I’m sorry, but Nolan, Spielberg, and any other filmmaker championing the theatrical experience needs to visit a theater outside of New York and LA and see the state 99% of them are in.
I say this as somebody who goes every week, but the situation is bleak.
Yes. And, counterpoint: YouTube’s platform specifics (free, tends to favor content that people are searching for as its search function is a plus, has copious podcasts & other long form content) CAN push creators to conform their content styles to a very specific aesthetic & style that doesn’t necessarily equate to what everyone calls “quality.”
But point taken.
.@benthompson: There is no quality bar to get onto YouTube, which means the quality bar to get noticed on YouTube is much higher than any gate. Indeed, as much as Hollywood types might look down on YouTubers, it’s the latter who are far more impressive, at least if the goal is actually making something that resonates.
I've covered box office results literally hundreds of times in my career. The mind-blowing success of "Backrooms" and "Obsession" this weekend easily ranks in the top 1% as far as long-term significance for the movie business. My story w/ @johnjurg: https://t.co/rknlAhFvbG
For the last 6 years I’ve been buying well-run small businesses for 5x earnings.
In the first 30 days, I take the websites offline, move the companies to sad office parks with drop ceilings, install fax machines at the front desk, and bringing in 75 year old actors to pose as the CEO.
I then sell the companies to people with MBAs for 10x revenue so that they can feel useful “turning the company around”
All the hype about "Obsession" and "Backrooms" reminds me of an old newsroom joke. What's the definition of a trend? Two facts and a reporter on deadline?
Actually, drinking wine with friends and family, sometimes more than you planned, getting messy and maudlin with loved ones, is what makes life worth living and is 10X as valuable as optimized workouts, apex podcasting, and whatever that is that he's selling on his wrist.
Another example of a sentence AI can’t write.
It won’t willingly create logical fallacies in order to illicit negative emotions - even though that’s what goes mega viral.