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The only piece I don’t understand: why are actuaries involved?
by mslate 3y ago
The only piece I don’t understand: why are actuaries involved?
- denverllc 3y agoA bit dark, but maybe they're factoring in the expected lifetime of the stunt crew into the budget?
- smcin 3y agoSaves on return transportation. Like in 'Pitch Black'.
- borski 3y agoParent likely meant accountants or tax advisors / attorneys.
- kevin_thibedeau 3y agoThey have to buy insurance against events that would derail production. DeForest Kelley was denied a role in ST:Generations because he was deemed an uninsurable death risk.
- gamblor956 3y agoCompletely false. Kelley turned down appearing in ST:Generations, despite a large payday. "In The Fifty-Year Mission: The Next 25 Years oral history of Star Trek by Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross, DeForest Kelley explained that he was disappointed that Dr. Leonard McCoy and his crewmates only appeared in one scene, commenting: "When I read the script and saw we were only in the first ten minutes, I thought it was best to pass and go out with [Star Trek] VI." At that time, Kelley didn't know that Nimoy also said no and he admits, "I certainly wouldn't have done the film without him in it.""
- dragonwriter 3y ago> DeForest Kelley was denied a role in ST:Generations because he was deemed an uninsurable death risk. I’ve seen accounts that the cost of his insurance was a factor in his rejecting the film (he wasn’t denied a role), but most accounts I’ve seen focus on his (and much of the TOS cast’s) issues with the structure of the story and the roles they would have had in it, and how they were much happier having The Undiscovered Country as their last film in their roles.
- cratermoon 3y agoWhen your movie is thin retelling of another movie (think Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress" v Lucas' "Star Wars"), actuaries can help make sure the retelling is just enough different from the original to avoid a lawsuit.
- ok_dad 3y agoDo know what actuaries do? That’s not what they do.
- cratermoon 3y agoYeah, actuaries look at statistics and determine relative financial risks and benefits of a particular course of action. In the example I gave, the course of action is "remake 'The Hidden Fortress' as a space sci-fi fantasy movie" and the actuaries plug in various values for copyright and intellectual property lawsuit risks and costs, potential revenue from the new movie and give predictions for what level of copying (or other risky behavior) is acceptable to reduce costs below the projected revenue without risking a costly lawsuit. Or maybe they just recommend buying the rights as cheaper than the potential cost.
- goodside 3y agoI worked two years on track to be an actuary, took the first three SoA/CAS exams. I’ve never heard of anything like what you’re describing. Do you actually know an actuary that does this?
- cratermoon 3y agoDo you not asses risk/reward ratios?
- AlbertCory 3y ago[flagged]