Changes afoot, according to Lucas and Spielberg...

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steven-spielberg-predicts-implosion-film-567604

Hollywood is like DC, these people live in a freakin bubble!
They actually think they are relevant, that no one else in the country can make movies.

Let them keep believing they're the only game in town, Oregon, Montana, any of the Western states could steal this industry, assuming they wanted to.

Quote from: Solar on June 13, 2013, 06:04:27 AM
Hollywood is like DC, these people live in a freakin bubble!
They actually think they are relevant, that no one else in the country can make movies.

Let them keep believing they're the only game in town, Oregon, Montana, any of the Western states could steal this industry, assuming they wanted to.

Direct-to-DVD, Netflix and numerous other distribution methods are still available to the low-budget film market. The horror genre alone accounts for about half of this overall, and the cost of special effects are far cheaper than elaborate stunts causing entire buildings to come apart. With the true leap into all-digital, green-screen production and post-production, overall costs will PLUNGE for these low-end producers...meaning a wider audience seeking something to replace the boredom of waiting for Spielberg's next big release.

The majors invest $40 million and more into special effects for a film, and if ticket prices are based on production costs, then let the buyer beware. Me, I'll continue buying $5 a disc DVDs in bargain bins. Sooner or later that same big budget blockbuster will reach that price level, and the repeat viewing makes it all the more affordable.

Quote from: quiller on June 14, 2013, 08:22:33 AM
Direct-to-DVD, Netflix and numerous other distribution methods are still available to the low-budget film market. The horror genre alone accounts for about half of this overall, and the cost of special effects are far cheaper than elaborate stunts causing entire buildings to come apart. With the true leap into all-digital, green-screen production and post-production, overall costs will PLUNGE for these low-end producers...meaning a wider audience seeking something to replace the boredom of waiting for Spielberg's next big release.

The majors invest $40 million and more into special effects for a film, and if ticket prices are based on production costs, then let the buyer beware. Me, I'll continue buying $5 a disc DVDs in bargain bins. Sooner or later that same big budget blockbuster will reach that price level, and the repeat viewing makes it all the more affordable.

I watched the House of Cards series on Netflix and LOVED IT.  If that's the type of production we will get from these venues, I'm looking forward to it.

Quote from: taxed on June 14, 2013, 01:03:24 PM
I watched the House of Cards series on Netflix and LOVED IT.  If that's the type of production we will get from these venues, I'm looking forward to it.

The UK version with Ian Richardson is vastly better than the U.S.-oriented rip-off that loses most of its real impact. Kevin Spacey should stick to themes born in America and not adapt something constructed on an entirely different system of government.

Quote from: quiller on June 14, 2013, 08:22:33 AM
Direct-to-DVD, Netflix and numerous other distribution methods are still available to the low-budget film market. The horror genre alone accounts for about half of this overall, and the cost of special effects are far cheaper than elaborate stunts causing entire buildings to come apart. With the true leap into all-digital, green-screen production and post-production, overall costs will PLUNGE for these low-end producers...meaning a wider audience seeking something to replace the boredom of waiting for Spielberg's next big release.

The majors invest $40 million and more into special effects for a film, and if ticket prices are based on production costs, then let the buyer beware. Me, I'll continue buying $5 a disc DVDs in bargain bins. Sooner or later that same big budget blockbuster will reach that price level, and the repeat viewing makes it all the more affordable.

Spillberg is a moron, just like the rest of the monkey's that kiss his ass.
They actually believe people will pay an elevated price for their crap, when low budget films with a moral/conservative storyline will eat them alive.
Lionsgate produces far better crap than hollywood ever did, Hell, half the stuff coming out of Canada is better than Hollywood, living off remakes, in many cases for the fourth time.

Quote from: Solar on June 15, 2013, 07:16:15 AM
Spillberg is a moron, just like the rest of the monkey's that kiss his ass.
They actually believe people will pay an elevated price for their crap, when low budget films with a moral/conservative storyline will eat them alive.
Lionsgate produces far better crap than hollywood ever did, Hell, half the stuff coming out of Canada is better than Hollywood, living off remakes, in many cases for the fourth time.

I grew up watching Windsor, Ontario TV, and became hooked on almost everything I saw. They are the adults on this continent, when it comes to television...and popular.

Canadian production values in both Vancouver and Toronto are superb, as are the many actors in TV shows and movies. I'm particularly a fan of their flair for audio-mixing which manages to keep voices OVER the background without making it a noticeable difference. U.S. companies think smashing it together works fine. (It doesn't.)

One of the funniest Canadian series was Due South, about a Mountie in Chicago, and for drama DaVinci's Inquest (with Nicholas Campbell) and spinoff Intelligence (with Ian Tracey) are vastly better than comparable U.S. fare. Donnelly Rhodes from Battlestar Galactica figures into both series.

I'd pay almost anything for a DVD of the Salter Street TV-industry satire Made In Canada but it probably won't ever see release. Their sci-fi sexathon series Lexx is also a hoot(er) and relatively cheap for the three-season run.

1.) Let's not forget that Hollywood became the film capital of the world because film makers were safe from Thomas Edison's hired thugs who beat them fo a bloody pulp for competing with Edison. Before that films were made all over America in the vein of today. We have more creative freedom today than they did then because anyone has access to the tools to make a film. Until recently it was far too expensive for that but maybe that's why Hollywood is in trouble, they are now forced to compete with others

2.) Let's also not forget that Hollywood celebrates unions except when they have to hire union labor. Why else are so many US productions shot in Canda or union-free states? Thats' why Disney set up their Florida film studio/theme park. It's also why they kept adding to Florida while neglecting CA, lower taxes/more tax breaks. Note how they only began building new CA parks once they obtained tax breaks there.

Quote from: quiller on June 16, 2013, 08:03:18 AM
I'd pay almost anything for a DVD of the Salter Street TV-industry satire Made In Canada but it probably won't ever see release. Their sci-fi sexathon series Lexx is also a hoot(er) and relatively cheap for the three-season run.

Ah yes, Lexx. A society run by a theocracy. That theocracy is run by a psychopathic leader. The purpose of the religion to feed as many of it's adherents as possible to an even larger monster, who will eventually destroy it. Sounds a lot like Islam.