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Wow, this article pissed me off. First, we're dealing with people who are LOADED. Why should I care if they can't afford to pay Tom Cruise, the director, the
by na85 13y ago
Wow, this article pissed me off.
First, we're dealing with people who are LOADED. Why should I care if they can't afford to pay Tom Cruise, the director, the producer, and a bunch of other people 20 million dollars each? Oh darn, they'll only get paid 4 million dollars each.
This is a classic case of old, technologically-inept white men whose business model was predicated on gouging the public for decades. The internet is killing DVD sales because of convenience and theatre revenues are down because the public is getting tired of superhero remakes and don't feel that the price of admission is worth 2 hours of watching 3 actors standing in front of a green screen and interacting with a bunch of CG extras, so they download it instead. All of a sudden Hollywood can't continue their price-gouging, and because they're basically Luddites, they fear change and can't adapt.
So they'll inevitably turn to the courts instead of letting their business adapt to the free market that they all espouse to love.
It's basically the situation that the American car companies found themselves in a few years ago. People are getting tired of their shitty products and aren't buying them any more. Instead of making better products that people would be willing to pay for, they curl up in the fetal position and cry.
- newnewnew 13y agoNice casual use of racism you got there.
- ams6110 13y agoWould you feel better if they weren't white? What's race got to do with it?
- newnewnew 13y agoThrowing in degrading comments at SWM is the new hip liberal thing to do. I see similar things on hacker news and my facebook feed regularly.
- na85 13y agoIn the 60's, men didn't learn to type because it was "women's work" and your secretary did the typing for you. These are the same guys who are hunting-and-pecking nowadays because they fear change.
- ars 13y agoI think you need a smaller brush.
- jpdoctor 13y agoI wonder if the whole article was written sarcastically: > so many families were being tossed onto their lawns by bailed-out banks that had bullied them into bullshit mortgages. Yes, banks put a gun to people's head and said: Borrow my money and nobody gets hurt. The article makes more sense sarcastically, but it's a poor attempt at sarcastic commentary if that was the goal.
- VMG 13y ago> the public is getting tired of superhero remakes and don't feel that the price of admission is worth 2 hours of watching 3 actors standing in front of a green screen and interacting with a bunch of CG extras, so they download it instead Does not compute - why do they download it if they are tired watching it? If you had read the article, you'd know that they make uninspired sequels because they are the only movies that make predictable profits.
- alan_cx 13y ago"Does not compute - why do they download it if they are tired watching it?" Because it is worth it if it is free of charge. However, it is not paying up front for. So take something like Battleships. Would I pay to see it? No way. If I'm bored one evening and its there for free? Yeah, I'd give it a go. If it turned out to be a damn good movie I'd want to watch repeatedly (I wish I chosen a better example...), I'd buy a DVD, Or pay for a legal down load a copy I could burn and keep.
- nhangen 13y agoWanted to upvote until I got to the racist comment. You make a much better point without it.