ago, and we are seeing crazy creative musical output. If you aren't having a god damn certified blast in music right now, well, I dunno what to tell you.
  • CaptSpify 10y ago
    I think that's the point though. The music industry is thriving, because a lot of the dinosaurs passed away, and the newer businesses took it into a new direction. It was a bad business to be in for a while. Now is the start of the bad time to be in major movies. Independent and niche movies are getting more time than ever, because bigger studios can't figure out how to cope with companies like Netflix.
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• msh 10y ago
  Only parts of it. I don't think you would like to buy a record store chain.