On that we agree. The trajectory is clear. It's just a matter of 10 more years or less before we crash. It appears to be inevitable.
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Good one
Ken Loach Says Marvel Films Are “Made as Commodities Like Hamburgers”
Veteran director Ken Loach has described Marvel films as “boring” and “made as commodities like hamburgers.”
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It's better than the feedback I get on youtube.Man this guy has to come back and answer 400 questions and read Nate's novel
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See, this guy gets it. Novels are not tires or spatulas, they are supposed to be meaningful on a level that surpasses other inanimate objects.
Yes. Like a Nicholas Cage movie.
and what do we call Nicholas Cage movies? We call them SHIT.
Rocky was not a commodity, but Rocky two and the rest of the sequels are.
Planet of the Apes was not a commodity but all the sequels are.
Same with Jurassic Park, the Hulk , Friday the 13th, Hell Raiser.........
Planet of the Apes was not a commodity but all the sequels are.
Same with Jurassic Park, the Hulk , Friday the 13th, Hell Raiser.........
That's great. I hope you don't mind if I use that sometime.
But also commodity lol.
Yeah, sequels are a franchise, but they are also commodity. Their sole purpose it to make money off the success of the original.
"but making movies is about making money".
I guess I'm naive because I believe the best films are made by people who only want to make a good film. The executives can sweat about the profit but the person yelling ACTION should not have money as their reason for making the movie.
"what about micro-budget film makers"
They should be the most free and uninhibited film makers in the world. New ideas should come from micro-budget film makers,,,,, but they don't.
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In all fairness to Nicholas Cage, I thought he was very good in Birdy and Leaving Las Vegas.
I think that's an oversimplification. People actually want art, that is the commodity. Commodity is what you get when there is a deadline to make more money, and you forgot to pay any actual creative people.
We have examples where people did both, and I think those examples light the path to a better mentality, better in the sense that it combines valid creative output with rational and sustainable business practices.
Law and Order, which we discuss at times, is both. A reliable commodity, suitable for mass production and consumption, with a solid business model. It's also pretty good art sometimes, or at least it used to be.
I think sometimes they DO, but unfortunately the movies simply don't get seen so it's like talking into a void.
I've always believed that a new idea will find its way, but only if the new idea is good.
It is NOT
. If it's too artsy they will let you know on social.