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Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B

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Re: Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B

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Post by skystarman »

WarOnPrivacy wrote: post #66
scyzoryk_xyz wrote: post #23

So what we're seeing is a repeat of the film industry from 1930's-1950's. You want to see a Paramount movie, you must go to a Paramount theater. Today you want to watch an Apple show you must go to Apple's VOD. We could really use laws that force, once again, some sort of separation between production and distribution. Better stuff gets made in this kind of ecosystem.

> We could really use laws that force, once again, some sort of separation between production and distribution. Piracy is competition to bad content behavior. It's a meaningful consumer response to monopoly, balkanization and other anti-consumer practices.

We for the most part have exponentially more and better content in tv and film, and for MUCH cheaper and with more convenience than 10-15 years ago.

But still people insist that they must pirate because the "studios" for some amorphous reason related to preexisting hatred of corporations or whatever.

Some people would just prefer to not pay for shit I guess. I just wish they'd be more honest about it than the mental gymnastics used to defend piracy.

Re: Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B

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Post by ankalaibe »

WarOnPrivacy wrote: post #66
scyzoryk_xyz wrote: post #23

So what we're seeing is a repeat of the film industry from 1930's-1950's. You want to see a Paramount movie, you must go to a Paramount theater. Today you want to watch an Apple show you must go to Apple's VOD. We could really use laws that force, once again, some sort of separation between production and distribution. Better stuff gets made in this kind of ecosystem.

> We could really use laws that force, once again, some sort of separation between production and distribution. Piracy is competition to bad content behavior. It's a meaningful consumer response to monopoly, balkanization and other anti-consumer practices.

Such laws already exist, to some extent. The issue is in the number of back doors providing large corporations to behave ruthlessly.

Re: Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B

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Post by secondbreakfast »

scyzoryk_xyz wrote: post #23

So what we're seeing is a repeat of the film industry from 1930's-1950's. You want to see a Paramount movie, you must go to a Paramount theater. Today you want to watch an Apple show you must go to Apple's VOD. We could really use laws that force, once again, some sort of separation between production and distribution. Better stuff gets made in this kind of ecosystem.

> Better stuff gets made in this kind of ecosystem.

Are we not currently living in a content golden age? Is there any measure of quality and quantity now vs the past? It feels like there's a new amazing mini series and movie and show every week.

Re: Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B

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Post by delecti »

jerf wrote: post #49
xixixao wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I started watching SG1 again (I saw it incomplete as a kid). It’s incredibly good. It pushes rationalism and feminism in a sane way that I’m not sure would happen in today’s environment. It’s incredibly rich in historical references and concepts. It’s rarely dumb and often preempts cliches. It’s still worth watching imho (and is much less known that Star Trek in US).

I consider it hands down better than any Star Trek except possibly TNG. And that's giving TNG some grace due to being a bit older; take that away and I'll give SG-1 the prize. I will agree that people can reasonably disagree about Deep Space Nine vs SG-1. But that's the level of quality we're talking about, in my opinion. It's top tier, and much less well known. Also strongly recommend binging the first season in par…

I did a full rewatch of SG1 a few years ago, and what surprised me is how instantly the show found its footing. If you watch the first and last season of any Trek show, you can see how the writing and characterization takes a while to settle into place. Character development is part of that, but it goes beyond that.

If you watch the first and last season of SG1, the writing has its footing nailed down immediately. Not many shows find their footing so effortlessly.

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Post by snewman »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #179
vimy wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any recommendations?

Arsenic and Old Lace

A thousand times this. Best screwball comedy ever.

Also You Can't Take It With You. Now you've seen one Cary Grant and one Jimmy Stewart. To finish up you can get both of them with Catherine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story.

Re: Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B

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Post by clajiness »

w0m wrote: post #121
joombaga wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think we're at or approaching a tipping point. For a long while I've not been able to justify the effort it takes to maintain automatic content downloads and a streaming server. But that maintenance cost isn't higher when I want content from an additional platform. If I'm gonna pirate an Amazon/MGM exclusive then I'm gonna cancel Netflix, Hulu, Paramount+ and Apple TV+ too.

Piracy was the Easiest/Only way to get content until ~2008ish. Since then; Netflix and (...x streaming platform) made it easier/better to Pay for the content than pirate it. It does feel like we're approaching a tipping point now in the other direction with all of these streaming fiefdoms. My household has Netflix, Hulu, D+, and Prime streaming now - that's already too many and needs pairing IMO.

> Since then; Netflix and (...x streaming platform) made it easier/better to Pay for the content than pirate it.

I'd argue that Sonarr, Radarr, etc, have made this process far easier and better than paying for it.

Re: Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B

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Post by Kye »

xixixao wrote: post #26
someperson wrote: post #17

This makes it very likely that the beloved Stargate franchise will return as an Amazon Prime exclusive franchise, which will be great news for those of us like myself with appetite for 60+ more seasons of that show (after the 17 seasons that have already been made). I watched the sci-fi show "The Expanse" on Amazon Prime Video. Season 4 (the one made by Amazon Prime Video) felt like it had a tenth of the budget compa…

I started watching SG1 again (I saw it incomplete as a kid). It’s incredibly good. It pushes rationalism and feminism in a sane way that I’m not sure would happen in today’s environment. It’s incredibly rich in historical references and concepts. It’s rarely dumb and often preempts cliches. It’s still worth watching imho (and is much less known that Star Trek in US).

Stargate did so well with so many topics.

Hammond: "Colonel, the United States is not in the business of interfering in other people's affairs."

O'Neill: (incredulous pause) "Since when?"

And who can forget Carter beating the crap out of a Mongol warlord to prove women are equals?

Re: Amazon acquires MGM for $8.5B

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Post by lotsofpulp »

amelius wrote: post #193
lotsofpulp wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I assume that can be handled trivially with today’s video editing capabilities.

What if Krasinski wears his Bluetooth headphones through the entire episode?

I’m not familiar with the video editing field. But it seems like a product that can edit the logos/item to be advertised for various markets could be valuable.

So person wears an unbranded product or no product even, and then post production adds whatever logos or products it needs to for various markets.

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