re: Hollywood Is ‘Hot, Horny and White’ Again

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Political ideologies come and go in Hollywood but that doesn’t mean whether or not a film is actually going to be “good”.

The movie industry has changed so much with the advent of streaming services that production companies have become less inclined to make original stories that people will want to watch over and over again. It’s why so many films now all look and sound same. Matt Damon has talked about this numerous times.

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Have they officially run out of new ideas?

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Sadly this is true. Even back in the 1970’s, they were dusting off old scripts or buying the rights to old movies from the previous movie generation. Heck the movie Airplane was a reboot or remake of the movie Zero Hour. They just adopted a new script to make the jokes fit more for the time.


The big thing about remakes or continuing a movie franchise is that it can be guaranteed money. You have a built in audience that is expected to go watch it at its most profitable release at the movie theater.

Of course now with the wide array of entertainment options from TV and streaming services and fewer movie theaters, it is hard for a new movie to have a breakout success.


Take for instance Smokey and the Bandit, it was the 2nd highest grossing film of 1977 behind Star Wars. Northern audiences hated it at first, but it had a decent showing in the south and got a wider release later in the summer across the entire US.

Antecedently, people say this movie only made money because most cinemas had just a few screens back then, so if Star Wars was sold out, and you were going to the movies, you were going to watch something regardless of the title. Now there are cinema multiplexes with 10-20 or more screens so they can accommodate more viewings of Star Wars at different times since movie theaters now have digital projectors now instead of a film projectors.

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The argument is that no one is watching movies.

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The definition of "no one" is purely financial. Head count is irrelevant, unless it's a government-funded welfare program for Hollywood.

It's a business. It has to make a profit, or it will die, even with Hollywood Accounting. If "no one" is a sizable group that still isn't enough to make a profit, then it's an L for Hollywood, sort of like losing 35-40. 'necks had plenty of TDs (people in seats), but it cost them more than what they gained. It was an L.

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Head count is irrelevant

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