<story><title>No More Movies</title><url>https://jayriverlong.github.io/2021/07/05/movies.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kryogen1c</author><text>&amp;gt; The root cause of this is basically Hollywood&lt;p&gt;this is what i&amp;#x27;ve started calling the &amp;quot;it takes one to tango&amp;quot; fallacy, where an issue has two responsible parties but only one gets blame. hollywood&amp;#x27;s not forcing people to spend their money on mass-produced uninspired movies - worse! thats what people pay to go see!</text></item><item><author>fullshark</author><text>The root cause of this is basically Hollywood (i.e. who makes what gets shown in your local multiplex) has given up on making movies exclusively for American audiences.  You need a global audience, and you need the potential to get a billion dollars + in revenue.  E.G. as he points out comedies have died, that&amp;#x27;s because comedy is highly localized versus the kids movies + adventure plots which are more universal.  End result is everything gets boiled down to its rawest, most accessible elements and everything feels samey.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sethhochberg</author><text>Sure, the consumer does have some degree of influence here, but they&amp;#x27;re still picking from the menu of options the studio makes available.&lt;p&gt;If someone likes movies as recreation, even if they would prefer something different than the action blockbusters, their choices are &amp;quot;don&amp;#x27;t enjoy yourself to send a message to the studios&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;watch a movie you might enjoy less than something from another genre&amp;quot;... most people who enjoy watching movies are probably gonna chose the route that still lets them enjoy watching a movie.&lt;p&gt;The incentives don&amp;#x27;t line up. Its like buying McDonalds at an isolated highway rest stop - I don&amp;#x27;t particularly love McDonalds, but if my choices are a hot meal or whatever I can get from a vending machine or pack with me, I&amp;#x27;ll take the hot meal every time. Its not an enthusiastic endorsement of globalized fast food chains despite my paying for it.</text></comment>
<story><title>No More Movies</title><url>https://jayriverlong.github.io/2021/07/05/movies.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>kryogen1c</author><text>&amp;gt; The root cause of this is basically Hollywood&lt;p&gt;this is what i&amp;#x27;ve started calling the &amp;quot;it takes one to tango&amp;quot; fallacy, where an issue has two responsible parties but only one gets blame. hollywood&amp;#x27;s not forcing people to spend their money on mass-produced uninspired movies - worse! thats what people pay to go see!</text></item><item><author>fullshark</author><text>The root cause of this is basically Hollywood (i.e. who makes what gets shown in your local multiplex) has given up on making movies exclusively for American audiences.  You need a global audience, and you need the potential to get a billion dollars + in revenue.  E.G. as he points out comedies have died, that&amp;#x27;s because comedy is highly localized versus the kids movies + adventure plots which are more universal.  End result is everything gets boiled down to its rawest, most accessible elements and everything feels samey.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rhino369</author><text>I know more than a handful of people who complain about Hollywood originality, but only go to the theater for Marvel or Star Wars movies.&lt;p&gt;Or who only go to see a movie that has 80% on Rotten Tomatoes (unless its a franchise movie).&lt;p&gt;The real problem is that TV killed the middle-rung movie. All that is left is blockbuster spectacle (which costs too much to take risks with) or art house stuff.</text></comment>