@BollFILMS@SydSteyerhart Once in an elevator at AFM you told me that your business model was "I don't get fucked" and then we went back to your hotel office and you pitched (I think) Switzerland on In the Name of the King and they passed. You were so chill and said "next time". Badass.
The part that’s challenging about this is the producers and director (and often writers) work on these movies for years, not a month. They write and develop the script, hire the crew, supervise the edit, complete post, hustle to get a festival premiere, work on the marketing. They stretch maybe a $40k-ish salary on this kind of movie over multiple years in the desperate hope that something like this happens. The crew, who I agree work very hard in their limited time on a movie, have often worked many new projects in between.
Me and the boys watching "eligible investors" put in on the Space X IPO while we wage full contact life against all the things and get shut out from any shred of hope. I am going to fucking eat you.
@Tubi trying to watch The Revenant and the platform is throwing a 6 spot ad break every 5 minutes of movie. It makes the movie unwatchable and I am wating 3 minutes of ads for every 5 minutes of movie.
@TateTheTalisman Ocean research vessel, 3x vehicle based research fleet with deployable modular research outpost, a set of private security contractors, interchangeable research & logistics staff. Go study the things nobody else can or will.
@TheCriticalDri2 Thankfully there is the increasingly acceptable self-publishing route, and the parallel market is thriving. Men's Adventure and Military Scifi especially.