It's interesting to note where the real creative action is nowadays: TV. Specifically, long-form serial format that people can binge watch. In the recent Terry

It's interesting to note where the real creative action is nowadays: TV. Specifically, long-form serial format that people can binge watch. In the recent Terry Gilliam interview posted on HN, he made the point that mid-level movies are out. You can find financing for the super-huge Spiderman 47s, and you can go indie with a Red One and shoot your own stuff. What you have a really hard time doing is finding 10-20M for a mid-sized niche film. I'm a movie fan, and I've lost what little respect I've had for Hollywood over the past few years. Too many times I've been sitting in theaters for some nth version of a comic-book movie and thought: really? Is that what the writers and directors really think of my intelligence. Best thing I know to do is to stop watching them, even if I do love movies. I'll happily go pay to see another Sharknado before I'll pony up for the next 17 versions of whatever the Star Wars franchise has to offer.