Free Movies going mainstream. Film business is decaying in front of our eyes.

[denner]

Quote from cyoungmark:

My guess is eventually you will be able to record videos so well that people wont go to movie theatres anymore either. They will just download the recorded version. This is already happening. Technology is "destorying" capitalism, but hey, for me the consumer I love it. Then hollywood will go out of business, and the bubble of actor's salaries along with it. This will either filter in a whole new generation of actors who will accept less money to act. This will be the same with music to some extent. Rappers will only put out mixtapes for free to promote them going on tour. Then the tickets for concerts will go way up because of course they want all those millions to spend on weed and hookers, which they arent getting from selling cd's

Basically the movie and music industries as we know them are over. They will revolutionize in this century.

Many of the great films were done "on a budget", not some lavish Hollywood orgy of spending and "A list" actors. All the schlocky films that are re-makes of some prior concept (which is what we see alot of nowadays) aren't worth the price of admissions.

The smaller indie flicks are far more interesting to me anyways. The few talented actors that choose to go this route have more of my respect and I suspect that holds true for others as well.

 

[cyoungmark]

Quote from denner:

Many of the great films were done "on a budget", not some lavish Hollywood orgy of spending and "A list" actors. All the schlocky films that are re-makes of some prior concept (which is what we see alot of nowadays) aren't worth the price of admissions.

The smaller indie flicks are far more interesting to me anyways. The few talented actors that choose to go this route have more of my respect and I suspect that holds true for others as well.

I totally agree. I'm happy to have netflix and experience some films that aren't very mainstream.

 

[silver914]

Quote from peilthetraveler:

My goodness. When I was a kid, you would pay $12.99 for a cassette and $16.99 for a CD. If you wanted the single, you would pay $5.99. Now people think $1 is too much for a song. If someone spends hours upon hours writing music and rehearsing the song and playing it over and over so its just perfectly recorded isnt worth $1, then you are a cheap bastard. You'll spend $3 to $5 on a cup of coffee that some kid worked 30 seconds to make, but not $1 on a song that took hours to make?

You are wrong on so many levels. It's the "party line" to say that I am depriving the talent of their just rewards. I would gladly give the talent their due. It's the RIAA that is greedy here, not me. Yes, I do deny them a dollar a song when it costs them nothing to make it. Nothing at all.

And I don't pay a barista for my coffee, but I do play in a band in my free time. And we give away our music digitally just to get people to pay to see us at the bar when we play. We record our own music on our own equipment. It is a fact that recording companies, if they make you a star, take 90 cents of every dollar you pay for that song. The talent is lucky to see a nickle.

 

[Scataphagos]

No big loss.... what they mostly produce these days are special effects for dumbed-down minds and teenagers.

Whatever happened to films which told an engaging STORY?

 

[TGregg]

Quote from Scataphagos:

No big loss.... what they mostly produce these days are special effects for dumbed-down minds and teenagers.

Whatever happened to films which told an engaging STORY?

Story requires character and few today would enjoy the painful process of being reminded how much character they do not have.

 

[Scataphagos]

Quote from TGregg:

Story requires character and few today would enjoy the painful process of being reminded how much character they do not have.

Maybe we should start a thread.... "5 of your favorite movies"... be interesting to see the ET mix.

 

[GTS]

Are you going to start a new thread every month on the same topic?

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=226941

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=228347

 

[Scataphagos]

Quote from denner:

Many of the great films were done "on a budget", not some lavish Hollywood orgy of spending and "A list" actors.

Speaking of "budget films".. the #1 Film of all time.. for "Revenue vs. Cost"... was a budget... cost $1 Million to make and is very famous...

Do you know which film?

 

[Pekelo]

Quote from cyoungmark:

Basically the movie and music industries as we know them are over. They will revolutionize in this century.

You are clueless about the music industry. The big money has been in touring for quite a while. The artists can easily afford to give their music away for free (basicly good PR), lots of them do and make a shitload on touring...

 

[Scataphagos]

Quote from Pekelo:

You are clueless about the music industry. The big money has been in touring for quite a while. The artists can easily afford to give their music away for free (basicly good PR), lots of them do and make a shitload on touring...

STUPID TALK! What the Hell is wrong with you? Fall of the roof and land on your head?

What if an artist/group doesn't want/like touring? Should they be deprived of their intellectual property just because others can "supposedly afford to give their music away for free"? (A dumb-ass assertion in itself, you know.)

Just because you'd "LIKE" to get some music for free doesn't mean rationalizing doing so is correct or fair.